so far, more than 200 companies, including the pappas group, have done just that. carla emil, whose background is in advertising, started the movement earlier this year. >> it was a response to my frustration with the unemployment situation in this country, and my idea was to ask every business in america to create one new job. >> as a small business owner in particular, when you read on the site, "what can one job do?" i can really relate to that. >> reporter: anthony pappas took the "one job for america" pledge and hired william stilwell. he believes he's helping the economy and benefiting from his new employee's work. >> he has great skills, and he fit really well, and it was sort of that, if you will, happy marriage really quickly. >> reporter: but with many employers struggling, not everyone is as anxious to take the pledge. carla emil hoped to create thousands of jobs by now. today, only 74 employees have been hired. --76 >> i'm not giving up. i'm continuing to work at this, and my ultimate goal is to create thousands of jobs. >> reporter: yet for william sti