Obama's agenda, from Day 1, and even before he took office, has created a tremendous amount of uncertainty and damge to the economy to where companies fearing the future lay off people or put off hiring.
He has directly caused energy inflation, health care inflation, commodity inflation, and chaos. This has resulted in many losing their jobs and employers not hiring people.
Also - his constant bs about raising taxes on those who hire people is causing employers to put off hiring people since they don't know what the future holds with his bullshit.