The Private Sector Added 206,000 Jobs in November

Alexander Abad-Santos 153 Views Nov 30, 2011

The latest figure from payroll firm ADP is the largest one-month gain since last December, but as MSNBC notes, "Most of November's gains were from seasonal workers being hired by UPS."

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