Rajoy said that he still aimed to lower taxes on small businesses so that they could create job in a country where unemployment has hit 23% and is still rising.
London won the bid to hold the Olympics in 2012, so many Londoners hope that housing, education and employment for many people in this area will improve.
Mr. Roth has three community-college students enrolled in a work-placement program, with a starting wage of $13 an hour that rises to $17 after two years.
The grim picture described by the Labor Department on Friday provided stark evidence of just how much the jobs market has buckled under the weight of the housing, credit and financial crises.
At the moment, job creation is barely keeping up with the growing labor force, and although unemployment rates are falling, they remain excessively high, especially among the young and educated.