6.3 million people on unemployment; 15,000 People flood Phoenix Job Fair

[cshargeit]

i had no misconceptions about schooling and a job. there was never any connection to me. still i went to college full and part time for almost seven years to receive an aa degree. i spent the next 33 years in retail which was always a safety net when there was no real jobs. i watched the end of good jobs in retail but the clues started in the seventies. now its no longer a safety net - its for desperate slaves and abusing mgrs. they does not intend to pay a living wage.

[RacerXGTO]

Jan 1 2011, it get's worse from here folks, buckle up. Bumpy ride doesn't even begin to describe it!

It won't be forever, but I'll tell you what, it's going to hurt on the way down.

[abelfastlad]

you come round clean my tolite i give you 50 bucks what no jobs dumb ass american

[richiefingers1]

i think if u not working u should tidy your room and close the cupboard doors in case someone gets hurt.

[harrisnutter]

I'm sure you can get a job in a chicken shop.

[kingkong3601]

Between September 2007 and may 2009 it accually cost me $28,000 to work at my old job. This is all while living in a tiny one bedroom apartment. Thats not work it's slavery. No I take that back, it's worse than slavery. At least slaves don't have to pay to be slaves. What a sorry state we are in as a society.

[jamesgravil]

@kingkong3601 I seem to be hearing a lot of stories about people who are getting asked (or told!) to continue working the same hours at the job, for substantially reduced pay, or working fewer hours, with still reduced pay. I myself have recently had 10% taken off my pay-rate... for no discernible reason! (P.S. I was bottom minimum wage to begin with, so that's *technically* illegal.) What I want to know is, why aren't we hearing about any bankers who are getting the same treatment? Huh???

[jamesgravil]

@kingkong3601 Yep, you are right, maybe it IS slavery... But maybe you should wait till you've compared notes with somebody who has ACTUALLY been a slave before you decide who is better or worse off. Personally, I wouldn't mind busting my gut every day as long as I had a degree of security - not having to worry about paying the bills, what'll happen if the recession gets worse etc. There's nothing more terrible than being constantly uncertain about the future.

[GuildF40]

22% unemployed in usa hmmmmmm

[NorceCodine]

Rule of thumb: add 10% to the official (government) unemployment figure. If they say the unemp. is 8%, the much more realistic figure is 18%. They only count those who receive unemployment paycheck.

Going to job fairs is wasting time. Many of the booths trying to sell to YOU something, or they trick you into some marketing scam. Especially avoid the insurance companies.

Only networking can get you something, but women are much better at that than men. Thats why so many unemployed are men.

[razorx71]

I have elected to go the military route - If I don't get job by the 15th I am swearing in, Government employees on average are making 40% more money than regular workers, soon you will have to work for the people that print the money like me. My last paycheck came in December.

[nitrostang50]

@razorx71 theres only one problem,as much as i respect you for you're contribution to society,(being a former vet myelf),chances are,by doing so,you wont live long enough to even see your 5th paycheck,(the way theyre dying over there),but you can rest assure,you will have a job for at least 10-15 years(there)---,you might wanna try law enforcement instead,at least you get to see family daily,and you wont have to suffer,just cruise and bruise!!!,just looking out for you bro.

[razorx71]

being a former vet you'd know we get paid ever 2 weeks, by your 5th paycheck you would bearly be out of basic.... 99.87% of the people who go play in the sand come back alive~ more people have died in the military from automobile accidents than from combat. motorcycles were more deadly than bullets to the marines.. so i'm getting paid twice what i would make in law enforcement and getting paid to get an applied science degree now. not going to get into what my job is, but its awesome 8D

[razorx71]

(continued) so the people who run out of UI (can't find work for more than 6 months) aren't counted, the jobs lost aren't the actual number but lost + estimated created (so when they say 600k jobs were lost, it was really closer to 800k). In actuality we are climbing in unemployment by 1 actual percent per month since nov08 and are actually around 23% now. At this rate we will be around 28% at christmas and retail will be FUBAR. Jan2010 will be the worst month ever recorded.

