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Nearly half of unemployed not looking for work, poll finds
2014 May 21, 3:33am 3,455 views 19 comments
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zzyzzx
2014 May 21, 3:34am
He’s sent 20 job applications in the last six months -- and has received one reply.
Woefully too low! In 6 months he should have completed several hundred. This guy isn't even trying.
HydroCabron
2014 May 21, 3:40am
Nearly two-thirds said they don’t plan to go back to school to make themselves more marketable
This is usually smart. More education does not create more jobs.
44% said they wouldn’t relocate to another city for a job.
And this is really stupid. Move yer ass!
If all the unemployed worked harder to find jobs, there would still be about as many unemployed, because looking for work does not create jobs.
Some of these people would be better served by starting their own businesses, but that takes (a) cash and (b) cojones. Having seen a couple of people go this route, I can tell you that it's character-building, and extremely tough.
zzyzzx
2014 May 21, 3:46am
Some of these people would be better served by starting their own businesses, but that takes (a) cash and (b) cojones. Having seen a couple of people go this route, I can tell you that it's character-building, and extremely tough.
Especially since a lot of these people have nothing to lose, so why not try?
Woefully too low! In 6 months he should have completed several hundred. This guy isn't even trying.
And this is really stupid. Move yer ass!
there is no where else to go. Even Silicon Valley has similar issues
Nationally, the number of long-term unemployed (jobless 27 weeks+) stands at 3.7 million, representing 35.8 percent of unemployed workers. In California, 39.4 percent of the unemployed are long-term unemployed. These workers have been laid off through no fault of their own and face diminishing prospects of finding work. According to a recent Brookings Institution report, just 11 percent of them ever will find steady employment.
zzyzzx
2014 May 21, 3:55am
According to a recent Brookings Institution report, just 11 percent of them ever will find steady employment.
It's all Obama's fault!!!
Had this been the 81, 91, or 01 recession, the unemployed 3-6 18 months, they would have been hired. BUT ! today employers are NOT hiring the unemployed for some reason. There is discrimination against the unemployed going on...
Companies won’t even look at resumes of the long-term unemployed
Matthew O'Brien reports on a striking recent experiment by Rand Ghayad of Northeastern University. He sent out 4,800 fake resumes at random for 600 job openings. And what he found is that employers would rather call back someone with no relevant experience who's only been out of work for a few months than someone with more relevant experience who's been out of work for longer than six months.
If all the unemployed worked harder to find jobs, there would still be about as many unemployed, because looking for work does not create jobs.
or, to get interview dont state your unemployed and currently working for your past employer... meaning you dont put a term date on your resume and leave it as " - Present " .... YOU WILL GET A CALL BACK
It's all Obama's fault!!!
his minion in Silicon Valley have gone nuts... you should see it.
FuckTheMainstreamMedia
2014 May 21, 4:06am
Had this been the 81, 91, or 01 recession, the unemployed 3-6 18 months, they would have been hired. BUT ! today employers are NOT hiring the unemployed for some reason. There is discrimination against the unemployed going on...
Companies won’t even look at resumes of the long-term unemployed
Matthew O'Brien reports on a striking recent experiment by Rand Ghayad of Northeastern University. He sent out 4,800 fake resumes at random for 600 job openings. And what he found is that employers would rather call back someone with no relevant experience who's only been out of work for a few months than someone with more relevant experience who's been out of work for longer than six months.
Sounds like a very strong argument against increasing minimum wage, thereby destroying even more jobs. Truth is, many of these people need to take ANY job, just to demonstrate drive and willingness to work. I can say I've been there before.
Tenpoundbass
2014 May 21, 4:11am
Unless I have a masters or a PhD that allows me to make $50,000
The sad news is he honestly believes that. I wonder what in the hell are they teaching over there in the "Bad School Districts" it sure hasn't been "you can be anything you set your mind to be" that we were led to believe when we were going to school. Now some say that's the problem that We decided to be these people who became what our dreams were, but somehow along the way, our dreams became to rob you of your dreams.
But see, I don't see it like that. In a couple weeks all our high schools in America will be having their Graduation ceremonies, and Principals will regurgitate the same tired White house official endocrine, imploring people to work in the government and ask "what can the Government do for you."
There was not one inspiring speech at my daughters Graduation last year. Just a bunch of mamby pamby work in the public sector schpeal. While the tearchers were looking around the room at each other rolling their eyes. Because just a week before those left, just survived the latest round of "Who want's to be a Laidoffaire?".
I can only hope that a large portion of that number that has not been looking for a job, has learned sometimes you have got to create your own job. And if it works out, a few more for others too.
lostand confused
2014 May 21, 4:45am
My friend lives in a nice area of AZ with acerage. She has been looking to get some of her neighbour's kids to do about 20hr a week of work for her. Was willing to pay 15/hr with flexible timings. Not one showed up after one or two tries-most in the 22-30 age bracket. She finally settled for illegals.
