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When side-jobs hurt your chances.. |
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conclusions: 2 of 2 |
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08/30/2004 |
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here is a good link on the USDA tracking plans
www.cio.com/archive/030104/tl_inventory.html
and from this link: (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5403422/)
"...Last month, the USDA initiated a national testing program
to check for mad cow disease in about 200,000 or more
animals it considers high-risk. It will cover just a fraction
of the 37 million U.S. cows slaughtered annually, though
officials have expressed confidence in their "targeted"
approach..."
doesn't set well with my digestive system...even if
the check was against 1,000,000 that is only 1
in 37.
(john: Assuming we make every college report... )
this is all about tracking and numbers. what it sounds
like to me is, we agree not everyone is counted... you
are saying it is impossible; i'm saying there are better
ways in which to do this, and "impossible" is not an
answer. if BLS wants to hire me to figure out the best
way to count, i'd consider the job. i'm not going to
work for (them) free of charge.
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(john: I think your faith in IT systems is too high.....)
maybe it is too high; however, i will not change
my optimism simply because the process is a challenge.
lets be innovative here... look at the auto industry for example.
GM is working on non-petrol autos. i say that within my
lifetime we'll be driving non-gasoline autos. combo of hydrogen
electric/battery offers high probability for ending the reliance
upon oil. at present the, what we would call 'engine area' is
11 inches thick and is the base of the auto, or a skateboard
type-base. the shell is affixed to this board. with advancement
this will continue to evolve and change and perhaps introduce
a very different way of powering autos than even they predict
today. complex. unemployment figures are not that complex.
i will be clear, my greatest concern is for those people like
myself who are seeking a job after layoff. i'm going to find a
job eventually.... might be 2 years -- that is the going rate for
ex-ibmers. i do not believe it is difficult to track us. maybe
it means that after 26 weeks of the current $405 payment
it drops to $100 per week until that person finds a job.
why not (in the form) for unemployment we are required to
list 5 or 10 locations we've applied? (again, it is
only data, and *if* you are caught misrepresenting yourself
you lose your benefits.) i have no problem sharing my app
history with the labor department.
i would expect the feds to desire a true take on the
job front. no matter who is president. if we see that hundreds
of thousands of degreed professionals in the usa have not
found jobs we should be asking, "why?" we should be assisting
professionals in the labor market -- boosting their marketability,
increasing their skill set. have a total grasp on the labor
market and pool to help 20 yr olds in college decided which
industries are more stable, etc. i don't rely upon forbes to tell
me, even though they print sample surveys. the idea that we
either sink or swim as one professional in the work force is not
competitive in a world marketplace set on overtaking us.
this is about teamwork at multiple levels. currently, i say
we ignore the problem -- just as we ignore the problem of
our 'electoral college' where again, small states carry more
voting weight per/person than larger states. it is not fair
and balanced.
(john: .... since I think I have shown throughout this thread
that your article is extremely inaccurate do you plan to still
leave it on your site? )
you have not proven your case. i'll answer it this way. since
you and i have been talking here on the vault, copyrighted
content from thinkandask.com is showing up on four
pornography websites. i'll deal with this.
smear campaigns, which seem to be trendy at the moment,
are very typical of the kind of reasoning (or lack of reasoning)
you've expressed. in other words, "you are with us or you are
against us." "you are good or you are evil."
i stand by each and every article published on thinkandask --
it includes submissions in support of bush. it includes
articles on pedophilia. it includes articles on job hunting
and on unemployment. the site blasts the media for
complacency, and it blasts the one man who set out to
destroy manhattan. osama bin laden. (remember him?)
and in a very odd way i'm actually protecting your right to
disagree. however I??ve not attacked you, nor have i attacked
your employer (it shows up in my logs btw.) i'm pleased for the
discourse with you. we don't agree on the premise of
unemployment rate and i leave it there. what i find sad is that
some people today can't stop at disagreement -- they have
to go beyond to destroy the one who delivers the message.
it won't work.
this old phrase has not failed me yet - in 41 years.
"what goes around, comes around."
cheers.
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