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Record unemployment claims: 6.6 million

According to jobless claims data from officials released this morning, 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week. The week before that? Over 3.3 million. That means in just the last two weeks we’ve had 10 million people apply for unemployment benefits. A New York Times story covers the widening toll on jobs due to COVID-19.

These are staggering numbers, but if there’s one industry that can help stop the bleeding, it’s work tech.