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1) What exactly is "unemployable"? Don't you understand that it has a dynamic definition, that changes daily? Some people were very employable yesterday, yet today they are considered unemployable. How can YOU be sure that YOU will not be unemployable tomorrow? Yesterday, handicapped people were unemployable. Today however, many disabled people work. What changed? Technology, but even more importantly, general's public conception.
2) There is another point however, that tells a different story: why is unemployment so high among recent collage graduates? That tells us that something else is at play in the current economy, beyond people having no skills and refusing to work manual labor.
3) Real unemployment rate is much higher than 10%. That figure includes only people who collect unemployment and register. Do you know how many don't register anywhere and only work seasonable or daily jobs, yet for the most part are de-facto unemployed?
I agree w. you.
At pvt university where I teach, students leave the area after acquiring a graduate degree (in acctng and business, not liberal arts). This city is great for medical but it is saturated. 65,000 plus population and they cannot find a decent marketing or banking job.
One more thing: in recent years, being unemployed, or having "gaps" in your resume, qualify you for "eternal unemployable" status. It includes moms who stayed home to raise their kids, people who had an accident or medical issue, or even those who spent time traveling overseas. Such reasons did not stop companies from considering candidates in the past. Today - "you have a gap"...
I don't consider people who lost their jobs unemployable no matter how long they are out of work. That's more a sign of a bad economy than a reflection on them. The smaller percentage is of people who are unemployable for other reasons (mental, physical, drug abuse, etc.). Always we will have to handle that somehow. Also, there will never be a time when every able adult would or should be employed.
I don't consider people who lost their jobs unemployable no matter how long they are out of work. That's more a sign of a bad economy than a reflection on them. The smaller percentage is of people who are unemployable for other reasons (mental, physical, drug abuse, etc.). Always we will have to handle that somehow. Also, there will never be a time when every able adult would or should be employed. Some people don't have to work and believe it or not the world needs them too.
agree. . we had an autistic student who finally was placed through career services in the post office. he feels useful now, and even pays 600.00 per month to live in shack, its good for his self-esteem.
Doing things the working people aren't doing. sorry. I mistyped before. Some people don't need to work if it's their choice, others need to for many reasons besides money.
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. we had an autistic student who finally was placed through career services in the post office. he feels useful now, and even pays 600.00 per month to live in shack, its good for his self-esteem.
