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- TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ...
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- TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ...
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- - KELLY WRIGHT: THE UNITED STATES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
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- TODAY IS LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN 50 YEARS.
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- LESS THAN 4% OF AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING
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- TO FIND A JOB.
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- - WE RIGHT NOW ARE AT FULL EMPLOYMENT.
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- WELL, THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT AT THE SAME
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- TIME IT CAN BE A HEADWIND TO THE ECONOMY.
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- - THE UNITED STATES LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASES
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- THE DATA ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
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- HOWEVER, THIS INFORMATION CAN BE MISLEADING.
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- - TO BE IN THE LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE, YOU
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- DON'T HAVE TO BE WORKING.
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- YOU HAVE TO BE APPLYING FOR JOBS.
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- YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING.
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- - PEOPLE NOT LOOKING FOR A JOB INCLUDES THE
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- MAJORITY OF AMERICA'S HOMELESS POPULATION.
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- ADDITIONALLY, THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
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- NUMBERS DO NOT CALCULATE THE WORKERS THAT
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- ARE UNDEREMPLOYED.
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- - ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS THAT EVERYBODY DISCOUNTS
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- IS A NUMBER CALLED THE U6 NUMBER, PART-TIME
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- EMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
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- SO I HAVE A DEGREE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND
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- I'M WORKING IN THE CONVERSE OUTLET SELLING
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- SNEAKERS, AND THEY ARE UNDEREMPLOYED.
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- THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND A JOB IN THEIR FIELD.
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- 1.3 MILLION THAT COULDN'T GET A JOB IN
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- THEIR DISCIPLINE.
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- - ON THIS EPISODE OF TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS,
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- WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT AMERICA'S UNEMPLOYED AND
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- UNDEREMPLOYED AND DISCOVER SOME
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- OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE.
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- WE START IN THE STREETS.
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- THERE ARE OVER 564.000 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
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- AMERICA TODAY.
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- THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDER-
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- EMPLOYED AND CAN'T AFFORD A HOME OR SHELTER.
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- - THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM IN THE UNITED
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- STATES IS AWFUL AND IT'S GETTING WORSE.
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- - I FOUND MYSELF HOMELESS WHEN I GOT
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- KICKED OUT BY MY FATHER WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD.
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- - FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS IN AMERICA.
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- SINGLE WOMEN ARE HOMELESS IN AMERICA.
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- SINGLE MEN ARE HOMELESS IN AMERICA.
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- THE MENTALLY ILL ARE HOMELESS IN AMERICA.
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- THE WORKING POOR ARE HOMELESS IN AMERICA.
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- - I HAD TO SLEEP IN THE STAIRCASE AND IT JUST GOT
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- TO A POINT WHERE IT GOT TIRING DOING IT
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- FOR MONTHS.
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- - WITHOUT GETTING PROPER SLEEP OR FOOD, FINDING OR
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- KEEPING A JOB IS DAUNTING WHEN YOU'RE HOMELESS.
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- - THE PROBABILITY OF SOMEONE WHOSE HOMELESS
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- FINDING EMPLOYMENT THE CHANCES ARE SLIM AND NONE.
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- - THE DOE FUND IS A HOMELESS SHELTER THAT
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- SPECIALIZES IN HELPING PROVIDE HOUSING AND
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- EQUIPPING PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
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- THEIR PROGRAM IS APPROPRIATELY CALLED
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- READY, WILLING AND ABLE.
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- - THE FACILITIES WHERE THE READY, WILLING AND
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- ABLE HAPPENS ARE HOMELESS SHELTERS.
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- - WHEN THEY FIRST GET HERE, THEY MEET WITH
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- ME FOR AN INITIAL INTERVIEW TO SEE IF THEY
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- ARE SUITABLE FOR THE PROGRAM.
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- - I WAS SLEEPING GOOD.
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- I WAS EATING GOOD.
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- - READY, WILLING AND ABLE IS 9 TO 12 MONTHS.
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- THE HEART OF THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDING A VENUE FOR
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- SOMEONE TO REALLY TRANSFORM THEMSELVES
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- PERMANENTLY FOREVER FOR THE BETTER.
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- - READY, WILLING AND ABLE'S CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
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- WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION GAVE THEM
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- INSIGHT ON HOW TO BETTER HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS.
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- - OVER THE YEARS WHEN WE'D ASK EVERY HOMELESS
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- MAN THAT CAME TO US HEY, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
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- TO PRISON?
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- YEAH, YEAH, I HAVE.
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- 80% OF THE MEN WE SERVED HAD DONE TIME.
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- THAT'S WHAT MADE US TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT ARE WE
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- ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS OR SOMETHING DEEPER.
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- - AS AMERICAN TAXPAYERS WE SPEND OVER 39 BILLION
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- DOLLARS A YEAR IN HOUSING, FEEDING AND
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- PROTECTING CRIMINALS THROUGH OUR
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- PRISON SYSTEMS.
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- THAT IS MORE THAN 31.000 $A YEAR PER INMATE.
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- THIS SYSTEM ONLY WORKS IF AFTER A PRISONER DOES
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- THEIR TIME AND IS RELEASED AND THEY CHOOSE
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- TO EARN AN HONEST LIVING INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO
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- A LIFE OF CRIME.
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- GETTING A JOB WITH A PRISON RECORD ON YOUR
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- RESUME' IS A HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.
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- - MY BROTHER DIED IN STATE PRISON ABOUT SIX
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- YEARS AGO.
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- HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT GETTING OUT.
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- HE DIDN'T THINK HE'D EVER FIND A JOB.
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- NOBODY'S GOING TO HIRE A CONVICTED FELON.
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- - THE DOE FUND'S READY, WILLING AND ABLE
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- PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO TRANSITION PRISONERS INTO
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- FULLY EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.
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- - THEY ALL NEED MONEY COMING OUT OF PRISON.
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- MOST GUYS ARE COMING OUT WITH NOTHING MORE THAN
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- $40 SO HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GET BACK
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- INTO SOCIETY?
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- YOU'RE NOT.
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- IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
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- YOU'RE GOING TO REVERT BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW.
