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.”