A few thoughts:
No one is hiring. Who would right now?
Lots of older folks (those of us in their 50’s & 60’s) are saying, “Screw it! I’m done.” and are adjusting their lives downward and not even bothering to look for work anymore, other than something part-time to amuse themselves. (A good portion of my work staff is retired folk...I’m going to have the pick of the crop this season; bank on it!)
Factor in TEEN unemployment and those fresh out of college and it’s off the charts! My son, 22, has been unemployed for two months now; granted, he’s working odd-jobs for cash where he can and does some work for my husband, but he’s not done with college, so he’s stuck right now finding something that pays above $8 an hour in our area. IMHO, he could look HARDER, but why? The rest of us SAPS will support him through our tax dollars...BUT, Wisconsin is running out of money for UC by April; spring around here is going to be ugly!
We are getting a flood of retirements. Enough so that it will minimize eventual layoffs.