Who Are The Long-Term Unemployed?

Who Are The Long-Term Unemployed


Welfare folks

Job market absolutely reeks.

truth.

With unemployment rates hovering where they are, could this group of long term unemployed persons be a legitimate voting block in close elections?

The rate of long term unemployed among those out of work is pretty disturbing in most states according to the article- but especially in Florida, New York, and North Carolina.

There's no doubt the job market sucks. I know a very well rounded guy with a solid resume that had to work part time for 10 months after grad school before finding a legitimate full time position.

This article was posted on CNBC today about the problems facing college graduates looking for work. I'd have figured it would be "lack of experience", but I was wrong.
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Nearly everyone agrees that recent college graduates are having an inordinately tough time finding work almost five years after the end of the Great Recession. Young people aged 18 to 34 have struggled with double-digit unemployment and account for half of the 10.9 million unemployed Americans, according to government figures. Now a new study shows there is widespread disagreement between business leaders and young adults and their families over the root causes of this problem, beyond the obvious problem of a sluggish recovery.

Nearly three-quarters of hiring managers complain that millennials — even those with college degrees — aren't prepared for the job market and lack an adequate "work ethic," according to a survey from Bentley University, a private business school in Waltham, Mass.

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Unemployment is especially bad among young people.....in the 18-34 demographic that I imagine most TD posters fall into.

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While roughly two thirds of business leaders and recruiters say that "hard" technical skills and "soft" skills are equally important, a majority say they'd prefer to hire a recent graduate with industry-specific skills than a liberal arts graduate who needs to be trained first.

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I figured as much....people focused on information systems or finance have a better shot than the person focusing their studies on 19th century lesbian fokelore.

People not willing to take lesser paying jobs than they had before because it is economically more sound to simply take the government money.

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People not willing to take lesser paying jobs than they had before because it is economically more sound to simply take the government money.

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I don't know about other states, but in Tennessee recently there was a big fight over the rolling qualifications for unemployment. Basically you can lose unemployment if you turn down a job that offers at least a certain percentage of your previous pay (that percentage goes lower as you're unemployed longer).

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A job offer is considered suitable according to the following criteria:

During the first 13 weeks of unemployment, an offer of 100% of the wages of the most recent work

During the 14th through the 25th week of unemployment, an offer of 75% of the wages of the most recent work

During the 26th through the 38th week of unemployment, an offer of 70% of the wages of the most recent work

After the 38th week of unemployment, 65% of the wages of the most recent work

Other considerations of suitable work include previous wage and skill levels. Suitable work also entails having hours and days that are standard to the industry, and commuting distance must be reasonably the same as previous work experience.

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It's not limited to a democrat or a liberal.

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Both sides have uneducated, low to no skill,
sorry arse individuals

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see above.

I agree with this.

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With unemployment rates hovering where they are, could this group of long term unemployed persons be a legitimate voting block in close elections?

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I think this group would be split into 3 groups, however not sure what percentage would fall into each group. First group would be the ones that feel one candidate has a better chance at improving the job market for their field. The second group would be the ones that will vote for the candidate that will keeping their unemployment benefits from expiring. The third group would be the ones that vote more on social issues than economic issues.