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- - WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 600.000 PEOPLE
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- WHO ARE BEING RELEASED ANNUALLY.
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- - THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, THE RECIDIVISM
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- RATE TWO YEARS AFTER YOU LEAVE PRISON IS 77%.
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- THAT MEANS THERE'S A 3 IN 4 CHANCE THAT AFTER
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- YOU'RE RELEASED FROM PRISON YOU ARE GOING BACK
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- WITHIN TWO YEARS.
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- - WE SPEND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF
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- DOLLARS INCARCERATING PEOPLE AND EVEN MORE
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- BILLIONS OF DOLLARS REINCARCERATING PEOPLE,
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- AND PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT.
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- INDEPENDENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THIS PROGRAM
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- REDUCES FELONY CONVICTIONS BY 60%.
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- - YOU GO FROM BEING A MENACE TO SOCIETY TO A
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- PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY.
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- - THE DOE FUND HELPS SUPPORT ITS CLIENTS BY
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- STAFFING MEN THAT ARE WALKING THE WALK.
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- - 60% OF OUR STAFF ARE GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM.
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- - I'M AN EX CLIENT AND I'M A GRADUATE OF THE
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- DOE FUND.
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- I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT.
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- - I SPENT OVER 19 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF
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- STATE PRISONS.
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- - MOST CRIMES ARE DRUG AND ALCOHOL RELATED.
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- TO BE A PART OF THE DOE FUND, THE USE OF DRUGS
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- AND ALCOHOL IS NOT PERMITTED.
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- - WE'RE A SUBSTANCE FREE PROGRAM.
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- WE DO TEST THE GENTLEMANLY RANDOMLY
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- TWICE A WEEK.
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- - OVERCOMING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IS REALLY BIG, IF
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- YOU WANT TO CHANCE TO OVERCOME HOMELESSNESS.
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- - BEING DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE IS PART OF THE DOE
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- FUND'S COMMITMENT TO CHANGE.
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- - ULTIMATELY IT COMES OUT FROM YOURSELF.
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- TRANSITION FOR US STARTS WITH THAT FIRST 30 DAYS
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- THAT THEY COME TO OUR PROGRAM.
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- WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN, EVERYONE IS GIVEN A JOB
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- ASSIGNMENT.
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- SO THEY'RE USUALLY DOING SOME OF THE
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- CUSTODIAL WORK.
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- THEY'RE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
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- THEY ARE GETTING PAID A STIPEND, $15 FOR
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- FIVE DAYS.
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- THE HOURS ARE ABOUT 7 HOURS A DAY.
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- - IT'S DESIGNED TO SEE HOW SERIOUS ARE YOU ABOUT
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- PARTICIPATING IN CHANGING YOUR LIFE BECAUSE I'M NOT
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- GOING TO CHANGE YOU.
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- YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOU.
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- YOU ARE THE ONE THAT HAS TO DO 95% OF THE WORK.
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- - HE GETS HOLD OF HIS SOBRIETY IN THOSE FIRST 30
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- DAYS, AND HE STARTS LEARNING THE INS AND OUTS
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- OF WHAT WE'D CALL SORT OF MAINSTREAM CULTURE.
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- - COMMITTING TO CHANGE REQUIRES THESE MEN TO
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- COMMIT TO THEIR FAMILIES.
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- - THEY ALMOST ALL HAVE CHILDREN FROM WHO THEY
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- ARE HE IS STAGED.
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- AND THIS MAN HAS BEEN LYING FALLOW IN A
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- PRISON CELL.
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- HE HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCTIVE.
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- HE HAS NOT BEEN SUPPORTING ANYONE
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- INCLUDING HIMSELF.
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- WHAT A WASTE FOR THAT FAMILY.
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- SO BY GETTING A MAN WORKING, BY GETTING HIM
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- INTEGRATED IN THE MAINSTREAM HE CAN BECOME
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- AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR HIMSELF.
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- HE CAN BECOME AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR HIS FAMILY
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- INCLUDING PAYING ANY OWED CHILD SUPPORT WHICH IS
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- INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT FAMILY
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- REUNIFICATION AND TO BREAK THE GENERATIONAL
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- NATURE OF THESE CYCLES.
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- - AFTER A DOE FUND CLIENT HAS PASSED THEIR
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- FIRST 30 DAYS, THEY'RE GIVEN A PAYING JOB
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- WORKING ON THE READY, WILLING AND ABLE
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- COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT STREET TEAMS.
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- - FOR THAT THEY'LL GET PAID
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- $13.50 AN HOUR.
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- WHEN I WAS OUT SWEEPING THE STREETS, I WAS
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- TELLING MYSELF THAT I GOT TO STOP THE NONSENSE.
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- THE GAME IS OVER.
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- IT'S TIME TO FOCUS, LISTEN, LEARN, AND DO
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- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO TO GET YOUR LIFE
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- ON TRACK.
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- OTHERS HAVE DONE IT.
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- SO CAN YOU.
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- - YOU WILL SEE THEM WITH THE BLUE BUCKETS AND THEY
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- WILL BE STREET CLEANING.
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- THEY DO SNOW AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND MAKE SURE THE
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- COMMUNITY STAYS CLEAN.
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- - AND GETTING PAID $13.50 AN HOUR HAS THE
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- BENEFIT OF A PAYCHECK.
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- - AND THE PRIDE IN EARNING THAT FIRST
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- PAYCHECK WAS OVERWHELMING.
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- - THE SELF-WORTH AND SELF-ESTEEM THAT A
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- MAN GETS FOR WORKING THAT THEY EXPERIENCE THAT'S
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- IMPORTANT TO THEM.
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- - THE FIRST TIME I GOT A PAYCHECK I WAS SO HAPPY.
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- - WHEN YOU GET AN HONEST PAYCHECK YOU DON'T GOTTA
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- LOOK BEHIND YOUR BACK.
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- THERE'S NO GUILT TRIP.
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- YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS SUCCEEDING.
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- - I REMEMBER WANTING TO SEND MY WHOLE PAYCHECK TO
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- MY KIDS, TRYING TO FIX EVERYTHING.
