Jessica Jones
Eng 091
April 6, 2009
Rise of the Unemployment Rate
Many people are having trouble finding jobs and three reasons are the lack of job
experience, the lack of education and monetary issues such as budget cuts. Some of the
time not being able to find a job may be on the person themselves, it can be because of
the kind of work they are interested in also, the pay rate they are looking for. Whether or
not a person gets the job is solely based on the hiring manager or the person in charge of
everything
Another thing that keeps a person from getting a job is not having the required job
experience, this is because when a manager hires a new employee, the manager may need
the possible candidate to have experience in the field being worked by the possible
candidate. Managers sometimes think that hiring and training a person who doesn’t
have experience for the job, is a big waste of time and money. With some jobs, having
experience is a great thing because that person’s pay may be or will be based on
their experience.
The lack of education is one thing that greatly gets in the way of not being able to
get a job. If a person goes to apply for a job and under the job requirements it states that a
high school diploma or its equivalency is needed in order to be considered for a job
interview or to even fill out the company’s job application and one is not yet obtained,
that person will not be able to get that job. A higher education such as a College Degree
is a plus when looking and applying for one or many different jobs. Managers look for
people with college degrees because it tells them that the person applying for the job has
enough knowledge to carry out such the job position that is available. The more
education a person has, the better their chances are of getting the job they want or not
having to worry about not being hired because of the...