Unemployment is the one constant throughout history. Despite all the changes that the world goes through it always seem to stick around. Unemployment is someone without a paid job but is available to work. Unemployment is affecting many things and people, including people living in poverty, using violence as a form of relief and someone’s mental health. In this paper, the unemployment rate in California will be identified and discussed. Focusing on African American and Hispanic minorities because these issues happen mostly in this population of people. The number of people unemployed in California has peaked in the last five years, therefore the government must create more jobs for the people in order to curtail violence, poverty and mental health of the population in California.
Poverty rates are caused by many things but most drastically it comes from unemployment, many people only think it is people not having jobs, however it has to do with more than that. Unemployment can lead to
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In the article “SPSSI Policy Statement: The Psychological Consequences Of Unemployment,” Deborah Belle and Heather E. Bullock of The Society for The Psychological Study Of Social Issues state's unemployment is causing individual and family consequences. For example, causing depression from a spouse which can cause unhappy relationship causing a relationship to become destructive. It can also cause a parent mental health change towards their child causing parents to become more impatient than later causing their child to have a temper, irritability, and negativism in them. This is showing that because of being unemployed it's causing mental issues in a person and their personal life. As a result, mental health is becoming a huge issue day by day that is only going to get worse if more jobs are not
Unemployment can affect families drastically from suicidal tendencies, marriage breakdowns, alcohol and drug abuse and even family violence (Broman, Hamilton & Hoffman, 1996; House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations, 2000). For many individuals work provides them with a place to social network and it gives them self-esteem and the loss of both when unemployment hits, creates isolation which happens quickly. However, unemployment does not just affect the individual famil...
Geographically speaking, vulnerable populaces in California include racial and ethnic minorities, undocumented immigrants, and households living below the poverty level. The state of California has the highest poverty rate of all states in the nation, at 23.5% (Sankin, 2012), with the county of Fresno having a per capita household income of less than $21,000 annually (Demographics at a glance, 2014). These demographics project that by the year 2020, 75% of Fresno County...
For what has been a very, very long time, our elected representatives have sought to achieve “full employment” as a national goal….but full employment has been suspect as a possible cause of inflation, and is therefore weakened by decisions of the Federal Reserve, in an attempt to retard inflation. In terms of causes, unemployment has changed; the character, degree of severity, possible solutions of unemployment over the last ten years or so have been reduced, and has morphed in terms of just who is experiencing the unemployment and the suggestions for answering the problem. It has been the traditional fundamental trades, like manufacturing, viewed as part of the shift in the economy towards the new information age model, as workers transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy, all the while over-coming the obstacles set forth by our own government.
As Canadian's fertility rate fells, baby boomers retires, immigration and foreign workers becomes very important for the increase of labor demands in the Canadian's job market. The government is planning to reduce the application waiting time and therefore there will be more newcomers coming in the next fewer years. Canadian companies will then have many experienced and foreign trained applicants where they can help Canadian companies to increase their foreign trade and to build a better relationship with the other country. However, new comers have difficulties in finding employment because of their unrecognized foreign qualifications, non Canadian work experienced and the lack of support in the settlement programs where they get help to find employment.
Why are so many people employed in California even though jobs have been increasing recently? Unemployment is one of the controversial issues that affects the economy of a nation and also the factor that lengthens the gap between the rich and poor because of the inequality income. There are two reasons that make the mount of unemployment constantly increase. First, there are limited numbers of job vacancies because people lack work experience and education requirements. Second, Jobs have been increasing but still not enough because there are too many people needing jobs. Third, the labors from others countries are also the significant that lead millions people in California to face unemployment.
Unemployment is a macroeconomic factor that is pertinent to an extensive economy at a regional level. Therefore it affects a large population rather than a few select individuals. Unemployment does not only have social costs, but economic costs too. The ILO, International Labour organization, defines unemployment as, ''People of working age, who are without work, but available for work and actively seeking employment.'' Therefore implying that it is a state of an individual looking for a job but not having one. Unemployment is one of the key indicators in determining the economic stability of a country; hence governments, businesses and consumers closely monitor it. There are numerous aspects that might lead to unemployment such as labour market conflicts and recessions in the economy. There are two main types of unemployment, which can be focused on, seasonal and cyclical unemployment. Seasonal unemployment occurs when a person is unemployed or their profession is not in demand during a particular season. On the contrary, cyclical unemployment occurs when there is less demand for goods and services in the market so consequently supply needs to be decreased.
