Labor Day by the Numbers : IMT Industry Market Trends 10.7% Percentage of workers in the manufacturing sector who are members of a union, down from 10.9 percent in 2009 Source: Ibid. 722,000 Number of new establishments created in 2010 Source: Ibid. 52% Percentage of U.S. employers who cite difficulties in filling jobs due to lack of available talent in 2011, up from just 14 percent in 2010 Source: 2011 Manpower Talent Shortage Survey 4 Ranking of engineers on the list of most difficult positions to fill worldwide in 2011, following skilled trades workers, sales representatives and technicians Source: Ibid. ----------------------------------- Some interesting numbers
The economy needs 100 to 125 thousand jobs a month just to keep up with population growth. If we are generous and use the lower number that means that we need a minimum of 1.2 million jobs a year just to keep up with new people looking for work. Subtracting that from the new jobs we got in 2010 that means the economy added 200,000 jobs for the entire year. Get back to me when it is adding 1.2 million jobs a month and I will be impressed.
I freely admit I am ignorant on this subject. Can President Obama really do anything himself to affect unemployment ?
Wrong. Your link does not show the net jobs created in 2010. However www.bls.gov does. Employment Projections Home Page more proof that your wrong and that we didn't make any jobs http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/2010/wp10-17bk.pdf
LOL! Sure, go ahead and complain that there are still 4 million few employees than before Obama got elected, but he was pointing out the 2 million jobs created over the past year --with Republican leadership in the House...
