- annual job after fruitless, natasha Baebler just gave up.
She had given up hope to get job in her field, working with the disabled. But she could not landing, or - even without a phone interview call center.
Until she felt confident enough to send your resume again, she will get food stamps, from social security and disability check, and her parents live in st. Louis.
"I'm not proud of it," said Baebler, who was in her 30 s, is blind. "Only in this way, I can handle any illusions of the ego to protect, depend on the government's plan, I have the desire."
Baebler frustrating experience has become all too common in nearly four years after the great recession, many americans still so highly that they have given up on the job market.
Older americans to take early retirement. Young students at school. Other have suspended their job, until the employment prospect is illuminated. Some like Baebler, collect disability check.
It should not be this way. After the recession, the economy continues to improve should bring a person to enter the job market.
On the contrary, the number of americans work in labor - who have or are looking for a - from February to march, fell by nearly 500000 people, the government said on Friday. What the so-called participation - labor - the percentage of working-age adults had fallen to 63.3%, last month. This is the lowest number since May 1979.
Sully participation rates decline, the only obvious news, in the report released by the labor department on Friday from 7.7 in February the unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in March to the lowest in four years.
Stop looking for a man without work no longer counted as unemployed. That is why America's unemployment rate fell in March, despite weak employment. If 496000 people have left the Labour force still has been looking for jobs last month, the unemployment rate will rise to 7.9%, in March.
TD bank financial group chief economist Craig Alexander said: "the jobless rate for all the wrong reasons,". "Discard, because more workers stopped looking for work. It marks the confident and optimistic, have a job there."
Participation rate peaked at 67.3% in 2000, reflects the tide female, into motivation. It has been steadily declining ever since.
Gradually decline partly reflects the baby boomers enter retirement. But, the population structure is not all the answers.
Even the americans aged 25 to 54 years old - the main jobs of the school staff. Their participation rate fell to 81.1% last month, in November to match the lowest since December 1984.
"This is the lack of employment opportunities, lack of demand for workers - this is to keep the job or looking for workers, said:" the liberal economic policy institute economist Heidi Shierholz. The labor department said, there are still three more unemployed people for every job openings.
Cynthia marriott gave up her job after, in an interview in October, as the location of the hotel concierge.
"They never say no," she said. "They just have never called me back."
Since 2006, and her husband have no full-time job. From work in 2009 in Los Angeles entertainment publicity company laid off, she fulfilled her 401 (K). Couple taxes owed thousands of withdrawal. They have no health insurance.
She got the biggest 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, and then allow, in California and then moved to Atlanta.
Now she is looking for a lung disease, she said, leave her weakness, can't normal work the whole day, receiving federal disability benefits. Application pending medical review.
Marriott hotel, 47 ", said: "I think I have no other choice. "This is really sad and terrible"
In her employment peak, marriott to fill in every 10 applications. Applying for a job, she feel overqualified, Home Depot (Home Depot) and send to victor, but never heard back. In the end, disappointed and tired she was.
"I just want a job," she said. "I can't really go to look for a job."
Young people to leave the job market. Americans aged 20 to 24 participation rate hit a new low of 69.6% in 41 years, last year's rebound before return. Many young people took part in community colleges and universities. This is a record 63% of adults aged 25 to 29 people spend at least one of the reasons for some time in the university, according to the pew research center.
Older americans to go back to school. As installed in a public company in February 2012, doug mato, who lives in north Carolina asheville, lost his job. He stopped looking for work, last autumn, when he began to consider asheville talk technical community college of mechanical engineering.
Next week, mato, 40, will accept a earn the highest levels of awards. But an obstacle of the recent changes according to state law, have his unemployment benefits will end on July 1, and 6 months ago than he had expected.
He planning work later, if possible, to support their own benefits once finished. Drop out of school is "out of the question," he said, because of time he has been put into application.
"I don't want charity," he said. "I try to improve yourself."
Many old people who lost their jobs in the United States, the social security disability program. Nearly 8.9 million americans receive disability check, rose 1.3 yuan, from 2009 when the recession ended in June.
Natasha Baebler journey on Labour and disability roller began, when she lost her job, purdue university, west lafayette, indiana, disabled students and staff, in February 2012.
For six months, she is seeking employment opportunities in her field, waving a master's degree in social education and counselling. No luck.
Then she began to look for what. She has neglected, though.



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