Asyouareprobablyawarethelatestjobmarketsnewsisn’tgood:Unemploymentisstillmorethan9percentandnewjobgrowthhasfallenclosetozero.That’sbadfortheeconomyofcourse.Anditmaybeespeciallydiscouragingifyou
Asyouareprobablyawarethelatestjobmarketsnewsisn’tgood:Unemploymentisstillmorethan9percentandnewjobgrowthhasfallenclosetozero.That’sbadfortheeconomyofcourse.Anditmaybeespeciallydiscouragingifyouhappentobelookingforajoborhopingtochangecareersrightnow.Butitactuallyshouldn’tmattertoyounearlyasmuchasyouthink.
That’sbecausejobgrowthnumbersdon’tmattertojobhuntersasmuchasjobturnover(人员更替)data.Afterallexistingjobsopenupeverydayduetopromotionsresignationsterminations(解雇)andretirements.(Yespeopleareretiringeveninthiseconomy.)Inbothgoodtimesandbadturnovercreatesmoreopeningsthaneconomicgrowthdoes.EveninJuneof2007whentheeconomywasstillmovingaheadjobgrowthwasonly132000whileturnoverwas4.7million!
Andasitturnsouteventoday—withjobgrowthnearzero—over4millionjobhuntersarebeinghiredeverymonth.
Idon’tmeantoimplythatoveralljobgrowthdoesn’thaveanimpactonone’sabilitytolandajob.It’struethatiftotalemploymentwerehigheritwouldmeanmorejobsforallofustochoosefrom(andcompetefor).Andit’struethattherearecurrentlymorepeopleapplyingforeachavailablejobopeningregardlessofwhetherit’sanewoneornot.
Butwhatoftendistinguishesthosewholandjobsfromthosewhodon’tistheirabilitytostaymotivated.They’rewillingtodothehardworkofidentifyingtheirvaluableskills;becreativeaboutwhereandhowtolook;learnhowtopresentthemselvestopotentialemployers;andkeepgoingevenafterrepeatedrejections.TheBureauofLaborStatisticsdatashowsthat2.7millionpeoplewhowantedandwereavailableforworkhadn’tlookedwithinthelastfourweeksandwerenolongerevenclassifiedasunemployed.
Sodon’tlettheheadlinesfoolyouintogivingup.FourmillionpeoplegethiredeverymonthintheU.S.Youcanbeoneofthem.
【小题1】Theauthortendstobelievethathighunemploymentrate______.
A．discouragesmanypeoplefromlandingjobsB．preventsmanypeoplefromchangingcareersC．shouldnotstoppeoplefromlookingforajobD．doesnotmeantheU.S.economyisworsening【小题2】Wher