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- BUT IT GAVE ME THE RESOURCES TO BEGIN A
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- PROCESS OF BEING A PART OF THEIR LIVES.
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- NOT JUST FINANCIALLY.
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- JUST IN BEING THERE AND DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP
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- THAT HAD BEEN TORN APART AFTER YEARS
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- OF SEPARATION.
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- - AFTER THREE MONTHS OF CLEANING THE CITY STREETS
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- AND PARKS, THE DOE FUND'S CLIENTS HAVE AN
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- OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN FOR A CAREER.
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- - WE TRAIN IN FIVE DIFFERENT WORKPLACE SECTORS:
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- BUILDING MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION,
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- CULINARY, PEST CONTROL,
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- TRANSPORTATION, WAREHOUSE.
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- THE CULINARY TRACK IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST
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- SUCCESSFUL TRACKS. THE CULINARY PROGRAM HAS
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- A VERY VERY INTENSIVE PROGRAM.
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- - A LOT OF OUR GUYS DID A LOT OF COOKING WHEN
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- THEY WERE UPSTATE INSIDE IN THE MESS HALL, AND WE
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- WANT TO HELP THEM GET THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO
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- GET A JOB, A REAL JOB IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY.
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- WE MAKE ABOUT A THOUSAND MEALS A DAY.
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- THAT'S 400 MEN THAT HAVE TO EAT EVERY DAY.
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- - YOU LEARN ABOUT SAFETY, YOU LEARN ABOUT
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- KNIFE SKILLS, HOW TO PREPARE A MEAL, HOW TO
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- MAKE AN ENTIRE MEAL FOR 200 HUNDRED GUYS.
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- I BEGAN TO FALL IN LOVE AND ENJOY WHAT I WAS
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- DOING SO IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING.
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- - MOST OF THEM ARE GONNA GET A JOB AS A PREP COOK,
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- A SIOUX CHEF, MAYBE $13, $15 DOLLARS AN HOUR.
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- - THE DOE FUNDS READY WILLING AND ABLE PROGRAM
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- HAS ONE GOAL IN MIND FOR THESE FORMER PRISONERS.
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- - THE END GOAL OF ALL OF OUR TRAINING FOR
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- THE DOE FUND IS STABLE EMPLOYMENT; STABLE, GOOD,
- 00:09:56.250 --> 00:09:59.130
- LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT.
- 00:09:59.150 --> 00:10:01.020
- - I DID TWO YEARS IN PRISON.
- 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:02.280
- I CAME HOME TO THE DOE FUND, WORKED IN THE
- 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.070
- KITCHEN AS PART OF THE CULINARY COURSE, GOT MY
- 00:10:05.090 --> 00:10:07.140
- FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE.
- 00:10:07.160 --> 00:10:09.130
- - TYREE WORKS AS A PORTER FOR US.
- 00:10:09.150 --> 00:10:12.200
- HE IS AN AMAZING EMPLOYEE.
- 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:14.080
- POSITIVE, ENERGETIC.
- 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:17.110
- HE'S LIKE A SHINING LIGHT.
- 00:10:17.130 --> 00:10:18.170
- HE'S ACTUALLY A SUPERSTAR IN THE KITCHEN.
- 00:10:18.190 --> 00:10:20.060
- - THINK OF THE JOB, THEY'RE GONNA HOLD IT.
- 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:21.240
- SO TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE, THAT GUY'S NOT
- 00:10:21.260 --> 00:10:24.100
- GOING ANYWHERE.
- 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:25.280
- I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR EMPLOYER PARTNERS KIND OF
- 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.190
- LIKE ABOUT OUR GUYS THAT THEY COME EVERY DAY, THEY
- 00:10:28.210 --> 00:10:32.230
- SHOW UP FOR WORK, AND THEY'RE GONNA WORK.
- 00:10:32.250 --> 00:10:34.250
- - TYREE SHOWS UP.
- 00:10:34.270 --> 00:10:37.190
- HE SHOWS UP LIKE 110 PERCENT.
- 00:10:37.210 --> 00:10:39.190
- HE HAS TAUGHT ME HOW SILLY MY PROBLEMS ARE.
- 00:10:39.210 --> 00:10:44.000
- - THE PRIDE THAT COMES WITH MAKING AN HONEST
- 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.100
- LIVING FOR A LOT OF GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE
- 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.230
- FAMILIES AS WELL, THEIR CHILDREN NOW HAVE A
- 00:10:48.250 --> 00:10:51.000
- DIFFERENT TYPE OF ROLE MODEL TO SEE.
- 00:10:51.020 --> 00:10:52.230
- THEIR FATHER IS NOW IN THE PICTURE AS OPPOSED
- 00:10:52.250 --> 00:10:55.050
- TO BEING BEHIND BARS.
- 00:10:55.070 --> 00:10:56.260
- - GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WAS AT THE POINT
- 00:10:56.280 --> 00:11:00.250
- WHERE I FIRST HAD CONTACT WITH MY CHILDREN.
- 00:11:00.270 --> 00:11:04.280
- I HAD NOT BEEN IN THEIR LIVES FOR OVER 19 YEARS.
- 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.110
- AND TODAY I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL SONS,
- 00:11:09.130 --> 00:11:12.160
- A BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER WHO NOW DECIDES TO
- 00:11:12.180 --> 00:11:15.170
- CALL ME GRANDDADDY, MY NEW GRANDSON.
- 00:11:15.190 --> 00:11:20.070
- AND AGAIN, THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF MY
- 00:11:20.090 --> 00:11:24.020
- INVOLVEMENT IN THE DOE FUND.
- 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:26.110
- - I GOT MARRIED LAST YEAR AND WE JUST BOUGHT A
- 00:11:26.130 --> 00:11:27.280
- HOUSE WITH A BACKYARD.
- 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:29.240
- - IT HELPS YOU BUILD A FOUNDATION.
- 00:11:29.260 --> 00:11:31.170
- I NOT ONLY HAVE A JOB, I HAVE A CAREER NOW.
