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Word: spoehel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Secrecy Barrier. Active job seekers, however, have had little better luck. Ed Spoehel, 44, a computer-program designer, was laid off on Aug. 3 from a job with TRW Inc. that paid around $20,000. He now subsists on weekly unemployment compensation of $65, some income that his wife picks up writing a column for a local paper, and regular withdrawals from his savings account. He has phoned at least 100 companies but got "only two meaningful interviews"-which did not land a job. His work was not only specialized but so secret that he cannot describe exactly what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Agony of the Overskilled Man | 10/5/1970 | See Source »

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