The jobs numbers: never mind the quantity, check the quality

Guardian UK ^

[Perdogg]

~snip~

Buried in the Friday's jobs report is evidence that a disturbing trend continues: the creation of more part-time jobs, many of them low-wage, taking the place of solid middle-class careers. Positions in sectors like manufacturing continued to decline last month, replaced by new jobs in the healthcare, warehousing and retail industries. A lot of these jobs don't allow workers to rack up enough hours to earn healthcare benefits – let alone break out of poverty.

The key data in the new report can be found in a table called "A-8". It shows that more workers are in stuck in part-time jobs because their hours were cut back or they're unable to find full-time positions. The number of workers in this category shot up to 8.5 million in September – an increase of 581,000 from last month. This month's figure is nearly double what it was in September 2007, the eve of the recession.

[dalebert]

and how many government jobs???

[molson209]

and how many government jobs???

+114,000 LOL

[Democrat_media]

This is government fraud

These numbers are ALL from the GOVERNMENT.

who in their right mind trusts government to get ANYTHING right in the first place ?

This POS Obama is a criminal

This is all lies

[dalebert]

massive swelling of the gov...to get votes for Obama ..or are they bogus?

[rfp1234]

Lots of new IRS agents for 0bamacare monitoring.

[TurboZamboni]

Part time “McJobs” .

[cicero2k]

Hasn’t anyone heard of FTE? Full time equivalent employees.

I never put much credence in UE numbers. GDP yes. Sales tax revenues collected, yes. Those numbers don’t lie or use assumptions like whether a person is in the workforce.

Numbers and judgement don’t mix. Never did.

[polstar123]

Where can we find the data to get to the bottom of this? How do we find out about new govt hires? And how many employees does the Obama campaign have this month? The books are cooked and someone needs to figure it out.

[polstar123]

Where can we find the data to get to the bottom of this? How do we find out about new govt hires? And how many employees does the Obama campaign have this month? The books are cooked and someone needs to figure it out.

[polstar123]

Where can we find the data to get to the bottom of this? How do we find out about new govt hires? And how many employees does the Obama campaign have this month? The books are cooked and someone needs to figure it out.

[polstar123]

Sorry, my posts are for some reason multiplying, must be using Obama jobs math. I’m in a bad reception area.

[kearnyirish2]

I tell you, I’ve looked for part-time work, and I can;t believe how many of them require total flexibility. These are not designed to be a second job; these are designed to be your ONLY job (you couldn’t work them because of conflicts with your “regular” job.

Nobody really believes these numbers (except maybe those who have never had a job and don’t want one); anybody out there looking, or languishing in a McJob, knows the truth (and will vote accordingly).

[ballplayer]

10k were Govt Jobs