- 00:11:31.190 --> 00:11:34.030
- I'M A GOOD CITIZEN NOW.
- 00:11:34.050 --> 00:11:35.290
- I'M A GOOD ROLE MODEL TO MY CHILDREN.
- 00:11:36.010 --> 00:11:38.000
- NOW I HAVE A PURPOSE.
- 00:11:38.020 --> 00:11:39.230
- I AM VERY VERY GRATEFUL TO THE DOE FUND.
- 00:11:39.250 --> 00:11:42.290
- THIS ORGANIZATION HAS CHANGE MY LIFE, AND I'M
- 00:11:43.010 --> 00:11:44.190
- SO GRATEFUL TO THEM.
- 00:11:44.210 --> 00:11:46.210
- - ONCE I ENROLLED IN THIS PROCESS, IT BECAME THE
- 00:11:46.230 --> 00:11:50.090
- TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE. TODAY I'M ALSO
- 00:11:50.110 --> 00:11:53.100
- ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.
- 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:55.290
- - WORK ISN'T JUST ABOUT MONEY.
- 00:11:56.010 --> 00:11:57.260
- WORK IS ABOUT DIGNITY, AND FOR THE MEN THAT WE
- 00:11:57.280 --> 00:12:02.190
- SERVE, THEY HAVEN'T HAD A LOT IN THEIR LIVES
- 00:12:02.210 --> 00:12:05.020
- TO BE PROUD OF.
- 00:12:05.040 --> 00:12:06.210
- - I FINALLY FOUND MY LIFE.
- 00:12:06.230 --> 00:12:08.190
- I FINALLY FOUND A FUTURE.
- 00:12:08.210 --> 00:12:09.280
- I FINALLY FOUND MY CAREER.
- 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.040
- - THAT'S THE POWER OF WORK.
- 00:12:12.060 --> 00:12:13.130
- PEOPLE GET HOOKED ON IT.
- 00:12:13.150 --> 00:12:15.090
- - READY WILLING AND ABLE IS MY FAMILY.
- 00:12:15.110 --> 00:12:18.070
- THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.
- 00:12:18.090 --> 00:12:20.140
- - A RECENT SURVEY FROM PAY SCALE FOUND THAT
- 00:12:20.160 --> 00:12:22.170
- 46 PERCENT OF WORKERS, OR ROUGHLY 22 MILLION
- 00:12:22.190 --> 00:12:25.080
- AMERICANS, THINK THEY'RE UNDER EMPLOYED.
- 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:28.040
- NOW UNDER EMPLOYED AMERICANS HARDEST HIT IS
- 00:12:28.060 --> 00:12:30.250
- THE MILLENNIAL WORKFORCE MADE UP OF 20 AND 30 YEAR
- 00:12:30.270 --> 00:12:34.020
- OLDS. TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CHALLENGES, WE TALKED
- 00:12:34.040 --> 00:12:37.000
- WITH JESSICA LUTZ WHO THROUGH THE INTERNET
- 00:12:37.020 --> 00:12:39.240
- HELPS UNDER EMPLOYED MILLENNIALS.
- 00:12:39.260 --> 00:12:42.050
- - MY PODCAST IS CALLED OVERCOMING UNDER EMPLOYMENT.
- 00:12:42.070 --> 00:12:44.250
- THIS EPISODE WILL BE ALL ABOUT DEALING WITH
- 00:12:44.270 --> 00:12:47.070
- RELATIONSHIPS WHEN YOU'RE UNDER EMPLOYED.
- 00:12:47.090 --> 00:12:49.070
- UNEMPLOYMENT IS YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND YOU GET A
- 00:12:49.090 --> 00:12:51.220
- DEGREE, AND YOU CAN'T FIND A JOB IN YOUR FIELD,
- 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.040
- AND YOU END UP TAKING LESS MONEY AT A JOB
- 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:56.240
- NOT GETTING AS MUCH AS YOU COULD HAVE
- 00:12:56.260 --> 00:12:58.140
- WITH YOUR CREDENTIALS.
- 00:12:58.160 --> 00:13:00.170
- DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF UNDER EMPLOYED?
- 00:13:00.190 --> 00:13:02.230
- - I DO YOU FEEL VERY UNDER EMPLOYED.
- 00:13:02.250 --> 00:13:04.180
- IT CAN BE REALLY DISCOURAGING WHEN YOU'RE
- 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:08.020
- REALLY LIKE, YOU GET YOUR PAYCHECK AND THE COST OF
- 00:13:08.040 --> 00:13:11.290
- LIVING IS GOING UP AND SALARIES ARE NOT.
- 00:13:12.010 --> 00:13:15.170
- - WE HAD COLLEGE KIDS MOVING IN WITH THEIR
- 00:13:15.190 --> 00:13:18.190
- PARENTS, MOVING HOME, TRYING TO SURVIVE.
- 00:13:18.210 --> 00:13:21.290
- THEY HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DEBT.
- 00:13:22.010 --> 00:13:26.050
- - JESSICA LUTZ: PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT
- 00:13:26.070 --> 00:13:28.010
- FACTORS IN THEIR UNDER EMPLOYMENT.
- 00:13:28.030 --> 00:13:29.210
- IT'S GENERALLY THE SAME SITUATION, JUST IT LOOKS
- 00:13:29.230 --> 00:13:32.260
- SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PERSON.
- 00:13:32.280 --> 00:13:34.240
- TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
- 00:13:34.260 --> 00:13:37.060
- - I GOT MY BACHELOR'S IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM
- 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:40.140
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.
- 00:13:40.160 --> 00:13:42.010
- I WORKED IN A RESTAURANT RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE AS A
- 00:13:42.030 --> 00:13:44.000
- HOSTESS, BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T TAKING ADVANTAGE
- 00:13:44.020 --> 00:13:48.030
- OF THE DEGREE THAT I HAD JUST PAID FOR.
- 00:13:48.050 --> 00:13:51.030
- - THE HIGH COST OF COLLEGE AND THE LOW
- 00:13:51.050 --> 00:13:52.260
- PAYING JOBS FOR GRADUATES ARE CREATING STUDENT LOAN
- 00:13:52.280 --> 00:13:55.190
- DEFAULT RECORDS.
