Maybe like most Americans, I can't understand the unemployment situation or the reasoning behind the prevalent high rate! Some politicos talk about workers been happy with the unemployment extended benefits and not interested in a new job, while others talk about the agenda behind corporate US to sit on a pile of money until the election cycle end (again for political gain) causing a shift of power in US Congress. But Daniel Gross from the Newsweek Magazine have a new theory, "Employers shouldn't be surprised that Americans won't take their crummy low-wage jobs".
In his article published on August 10, 2010, he explained that employers are trying to get away with a bargain by offering jobs at a much lower salary rate than expected! He also noticed that the laws of supply and demand are part of the American refusal to take jobs at a minimun wage. As one of the examples, he mentioned a parts distributor loking for a machinist and offering $13 per hour; a salary that amounts to $13,000 under the percapita salary of the region. Also mentions the Emirates Airlines that came to Miami and Houston and were not happy on the outcome for their offers to hire at a salary of $30,000. The catch?, you have to move to Dubai!
The reason he gives, is that after loosing ground on benefits like insurances and medical coverage, workers now only hold wages as their last negotiating issue for a job. He adds "If jobs require people to commute a great distance or to move themselves to another state, or to another hemisphere, employers may find they need to sweeten their offers."
Again, I'm not sure how many of these factors may be seriously related to the unemployment numbers but I think we reached to low already and sooner than later things will change!http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/10/is-any-job-better-than-no-job.html
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