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Originally posted by aceventura3
Anyone who wants to work can find work. When people are unemployed it is usually because they are receiving unemployment compensation, severence packages, or just living off of savings. If they really needed to go to work they would. Also, these official numbers don't take into account the "underground" economy. Do you think a skilled carpenter would ever have to be unemployed unless he wanted to be?
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This is a very simplistic way of looking at the job market. I am not sure where you live, but many manufacturing plants are located in smaller towns and when there are layoffs, there are not other jobs to be picked up. Also, in larger cities, while other jobs may be available, underemployment can be a problem. Yes, it is better to take a job a McDonalds than to not work at all, but it can damage your ability to get a job commensurate with your pervious employment and interfere with your ability to interview for employment that may be more appropriate to your skill level.
The news of an increase in jobs is good, but it is not the whole story. Let's hope that the trend continues and leads to a resurgence of the U.S. economy.