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The double digit harsh reality
November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
Unemployment climbed to 10.2%. I wish I had better news.
If people haven’t noticed, double digit unemployment is common on what used to be called third world countries. Unemployment leads to stagnant nations where we never recover.
Regardless of what or who is to blame for high unemployment, maybe it is time we try to reduce it: as individual persons. As people who want to help each other.
I will make a plea for help here, almost begging:
- Please, take a job: any job, even if it pays less than the one before. Even if it is in McDonalds or Home Depot. If you feel you are truly worth what they used to pay you before, then you will find a job that pays that amount later. If not, at least you are not part of the problem. But for now, take any job please.
- Or even better, get out of the labor force and start your own business. It may create a few more jobs.
Notice I do not ask yourself to go back to school (unless you haven’t finished high school). There are plenty of college graduates unemployed already. Having a few more doesn’t help.
We need workers – people who desire to work so much they will take a job if offered – and do it well.
(And yes, I have already offered jobs to people who seem qualified, who have been out of a job for more than a year. And the job has been rejected – because of a 40% travel requirement, or because it wasn’t high paying enough – even when it was paying higher than unemployment benefits).
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