Around 2004 unemployment was so low in our area that our company had to hire a marginally qualified employee with no job experience to fill a responsible job slot because the only two other people who responded to our help want ads after 2 months of advertising were an alcoholic who came to the job interview drunk and convicted child molester who had just been released on parole.
Now unemployment is so high we hardly even have a rush hour commute where before it traffic jams for two hours before and after quitting time