Friday, October 8, 2021

GOP governors who ended unemployment benefits failed to spur job growth: September numbers — Jon Skolnik

So much for that assumption.

The results are coming in. Why won't people go back to work? Fear of COVID, inadequate compensation for the work and risk, and matching skills with requirements — a lot of people report seeking work to meet their qualifications and not finding any reasonable offers. People are reluctant to take a job that promises either a downward trajectory or getting stuck in work that is beneath their level of experience, ie., under-employed. It's not a simple as comparing the number of job openings and people who are unemployed, as many seem to presume.

5 comments:

NeilW said...

Businesses have to compete for labour. Who knew?

That's going to come as a shock to those firms built on exploiting cheap labour.

Peter Pan said...

Once their personal savings are exhausted, they will have to go back to work.

mike norman said...

I said this would happen.

lastgreek said...

I don't know if we're allowed to post job openings here, but if we are, there's a very high likelyhood there will be a head coach position available in Los Angeles soon. So, anyone here with football coaching experience (minimum coaching experience: Southeastern or Big Ten conferences), take note :)

Reported racist comment by Raiders coach Jon Gruden draws NFL rebuke

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/08/jon-gruden-racist-comment-email-demaurice-smith

Matt Franko said...

https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2021-09-19/hope-and-despair-in-del-rio-as-biden-administration-begins-expelling-migrants-from-massive-border-encampment

Don’t worry labor costs coming down…

#deflation