Many people are still looking for work or looking for a job that pays more.
So, if a person is out of work and looking for a job but not claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for any reason (for example they may not want to, or they may not be eligible to claim it), they will appear in the figure for unemployment, but not the figure for claimant count.
Third, we finally overcame the procedural blockade of a partisan minority in the Senate to restore unemployment insurance for about 2.5 million Americans who are out of work and looking for a job.
Or why we provide benefits to people who are temporarily out of work and looking for a job.
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But fewer people remained out of the labour force altogether: 21.1% of the working-age population was neither in work nor looking for a job, the lowest rate since 1992.
It's a frustrating catch for those out of work in an era of high unemployment: looking for a job, only to find that some employers don't want anyone who doesn't already have one.
The President said recently and he says frequently that he will not be satisfied until every America who is looking for work has a good job.
As far as I'm concerned, we will not have a true recovery as long as we're losing jobs, and we won't rest until every American that is looking for work can find a job.
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Every day I think about everybody out there all across the country who wants to work and is still looking for a job, whose homes may be still underwater or at risk of foreclosure.
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Until the millions of our neighbors who are looking for work can find a job, and wages are growing at a meaningful pace, we may be able to claim a technical recovery -- but we will not have truly recovered.
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The latest unemployment figures show that, despite a drop in the number of people out of work, many people are still looking for a job.
And those are just the people who are looking for work but cannot find a job.
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And the measure of unemployment that takes into account people who have stopped looking for work but still want a job, as well as those working part-time because full-time work is unavailable, increased to 16.5%.
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The unemployment rate dipped to 8.6 percent but it was a hollow improvement caused by over 300, 000 people dropping out of the work force, giving up looking for a job, waiting at home for more government handouts which will no doubt be coming soon with great fanfare about how the government is helping the unemployed in a tough time.
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His Celebrity Apprentice is now syndicated in China and signed for another season on NBC (the season of his regular Celebrity show just kicked off this month featuring out-of-work contestants looking for a second chance at a job).
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Two criminal drifters, Song and Tang, have developed a scam: they befriend one of the many uprooted men looking for work and tell him that they know of a job at a rural mine, but that the man must pretend to be their brother in order to be hired.
Employers must ask, Are job seekers or job changers actively looking to work for a company that makes corporate responsibility an inherent part of their company culture?
That rate counts only the 14.5 million Americans who were out of a job and actively looking for work in December, the latest month for available data.
At the time of our chat earlier this year, Tice was still looking for work and had been in the job market for over a year, using freelance consulting work to tide him over.
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And two million Americans who are out of work will continue to receive unemployment benefits so long as they are actively looking for a job.
Seven years later when he started looking for full-time work, he faced a problem: All his old contacts and job references were seven to 12 years old.
He says employers will always be looking for new talent, and if a job seeker has the choice to work for an employer who is known for showing respect for job candidates versus one that does not, candidates will likely choose the employer that operates respectfully.
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At a time when millions of Americans are looking for work, we shouldn't have any job openings out there.
We need to pass it for women like Leslie Macko, who lost her job at a fitness center last year and has been looking for work ever since.
"This remains a difficult job market for nannies and we understand that people looking for work can be tempted to take unethical and illegal steps if they feel that will increase their chances of getting the job they want, " reads a message the group said it would post this week.
Migrant workers queuing at a computerised job centre say they are looking for higher wages and more interesting work, not just any job.
Krista Canfield, a spokeswoman for LinkedIn, suggests using the "Current" section of your profile, where you'd normally list your job, as a spot to tell contacts you're looking for work.
Don't let millions of Americans who are out there looking for work right now, and the economy is starting to improve but they don't have a job yet -- don't leave them without a lifeline in terms of cutting off their unemployment insurance.
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But looking beyond the advanced degree itself, students might hope and expect to find a job abroad and work for a few years before returning to Japan.
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