And those feeling the brunt of it, are in their early 20s.

Tiffany Tarrolly shows us how they're impacted.

"All through college I never thought you know you always kind of think, you know Ill get a job, you know, everyone does and then all of a sudden it's like this crisis and no one can get a job," said Sarah Niklas who graduated with a degree in communications from Purdue University in May.

"I researched 89 news stations and of those 89, 11 were hiring and of those eleven 6 were for entry level positions- everyone else wanted at least 3 years of experience so I sent out a bunch of resumes, worked really hard on them you know resume, cover letter, DVD and got no response," said Sara.

Follow- up calls all said the same thing- try again when the recession turns around.

Sara applied and interviewed for jobs outside her desired field, but even then, no one was hiring.

She eventually took on an internship with the Northland's NewsCenter.

"I thought about going back to grad school because a lot of people are doing that and it makes sense but I figured that an internship is kind of trade off for the, it's another way to learn and to gain some experience and hopefully it will pay off and give me that experience that I wanted to get," said Sara.

The federal bureau of labor statistics estimates show 10- point- two percent of 20 to 24 year olds were unemployed in June 2008; that number jumped to 15- point two percent this year.

For those age 25 to 29, unemployment rose from six percent last June, to 10- point- six percent this June.

"Nationally and state wide it's hurting some groups much worse than others, you know, in the state if you're 20 something it's really been bad, in this area 20- something 30- somethings are really suffering the same amount," said Drew Digby, a regional market analyst for D.E.E.D.

Analysts across the board seem to agree however, we're close hitting the bottom, which means we're closer to turning around.

In the Northland, seasonal employment has made unemployment lower than many areas in the state and nation.

But whether that continues, remains to be seen.

"The real tests will come in the fall of how many jobs we lose over the course of the winter. The lucky thing for us is our seasonal bump isn't as bad because we have all the college students come back in September," said Digby.

Sara will get the experience she can- and try for a job again, when the recession turns around.