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Citi (C) issued the results of a new nationwide survey conducted by Hart Research Associates with some expected and not so expected findings. Overall, the findings show that Americans have a sober view of the economy and feel they are little or no better than a year ago. Read the press release here.

Here are some of the findings:
80% rated economy as poor or fair
52% rated financial conditions as about the same as a year ago
36% believe economy has hit bottom
59% believe we have a long way to go before we hit bottom
55% will spend the next year focusing mostly on reducing debt
66% are hopeful that their own situation will improve over the next year

More than two to one say they are worse off than better off than a year ago.

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With today's job report we have another "mixed message" report but one I'm still encouraged by. Employers added 162,000 jobs in March, which was below economists expectations of about 200,000. The big buzz kill? One-third of these jobs came from temporary hiring from the Census. Of course these jobs are temporary and has just a short term effect on the numbers.

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If you are new to the job market or beginning to re-evaluate your career options because of present realities then you may struggle with what direction you should go and what opportunities are available. Some of the biggest choices you will make in the positions you go after center around love of passion for what your doing, compensation and benefits, and the skills being utilized.