This is partially false. I was on another forum where the discussion also centered on the expiration of unemployment benefits. Several of the respondents to the forum stated they did not look for a job because the only ones available were flipping burgers at a fast food joint. And the unemployment paid them more, so why take a greasy job. I have to assume they were telling the truth. There is a certain percentage of any population who will take the easy way, regardless of long term effects.
Thats partly because there is a bad perception out there that such jobs will pollute your resume.
HR departments today don’t value someone who is willing to take just any job. If you have a strong work history with a good company, then get laid off. Then you take a job part-time at a fast food joint to make ends meet. Other comapnies will LOOK DOWN ON YOU. You would be better off not taking that job at all.
If you have ever dealt with HR departments...you know what Im talking about. The people that work in there are the most overpaid group of idiots you will ever come across.
This is from an abstract on Nat. Bureau of Econ. Research by Bruce Mayer (started on 1991)
..Higher UI benefits are found to have a strong negative effect on the probability of leaving unemployment. However, the probability of leaving unemployment rises dramatically just prior to when benefits lapse.
FWIW.
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