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

Current unemployment
rate

10.6%

America is unemployed

Will these programs
work?

Will the situation
improve?

How is unemployment
measured?

Looking for work?

Unemployed?

Able to work?

Government employment
programs: The Solution?

Government employment
programs = jobs

Enough?

Other options?

Private employment
agencies

Temporary hiring
agencies

Why government
agencies?

Relatively low cost

Less stress on the
unemployed

Keep customer’s interest in
mind

Why not government
agencies?

Not efficient

May not find good jobs

What can be done?

Work directly for the
government

Look for job by yourself

Use an employment agency

Government employment
programs help…

Are not always the best
solution

Are not a permanent
solution

“Any degree of
unemployment worries
me”
~Gerhard Schroder

Fin

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
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%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%26ndsp%3D18%2
6tbs%3Disch:1
Able to work:
http://www.connectamarillo.com/uploadedImages/kvii/News/Stories/Unemploy
ment.jpg

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*wcgvTGcPVKI52DA5D4MMGIlE
*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

Sources (3)
Trash men:
http://sustainablenicafarming.files.wordpress.co
m/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=un
employment+lines+source:life&prev=/images%3