My Career Voyage! Charting The Course

By Michael A. Fletcher and Neil Irwin
Washington Post Staff Writers

Unemployment is 'one of the great challenges that remains'

President Obama plans to hold a White House forum on job creation next month, an attempt to signal his concern about the growing ranks of the unemployed and build consensus on future action to stoke the economy.

The summit will bring together small-business owners, corporate executives, economists, financial experts and union leaders to discuss ideas for accelerating job creation during the worst labor market conditions in a generation, Obama said Thursday.

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