Blog Post: WHAT IS THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE?

I have some opinions on what the real unemployment rate is: I think it is 10% broken down like this: -4% are unemployable, always looking for work, homeless etc -3% are the workers people wanted to fire for years but because of past low unemployment, pulled the trigger now -3% are the workers companies had to layoff but wanted to keep So the real unemployment number is 3%. Now you have to wade through the 7%, which is a large task. That is why staffing and recruiting companies still have work becasue no one has the time and resources to commit to the screening process. A recent internet job posting we had generated 1200 resumes, for a job that clearly stated NO RESUMES. That is how you screen out candidates. We simply asked you to come to the office to interview. By the way, this was not a low paying job, so it is just not blue collar workers who cannot follow directions. We also have been given a recent order for temps and after carfully screening applicants, 2 out of 4 failed to show up for the first day...I guess reruns of Andy Grifith had a higher priority. Another posting produced 3 candidates and 2 failed a drug test for 'hippy lettuce'. Can you believe that?