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     Ashton Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 12695 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 64.20.45.178 Rating: |
http://www.businessinsider.com/scary-facts-about-finding-a-j ob-2011-9#if-you-lose-your-job-today-theres-a-70-chance-you- wont-find-a-job-in-the-next-month-1 1) If you lose your job today, there's a 70% chance you won't find a job in the next month 2) If you've been unemployed for a year, there's a 91% chance you won't find a job in the next month 3) Two million people have exhausted 99 weeks of unemployment benefits—another four million will do so in 2011 4) There was zero job growth in the past decade—the worst ten years on record 5) In the most optimistic scenarios, payrolls won't return to 2008 levels until 2013—in that time population will grow by 5% 6) More than one in four jobs added to the economy last year were temporary 7) At 2000 participation levels, the unemployment rate would be 13% 8) When you count the unemployed, underemployed and discouraged workers, only 47 percent of the work force is fully employed. 9) The number of workers over 55 has increased by nearly eight percent in three years—no retirement means no hiring 10) 4 out of 10 baby boomers said they will have to "work till they drop" 11) The average length of unemployment is 22 weeks 12) For workers over 55, the average length of unemployment is 43 weeks 13) In one of the hardest cities to find a job, Las Vegas, there are nine applicants for every opening 14) No post-depression jobs crash even compares to what's happening right now 15) A one percent increase in unemployment leads to roughly a one percent increase in suicide 16) More than 3 million manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1998 17) The number of motor vehicle manufacturing jobs will decline by 10 percent in the next decade 18) The number of apparel manufacturing jobs will drop by 57% over the next decade 19) Now here's your competition: A network engineer makes $6,000 a year in Bangladesh and a CEO earns about $30k |
