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Unemployment extensions: How long is too long?

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Unemployment extensions: How long is too long?

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Unemployment extensions: How long is too long?

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Female Unemployment and the Construction Industry

ByDavid E Gerrard

Recent figures show that levels of unemployment among women are at their highest since the 1980s, with more redundancies set to come in the New Year. Due to massive public sector and retail industry cuts and a significant increase in childcare costs, the employment rate and financial position of women with children in the UK is now lower than in most other OECD countries, where we currently rank 19th. The Office for Budget and Responsibility recently predicted that overall unemployment will rise from 8.3% to 8.7% in 2012, equating to a loss of approximately 120,000 jobs which could increase to 710,000 by 2017, while the economy itself will only grow 0.9%. With two-thirds of public sector and retail jobs held by women and the looming possibility of a double-dip recession affecting high-street spending, the future does not look bright.

Despite the bleak outlook, the construction industry is crying out for more female workers with many consumer polls indicating that homeowners are more comfortable with women in their homes because they find them more trustworthy and less intimidating. Specifically, many female homeowners find the experience of having male workers in their homes not preferable, with 50% saying that they would be more comfortable with a female contractor. In research conducted by the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC), 47% of women felt intimidated when having to deal with a male electrician and 31% said they would be more likely to trust a woman's opinion. 11% confess that they will only have a man around if they are not alone. In light of these statistics, now may be the perfect time for women to retrain with a gas, electrical or plumbing course and enter a new industry which offers healthy prospects.

In the current employment climate, women with manual skills are set to be more successful than those with administrative skills. According to a report from Working Links, vacancies are more numerous in areas of manual trade such as welding and construction, whereas administrative, sales and customer service positions are few and far between, especially in heavily affected areas such as the East Midlands. Opportunities for women in other hands-on professions such as transport driving and hairdressing have also risen in recent years, although of course, the picture varies from region to region.

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Jobs, the Economy and Unemployment

ByBill A. Collins

The other evening I watched a contemporary film that I'm positive was meant by its writers and producers to be a modern day story depicting five well-to-do company executives who like many of us, become victims of our country's financial meltdown, or as the news media calls it - the Recession. These unfortunate souls were forced to go from multi-million dollar homes, corporate jets, vacation houses in the Bahamas, first-class country club memberships... you get the story - right?

As the reels unwind, one of the newly pink-slipped executives is forced to work for his brother-in-law's contracting company, installing drywall and so-forth. Still, the bills continue to mount as he remains in denial thinking that another big corner office is waiting just around the corner. His wife however gives him a little push into reality by selling his classic Porsche. Another one of our ex-execs goes so far as to commit suicide. No longer could he go on playing real-life charades by pretending to continue his family's once lavish lifestyle. Sadly without sympathy or understanding from his spouse, this poor soul stays out at the bar until evening then arrives home as in the past with his briefcase and Wall Street Journal under his arm so the neighbors don't get suspicious. The script attempts to put the darkest hue of doom above the ex-vice-president who must now find a way to live off of his one-hundred million in stock options while maintaining his pride, dignity, and sexual liaison with his ex-corporation's head of human resources.

I sat patiently waiting for the killer plot twist or story-stunner; but what happened at the end (spoiler warning) they all had to start over with new jobs and careers. SERIOUSLY! They had jobs! But lowering themselves to a significantly lessor pay-scale was equivalent to being unemployed in their eyes. There was a scene where one of the major characters had to sit on the back steps with his young teenage son (teary eyed) and explain that he lost his job; not mentioning that there was a construction job waiting for him if he wanted it (but that was not a real job). Someone wrote and produced this major motion picture with a minimum of six major actors portraying down and out executives who once had it all and now must live off of their stock options and lower-middle-class salaries. Honest! This was not a comedy... it was meant to make me sad and concerned for the characters.

I did a little investigating myself and found that a large portion of individuals collecting unemployment for the um-teenth month feel that lower paying jobs with less benefits and options than their previous jobs are considered as unacceptable, therefore they remain on unemployment. Oh, if I could be so lucky!

This is a twisted society we live in - honestly!

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Monday, July 11, 2011

White House Stands by Senior Adviser’s Comments on Unemployment Numbers; Not a 2012 Factor

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