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Nearly half of unemployed not looking for work, poll finds
2014 May 21, 3:33am 3,464 views 19 comments
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zzyzzx
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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