The problem isn't lack of jobs. There are jobs. The biggest hurdle is that the vast majority of those on the dole don't WANT job. Why work when you can get paid to do nothing? They have a bone deep sense of entitlement, and an equally bone deep laziness. And until they're forcibly kicked out of the government's taxpayer funded trough they'll continue feeding with both front trotters in it.
FWIW, aren’t there still technically laws on the books that those collecting benefits (including unemployment) have to be looking for jobs, and take them if they’re available? That whole process has become a farce, because of the availability of cheaper immigrant and illegal labor.