[razorx71]

I was self employed - worked on a per contract basis, the company i contracted through went out of business, guess what I'm not in that number, the fake 9% number are only those collecting unemployment insurance.. not business owners, self employed, and contracted employees which don't qualify for UI. I read an article that says the job losses take into account new jobs created... and the new jobs created numbers aren't calculated correctly so the jobs lost per month are understated by 20%

[FrancisandLana]

i just graduated from asu with a degree in finance (haha, i know) and can't find a job.... not even for day labor it seems, haha.... good luck everyone

we are all going to need it

[JRBeaman]

With over 12 million unemployed, and we both agree there is more than what is reported, then why does Obama want to legalize 13 million illegals instead of deporting them?

[Wishlist2day]

JRBeaman

Also to add to that, why does Obama not include illegal aliens in his Government health plan if he wants to legalize these aliens? I say make them go back! Canada refused to let them in, why can't we do the same? Also, change the rule that allows people to stay here if they have a child here. If your parents are illegal, that should make you illegal as well. Wait and come here legally instead of draining our resources.

[formulaprimer]

First of all they government doesn't count people who can't find jobs and now are off unemployment checks. That puts unemployment around 18%

[BuckFutterd]

Oh my god, Fat Albert is giving me financial advice. If you could help it Albert, please get what your eating out of your mouth so we can hear you properly. It sounds like you're eating a Double Whopper while talking.

[neanam]

went to fill out a apllication for a dish washer it was a plenty of folks trying to get those low ball jobs..... and they as insulting questions like what college I went to.....like I need a college edu for washing a pot...forget it Im stayin my black butt at the house

[razorx71]

damn I know right? You need a 4 year degree to make 3 dollars more than minimum wage these days. The only jobs I find aren't "grown man" jobs.. I have a house, a truck payment, me and my GF both work - I only gotta make 12/hr to pay my bills and the best I can find is 9.50/hr with 3 years specialized experience, like any of these jobs take a rocket surgeon to accomplish their mediocrity.

[JOYCorporation2009]

To hell with these jobs! Anyone looking to start up any business? Does anyone have the balls to start a business?

[daLew03]

Smart brother--real quick--if you worked for chrysler....would you ride it out or take the buyout? even if u would get 2 1/2 years of unemployment and 24k for school if you stayed...vs..$47k cash--$24k for school & $25k for a car. U seem to know alot about the economy, just wanted to pick your brain(use it-lol)

[DEMCAD]

I don't offer financial advice, but if I worked for Chrysler (and was union), I would ride it out. Maybe you can get into an engineering program at a university.

The car is useless. Nobody is buying cars or trucks. If they give you 25k for something move useful, that might help.

[daLew03]

the two years unemployment--special programm TRA,TAA if the work u do, got outsourced to another country,for retraining in a new occupation.

[DEMCAD]

If you ride it out, you can't get unemployment. Why not let the feds bail Chrysler out a couple more times...keep you employment for a year or so, collect unemployment for 2 or so years and use the 24,000 to for engineering classes at a community college. Then you can use the money you save and Obama's stimulus money (education expansion) to pay for the last two years at a university.

[daLew03]

thx for the advice...actually that was, kind of the direction i was thinking. can u talk more about the education expansion? ( wierd u would say engineering)-i'm working on my engineering degree @ wayne state--finished 2 year degree. no ones hiring in that field to my knowledge.

[NorceCodine]

Don't go for engineering, there's not gonna be any industry in the US. Most of the unemployed 50 years olds I know are engineers, trying to retrain as teachers. Use your math and physics credits to switch to education major, or math-education, and get your teacher licencing for the time when you graduate.

The procedure varies by state, so inquire in time.

[daLew03]

u can't get unemployment if u quit your job-nor TAA,TRA. which is 130 weeks. if you lose your job.

[jocoven]

I have an idiot house mate living upstair of my flat who claims government benefit for years. He is 20 years old, looks healthy. he is not a student, but he doesn't work. what he does daily is playing loud music and PS2. I don't know why the UK government allows such people claiming the unemployment support, meanwhile we need to pay tax for this kind of people. it is really unfair. I really want to go upstair and punch this guy. Is there anyone want to join???