Unemployment also leads to untreated depression, poor performance at work and loss of a job. Continued unemployment increases the risk for serious depression. Combination of several traumatic events will ultimately drive a person into depression. Depression is most often triggered by multiple stressful events that occur within a short period of time like the financial problems, unemployment, and problems with family and friends.
People need money to purchase all kinds of goods and services they needed every day and sometimes, for goods or services they desire to own. To fulfill that, they have the essential need to earn money. In order to earn money, they must work in either in fields related to their interests or to their qualifications. However, people will meet different challenges during their jobs-hunting sessions, such as many candidates competing for a job vacancy; salaries offered are lower than expected salaries and economic crisis or down which causes unemployment. Unemployment is what we will be looking into in this report. Dwidedi (2010) stated that unemployment is defined as not much job vacancies are available to fulfill the amount of people who want to work and can work according to the current pay they can get for a job they chose to work as. There are four major types of unemployment: frictional, structural, cyclical and seasonal unemployment.
Those unable to find work deal with emotional effects that may last for a life time. In the end, the economy is left scared and dented the the great number of people unenmployed. Unenmployment takes a major toll on the person especially when he/she continues to be unsuccessful in their search for a new job. A person is considered unemployed when he or she has been jobless for more than a week and cannot find a
Unemployment in the United States A lot of the people in the United States of America are suffering of unemployment. If a person does not have a job, they do not have money to support their families and themselves. Unemployment would soon lead to poverty because if more people become poor, businesses would have a decrease in their customers which would cause the businesses to fail. Jobs should also pay more money.
Unemployment is one the main problems in the world and it influenced the society in many ways. Unemployment can be caused by economic issues, technology and social inequalities such as factories closed, gender inequality, disability, low education level and unemployment will not only bring financial issues but will also cause mental health issues, family issues, increase crime rates and so on. In this essay, the focus will be put on the unemployment in Australia as Australia has a very high rate of unemployment. Moreover, this essay will first define the meaning of unemployment and explain how technology and gender inequality influence the rate of unemployment as well as why it can be viewed as a social problem in Australia, by using the sociological
Most people will eventually have to get a job, become employed to pay bills and help support themselves and their family. However, for many people unemployment can go from being something on a shelf in the back of their mind to reality at any point. Unemployment, defined as “the state of not having a job”, can affect any person or family at any time (Merriam-Webster). Unemployment, as we have seen in the past, has no boundaries and can help bring a nation crumbling down. We have seen how unemployment affects a nation through things such as the economy and the poverty level, but how, if at all, does unemployment affect the daily life of a family when one spouse suddenly becomes unemployed? Does unemployment change
One of the most life changing effects of unemployment is the loss of income. Especially if they are a single parent of if they have a large family to support. Having no money means eventually having no food, no clothes, no shelter, and no car. It also prevents one from doing many things and activities, even though their amount of leisure time has increased. One might not have money to go to the movies, play on sports’ teams, or do any other recreational things. Being unemployed for a long enough time leads to a lot of debt. Any money that has been saved ends up getting spent rather quickly with all of today’s living expenses. Twenty thousand dollars may seem like a lot of money to some people, but with no income that money gets spent before you know it.
In December 2007, the United States of America experienced a very scarce yet appealing setback. In fact, because of this specific dilemma between 200,000 and 500,000 were left unemployed and without a stable home. The national Bureau of the Economic research defined this nationwide downfall as “The great recession”. According to the U.S Bureau of labor statistics the unemployment rate has not made a drastic improvement since the start of the great recession. Unemployment has become that is still rising today with a slow rate of change. Unemployment is usually expressed as a number or as a percentage of a larger number. Although it has been ambiguous who has to be included in the percentage, there are members of society without a job, for whom it is certain that should not be added. Officially the unemployed are the people who are registered with the government as willing to work and able to work at a going wage rate but can’t find suitable employment despite an active search for work. In the article “why long-time employment can’t get back on track”, the author begins speaking on a ...
Today, the possibility of loosing your job looms on the horizon for many of us. Up until a few months ago I was among the millions of people that is unemployed. Dealing with the loss of job is very similar to the emotions one feels when they experience loss through a divorce or death of a loved one. Unemployment carries an array of emotions ranging from stress, fear, anxiety, and depression. Unemployment contributes to low self-esteem and to family instability, decreased family relations, and in some cases family violence. Lessons can emerge from those who cope well with unemployment, but the immediate goal is to survive emotionally and financially until you have a clear direction for you and your family. In my research paper I will explore not just the individual directly, but the economical and psychological affects unemployment have on the family as a whole.