SAN RAFAEL, CA - APRIL 04: Job seekers use computers to search for jobs at the Marin Employment Connection April 4, 2008 in San Rafael, California. The Labor Department announced Friday that the national unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent and nearly 80,000 jobs were cut in March as worries of a recession grow. Getty Images logo Getty Images 22 months ago

SAN RAFAEL, CA - APRIL 04: Job seekers use computers to search for jobs at the Marin Employment Connection April 4, 2008 in San Rafael, California. The Labor Department announced Friday that the national unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent and nearly 80,000 jobs were cut in March as worries of a recession grow.

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