• This week’s weird jobs (Business Pundit)
• AFL-CIO: Young Workers – A Lost Decade – the labor union’s report
• Not Big Labor’s Day – U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• The 5 Social Media Types Who End Up Losing Their Job (Applicant.com)
• George Soros: America’s New Engine of Growth – the billionaire on America’s next economic boom (Big Think)
• 5 tough job interview questions to expect (Jobseeker podcast)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rate – from 1948 on

• Working Your Way Around the World – for those who want to make money on the go
• MyWifeQuitHerJob.com – how to start your own business

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live in San Francisco – podcast of the concert from December, 1978, when you could hear a 27-song set on the radio and unemployment was just 6%. Happy Labor Day!

What, exactly, are they talking about? Let us consult the Wiki.

V-shaped recession: “The economy suffers a sharp but brief period of economic decline with a clearly defined trough, followed by a strong recovery.”

U-shaped: “Longer than a V-shaped recession, and has a less-clearly defined trough. GDP may shrink for several quarters, and only slowly return to trend growth.”

W-shaped: A “double dip” recession, occurring when the economy “emerges from (a) recession with a short period of growth, but quickly falls back into recession.”

L-shaped: “The economy has a severe recession and does not return to trend line growth for many years, if ever…This is the most severe of the different shapes of recession.”

Some have also talked about a J-shaped recovery. But at this point, any recovery might just be termed “A-OK.”