I remember listening to the white leader, Rush Limbaugh one time. He and a listener concocted a plan for those who were retired to register with their local unemployment office in order to skew the numbers. Typical tea party tactic. It is all about sabotage.
Except there is no "registering" to be classified unemployed. Not in the U.S.
Yes there is. When you are unemployed and you want benefits...you register with the unemployment office. Do you think they just send you a check when you lose your job.
No, you submit a claim for benefits. That's not the same as "registering as unemployed."
But what I was talking about was that for the Unemployment data, the numbers do not and never have come from any registry.
In addition to that, if you register, you are eligible for job training, job searches, using their computers and so on...
Through the one-stop job centers you're eligible for all of that anyway.