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Third of job-seekers failed to land an interview in 2013

The good news? A majority of the unemployed surveyed by Beyond.com are confident they will find a job in 2014.

By Allen Greenberg | Updated on December 18, 2013

Anyone who’s been out of work or underemployed at any time during the Great Recession (and after) will be more than familiar with what Beyond.com has found.

The careers website, which conducted a survey of more than 2,300 unemployed Americans from various fields, found that although almost 80 percent of respondents had applied to jobs multiple times a week in 2013, fewer than 15 percent of them were able to secure more than five interviews for the year and a “shocking” amount of respondents (33 percent) said they had none at all.

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