1/3rd jobless, unemployed/looking for 6 mos.

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Jobless in Iowa: a third of the state’s unemployed have been looking for work for six months or more | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

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I read a similar piece a few months ago highlighting ppl from california. Some of those stories were heartbreaking & scarey. I also just read a report yesterday that Wisconsin, the birthplace of many labor reforms (such as the 5 day/40 hr work week) labor unions etc is now LEADING the nation in job losses thanks in no small part to Tea party gov. scott walker's balatant attacks on labor & unions as well as public sector worke's jobs.

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My wife has not found steady work for 4 years.

 

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& it's like you can't win no matter what you do!

you're either unqualified due to not having the degree (even if you have the hands on experience), you're OVERqualified (have a degree/experience & whatever else determines THAT status); you're experience makes you "too costly" to hire; you're inexperience makes you get passed over "for another candidate"; or NOW if you're unemployed "too long", you "need not apply"...THAT one in particular is alarming to me & companies are becoming more bold about making this criteria for whether or not they'll hire someone. its widely agreed that it's unethical but still its technically not illegal.

so what does a person do!?