According to a national report released today by the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, one in five workers who were laid off during the last five years is still looking for work. While the American economy continues its slow recovery, about 3 million people remain in long-term job searches extending beyond six months. Two million of them have been job hunting for more than a year. It’s the worst long-term statistic since the Great Depression. The percentage of unemployed workers who had been out of work for more than six months hit 46 percent in 2010. In last few months it’s slipped to the 31 percent to 35 percent range — but that’s still higher than the 26 percent peak in 1983, the previous worst recession. “I’ve done all the right job-hunting things,” he said. “I’ve been through the screening interviews, the face-to-face interviews with the hiring manager, the presentations to groups. I tell them I don’t need the kind of management work I did before. I get good feedback, but then I don’t get hired. … I feel like my energy, mind and creativity are going to waste.”
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:54:17 +0000
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