| I had initially planned to write about my recent | | | | less pay. I received pleasant, polite, and politically |
| accomplishments with a landscaping project in our | | | | correct responses "stating how rigorous it was to |
| backyard however I ran across an article | | | | find the most qualified applicant.". I failed to take a |
| featured in the AFRO newspaper that caught my | | | | look at all the different reasons why I wasn't |
| attention. I couldn't help but bring attention to the | | | | hired. I think you do have to consider the overall |
| June Labor statistic regarding African Americans | | | | unemployment picture while building on your |
| who not surprisingly lead this month's | | | | personal and professional skill set! |
| unemployment picture. | | | | So, let us all consider how we will make the |
| Alan King, Staff Writer for the AFRO mentions in | | | | necessary changes to stay afloat. What belt |
| his article "African Americans lead in | | | | tightening will you have to implement. Consider |
| unemployment-June Labor Stats Show Little | | | | tackling two birds with one stone i.e. finding |
| Change In Unemployment." The overall | | | | gardening space to grow your own vegetable |
| unemployment statistical picture showed the | | | | garden giving back to the environment while |
| number of unemployed persons in the U.S. at 14.7 | | | | improving your overall physical health. As an |
| million. " African Americans led the list at 14.7 | | | | African American, I can give testimony to the |
| percent, Hispanics followed at 12.2 and Caucasians | | | | synergistic energy behind storytelling which I have |
| at 8.7. Believe me, statistics and scarcity has | | | | recently found beneficial. I must share with you |
| away of bringing you to your knees. | | | | that initially my objective were to bring attention |
| They say you have to tread lightly when reading | | | | to the misery and uncertainty in the African |
| and deciphering statistics because they can paint a | | | | American community whom have been affected |
| skewed picture. However, the present economic | | | | by job loss and unemployment way before the |
| photograph has many flaws. America in all its | | | | recession of 2007. |
| grandeur and color is faced with dramatic present | | | | Unemployment is debilitating, individually painful, and |
| and future uncertainty. I am proud to shed light | | | | has a way of tearing down all families and |
| upon a culture and economic class (African | | | | communities both locally and globally. It's a natural |
| Americans) who leads the number of workers | | | | component of the U.S. economic system and will |
| unemployed here in the U.S. African Americans | | | | never completely go away. Do not for a moment |
| have wavered the storm in past histories and will | | | | conjure in your mind that I'm downing America. |
| do so again. However, they like all other | | | | Our country (America) continues to possess |
| Americans will have to implement ways in which | | | | abundancy, human potential, and opportunities |
| to improvise. Quite frankly, creating a niche for | | | | unlike many of our global partners. Now's the time |
| yourself has much to do about your longevity in | | | | to secure more knowledge, seek your passion, |
| the economic marketplace whether it's getting a | | | | and set realistic goals! |
| new job or starting your own business enterprise. | | | | I hope this article will personally help each of us to |
| Just recently, I experienced firsthand how difficult | | | | take action reflecting on our strengths and innate |
| it was to get a job. I applied for numerous jobs in | | | | gifts as we meet the growing economic |
| which I know I was over qualified and jobs with | | | | uncertainty facing our nation. |