Jahaira Perez, right, and Takela Lawrence, second from right, both of Providence, R.I., examine job listings at a state managed employment center, in Providence, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Perez is unemployed after being laid off in May of 2009 from her job as a cashier at a supermarket, while Lawrence is looking for a second job as a school crossing guard. The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 _ and is likely to go higher.(AP Photo/Steven Senne)