Unemployment Rate Rises, Yet Many Jobs Remain Open

NPR

Published December 7, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Though the U.S. unemployment rate has climbed abruptly to 6 percent, plenty of jobs are going unfilled. Employers can't find enough trained workers to fill medical positions and many other skilled jobs. NPR's David Molpus reports.

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