- 00:13:55.210 --> 00:13:57.180
- MORE THAN ONE MILLION STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS GO
- 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:00.020
- INTO DEFAULT EACH YEAR.
- 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:02.070
- STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS NOW THE SECOND HIGHEST
- 00:14:02.090 --> 00:14:05.010
- CONSUMER DEBT CATEGORY BEHIND ONLY MORTGAGE DEBT
- 00:14:05.030 --> 00:14:08.190
- AND HIGHER THAN BOTH CREDIT CARDS AND AUTO LOANS.
- 00:14:08.210 --> 00:14:12.140
- - THEY HAVE THIS DEBT.
- 00:14:12.160 --> 00:14:14.000
- I TALKED TO A YOUNG LADY, SHE HAD DEBT WHEN SHE
- 00:14:14.020 --> 00:14:17.270
- GRADUATED COLLEGE OF $45.000 DOLLARS.
- 00:14:17.290 --> 00:14:21.170
- SHE WAS DEFERRING IT, DEFERRING IT,
- 00:14:21.190 --> 00:14:23.170
- DEFERRING IT, DEFERRING IT.
- 00:14:23.190 --> 00:14:25.230
- SHE GOT A PRETTY GOOD JOB NOW.
- 00:14:25.250 --> 00:14:28.040
- HER COLLEGE DEBT IS $210.000 DOLLARS.
- 00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:31.140
- $210.000 DOLLARS.
- 00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:33.160
- BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE DEFERRAL IS NOT A FREEZE.
- 00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:37.210
- THE DEFAULT ON TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TRILLIONS
- 00:14:37.230 --> 00:14:40.260
- WITH A "T" NOW ON STUDENT LOANS IS A CATASTROPHE
- 00:14:40.280 --> 00:14:46.070
- FOR AMERICA POSSIBLY WAITING TO HAPPEN.
- 00:14:46.090 --> 00:14:49.220
- - A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DEBT RANGING FROM MAYBE
- 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:52.170
- $20.000 DOLLARS A YEAR ALL THE WAY UP TO $100.000.
- 00:14:52.190 --> 00:14:55.180
- THE BIGGEST STRUGGLE WAS GRADUATING AND KNOWING
- 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.090
- THAT YOUR STUDENT LOANS ARE GONNA COME DUE.
- 00:14:57.110 --> 00:14:59.050
- - UNDER EMPLOYMENT IS A BROAD TERM THAT GENERALLY
- 00:14:59.070 --> 00:15:01.290
- REFERS TO THREE TYPES OF WORKERS.
- 00:15:02.010 --> 00:15:04.190
- HIGH-SKILLED EMPLOYEES WITH LOW-SKILLED JOBS.
- 00:15:04.210 --> 00:15:07.280
- PART-TIME WORKERS WHO WANT FULL-TIME JOBS.
- 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.050
- AND SKILLED WORKERS WITH LOW PAYING JOBS.
- 00:15:11.070 --> 00:15:14.180
- AND WHILE THESE WORKERS TECHNICALLY HAVE JOBS,
- 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:18.050
- THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE
- 00:15:18.070 --> 00:15:20.100
- AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO SOCIETY.
- 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.250
- BEFORE JESSICA LUTZ WAS HELPING OTHERS DEAL WITH
- 00:15:22.270 --> 00:15:25.200
- UNDER EMPLOYMENT, SHE HERSELF WAS ONE OF THEM.
- 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:30.070
- - I ENDED UP GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL FOR
- 00:15:30.090 --> 00:15:32.030
- ACADEMIC ADVISING. IT'S A MASTER'S PROGRAM.
- 00:15:32.050 --> 00:15:34.060
- THE GOAL WAS TO GET A JOB IN ACADEMIC ADVISING.
- 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.200
- - SHE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE.
- 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.270
- SHE WANTED TO GO OUT AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE FIGURE
- 00:15:37.290 --> 00:15:39.200
- OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES.
- 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:41.150
- AFTER SHE GOT HER DEGREE, WE BOTH HAD THE
- 00:15:41.170 --> 00:15:43.170
- EXCITEMENT OF HER FINDING HER FIRST REAL JOB.
- 00:15:43.190 --> 00:15:45.260
- - I WAS HOPING TO MAKE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
- 00:15:45.280 --> 00:15:48.080
- $30-40.000 DOLLARS A YEAR.
- 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:52.090
- I'D BEEN APPLYING TO JOBS AND I WASN'T GETTING
- 00:15:52.110 --> 00:15:54.080
- CALL BACKS. IT WAS A LITTLE FRIGHTENING.
- 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:57.270
- - THE HARDEST PART WAS WATCHING HER LOSE
- 00:15:57.290 --> 00:15:59.240
- FAITH IN HERSELF.
- 00:15:59.260 --> 00:16:01.070
- - IT HAD BEEN THREE MONTHS AFTER I GRADUATED
- 00:16:01.090 --> 00:16:04.020
- FROM THE MASTER'S PROGRAM, I WAS LOOKING
- 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:06.020
- FOR JOBS FRANTICALLY, AND MY STANDARDS HAD
- 00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:08.290
- GRADUALLY BEGUN TO GET LOWER AND LOWER.
- 00:16:09.010 --> 00:16:11.120
- I LITERALLY JUST NEED A JOB SOMEWHERE.
- 00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:13.140
- AND I ENDED UP GETTING A JOB, BUT I WAS ONLY
- 00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:15.280
- WORKING FOR MINIMUM WAGE PART-TIME.
- 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.090
- I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY MY BILLS.
- 00:16:18.110 --> 00:16:20.110
- FULL TIME MAKING MINIMUM WAGE, IT'S AROUND
- 00:16:20.130 --> 00:16:23.000
- $18.000 DOLLARS A YEAR.
- 00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:25.240
- STARTING OUT PART-TIME, MAYBE EVEN HALF OF THAT.
