tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post3374725516960051923..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Teen Unemployment Unrelated To Minimum WageAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-78588078491826209082010-03-19T16:12:49.965-06:002010-03-19T16:12:49.965-06:00BLS' continual redefinition of "unemploym...BLS' continual redefinition of "unemployment" has hit teens harder than even the general population. According to <a href="http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm#concepts" rel="nofollow">BLS</a>:<br /><br /><i>Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work. Actively looking for work may consist of any of the following activities:<br /><br /> * Contacting:<br /> o An employer directly or having a job interview<br /> o A public or private employment agency<br /> o Friends or relatives<br /> o A school or university employment center <br /> * Sending out resumes or filling out applications<br /> * Placing or answering advertisements<br /> * Checking union or professional registers<br /> * Some other means of active job search</i><br /><br />What teen, when seeing no friends getting jobs, is going to be sending out resumes "in the past four weeks"?Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.com