The World

More than half a million Americans lost their jobs last month alone leaving a lot of those unemployed to wonder where they’ll end up next. The Takeaway talks to two people about how they’ve bounced back after being laid off. Gail Ambrosius is a former cartographer for the state of Wisconsin who owns her own chocolatier shop in Madison. And Mike Gill is a former creative director turned Starbucks worker and book author.

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