[RegulatorCountry]

I’ve wondered at the necessity of job fairs in times of high unemployment. Spending money to find employees when employees are not hard to find doesn’t make sense. Doing so in times of low unemployment or in regions with low unemployment makes sense.

[SatinDoll]

Weyerhaeuser had set up the fair to accommodate what they were told by the State of Washington would be around 8% unemployed. They were going to interview and begin the assessment process [of applicants] in the space of two days rather than go through the filter of state agencies.

When hundreds showed up, they were surprised.

[Popman]

I’ve wondered at the necessity of job fairs in times of high unemployment. Spending money to find employees when employees are not hard to find doesn’t make sense.

I think the answer is a large number of people are on some type of assistance program or probably several and simply get more "income" from those than from working an honest job...

These people are still counted as "unemployed" and the ones who actually want to work are a smaller pool, hence the need for a job fair...

The way to solve this puzzle is to have a category in the labor statistics that says "vote for a living" and the numbers will make a lot more sense...