New Posts For Thread: Employment / unemploymenthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemploymentThere are 750,000 job vacancies in the UK. Why, if there are 1.7m unemployed?If the vacancies were filled, what would we do about the other 900,000 or so?themightymac is correct. True figure hidden as millions classed as 'economically inactive' and thus not included in the figures. Also many part time on min wage/zero hours contracts etc.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547847825#547847825themightymac is correct. True figure hidden as millions classed as 'economically inactive' and thus not included in the figures. Also many part time on min wage/zero hours contracts etc.Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:07:30 -0600i_agree_with_nick - The only thin the ONS get correct are Death Certificates, because these can Not be manipulated.500,000 people went missing from The Government Registers in Scotland during the Early 1980`s Poll Tax Revolution,Since they all couldhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547840217#547840217i_agree_with_nick - The only thin the ONS get correct are Death Certificates, because these can Not be manipulated.500,000 people went missing from The Government Registers in Scotland during the Early 1980`s Poll Tax Revolution,Since they all couldThu, 18 Feb 2016 07:28:13 -0600The figures are doctored. Add on the amount of people on government schemes and work experience and on some crummy college course and the true figure is about 10 million unemployed and that`s not counting the Royal Family.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547836349#547836349The figures are doctored. Add on the amount of people on government schemes and work experience and on some crummy college course and the true figure is about 10 million unemployed and that`s not counting the Royal Family.Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:55:38 -0600The jobs aren't necessarily where the people are.Lots of people think certain jobs are beneath them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547834221#547834221The jobs aren't necessarily where the people are.Lots of people think certain jobs are beneath them.Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:14:37 -0600it's all daft as most jobs don't need doing anyway ,theyre just there to fill holes in folks lives , so folk have something to do/somewhere to go ,but we could exist on a 10 hour week quite easily provided the skills were distributed.we can import ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547833891#547833891it's all daft as most jobs don't need doing anyway ,theyre just there to fill holes in folks lives , so folk have something to do/somewhere to go ,but we could exist on a 10 hour week quite easily provided the skills were distributed.we can import oWed, 17 Feb 2016 12:53:46 -0600Crippen is right, do not belive the propaganda about vacancies, it is impossible for the numbers to align at any given time.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547833467#547833467Crippen is right, do not belive the propaganda about vacancies, it is impossible for the numbers to align at any given time.Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:18:32 -0600In decades gone by they considered 400,000 unemployed as full employment.They maintained that there is always that number of people between jobs.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547833457#547833457In decades gone by they considered 400,000 unemployed as full employment.They maintained that there is always that number of people between jobs.Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:17:27 -0600what would we do about the other 900,000 or so? It's not as simple as that, jobs are coming and going all the time.There's always a float of people between jobs.If all the jobs were all snapped up more would appear straight away.It's just a matter ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547833443#547833443what would we do about the other 900,000 or so? It's not as simple as that, jobs are coming and going all the time.There's always a float of people between jobs.If all the jobs were all snapped up more would appear straight away.It's just a matter ofWed, 17 Feb 2016 12:15:23 -0600How many job vacancies do you think a country should have at any one time. TensHundreds, thousands, millions?..the figure is meaningless.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547833433#547833433How many job vacancies do you think a country should have at any one time. TensHundreds, thousands, millions?..the figure is meaningless.Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:14:03 -0600Job vacancies are not the problem, there must always be tens of thousands of job vacancies. That is not the same thing as saying we don`t have enough labour.The aim of a well run economy is to create vacancies. Peoples wealth, and the countries econohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30654373/employment-unemployment?post_id=547833409#547833409Job vacancies are not the problem, there must always be tens of thousands of job vacancies. That is not the same thing as saying we don`t have enough labour.The aim of a well run economy is to create vacancies. Peoples wealth, and the countries econoWed, 17 Feb 2016 12:11:33 -0600