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So much for that assumption.The results are coming in. Why won't people go back to work? Fear of COVID, inadequate compensation for the work and risk, and matching skills with requirements — a lot of people report seeking work to meet their qualifications and not finding any reasonable offers. People are reluctant to take a job that promises either a downward trajectory or getting stuck in work that is beneath their level of experience, ie., under-employed. It's not a simple as comparing the number of job openings and people who are unemployed, as many seem to presume.AlterNetGOP governors who ended unemployment benefits failed to spur job growth: September numbersJon Skolnik
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So much for that assumption.So much for that assumption.The results are coming in. Why won't people go back to work? Fear of COVID, inadequate compensation for the work and risk, and matching skills with requirements — a lot of people report seeking work to meet their qualifications and not finding any reasonable offers. People are reluctant to take a job that promises either a downward trajectory or getting stuck in work that is beneath their level of experience, ie., under-employed. It's not a simple as comparing the number of job openings and people who are unemployed, as many seem to presume.AlterNetGOP governors who ended unemployment benefits failed to spur job growth: September numbersJon Skolnik
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Mike Norman considers the following as important:
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The results are coming in. Why won't people go back to work? Fear of COVID, inadequate compensation for the work and risk, and matching skills with requirements — a lot of people report seeking work to meet their qualifications and not finding any reasonable offers. People are reluctant to take a job that promises either a downward trajectory or getting stuck in work that is beneath their level of experience, ie., under-employed. It's not a simple as comparing the number of job openings and people who are unemployed, as many seem to presume.