Unemployment high among thirty-something's?  Are we the shortchanged generation?
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I don't think we're irresponsible at all.  The generation before us discovered that they could buy up all the property and make us pay rent.  Then they created all kinds of worthless jobs.  The future generations are so exploited so that former generations can feel comfortable.  It's an epidemic.  And none of us wants to contribute to that kind of economy.  Fear the revolution.  It's got to come.
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There are many people 30+ only beginning their undergraduate education.  It is not too late for you.
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Yes there is a terrible decline in behavior, manners and rudness!  My feeling is that people have become more and more selfish with each generation.   There is a desperate lack of consideration for anyone but yourself.  Things like road rage, talking on your cell phone in the movie theater, cutting in line ahead of others, tell people around you that you think you are more important than anyone else around and just put up with it because you're allowed to be rude.  But god forbid someone should do any of those things to you!  Sorry to use the word you so much.  Not directed at anyone in particular, hahaha.
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At the worst point of the Great Depression, in 1933, one in four Americans who wanted to work was unable to find a job. Further, it was not until 1941, when World War II was underway, that the official unemployment rate finally fell below 10%.\n\nYou know you are right I scanned dozens of papers and they all reference the percentage and not the actual 12 million that I am guessing :-)
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Why not go down and ask the unemployment people?
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The job market is saturated right now (more applicants than jobs). Keep looking, something will come along.
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Dear 070707bride,\n\nI think Messier here is very much on the mark. In a word, everything is a big problem. Let me break it up into a few main themes to make it easier.\n\nMATERIAL MATTERS: We are a generation where employment opportunities are much fewer and competition much stronger than in the past. My father managed to rise to a very rewarding position inside a multinational corporation with no university education. This would practically be unthinkable today. Instead we are having to spend much more time and money on education and obtaining qualifications. We are independent much later than our parents, and feel great guilt for that.\n\nCompetition has been exacerbated by the massive entrance of women into the job market, for instance: this is a good thing, but the problem now is that the demands of the economy make it very difficult to have a materially satisfying home life with only one income-earner. There is nothing wrong with being a housewife or househusband: but economic as well as cultural constraints (this condition is marginalised and ridiculed nowadays) mean that people who want to do it (for the sake of the children, their own development, etc) no longer can.\n\nThe concept of rewarding, life-long careers is also disappearing because small and medium enterprises are vanishing to the profit of huge organisations with little or no personal connection to their employees - the economy is also increasingly fast and virtual, so this means that these same organisations are under pressure to report results at a frantic rate and will not hesitate to effect massive redundancies to meet short-term financial targets.\n\nFinally, the price of real estate is ridiculously high, which means young people can no longer afford their own home and will have to wait for many years to get it. All this has a direct impact on the next theme:\n\nHOME LIFE: Since both partners in a household need to work nowadays, stress levels skyrocket and partners tend to offload it upon each other. There is no longer solace in the home, which leads to a great strain on relationships in general and a breakdown in mental health. One in 10 people is supposed to suffer from mental illness nowadays (twenty years ago it was one in 10,000) and it is no coincidence that the average age for a first depressive episode is the mid- to late 20s.\n\nBecause the condition of household manager has been discredited (see above), there is no longer a choice in priorities and everyone is supposed to be both a career enthusiast and a competent house manager at the same time. This is an unprecedented strain in the history of home life.\n\nThis is also bad for children, obviously, since there is no choice but to leave them in the hands of nannies or daycare centres, thus leading to a great neglect in upbringing and a constant sense of guilt for the parents. This also means that we have a poor birthrate, because we have to wait much longer than our own parents to enjoy the material means to start a family. Women especially now only have a tiny window of opportunity to have children before it's too late.\n\nIDENTITY: We Generation Xers face a permanent existential crisis. We were born in the midst of a general downfall of practically all existing human institutions. We are the generation that saw the collapse of communism, the demise of Enlightenment values, the breakdown of national identities under the influence of globalisation, the return of religious fanaticism and the triumphant excesses of a devil-may-care consumer society. As a result, the cultural landmarks that previous generations defined themselves by are not there for us. We are at a true crossroads in human values.\n\nSome have accused us of wanting everything now, but we cannot be entirely blamed for that - we are after all the generation that has been most overexposed to drivelling and relentless advertisement campaigns urging us to want and be everything now, this minute. By heeding this propaganda, our
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Depending on how the sentence is arranged it could well be true. Bear with me. Suppose I take the last two words, "work seekers," as the definition of the population to be "analyzed." \n\nWould you be totally shocked to learn that only 6% of job seekers approve of Bush? (I'm thinking a lot of folks looking for jobs hold any current administration in lower regard than the part of the population who isn't looking for a job. And even that group only gives him an approval rating of less than 40%. )\n\nIt's true I would expect the unemployment rate to be higher than 38% for work seekers. After all, one assumes a work seeker doesn't have a job. That assumption, however, could be mistaken. Many people could be looking for second jobs.\n\nAnd if that's not what you meant, then Mike Gilbert is right.
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Not necessarily, but I'm guessing if there was a plot, it would favor 30+.  Jobs that require around 10+ years of work experience generally pay higher than those entry-level ones.\n\nFor those that start their own business, this may be the time after making a few mistakes along the way here and there.\n\nBut, there are plenty of rich people that do not fall into that age bracket, so don't limit yourself into that thinking.
