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PatrickforB

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17. I have been in workforce development over 30 years, and
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 10:15 AM
Oct 2021

we were asking this question on my first day - why does the labor market embrace some people, and reject others. If you look at the BLS data on average and median duration of unemployment in weeks, and the percentage of total unemployed (U3) that has been unemployed 15+ and 27+ weeks, it tells the same story as Holt. Why?

It isn't completely about skills, either. But what is it? We tell people it is easier to get a job when you already have one, and Holt is already employed, yet he sent out 60 applications and got 2 interviews/no offers. WHY?

Well, then, He needs to come to Illinis. Jobs abound! 634-5789 Oct 2021 #1
Depends on the business and what they need Freddie Oct 2021 #2
Did they get PPP money? durablend Oct 2021 #3
No Freddie Oct 2021 #5
I see a lot of Help Wanted signs here in Austin. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #4
Well...it IS Ft. Myers, so... NCDem47 Oct 2021 #6
Blame Carlos! I have been getting e-mails every day for Carlos. doc03 Oct 2021 #7
Gee WHITT Oct 2021 #13
But where are they? Are they working someplace else? Did they find a better job? doc03 Oct 2021 #16
Well my theory....death and lost immigrants Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #23
My two nieces started working from home last year doc03 Oct 2021 #25
Our unemployment numbers are where they were at before covid. GemDigger Oct 2021 #26
Unemployment before COVID was at 3.5% like doc03 Oct 2021 #27
I should have clarified that a bit. GemDigger Oct 2021 #28
Unemployment Zeitghost Oct 2021 #30
Unemployment is the basic gauge of the available workforce, correct? GemDigger Oct 2021 #34
Also, We Should Remember... ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #37
K&R ck4829 Oct 2021 #8
Eventually the "stimulus money caused it" argument is going to run out Ohioboy Oct 2021 #9
There's also the upward mobility factor. Crowman2009 Oct 2021 #10
Yeah, I was wondering the other day the impact that 700k+ dead has had on our work force. woodsprite Oct 2021 #12
Approximately 550,00 of that 750,00 that died forthemiddle Oct 2021 #29
Maybe it is because corporation do not want to pay a living wage Maggiemayhem Oct 2021 #11
Incompetent hiring managers abound, especially in restaurants & low end retail jobs. lark Oct 2021 #14
Time to add another square to this classic meme. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #15
I have been in workforce development over 30 years, and PatrickforB Oct 2021 #17
Here is a good Harvard study on that topic jmbar2 Oct 2021 #18
I really appreciate that link! Thank you very much. PatrickforB Oct 2021 #38
You're so welcome jmbar2 Oct 2021 #39
Corporations aren't missing workers Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #19
I did a Google search on that story, and it may be questionable jmbar2 Oct 2021 #20
that doesn't surprise me HAB911 Oct 2021 #22
Let me channel Sen. Manchin. Hotler Oct 2021 #21
A friend of mine can't find a job ripcord Oct 2021 #24
If they can tell his age Zeitghost Oct 2021 #31
I'm curious Zeitghost Oct 2021 #32
He said he only applied to firms that said they were hurting for workers, you know... ck4829 Oct 2021 #35
Hiring someone... Zeitghost Oct 2021 #36
After the fiasco of last year xmas74 Oct 2021 #33
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