- 00:16:25.260 --> 00:16:29.050
- AT THE JOB IN RETAIL, I WAS WORKING THE CASH
- 00:16:29.070 --> 00:16:32.130
- REGISTER, I WAS STOCKING SHELVES, I WAS CHECKING
- 00:16:32.150 --> 00:16:35.080
- IN MERCHANDISE, I WAS PRICING THINGS.
- 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:37.240
- A LOT OF VERY LOW LEVEL THINGS THAT A HIGH SCHOOL
- 00:16:37.260 --> 00:16:41.010
- STUDENT COULD DO. I FIGURED I WOULD JUST
- 00:16:41.030 --> 00:16:45.140
- BE IN THAT JOB FOR SIX MONTHS TOPS.
- 00:16:45.160 --> 00:16:49.140
- THAT'S WHAT I KEPT TELLING MYSELF.
- 00:16:49.160 --> 00:16:51.120
- AS TIME WENT ON AND I WASN'T MOVING ANYWHERE,
- 00:16:51.140 --> 00:16:54.240
- I WASN'T MAKING ANY PROGRESS, I WAS
- 00:16:54.260 --> 00:16:56.210
- EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY.
- 00:16:56.230 --> 00:17:00.210
- I BECAME EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH MY SITUATION.
- 00:17:00.230 --> 00:17:04.190
- I GOT REALLY INSECURE ABOUT MONEY BECAUSE EVERY
- 00:17:04.210 --> 00:17:06.230
- MONTH I WAS LOSING MONEY INSTEAD OF MAKING MONEY.
- 00:17:06.250 --> 00:17:10.270
- - SHE JUST WASN'T HER USUAL WARM SELF, JUST
- 00:17:10.290 --> 00:17:12.270
- BEING DOWN ON HERSELF, NOT REALLY WANTING TO
- 00:17:12.290 --> 00:17:14.220
- LEAVE THE HOUSE, NOT REALLY WANTING TO DO ANYTHING.
- 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.110
- IT WAS A GRADUAL KIND OF DECLINE TO JUST SEE HER
- 00:17:17.130 --> 00:17:20.190
- PULL BACK IN HER SHELL.
- 00:17:20.210 --> 00:17:23.110
- - I HAD STUDENT LOANS FROM GRADUATE SCHOOL
- 00:17:23.130 --> 00:17:25.080
- AND UNDERGRAD.
- 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:26.240
- I WAS ON AN INCOME BASED REPAYMENT PLAN, AND THEY
- 00:17:26.260 --> 00:17:28.170
- ACTUALLY ASKED ME FOR ZERO DOLLARS A MONTH
- 00:17:28.190 --> 00:17:31.040
- BECAUSE I WAS MAKING SO LITTLE MONEY.
- 00:17:31.060 --> 00:17:33.010
- I KNEW THAT THE INTEREST WAS BUILDING UP, THE
- 00:17:33.030 --> 00:17:35.110
- LOANS WERE GETTING BIGGER EVERY MONTH AND
- 00:17:35.130 --> 00:17:37.010
- I WASN'T MAKING A DENT IN THEM AT ALL.
- 00:17:37.030 --> 00:17:38.260
- I ALWAYS HAD THAT FEAR OF RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
- 00:17:38.280 --> 00:17:41.100
- - DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES.
- 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:45.290
- JESSICA FOUND HER ROCK BOTTOM IN A BOOKSTORE
- 00:17:46.010 --> 00:17:49.210
- SEARCHING FOR DIRECTION.
- 00:17:49.230 --> 00:17:51.220
- - IT WAS SO INTENSE AND EMOTIONAL, AND I'M LIKE
- 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:55.080
- KIND OF HAVING A CRISIS OF SORTS.
- 00:17:55.100 --> 00:17:58.070
- I'M WANDERING AROUND. I DON'T LIKE MY LIFE.
- 00:17:58.090 --> 00:18:01.140
- I DON'T LIKE THE PERSON I'M BECOMING.
- 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:04.010
- SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.
- 00:18:04.030 --> 00:18:07.000
- SO I DECIDED TO START FOCUSING ON MYSELF INSTEAD
- 00:18:07.020 --> 00:18:10.110
- OF I NEED TO FIND A JOB, I NEED TO FIND A JOB.
- 00:18:10.130 --> 00:18:12.140
- I KIND OF WENT INWARD AT THAT POINT AND STARTED
- 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:15.040
- FOCUSING WAY MORE ON MYSELF.
- 00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:17.130
- THAT WAS A REALLY PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR ME IN
- 00:18:17.150 --> 00:18:19.250
- THAT TRANSITION.
- 00:18:19.270 --> 00:18:21.170
- I WAS THINKING OKAY, I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT
- 00:18:21.190 --> 00:18:23.030
- REJECTION AS I'VE FAILED.
- 00:18:23.050 --> 00:18:24.190
- I'M FAILING.
- 00:18:24.210 --> 00:18:26.000
- I CAN LOOK AT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND CHOOSE
- 00:18:26.020 --> 00:18:27.190
- TO LEARN FROM THEM INSTEAD OF JUST GOING TO
- 00:18:27.210 --> 00:18:29.270
- A DARK PLACE WITH IT.
- 00:18:29.290 --> 00:18:31.230
- - I WOULD SAY HER WELL BEING IMPROVED
- 00:18:31.250 --> 00:18:34.000
- PRETTY DRAMATICALLY.
- 00:18:34.020 --> 00:18:35.170
- SHE WAS EXCITED TO GET UP IN THE MORNING.
- 00:18:35.190 --> 00:18:37.090
- SHE WAS PUTTING MORE EFFORT INTO BEING
- 00:18:37.110 --> 00:18:39.040
- HERSELF AGAIN.
- 00:18:39.060 --> 00:18:40.270
- - WITH JESSICA CARING FOR HERSELF WITHIN, SHE
- 00:18:40.290 --> 00:18:44.020
- BEGAN A JOB SEARCH WITH PASSION FOR A CAREER.
- 00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:47.150
- - MY LIFE TODAY IS A COMPLETE 180 FROM WHAT IT
- 00:18:47.170 --> 00:18:50.130
- WAS WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT OF SCHOOL.
