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We asked hundreds of unemployed Americans what’s keeping them out of work — it’s not unemployment benefits

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For millions of Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. Unemployment spiked from a near-record low of 3.5% to a whopping 14.8% virtually overnight, and the prospect of finding work remained dim for over a year. 

As highly effective vaccines and declining infection rates have taken hold this summer, once-shuttered businesses are reopening and adding staff as quickly as they can to meet demand. Yet, despite the 9.2 million job openings as of the end of May, workers have been slow to return. Even unprecedented signing bonuses have failed to attract workers, frustrating details ⇒

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