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For Ms. Barrington-Ward, joblessness itself has become a trap, an impediment to finding a job. Economists see it the same way, concerned that joblessness lasting more than six months is a major factor preventing people from getting rehired, with potentially grave consequences for tens of millions of Americans.
The long-term jobless, after all, tend to be in poorer health, and to have higher rates of suicide and strained family relations. Even the children of the long-term unemployed see lower earnings down the road.
The consequences are grave for the country, too: lost production, increased social spending, decreased tax revenue and slower growth. Policy makers and academics are now asking whether an improving economy might absorb those workers in time to prevent long-term economic damage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/business/caught-in-unemployments-revolving-door.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)the system, on the fringe through no fault of their own, on the peripheral looking in ... because the current system is a caste system, although no physically identifiable marks are placed on one ... but electronically from a records perspective, tangible or intangible ... they are locked out! It is a recipe for disaster in the big picture.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)Me and millions of other people.... too qualified, or underqualified because I did the same thing for over 40 years and I'm applying for a entry level job because there is no work in my sector.
And I'm over 60 and have not had a new job since 2008, when I got "laid off" from an 18 year job.
Where do we sign up for the wandering tribe?
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)DanM
(341 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)No place for them in the 21st Century.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)Chances are if you're unemployed for any long time your credit is gonna be screwed. I'm so sick of this capitalism run amok society we live in
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)It's class discrimination, plain and simple, and it absolutely prevents any kind of upward mobility - not exactly something you want to see in a modern, democratic society.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I was told the same thing once, after taking a basic test for an office job.
The problem was, I had scored too highly for the position.
Oh well. I probably would have hated it anyway, as the office manager told me that the women always had to wear dresses or skirts. Which I hate...
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Because just because people don't have jobs doesn't mean they have to stop paying for food and rent. Really? Really, 'job creators'?
Our system isn't just becoming Idiocracy, it's running as fast as it can while screaming straight into it.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)or if she is a hiring manager's nightmare.
We just did a lot of hiring and some people present themselves so poorly on their resume and in person that I'm not surprised a lot of them are still unemployed.
bluedeathray
(511 posts)Your hands behind your back too.
Poverty level wage payers need stupid employees to maintain the power over them. Sad state of affairs.