Unemployment Survey

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Unemployment Survey

Normal Unemployment Versus Your Job

1. There will always be some people not working due to: Please check all that apply.	Improvements in efficiency that result in job losses Personal displeasure with work conditions Family reasons such as health & children Economic downturns Business inefficiencies Business failures

2. There will always be some people not working because they just don't fit into the workforce.	Agree Disagree

3. There will always be some people not working because they go back to school.	Agree Disagree

4. Those who are not working are able to find new employers, industries, and careers thereby fill other job openings.	Agree Disagree

5. During the 1990's many people who either lost or quit their jobs turned into entrepreneurs and started their own businesses.	Agree Disagree

6. I didn't expect many people who started their own businesses to take the risks and become entrepreneurs.	Agree Disagree

7. Many people who start their own businesses do so because they:	Can't get a job Can't figure out what else to do Are genuine entrepreneurs

8. Now that I think about it, many people who lost jobs over the last decade to become entrepreneurs actually do little work.	Agree Disagree

9. So, thinking about the overall US economy: Actually, the net employee count in existing industries has been shrinking over the last decade. The total number of employed people has been held up thanks to product and service industries restructuring, new efficiencies, new jobs, new products and services.	Agree Disagree I'll have to think about that

10. I am:	Female Male

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