In Thursday's much-anticipated jobs speech, President Barack Obama called for new infrastructure programs, payroll tax credits, and decreased government regulation to create new jobs, as well as extended benefits for the unemployed.

Here's a look at how the jobs plan, if enacted, would directly affect different groups of workers as well as the unemployed:

The Unemployed

Under Mr. Obama's plan, the unemployed would see several additional programs to help get them back to work.

The plan would renew the 99-week unemployment benefit limit, which would expire at the end of this year if not for Congressional approval.

States would be required to start what White House officials call "rigorous reemployment services" to help the long-term unemployed--those looking for work for 27 weeks or longer--find jobs. Modeled on current jobs programs offered in Georgia and North Carolina, employers could potentially "try out" and train unemployed workers for free while the workers are paid by unemployment insurance funds. Some economists have noted that the success of such programs hasn't been proven by research, and labor advocates have expressed concern that it could lead companies to exploit desperate job-seekers.

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