According to recent statistics, the unemployment rate is approximately 10.6 %. The government has worked to find a solution to unemployment in the past, but a possible solution could be a government-operated employment program. Government employment programs are effective and find employment for people, but are not a permanent solution to unemployment. This powerpoint explores the pros and cons of government employment programs.

1. Are Government Employment Programs Effective? By: Sydney Partain 8th Grade Project The Walker School

2. Current unemployment rate 10.6%

3. America is unemployed

4. Will these programs work?

5. Will things get better?

6. How is unemployment measured?

7. Looking for work?

8. Unemployed?

9. Able to work?

10. Government employment programs: The Solution?

11. Government employment programs = jobs Enough?

12. Other options?

13. Private employment agencies

14. Temporary hiring agencies

15. Why government agencies?

16. Relatively low cost

17. Less stress on the unemployed

18. Keep customer’s interest in mind

19. Why not government agencies?

20. Not efficient

21. May not find good jobs

22. What can be done?

23. Work directly for the government

24. Look for job by yourself

25. Use an employment agency

26. Government employment programs help…

27. Are not always the best solution

28. Are not a permanent solution

29. “Any degree of unemployment worries me” ~Gerhard Schroder

30. Sources(1) Pictures (in order of appearance): Unemployment rate: http://www.mtn18.com/latest_news/10_unemployment.jpg Unemployed: http://www.phawker.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/02/usa_unemployed.jpg Unemployment lines in agency: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=unemployed+people&prev=/i mages%3Fq%3Dunemployed%2Bpeople%26start%3D21%26um%3D1%2 6hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS310% 26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1&imgurl =fb9bdf35cf719f98 Unemployment map: http://www.mint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/MNT-UNEMP-CHANGE.jpg Unemployment lines 2: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=42d961e62434e73b&qBs ource:life%26start%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26nds p%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1 Able to work: http://www.connectamarillo.com/uploadedImages/kvii/News/Stories/Un employment.jpg

31. Sources (2) Unemployed with sign: http://www.doic.net/depression%20placard.jpg Large unemployment line: http://news4themasses.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bread-line-img- 2.jpg Employment agency 2: http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/uploads/images/Taxi%201.JPG Employment agency: http://api.ning.com/files/GnBkzE99EgY3p0RUUSf7kJ9QV68gdloj06R WAkLgucvgQmI6hULvIMKx6mGDCapuoE2Rn*wcgvTGcPVKI52DA5D 4MMGIlE*a/arisvolunteers.JPG Low cost: http://ase.org/images/lib/tips/nomoney.jpg Hiring survey: http://www.thehiringsurvey.com/images/Iprocess6.GIF Total quality: http://www.cartoonstudio.co.uk/images/kmeters/ABBimprove.jpg Efficiency cartoon: http://therighttoon.com/images/Medicare%20Efficiency%20Cartoon %20smx.jpg

32. Sources (3) Trash men: http://sustainablenicafarming.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_9996.jpg Department of labor sign: Taken by Sydney Partain Unemployed-worker: http://moderateinthemiddle.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/unemployed-worker.jpg Employment agency 3: http://www.aplin.com/images/HomePeople.jpg Unemployment lines: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=unemployment+lines+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dunemployment%2Blines%2Bsource:life%26tbs%3Disch:1&imgurl=a761da01ae6c9252 Schroder quote: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/unemployment.html

33. Fin