[PackageSeverance]

there is a nice jail cell waiting for scum like you that threatens violence

[arareflux]

What better day to deliver a valentine's day present to the generation of females who grew up conditioned by media that male role models are either Homer Simpson, or doctors on Grey Anatomy who have "issues" and talk about their feelings.

Meanwhile all the males who have been immasculated by losing their jobs, lost their houses, and not providing for their woman like a real man, has his status among his family further erroded by a plan to save your wife and kids cos you are such a pussy loser.

[eekdog2005]

Be....all that you can be! Military is hiring! The stimulus bill includes money so you can join the police state to protect the people from freedom. lmao

[Martian74]

So Demcad, how did you get your job? You didn't really seem to have any trouble finding a job in a small town.

[EVILSTONERKID]

Im 19 and iv'e paid unemployment for almost 6 years now an during that 6 year period i was in school. half the day i'd go to school an half the day i'd go to work. The company i was working for shut down because the owners took off and now i am out of a job. I applied for Unemployment and they denied me because i was in school. If i can go to school and pay EI why cant i go to school an claim EI?

The Government doesn't think School is important so why should we?

CIVIL WAR PLZ

[PackageSeverance]

whose fault is it that you got fired? stupid shit whiner can't handle getting canned for eating dog shit instead of working

learn to take responsibility for your own problems

[Puzzoozoo]

"How lucky for those in power that people don't think." Adolf Hitler

"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force." Adolf Hitler

[boots920]

I want "MADE IN THE USA" stuff , the good American people just want to work. They don't care how hard they have to work, the harder the job the more they want. The American people add not only efficiency to the work place they offer value for the products they make. A productive AMERICA is a free AMERICA "EAGLE QUALITY".

You good people hang in there now get rid of the snakeoil salesman.

[PackageSeverance]

they want money for free

[calius265]

Having grown up in Northern Michigan, this is nothing new...!. 30-40% unemployment is not unheard of, people burned wood for heat, were on the government system and stored food in "food rooms". You lived off the land and helped others, families had to stick together. To get a job you sometimes would have to wait till someone retired(rather died) and started calling in for the position. I pray everyday it doesn't go "Michigan" on us because they're looking at %50 unemployment in some areas. :-(

[ManufacturedThoughts]

The U-6 unemployment rate is 13.9%.

[xcornerstonex]

ask Big Brother for a job

[IQ233]

Thank you for posting this video

[RetardedAdult]

one lonely hanger in the closet, made me sad

[lindabebe835]

cute!!!

[RetardedAdult]

thank you, you are cute too. wanna fuck?

[tinafiedler1]

thanks for the info

[taznruby]

You bring grim news my friend, but truth spoken and more to come.

[kevinarmstrong1]

government = government

military = government

universities = government (almost)

insurance companies = commission sales

See a pattern?

[KhmerD0g]

great news recaps.

[jimj122680]

We need to round up these illegal alien scum. These parasites are sucking the blood out of this country.

[DonteIsDaMan]

Ya know, I hear alot people saying that the stock market will crash and dollar will collapse.........I believe it will eventually happen I just wish that it would hurry and crash so that people would stop talking about it. That way, once everything finally goes to hell when can work on rebuilding the economy. Right now its just alot of wishing and hoping.

[TheRedPriestofVenice]

I'm planning to reopen my small business as soon as retail space becomes cheaper. So, I'm counting on the recession to provide my opportunity.

For anyone who hasn't yet seen Gerald Celente's great interview on Russia Today, go here:

watch?v=SCSXT8m7Ygc

[timelesstruths]

Amazing quotes but as you know the words mean nothing without action. hope to see you their.

thanks

[dan020350]

job fairs is like hire then fire then hire, like an excuse for the gov't .

[fireriver29]

MAN! I love those quotes! Thank you.

[viviitron31]

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Obama Administration to subsidise distressed mortgages.