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I cannot tell you how many people who are earning the minimum wage but it is pretty close to the number of people who didn't pay any attention to much in high school.\nWhile that is not completely fair,mostly because it excludes the manual workers still left from the production line jobs which are fast disappearing in the US such as at the auto industry, it does demonstrate a point; you need focus to be able to have a worthwhile future in a civilized country.  Asking others to raise how much you make really doesn't solve the issue.\n\nFor example, when I was 16, I was working at Burger King.  I did that so I had some spending money, especially for dates and the car, should I be lucky enough to borrow it from my father.  When I was there, there were several adults working there full time.  I knew they were making more money than I was and that was ok with me as they worked 40-60 hours to my 15 or so and used it to support themselves.  However, it didn't take a math genius to figure that paying for food, rent and a car with what they earned wasn't going to leave a lot left over.  Hence I was smart enough at 16 to know that even as a manager, it  wasn't where I wanted to be in 10 years.\nNow I confess that after I went to college, I was expecting someone to knock himself over to hire me to do something after I graduated.  When that didn't happen, I had to do a lot of things I really didn't want to do and relearn what I should have already known.  However, in addition, I had enough smarts to know that I had to dig myself out of the hole, not expect someone else to do it for me.  \nIf you need training, go find something you can stand and get trained.  Personally I am tired of all the anti-social attitudes manifested in demanding higher pay for standing in front of a cash register.  Learn how to be nice to people and learn a skill.  It may take a while to finish the training but it will be worth it.\n\nTo answer your question after this long diatribe, for which I apologize, there are way too many people earning minimum wage in the US.  We have fostered the idea that we have the right to a job that will pay us what we want for far too long.
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Not at all. Younger workers cop discrimination as well. It could be due to their appearance (tattoos/piercings/hair colour etc). It could also be that an employer doesn't think that younger generations will stick around & wind up costing them extra in the future with employee seeking costs etc. Some employers might think that younger people fool around too much & in the end will be a liability with compensation & or law suits. Younger females might be discriminated against because the employer thinks they will leave th company to start a family or have an unplanned pregnancy. Thats all I can think of for now, if I come up with more, I'll be back :o)
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I really believe in the future we are not going to have a shortage of college educated, degree holding, psychology majoring, individuals in this country....and there is nothing wrong with that...but a shortage of well trained and qualified mechanics, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, hospital workers, etc....supply and demand will dictate the degree of compensation. Our manufacturing industries are all but lost due to so many factors that would take hours to talk about, and that is sad. I agree with you, we need revamping of the system.....from the top down.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060606/france_working_seniors.html?.v=1\n\nIs this it?\n\nFrench Government to Promote Jobs for Older Workers \n\n\nPARIS (AP) -- France's government on Tuesday unveiled a plan to fight unemployment among workers aged 55-64 and encourage companies to keep senior citizens on their payroll.\nThe key measure of the bill is a temporary work contract for unemployed people over age 57. The 18-month contract, renewable once, is intended to give companies more flexibility if they hire older workers, who are often overlooked in favor of younger, cheaper hires.\n \nAnother provision would abolish a tax on companies that fire workers over 50. The government says the tax penalizes older workers by discouraging companies to take them on.\n\nThe plan would also eventually prohibit companies from forcing employees to retire before age 65.\n\n"For 25 years, seniors have too often been left by the side of the road," Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said, explaining the plan.\n\nOnly 37.3 percent of French people between the ages of 55 and 64 are employed, one of the lowest rates in Europe. The government hopes to bring that figure up to 50 percent in four years.\n\nEarlier this year, Villepin put forward another job plan meant to reduce youth unemployment. But that move triggered weeks of massive protests by students and labor unions that weakened the conservative government. Villepin eventually scrapped the measure.\n\n\nI think you need to be more specific w/ your question.
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Your boss is right! If the minimum wage goes up, so will unemployment! Did you ever think about looking for a job somewhere other than a fast food restaurant? Maybe you haven't noticed, but the economy is the best it's been in a long time and the unemployment rate is at 4.4 % which is lower than the average for the last 30 years!  You see, Bush did something right, and it's all because of the tax cuts (which everyone got! Not just the rich like you left wingers seem to think)
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The government’s average employment share increased from 5.2 percent in 1937 to 12.3 percent in 1960 to 18.4 percent in 1994. The rate of increase of this ratio has declined during the past couple decades in most countries, but one ought not to make too much of that deceleration.  The difference shows that we have grow to have more money and just overall more economically smart. \n\nhahaha i found the anwser =]
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I was at one time... then I got here and it's really not bad. \n\nAt 30, I was as healthy as I had ever been and had a good job.\n\nAt 40, sex got better and my pay got better too.\n\nAt 50... (next year) sex is still better, the money ain't too bad and I don't do stupid things anymore.\n\nYouth is wasted on the young. Kids should be born old and get younger as they get wiser.
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The baby boomer generation reaching retirement will drastically change the overall look of the US.  As they have with every station in life they have reached. (ie... Education, Housing, Childcare, Employment) So... if you look at what is required NOW by seniors... believe that these industries will EXPLODE in the next 5-10 years as the Baby Boomers reach full retirement.\n\nWe also have to keep in mind that as we grow older, we are also now living longer... many of these "boomers" are still quite active and are looking for change.  Given that the majority of them will be able to collect social securtiy at age 65-68... many may be looking for part-time supplimental income, travel, housing, health and wellness, recreational activities.\n\nAs a society we should be prepared for the change that will occur when the over 60 become the majority population.  Many believe that this generation will bankrupt social security and put a tremendous strain on our health care system.\n\nPersonally, I am working to finance my own retirement.  I wouldn't want to get caught unprepared as so many of todays baby boomers are. (many have counted on large pensions from companies they have worked for for years...many such companies are not able to afford such pensions.)\n\nI love reading on this subject and there are some wonderful ideas and philosophies out there... contact me through my 360 page if you would like more info or to discuss this further.