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ancianita

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29. Question: what is the relationship between the permanently unemployed and offshore job creation?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2014, 03:18 PM

Dec 2014

My hunch is that a good chunk of jobs offshored are what the permanently unemployed used to do.

Also, thank you for all the good info here. Much appreciated.

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Payroll employment increases by 321,000 in November; unemployment rate unchanged at 5.8% [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 OP

Incredible numbers! Lucky Luciano Dec 2014 #1

Job killing Obamacare strikes again! Oh wait.... yellowcanine Dec 2014 #2

Funny how, as a person with two years of a four year degree... Leopolds Ghost Dec 2014 #3

Why is that funny whatthehey Dec 2014 #6

Your response sounds pretty callous, considering majority of people can't afford a four-year degree Leopolds Ghost Dec 2014 #22

read Robert Reich to understand Skittles Dec 2014 #24

Take a white collar temp job that will get you in the door at companies that Purveyor Dec 2014 #11

Thanks! Yeah, I am trying to take that approach. n/t Leopolds Ghost Dec 2014 #23

Yep. A temp agency was the only way I could get in, WITH a 4-yr degree NickB79 Dec 2014 #27

Why not finish the degree? Adrahil Dec 2014 #19

Because I can't afford it. Leopolds Ghost Dec 2014 #21

I'd say you can't afford NOT to have it. Adrahil Dec 2014 #30

Thanks for posting! BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #4

Thanks for the thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #5

Slow, steady improvement is best, I've said since 2009 bhikkhu Dec 2014 #7

"... the one thing I've been waiting to see (as has everyone else) is the rise in wages...." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #9

Many thanks for all the work, and a nod to the oft-ignored A-16 whatthehey Dec 2014 #8

Thanks again for the thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #10

Thanks for the reality check. I too am frustrated by those who cling to the narrative that the okaawhatever Dec 2014 #16

Do these numbers include Mad-in-Mo Dec 2014 #12

they are seasonally adjusted. But non-adjusted numbers are BETTER whatthehey Dec 2014 #15

A roaring success for our president and Dem policies... SpankMe Dec 2014 #13

Obama is a Communist Muslim. Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #14

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Very informative. nt okaawhatever Dec 2014 #17

full-time employment going down.. endless bad news... nt quadrature Dec 2014 #18

2.5 million more full-time workers over the past year, 8.7 million more since Feb. 2010 progree Dec 2014 #25

Thank you, progree, for citing the "household survey," aka the Current Population Survey (CPS). mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #28

And thank you for almost always being the first one to post the jobs report in LBN progree Dec 2014 #31

DU rec...nt SidDithers Dec 2014 #20

This is because the job creating GOP took over Congress IronLionZion Dec 2014 #26

Question: what is the relationship between the permanently unemployed and offshore job creation? ancianita Dec 2014 #29

Part-time jobs vs. Full-Time jobs - incredible graph progree Dec 2014 #32