economic crisis and the effect it is having on their lives; eight per cent speak of poverty, not unrelated to the other two main factors, whilst four per cent say equally corruption, the moral breakdown in society, and the low literacy level are issues of concern to them,' said Anderson.
Below is a pie chart illustrating the information from the Don Anderson poll.
The factors which contribute to the major unemployment in the country are:
Rapid changes in technology
Recession
Not being qualified for the job
Lack of resources/ unavailability of jobs
Disability
Lack of capital
Inflation
Attitudes towards employees
Willingness to work and performing inefficiently
Discriminating factors in the work force
Perception of employees
Job dissatisfaction
Changes in trade pattern
In an article published on The Gleaners website on May 18, 2012 showed that the unemployment rate spiked in January, according to new jobs data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN).The findings of the January 2012 Labour Force Survey released in May put the unemployment rate at 14.1 per cent, compared to 12.9 per cent one year ago. Some 23,100 jobs were lost last year, according to the current survey, but not everyone left the labour market .As the full impact of the closure of the larger part of the bauxite industry is now being felt and the tourist industry slows down, we can expect that this quarter and the next will show steeper declines in production. The fall in remittances, which is already depressing demand for goods and services, will also serve to worsen the downturn in output in several sectors. For most people, what matters most about the deterioration in the economy is its effect on the availability of jobs. Young people, in particular, who have borne the brunt of the country's weak performance in job creation over the past 30 years, are likely to be disproportionately affected. This is in the context where the youth ( 14-24 years ) unemployment rate in 2008 of 25.9 per cent was more than twice the overall rate of 10.6 per cent, with the rate for young females being worse, at three times.
In an article published on The Gleaners website on Thursday September 6, 2012 Wayne Chen, president of the Jamaica Employers' Federation, said there is an increasing concern regarding the high level of unemployment among youth.
'There is no doubt that the youth unemployment rate in Jamaica is very high,' said Chen.
'We will always be concerned with unemployment, but we are particularly concerned with youth unemployment because it tends to create a sense of hopelessness among new entrants in the economy.'
Chen said he was aware that this problem was a by-product of the overall economic malaise, but said there were some structural weaknesses, particularly in the areas of training and education.
'There are too many school leavers ill-equipped to look about their economic sustenance,' he noted.
'There is also a structural issue of the misalignment of our educational system with the demands of the job market. I have no doubt about the fact that the formal educational system at all levels is failing to properly equip our young people for the de
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