- 00:18:50.150 --> 00:18:52.130
- I HAVE A JOB THAT I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE.
- 00:18:52.150 --> 00:18:54.110
- IT'S DOING SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.
- 00:18:54.130 --> 00:18:56.170
- THE POSITION I WORK IN NOW, I WORK IN A TRIO
- 00:18:56.190 --> 00:18:59.110
- STUDENT SPORT SERVICES PROGRAM.
- 00:18:59.130 --> 00:19:01.140
- SO WE HELP STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT
- 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:03.160
- WHEN THEY GET TO COLLEGE.
- 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:05.040
- SO I GET TO WORK WITH STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE.
- 00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:07.040
- I GET TO HELP THEM FROM THE TIME THEY GET TO
- 00:19:07.060 --> 00:19:09.030
- SCHOOL UNTIL THEY GRADUATE.
- 00:19:09.050 --> 00:19:10.230
- WORK NOW IS WONDERFUL.
- 00:19:10.250 --> 00:19:13.190
- I ACTUALLY LIKE GOING TO WORK.
- 00:19:13.210 --> 00:19:15.000
- MY LIFE IS A LOT MORE STABLE.
- 00:19:15.020 --> 00:19:17.000
- I'VE GOTTEN MARRIED SINCE THEN. WE BOUGHT A HOUSE.
- 00:19:17.020 --> 00:19:20.240
- - IN JESSICA'S NEW HOUSE IS SPACE FOR HER TO HELP
- 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:23.240
- OTHER MILLENNIALS GETTING OUT OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
- 00:19:23.260 --> 00:19:27.160
- - I REALLY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO
- 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:29.200
- HELP MORE PEOPLE.
- 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:31.110
- UNDEREMPLOYMENT IS VERY REAL TO MILLENNIALS TODAY.
- 00:19:31.130 --> 00:19:35.130
- IT'S SUCH AN ISOLATING EXPERIENCE.
- 00:19:35.150 --> 00:19:37.120
- IT FEELS LIKE I'M DOING THIS ALONE.
- 00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:39.070
- SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH ME.
- 00:19:39.090 --> 00:19:40.210
- BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S HAPPENING TO
- 00:19:40.230 --> 00:19:41.290
- A LOT OF PEOPLE.
- 00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:43.100
- IT'S NOT JUST YOU.
- 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:44.210
- - ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO FINDING YOUR CAREER
- 00:19:44.230 --> 00:19:46.210
- JOB IS TO GET THROUGH THE ONLINE
- 00:19:46.230 --> 00:19:48.140
- APPLICATION PROCESS.
- 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.240
- - TODAY WE USE ALL OF THESE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS,
- 00:19:50.260 --> 00:19:52.250
- AND WE USE SOFTWARE AND IT PICKS OUT WORDS
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- FROM THE RESUMES.
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- SO IF YOU SOFTWARE DOESN'T LIKE YOU, BUT
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- YOU'RE QUALIFIED, IT WILL THROW YOUR APPLICATION
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- OUT, AND NO ONE WILL EVER ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT.
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- SO IT'S HARD TO BREAKTHROUGH THAT
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- AUTOMATED SYSTEM TO EVEN GET TO A HUMAN BEING TO
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- LOOK AT YOUR RESUME' OR YOUR APPLICATION
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- OR YOUR COVER LETTER.
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- YOU WOULD THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN PAST THE OLD
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- "PUT A WORD IN FOR ME", BUT IT REALLY IS STILL
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- THAT WAY IN A LOT OF INDUSTRIES WHERE YOU NEED
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- SOMEONE TO SAY, HEY, I HEARD THIS PERSON I
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- KNOW APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION.
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- KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEIR APPLICATION.
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- IT REALLY DOES HELP A LOT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
- 00:20:24.080 --> 00:20:31.020
- - ANOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC HARD HIT WITH
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- UNDEREMPLOYMENT IS THE OLDER WORK FORCE.
- 00:20:32.290 --> 00:20:35.240
- DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, YOUNGER AND
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- CHEAPER WORKERS REPLACED THESE OLDER MEN AND WOMEN.
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- TO SURVIVE, OLDER WORKERS TOOK LOWER PAYING JOBS.
- 00:20:40.210 --> 00:20:46.030
- - WHEN YOU ARE 50 YEARS OR OLDER, THE
- 00:20:46.050 --> 00:20:49.030
- UNDEREMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IS PROBABLY GREATER THAN
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- ONE WOULD THIS.
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- CORPORATIONS ARE UNFORTUNATELY LOOKING AT
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- THE BOTTOM LINE.
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- SO IF THEY CAN HERE SOMEONE THAT IS AT HALF
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- PRICE AND YOUNGER, THEY'RE GOING TO HERE
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- THOSE PEOPLE.
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- - MANY OLDER AMERICANS ARE STILL FEELING THE JOB
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- CHALLENGES TEN YEARS AFTER THE
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- GREAT RECESSION BEGAN.
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- - THAT 2008 RECESSION WAS DEVASTATING
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- FOR OLDER WORKERS.
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- - MARCH OF 2009 WAS THE DEAD BOTTOM OF THE STOCK
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- MARKET, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO ALL
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- MAJOR COMPANIES, AND THEY WERE CUTTING 10%
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- ACROSS-THE-BOARD.
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- THE REASON WHY UNDEREMPLOYMENT HASN'T
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- IMPROVED SINCE 2009, CORPORATIONS WANT
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- TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
- 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.260
- - DAN SATO WORKED FOR A COMPANY THAT WAS DOWN
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- SIZED IN 2009.
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- HIS JOURNEY FROM FULLY EMPLOYED TO UNEMPLOYMENT
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- TO UNDEREMPLOYMENT IS STILL A REALITY.
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- - FROM 1984 TO 2009 WORKING FOR A CONSUMER
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- ELECTRONICS COMPANY IN THE SALES AND MARKETING
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- AREA, I WAS AT THE COMPANY 25 YEARS.
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- ACTUALLY DID THINK THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO RETIRE
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- THERE, SO I WAS ACTUALLY LAID OFF -- SO IT'S
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- LOOKING AT A PROBLEM AND TURNING IT
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- INTO AN OPPORTUNITY.
