Here's some not-so-surprising news from the Triad Biz Journal:

The Greensboro-High Point and Winston-Salem metro areas lost a
combined total of 20,400 jobs between November 2008 and November 2009,
according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Most of those, 15,800 jobs, were lost in the Greensboro-High Point
area, a drop of 4.3 percent during the year. Winston-Salem lost 4,600
jobs, or 2.1 percent, during that time.

This part of the article was a little shocking:

The pace of job losses in Greensboro was among the 20 fastest in the
nation, tied with other areas including Tampa, Florida and Cleveland,
Ohio.

For all the talk of economic recovery and the celebration of the Dow's return to over-10,000 land, it doesn't mean much until people start working again.  Let's hope that November 2009 to November 2010 sees a return of at least some of those jobs.