Comments on Y-rd: Young People Lose in the Unemployment Game

@pm60657 - Thanks for the startling data. I realiz...

2009-10-14T13:27:32.153-04:00

@pm60657 - Thanks for the startling data. I realize the recession is hurting everyone; I just found the effect on young people interesting. We might be focusing more on dilapidated retirement accounts and not paying attention to the lagging start many young people are getting in their careers. Thanks so much for your comment.

@Josh - I'm glad this resonated with you. I completely agree that it is frustrating to both be someone who isn't doing the best job they could be doing AND to have co-workers who aren't doing a good job. In general, there is a lot of inertia in the workforce. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

I especially relate to what you wrote about people...

2009-10-12T11:12:45.146-04:00

I especially relate to what you wrote about people holding jobs that they are not very good at. It frustrates me that often an employer will put up with a terrible employee because its easier to do that than to go find someone better suited for the position.

Young and old lose Ellie. Such a disparity, a lot ...

2009-10-11T08:56:24.982-04:00

Young and old lose Ellie. Such a disparity, a lot of jobs available and the unemployed are not skilled to fill those positions. In order to begin getting skilled, one would have to go to college for 1-2years.

I run a website for the unemployed (WWW.WERQIN.COM)and in my research I found that unemployment numbers are based on about 60,000 households. This translates into approximately 110,000 people. If this is the case, unemployment figures are well over 30 percent. That's my estimate at least. This comes directly from the Department of Laobr.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm