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During the current economic recession, many have been made redundant. Always on their minds is when can they find work again.

As I had said it would be difficult but we must keep our hopes up high.

To give you a sense of how people feel (from optimistic to very pessimistic) I try to feature either in paraphrase form or verbatim some reports on this issue.

Here below is a verbatim report from the West Australian newspaper. In it, its Economics Editor, Shane Wright gave this report

“It could take more than a decade for those left unemployed by the global recession to find their way back into a job

Long-term forecasts from Access Economics, and the effect of past recessions on unemployment levels, suggest it may not be until 2019 before the jobless rate in Australia and WA fall back to the record lows achieved before the recession

Access predicted this week that employment would peak at 8.5 per cent nationally and 7.2 per cent in WA within the next 18 months, with the total number out of work approaching one million.

But forecasts not released by the company show that while the economy will improve beyond 2011-12, it will be a tough time for those pushed out of work.

The company’s forecasts show unemployment not returning to the pre-recession levels of about 4

Access Director Chris Richardson said it would be a “slow grind” for those thrown out of work to find a new job.

The previous two recessions illustrate the depth of problems facing those who lose a job.

Unemployment bottomed at 5.4 per cent in June 1981 and hit 10.4 per cent in September 1983 following the 1981-82 recession. It took until November 1989 before the jobless rate hit its next low level of 5.6 per cent. It took until November 1989 before the jobless rate hit its next low level of 5.6 per cent.

The unemployment rate peaked at 10.9 per cent in December 1992 when more than 933,000 were jobless.

It did not fall to its low point from that recession until September 2000, and even then at 6 per cent the jobless rate was still well above that recorded more than 11 years previously.

BankWest chief economist Alan Langford said WA may require another housing boom or a sharp pick-up in commodity prices to lift employment levels.”

Most people are loath to suck up. Call it what you like-apple shine, kissing up, carrying the boss… all these mean the same thing.

In good times, people have more chance to stick to their guns. Now, in such economic turbulence, it’s a question of sticking to your guns or sticking to your job. You have little fire-power. The bosses have more power to fire.

Why do people kiss up? Because it is sometimes politic to do so. In a tough situation, the bosses and their cohorts or favourites have more reason to build fences around themselves so that they can be safe.

Anyone who works with them would be considered an outsider if he or she does not tow the line. So many people go along albeit unwillingly. I have seen this happen – sometimes I also became a “yes” man.

The question of whether we should do this is often unnecessary because most people are in jobs they dislike. They are only doing them to earn some money. It is not the best of situations but who said that life is fair?

I know some wealthy executives who confess that they “have sold their souls in order to feed their families” Once they can get out of the rut, they leave with no regrets.

Should they feel diminished? No, because we do not live in an idealistic world.

What is most important is to make tracks and spare no effort to build your own work so that you can be free of all these hassles.

Here you should realize how much of an ally the computer and the internet are.