This recession has been hard on everyone. The lack of jobs has resulted in record numbers of people out of work. This sounds like a long term issue, waiting for jobs to return.
That is the issue. Not the lack of jobs, but the waiting for jobs. People seem to expect a job to be made for them, and that is the false thought. Jobs need to be made. Someone has to make them. The fatal flaw is that few are willing to. The traditional employer does not see a solid enough market to hire. So, what options do you have?
Don't wait for a job, make one yourself. Take a talent you have, and apply it. Know software coding, make an app to sell, a small game for Android or IPhone. Know how to sew? Put up flyers for tailoring or repair. Have a toolbox and garage, do oil changes for the neighbors. Take family portraits, paint rooms, something. Get out there, be the job we all need. If you get layed off with your co-workers, team up and restart your business, or a new business, cutting out the old management. A businesses greatest asset is its workers, you and me.
We as a society have grown complacent, waiting for someone else to do things. That is not America, for America was founded on the ideal of active participation. We must recapture the ideal of America, of active, engaged people. These are the people who conquered a continent, who tamed the atom, who went to the moon. We have these as our inheritance, and we must strive to be worthy of it.
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