10 Industries With The Highest Layoff And Firing Rates

10 Industries With The Highest Layoff And Firing Rates by Nick Selbe, Career Trends

The late 2000s in America might be best known for the period of the Great Recession, which resulted in the loss of millions of jobs. The national unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in October 2009, and mass layoffs spiked in January of that same year. The recession was called by some, including Ben Bernanke, former head of the Federal Reserve, to be the worst financial crisis in the history of the world.

Though the nation has bounced back from these trying times, plenty of industries are still struggling. This past year has seen several mass...