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providing relocation expenses for the unemployed to obtain work in states that have a low unemployment rate is a bad idea?
I have read so many stories online where people have said they are more than willing to relocate to find a job but don't have the funds to do so. If this will reduce the cost of unemployment do you think the government should implement a relocation program?
I know it will could be costly but IMO it will be cheaper than 99 weeks on unemployment.
Hmm.. maybe if they gave you an option to take relocation fees plus an xx amount of unemployment when you get to the new state then that could possibly work.
Say, if you get 99 weeks of unemployment in GA and want to move to Texas 99 weeks of unemployment is roughly 33,000 in GA, right? It'd be less costly if someone took a 10k upfront check for moving expenses and 6 weeks of unemployment to find a job. I don't see why not.
The only problem with this would be people selling their current house. I'm underwater by about 30k which is not as much as some people. Unless the mortgage company agreed to a short sale, I would still have to come up with 30k to finish paying off my loan to sell my houses so I could relocate.
It would be a good idea though, for those people that either rent or are not underwater on their houses.
Last edited by molochai2580; 07-02-2010 at 01:35 PM..
If someone finds a job in another state, the employer will pay them
to relocate. If the employer will not, then I would say that the job
that you are relocating for wasn't much of a job anyway.
If someone is just looking to move to another state with a lower
unemployment rate - good luck with that. Just because the rate is
lower, doesn't mean that jobs are more plentiful. It just means that
a smaller percentage of employed people have been canned. Once one
is laid-off in a "lower unemployment state" is it really easier to find a job?
I have seen no evidence that it is. Here in New Mexico, the rate was much
lower than the national average for a long time, but if you were one of the
ones who was looking .... you were screwed.
There is nothing preventing an out-of-work person from just going
somewhere where they think they can find a job and looking there
whilst living in a flea-bag motel for a while. Generally, the new
employer, if found, will help with moving, but if not, see line #3 above.
I'd like to say that Georgia looks to be getting better. After the last 3 months submitting resumes, I got 3 calls in a row. One offered me a job but she failed to mention that there are no benefits & when she called me she told me they needed someone in an office 10 miles from me, but when I got to the interview (it was a 45 minute drive btw-no traffic cuz it was 2:30 but it's close to Atlanta so u know what'll happen @ 9 A.M) she told me she needed someone at the office which was at the interview site. There is no way I could make it home in time to get my kids from daycare at 6:30. I wouldn't be home until say 7:30 if I left at 6. So, that's probably not going to fly. I am seeing more hiring of clerical work, here as well as nursing staff, welders, etc. So that's really good. I was actually contemplating moving to Florida near a vacation city & getting a job at a hotel.
I'd like to say that Georgia looks to be getting better. After the last 3 months submitting resumes, I got 3 calls in a row. One offered me a job but she failed to mention that there are no benefits & when she called me she told me they needed someone in an office 10 miles from me, but when I got to the interview (it was a 45 minute drive btw-no traffic cuz it was 2:30 but it's close to Atlanta so u know what'll happen @ 9 A.M) she told me she needed someone at the office which was at the interview site. There is no way I could make it home in time to get my kids from daycare at 6:30. I wouldn't be home until say 7:30 if I left at 6. So, that's probably not going to fly. I am seeing more hiring of clerical work, here as well as nursing staff, welders, etc. So that's really good. I was actually contemplating moving to Florida near a vacation city & getting a job at a hotel.
I wouldn't move to Florida unless you had a job first.
It is no better here, and with the oil in the Gulf already washing up on FL beaches the future is very uncertain.
Hmm.. maybe if they gave you an option to take relocation fees plus an xx amount of unemployment when you get to the new state then that could possibly work.
Say, if you get 99 weeks of unemployment in GA and want to move to Texas 99 weeks of unemployment is roughly 33,000 in GA, right? It'd be less costly if someone took a 10k upfront check for moving expenses and 6 weeks of unemployment to find a job. I don't see why not.
Your idea sounds as though it may work however, what about older workers in their late 50's/60's who have their children and grand children close by. I don't think that this group would be willing to relocate afterall, at that age being close to family is most important. I'd keep the unemployment benefits/extension benefits coming and have the individual effected make up his own mind. When can look for work in Georgia, if they are currently living in South Carolina you know, the internet is a wonderful thing.
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