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Last month it is said that the unemployment rate climbed to 9.8%. "Payrolls to non-farm employees declined by 263,000 in September alone," stated the Labor Department on Friday.
What the heck is going on? I thought that all of this was supposed to be over and signs of better times were on the way. Or, so that's what they keep telling us, right? I heard a comment on a movie preview the other night that actually seems kind of funny at this moment, it was - if the government tells you that everything is ok -- RUN! After reading this article, thinking about that statement made me chuckle.
It was noted by the Labor Department on Friday that the largest job losses were in construction, among a few others. I took this hard at the time of reading, for my boyfriend is in construction. And he just came home last week and told me that the company that he workd for is getting ready to start doing more layoffs. Great timing!! What does this say for those of us who are going into fields that are now diminishing? After we put ourselves into debt and study our butts off, are we going to have something to go to when we have finished?
For those of us that are non-traditional students, this is a scary thought.
I also picked an article about jobless rates to blog about. I felt the same way you did. Hopefully better times are on the way.
ReplyDeleteIt is scary to know how hard it is to find or keep a job right now. But to read it is getting worse? Times are very scary right now.
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