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A new report finds companies in Jersey and across the country are having a tougher time finding skilled workers to fill job vacancies.

New Jersey officials say the unemployment rate dropped .1 percent in December to 9 percent.

The Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in Jackson Township New Jersey will be hosting job fairs next month for the 2012 season. Park officials say they're hoping to fill 4,100 positions including 200 internships.

The national unemployment rate dropped, and hiring spiked, but it's not all good news for the unemployed.

After the Great Recession - in 2009 - following a period when men had lost most of the jobs - the recovery started, and men saw much stronger job gains than their female counterparts - but that trend seems to be changing.

Jersey's largest collegiate Career Fair is coming up at Rutgers University tomorrow - and there's some good news for seniors who will soon be graduating and looking for work.

As the economy continues its slow recovery, not only are men claiming more than two-thirds of the private sector jobs that are being created, but they're taking on jobs that were previously dominated by women.

At least its not an F. According to a national report card from Good Jobs First, New Jersey gets a grade of D+ for five of its major subsidy programs, scoring only 39 on a scale of 100.

The "Back to Work NJ" program was approved Thursday by the full Senate. The bill would pair unemployed workers with New Jersey businesses in a six-week training program.

Would walk up to your boss and tell him to "take this job and shove it?" Well most people probably wouldn't, however according to a new study it doesn't mean they aren't thinking it.