Strategist
2014 May 21, 5:01am
Nearly two-thirds said they don’t plan to go back to school to make themselves more marketable
This is usually smart. More education does not create more jobs.
44% said they wouldn’t relocate to another city for a job.
And this is really stupid. Move yer ass!
If all the unemployed worked harder to find jobs, there would still be about as many unemployed, because looking for work does not create jobs.
Some of these people would be better served by starting their own businesses, but that takes (a) cash and (b) cojones. Having seen a couple of people go this route, I can tell you that it's character-building, and extremely tough.
"Looking for work does not create jobs"
How true. Reducing the minimum wage would. Especially for teenagers who need to get off the streets.
"Looking for work does not create jobs"
How true. Reducing the minimum wage would. Especially for teenagers who need to get off the streets.
Please tell me how reducing the minimum wage would help people who already can't afford 3 healthy squares a day, a roof, transportation, and health care on minimum wage? MOST people work to take care of themselves and their families. If the work doesn't pay enough to provide that basic subsistence, it's not worth doing.
As for the issue of moving for a new job, there has to be affordable housing wherever you move. The towns around the Bakkan oil fields have fast food jobs that pay $17 an hour but you can't find anywhere to live, even on that wage. Libertarians and other right wing groups like to point to the unwillingness of workers to move, but fail to address the fact that many can't afford to move or can't get the housing they need once they move and get that low wage job they're supposed to move for.
HydroCabron
2014 May 21, 1:34pm
The minimum wage should be -$25 an hour, so that you can pay an employer no more than that much for the privilege of working for them.
Employers are under no obligation to pay people enough to even reproduce.
People who are not cost-effective should be phased out as Jesus advocated.
I know in the tech sector, the firms are receiving literally thousands of resumes from qualified individuals, and interviewing less than 1% of them. All the while complaining that they need foreign workers.
Not really sure how you can call these tech job applicants 'lazy' when large numbers have STEM-related degrees, but the employers simply refuse to pick up the phone and start interviewing in good faith. And most of them aren't really the sort of worker that would be in place working at a Subway or other service sector sort of business.
lostand confused
2014 May 21, 1:45pm
There are only so many fake resumes and big ego heads you can tolerate, before you start picking people you know or someone reliable knows.
There are only so many fake resumes and big ego heads you can tolerate, before you start picking people you know or someone reliable knows.
So everyone who can't find a job should be tarred with the brush of having a fake resume or a big ego head?
Fact is, there's huge amounts of talent out there that can submit their resumes to firms claiming to be hiring, not even to receive the very basic courtesy of a response or feedback. And that's because of the comatose state of the economy outside of the service and government sectors.
lostand confused
2014 May 21, 2:10pm
So everyone who can't find a job should be tarred with the brush of having a fake resume or a big ego head?
No, just saying the person on the other end is also human.
marcus
2014 May 21, 11:51pm
My friend lives in a nice area of AZ with acerage. She has been looking to get some of her neighbour's kids to do about 20hr a week of work for her. Was willing to pay 15/hr with flexible timings. Not one showed up after one or two tries-most in the 22-30 age bracket. She finally settled for illegals.
$15 is not that good for that kind of work. When I was college age in the late seventies, a friend and I did exterior house painting in the summer. Not charging by the hour, we quoted a price for the job. It worked out a little more than $15/hr, each, and that was what, 38 years ago ?
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http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-unemployment-poll-20140520-story.html
Some 47% of unemployed Americans say they've given up on looking for work, according to a poll commissioned by staffing firm Express Employment Professionals.
A plurality of poll respondents – 45% -- said they blame the economy most of all for their situation. Nearly 20% point to their last boss; 36% consider themselves personally responsible.
Nearly half said they hadn't been on a job interview in the prior month. The percentage soars to 71% among those unemployed for more than two years.
The last time Kenneth Phillips, 55, had a full-time job was in 2007, when he worked for a parking company that ultimately laid him off when the recession hit.
He tried to launch a maintenance business in 2011 but his credit score was too low. Last week, he received a letter from a credit union denying his application for a credit card.
Now, he's living in Section 8 housing downtown -- which he calls “a blessing” -- and subsisting on various forms of public assistance. There's $221 a month from the county for bus fare, rent and essentials such as soap; $189 comes via food stamps.
He's sent 20 job applications in the last six months -- and has received one reply.
“It's not happening for me,” he said. “Unless I have a masters or a PhD that allows me to make $50,000 a year with a good job, I'll be looking at $8 an hour.”
Nearly two-thirds said they don't plan to go back to school to make themselves more marketable; 44% said they wouldn't relocate to another city for a job. Some 36% said they spent no more than five hours looking for work in the prior week.
Jobless benefits may be tamping down any sense of urgency. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they consider unemployment compensation to be a cushion; nearly half said they didn't search as hard as they could have for openings because of the funds.
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