The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade for young people

Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by caskance on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @03:03PM (#10382693)

I'm not saying that people aren't justified in fearing unemployment. I'm just saying that fear pressures them into making suboptimal decisions. It's even worse because 99% of those people immediately stop looking for work, often with a huge sigh of relief, after they've found a stable job.

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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by tomp on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @05:08PM (#10383489)

> immediately stop looking for work [...] after they've found a stable job

As opposed to what?! Any potential employer will ask you in an interview, "Why are you looking to leave your job so soon?". What are you going to say? "Oh, I'm just trying to find something better." - a surefire way to instill trust in your interviewer and get hired /sarcasm.

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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by caskance on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @05:50PM (#10383730)

And anyone worried about not having a good answer to that question doesn't list the job they just started last month in their employment history.

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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by tomp on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @07:01PM (#10384050)

I'm not sure it's that easy... At least in the UK, the employer will sooner or later find out about your previous employment, because you'll need to give the new employer some PXX tax forms.

In any case, I'm not sure being unemployed is actually that much better.

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