Assembly line worker Ian Whitcombe, 21, who has been at the plant for four years, feared he would find it difficult to find a new job.

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Basic economics dictates that if too many individuals pursue the same career, it will become increasingly difficult for each individual to find a job.

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Demand and supply theory suggests that if too many individuals pursue the same career, it will become increasingly difficult for each individual to find a job.

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They fear it will be far more difficult to find another opportunity or another job after a business or a project failure, because others will question their competence or even their worth.

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People who expect to earn low wages or who prefer leisure may make little effort to find jobs so long as they receive a benefit, and their job-seeking is difficult to monitor.

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Instead all of the disturbance falls on outsiders, who have a hard time finding a job and landowners who find it difficult to profitably develop new areas.

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