Sunday, 29 January 2017

Information On How Many Americans Are Unemployed

By Amy Peterson


With the US having a new president top of his agenda is to deal with trade issues and give people jobs. The rate of people without jobs in the US keep rising and falling and this issue has not been stabilized for a long time. A lot of people wonder how many Americans are unemployed and if it is because they have chosen to or circumstances have forced them.

If one was to look at the group of people between 18-40 years are very few in the job market. This is the group that is termed to be more active in helping in economic growth. However the older generation has chosen to stay home and take care of their families while the young ones are focusing on furthering their studies instead of tarmacking.

It is not easy to give an exact number of people without jobs since not all categories are counted. Sometimes the department of numbers is not in a position to know the exact number of dropouts and in most cases they are not termed as jobless. Youths who choose to further their studies and leave their jobs too are grouped in this category.

Most people do not have jobs because the opportunities available for them are weak therefore they choose to not to work and not to look for a job. These people are classified as the missing workers and make up the biggest number of individuals without jobs. They do not have a job and make the least effort in moving out of their cocoon.

Missing workers being the largest pool means that they could either pull the economy up or down depending on how the job opportunities are presented to them. To get the specific number or percentage they should be categorized in terms of gender and age to make the exercise simpler. These are the people who weaken the economy for choosing not to work.

The category of individuals doing part time jobs is not counted because they are termed as the earning group. However if you were to ask if they want a full time job their answer would be a definite yes. Their income is not certain and in some cases it is not enough. Businesses are being pushed out therefore there is no creation of jobs.

There is that group of people that has been looking for jobs for way too long and have been termed as long term jobless people. By long term it means a person who has been looking for a job without succeeding for over one year. Most people in this category are the people in the middle class. They end up not moving forward thus the economy remains stagnant.

It should not be the question of the exact number of people who remain without jobs but people should focus on the reasons that are leading to the increased rates of joblessness. Workers need to be given special attention because they are the ones who can strengthen or weaken the economy. The government should use a different perspective to know how to help its people.




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