Thread: Unemployment on the rise again.

Welcome here John and hope you enjoy the Forum

Originally Posted by yummybrummy

Welcome here John and hope you enjoy the Forum

Thank you

Originally Posted by John Smith

Thank you

You're more than welcome. Pull up a chair and tell us all about yourself

Yes I have doubt the figures are manipulated everywhere, amazingly some do believe the ridiculous figures bandied about.
The same is true here I'm afraid, people having to take any job they can just to make ends meet and this will get worse as more and more jobs disappear. The majority of new jobs not in the mining sector unfortunately are either part time, temporary or low paid.
Any apparent negativity I would say stems from the desire to balance things out, Australia is in no way Utopia or nirvana and is suffering all the issues the rest of the world is.

Originally Posted by John Smith

Thank you for the welcome 'ophidian' sorry I realise that the thread is about Australia just wanted to try and show a bit of balance to things as things are not really a bed of roses here in the UK, I have to agree about figures quoted often not being as they seem the UK figure of 7.9% is massaged a little to make it seem not quite as bad as it really is, I think for the average working man here there is some form of work out there all be it they may have to swallow there pride and take a lower paid job. It's the school leavers here I feel for opportunities are dire for them currently.

On another note on the first page when I come into the Australia section of the forum there are 9 fairly negative threads started about Australia why the negativity here?

Thanks 'John'

Originally Posted by John Smith

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On another note on the first page when I come into the Australia section of the forum there are 9 fairly negative threads started about Australia why the negativity here?

Thanks 'John'

Welcome John,
Interesting observation you have made, I was thinking the same

Originally Posted by ophidian

Yes I have doubt the figures are manipulated everywhere, amazingly some do believe the ridiculous figures bandied about.
The same is true here I'm afraid, people having to take any job they can just to make ends meet and this will get worse as more and more jobs disappear. The majority of new jobs not in the mining sector unfortunately are either part time, temporary or low paid.
Any apparent negativity I would say stems from the desire to balance things out, Australia is in no way Utopia or nirvana and is suffering all the issues the rest of the world is.

Still alot better there than the uk though, 3% less unemployment for a start.