Oh Dear!!,so when do you pull the life support plug,1 year 2. Politically once you start doing this, can you turn around and say,we are not going to continue it anymore.this is a bad step.

[EntouchNetwork]

as a recruiter i'd say if you have 12 yrs of research expc...broaden your search across 'research' as a whole....or think about writing/editing, etc.

[darakong]

True! Anyone that does research on their own will come to the same conclusion that the world wars, conflicts, world systems, form of governments all are engineered through the elite of the world.

[skyding8962]

My dad just lost his work but he won't show up as a stat cause he is self employed

As for retailing going up that ws just a fluke due to seasonal adjustment calculations and people using their gift cards from christmas

[hermbilliamherm18]

I attend CMU and the number of job fairs has remained the same. I'm not sure if the number of companies that attend has declined but I will let you know after our next one on Feb. 25th. I know that most of the job offers are accounting firms and insurance agencies because it's put on but the Business Fraternity. Most of them are looking for internships more than anything! Thanks for the post!

[truthseekr4life]

People buying tents, guns, first aid kits etc. maybe?

[powermousey]

@DEMCAD, wow! 15,000 showed up. just for 500 jobs from 150 companies. I went to this one job fair couple of months ago in San Jose and sponsored by Monster-->Monster"."com and over 750 people showed up looking for a job and only 12 companies. Well 5 were companies and the others were temporary work agencies like Manpower and Volt. Some were only sales on comission jobs. As I left around 1:15pm more job seekers were coming in. It went from 11:00am to 2:30pm Any jobs North to Alaska? ;)

[centervilletn]

nashville real-estate brokers reported that fewer than 1000 houses sold last month ...in a town of 1 million people...

[143DREWID]

I have discovered, through just becoming unemployed, the ultimate new job that a few mat become: ROBIN HOOD! hah

[viviitron31]

US currently losing 1M homes a quarter to forclosure,the Banks bad debt is piling up,every month that goes by and there is no plan to deal with the bad debt the worse things become.

[KMSbear]

Great vid and info.

Pfizer is buying Werth. 20,000 to be laid off, while CEO gets millions in severance.

May take awhile before these layoffs occur, but another "ouch".

[viviitron31]

bloomberg:

US home forclosures extend loss to 36 consectutive months.

10 consectutive months of 250k+ forclosures.

[elgringote3]

good vid, I got the bad news yesterday, turndown for unemployment, yet, I can't find a job

[CanadianPatriot1973]

I was watching something last night about food stamps. 30 million on food stamps, GOODNESS ME! That is the same number of people that live in my country!! Yikes!

[markukkerd]

USA = Titanic = Hindenburg = Weimar Republic = Hyperinflation = Economic 9/11 = The living will envy the dead = Welcome to hell on earth

[RuCHAN]

thank you for the update.. i hope more wake up now..

peace

[powermousey]

@RuCHAN, I hope so too. That more sheep will wake up or at least look up. But I'm afraid

most the sheep won't and besides they don't want to be distured from their sleeping. And even the agressive sheep and their arrogant baaas think we are crazy, delusional or too stressed out. Oh well, until it hits them in the face. or with those close to them, or close to home. But by then, it may be too late for them. At least they will acquire a new perspective on things. cheers :)

[darkworldprophet]

Great update Reginald. I love how you have the side links and info on everything you discuss man. Thanks

[tonapah141]

good information Demcad,,, I think we're livin in tha period where God is Burnning Mystery-Babylon to the Ground...it's becoming exponential to say the least, Time is Now to Prepare!

[yeahSHEROCKS]

WOW, Congrats, CZMan! You should go out and get a lottery ticket, if you win, remember who gave you the idea...

[BLBMZ]

Good info Demcad, thanks

[TheCZMan]

Incredible! I cant believe I did it!

I did it, people, I am first on a DemCad's video.

That's a bit of an achievement, I can tell you.

[theanswersofnwo]

congrats.

[TheCZMan]

First!!!!!

[darkworldprophet]

soooo