How to Get a Job

Unemployment is a complicated issue, even though it may seem simple.  The concept is simple, because it is simply people not having a job, so the solution should be simple: get these people a job.  However, this is easier said than done.  Unemployment as a huge issue that needs to be stopped, because it is at the roots of many other issues.  For instance, an unemployed person may get angry that he doesn't have a job, disturbing or scaring people away.  This person could start to cause harm to others in his anger as well.  Also, when people don't have a job, they don't get much income, so they could resort to petty theft, and if they get caught, they could even kill the person who caught them to cover their tracks.  Unemployed men and women can also start doing illegal businesses such as drug dealerships, gangs, murderers, or worse.  The unemployment rate can show how many people are in this state of not having a job, and can alert countries that something is wrong.  The whole purpose of a country is to give the people a good life, and if they don't have a job, their life will be significantly worsened.

There are many ways to solve unemployment, or at least lessen it.  One way is to create government jobs for the unemployed.  This is a good temporary solution, but it doesn't last very long. The government jobs are usually temporary, and sometimes there are better people suited for the job the government has offered to the jobless.  These things make this solution ineffective.  When people are in a state of unemployment, the citizens receive unemployment benefits, which is basically enough money to pay for housing and food.  Americansforprosperity.org believes that stopping these benefits is the best way to stop unemployment.  The reason for this is when people have these benefits, they don't try to get a job initially.  Once the stay without a job  for some time, the companies offering jobs won't take them, because they believe these people aren't hard working and are irresponsible or without skill.  This will cause them to stay unemployed, and after the benefits are over, they have no choice but to turn to illegal means of living.  Education is another solution, because educated people will have the skills to get better jobs before others can get to them first, and they will know the consequences of slacking off and not pursuing employment.

I think that, along with education, the best way to stop unemployment is to stop giving periodic unemployment benefits, and only give them initially.  This is because knowing that you are cut off from income will encourage you to work extra hard to get another job.  Therefore, people will get jobs sooner, eliminating the certainty of companies doubting them later.  Also, nobody should ever overlook the importance of education, and it cannot be overestimated.  Education doesn't only provide the knowledge of different professions, but it also can show people the consequences of certain actions, such as slacking off, not being committed to your occupation.  For example, if a student in middle school slacks of until the last day to write a 12-page essay, he won't get a good grade.  It's the same thing with an adult applying for a job.  If he waits until the end of his unemployment benefits and applies for a job then, he won't get the job he's applying for.  This might possible be one of the largest contributors to unemployment.  Procrastinating keeps so many people in unemployment or even poverty, and the way to stop this is to "frighten" them in to working harder by cutting them off from income and teaching them the consequences of procrastination.