Last week was the first for annual seasonal adjustments, which the Bureau of Labor Statistic says, boosted claims by about 3,000 over the last 10 weeks.

上周是首次年度季节性调整，据劳工统计局表示，过去10周申领人数增加了3000人。

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Contrast that with this startling statistic from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: as of 2010, the average time an American worker stays at a job is less than four and a half years.

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As of January 2011, the unemployment rate in the U.S. for women 20 years and older was 7.9% while the same statistic for men was 8.8% ( Bureau of Labor Statistics).

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