Jobs could pick up in second half of year

"For the first six months of next year, I think we're going to see this slow, drip, drip, drip kind of recovery," said Martin Shields, associate professor of economics at Colorado State University. The average person starts to feel the effects of the recession lifting when those good reports come at work--orders start to increase, managers say they are feeling good about the future and furloughs become a thing of the past.