Warren Buffett knows a thing or two about the outlook for jobs. Here's what he said on July 8, 2011:
“We will come back big time on employment when residential construction comes back...it's not going to be 5 years from now...you will be surprised in my view how fast employment changes when that happens...I think in a few years we'll see unemployment at 6%"
Full interview here: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/72140684/