My husband, a vet, worked for his last employer from the time he was 13 years old. He went in the military at 17 but after 6 years of service went back to work for them. So he worked for them 25+ years. He never had a break in his work record and the man never missed work. I'm his wife, and I don't recall in the 20 years we've been together him ever missing more than 1 or 2 days of work a year. He was forfeitting paid vacation time for the last 3 years he worked because they'd laid off so much of their work force they were working those left in the ground.

And he can't get an interview anywhere. He's put in application after application, sent resumes, NOTHING. Not a call.

Well, one thing happened recently - he got a letter from the labor board that he didn't have enough experience for this job that he'd applied for - the letter said that they job required 12 months experience with AutoCad and he only had 8 years.

What the heck, you know?

I think it would help a lot of people would hire their own darn help instead of going through all these stupid, stupid 3rd parties. I don't understand this. I've been out of the workforce for a few years but I was in upper management when I did work, and I ALWAYS wanted to pick my own people to interview, and pick who I hired.

It really blows my mind now how no one wants to hire for themselves.

Anyways....if that is evidence of their math (Not enough experience, job requires 12 months and you only have 8 years)...it just reinforces to me that they don't know what they are doing when they publish the unemployment numbers. I thought it was just pure manipulation for a long time but now I 'm not so sure if they are just really that stupid to believe their own crap.