Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100512:10:29:00
Things have changed. after collecting 99 weeks of unemployment checks he was on his way to a paying job. paul, what's new? i hear you have a job? >> yes. >> reporter: how does it feel? >> great. >> reporter: he was back on famed 42nd street where he used to wear the sign and hand out resumes. >> it is my way of networking and it was tough. it seals like another life. it is a surreal thing to go through. >> reporter: when i last saw him he was depressed and tired. the new job has put pep in his step. >> i feel separated from the guy with the sign board. >> reporter: something else was different...