College-educated workers are taking over the American factory floor

Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by cheriot on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:12PM (#21747188)

> The unemployment numbers are crap. Ask anyone who has a middle of the road white-collar job how confident they'd be in quitting and getting a new one and they will laugh at you.

That's why there's so many unemployment numbers. They actually capture a pretty full picture when we find the right one for the conversation. In this case the rate of voluntary quits has been steadily improving and looks healthy:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSQUR definition at https://www.bls.gov/jlt/jltdef.htm

We can even break it down by industry, but that gets noisier. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?id=JTU6200QUR,JTU510099QU...,

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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by habosa on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @11:40AM (#21754041)

Thanks for pointing this out, and you're right that there is good information out there. I meant the popularly reported unemployment numbers which show things as "better than ever". They don't match people's actual satisfaction with the job market.

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