ASSOCIATED PRESS: Unemployment reaches depths unseen since 2008.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Unemployment reaches depths unseen since 2008.
The unemployment rate dipped to a fresh seven-year low of 5 percent from 5.1 percent.
The burst of hiring, the most since December, filled jobs across a range of industries as companies shrugged off slower overseas growth and a weak U.S manufacturing sector. Significant job gains occurred in construction, health care and retail.
