My experience tells me there is a complete disconnect not only between published unemployment figures and real figures, but between what employers need and what they can get from U.S. workers. It makes no sense to see hundreds of “Help Wanted” signs and ads all over the place, while at the same time we have 95 million people out of the work force.
There was a time when companies would take on a promising candidate and train them. That was back in the bad old days of loyalty, from both employer and employee.
I live in rural Oregon, after the 99 weeks of unemployment, they then went onto SSDI, most qualified with a pain in their back. The SSDI trust fund is out of money, they had to transfer more SS funds to the disability fund.
So these people, in my neck of the woods are mostly unemployed loggers, due to the Clinton policies (spotted owl). We live on big acreage, growing timber, if we hire anyone from Cragis list to just do basic yard work, tree trimming, road work, they have to be paid in cash, other wise they loose their SSDI and 80% of unemployed people I know are on it!!!