- 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:02.170
- - SEARCHING FOR A JOB TODAY IS MUCH DIFFERENT
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- THAN IN THE 1980S.
- 00:22:04.130 --> 00:22:07.010
- DAN SHARES SOME TIPS HE HAS LEARNED.
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- - I DID THE NORMAL THING.
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- I LOOKED AT MY RESUME, REVISED IT, BUT IT HADN'T
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- BEEN REVISED IN 25 YEARS, SO THAT'S A LEARNING
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- EXPERIENCE, AND I LEARNED REAL QUICK.
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- NUMBER ONE IS NO ONE'S GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR
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- RESUME', IT'S GOING TO BE SCANNED.
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- SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RESUME' IS SUCH
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- THAT IT HAS ALL THE KEYWORDS, SO THAT'S
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- NUMBER ONE.
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- YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE KEYWORDS.
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- YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW
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- THE SYSTEM WORKS.
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- YOU LOOK AT THE JOB REQUIREMENTS, AND YOU PUT
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- THOSE SAME KEYWORDS IN YOUR RESUME'.
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- SO WHEN THEY DO THE SCAN, THEY LOOK AT THE JOB
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- DESCRIPTION, IT MATCHES YOUR RESUME'.
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- NUMBER TWO TO FIND THE JOB, YOU NEED TO POST
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- YOUR RESUME' ONLINE, AND WHEN YOU POST IT ONLINE,
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- YOU JUST DON'T DO IT ONCE.
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- YOU HAVE TO UPDATE IT EVERY WEEK.
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- YOU UPLOAD IT SO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE NEW
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- MERCHANDISE ON THE MARKET.
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- I HAD TO PUT OUT MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDRED RESUMES.
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- IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SALES JOB.
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- FOR EVERY HUNDRED JOBS THAT YOU APPLY FOR, ONLY
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- ONE WILL GIVE YOU AN INTERVIEW.
- 00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:14.270
- BUT THAT ONE INTERVIEW IS NOT GOING TO
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- GET YOU THE JOB.
- 00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:18.180
- YOU NEED LIKE TEN INTERVIEWS.
- 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:20.010
- SO DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS WHERE I WAS
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- UNDEREMPLOYED AND TAKING CONTRACT JOBS, I WOULD
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- SAY I SENT OUT 800 TO 1.000 LETTERS.
- 00:23:24.190 --> 00:23:31.020
- - A BRIGHT SPOT FOR DAN TO GET OUT OF
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- UNEMPLOYMENT WAS TAKING CONTRACT LABOR JOBS.
- 00:23:32.290 --> 00:23:35.270
- - CONTRACT WORK LET'S YOU GET EXPOSURE TO
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- DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
- 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:41.020
- SO I'VE BEEN IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS AREA,
- 00:23:41.040 --> 00:23:43.200
- THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY AREA, THE LIGHTING AREA,
- 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:46.140
- THE SECURITY BUSINESS AREA.
- 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:49.010
- SO IT ALLOWS ME TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
- 00:23:49.030 --> 00:23:51.260
- BUT USE MY COMMON SKILL SETS FOR THOSE
- 00:23:51.280 --> 00:23:54.010
- DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
- 00:23:54.030 --> 00:23:55.260
- IN REGARDS TO THE SALARY OR THE HOURLY WAGE,
- 00:23:55.280 --> 00:24:00.020
- USUALLY IT'S COMPARABLE -- IF YOU WORK 40 HOURS,
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- IT'S COMPARABLE TO WHAT I WAS MAKING PREVIOUSLY.
- 00:24:03.280 --> 00:24:07.030
- BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CONTRACT WORK IS SPORADIC.
- 00:24:07.050 --> 00:24:10.060
- IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS, TEN MONTHS,
- 00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:12.220
- 12 MONTHS, 24 MONTHS.
- 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.250
- SO THERE'S SOME DOWN TIME.
- 00:24:14.270 --> 00:24:16.220
- SO ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU CALCULATE EVERYTHING OUT,
- 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:19.200
- IT'S BASICALLY YOU'RE WORKING FOR HALF THE PRICE.
- 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:22.090
- - FOR THOSE THAT ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD STILL
- 00:24:22.110 --> 00:24:25.020
- STUCK IN UNEMPLOYMENT OR UNDEREMPLOYMENT, THERE IS
- 00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:28.080
- STILL HOPE ON THE HORIZON.
- 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:31.020
- - THE OLDER GENERATION IS CATCHING A BREAK RIGHT
- 00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:33.230
- NOW BECAUSE THE 50 YEAR-OLD AND UP IS A VERY
- 00:24:33.250 --> 00:24:36.260
- DESIRABLE EMPLOYEE.
- 00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:39.030
- I TALK TO MORE AND MORE CEO'S EVERY DAY THAT ARE
- 00:24:39.050 --> 00:24:41.270
- SAYING, WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT
- 00:24:41.290 --> 00:24:45.080
- BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT.
- 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:47.010
- - FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 50 AND OVER THAT ARE
- 00:24:47.030 --> 00:24:49.210
- UNDEREMPLOYED, THE WAY TO DIG THEM OUT IS ACTUALLY
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- SIMPLY MOVE FORWARD.
- 00:24:52.210 --> 00:24:55.000
- ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY.
- 00:24:55.020 --> 00:24:57.080
- IT SOUNDS LIKE A SALES JOB, BUT BASICALLY YOU
- 00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:59.180
- WAKE UP AT 7 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, HOP ON THE
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- COMPUTER AND START APPLYING FOR JOBS, AND
- 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:05.290
- YOU KEEP ON DOING THAT.
- 00:25:06.010 --> 00:25:07.210
- YOU TURN OUT MAYBE 10 OR 15 EVERY DAY.
- 00:25:07.230 --> 00:25:11.160
- - TO THOSE OLDER FOLKS, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT
- 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:17.230
- THEY WOULD GET RE-ENGAGED, BECOME
- 00:25:17.250 --> 00:25:21.290
- INVIGORATED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS ECONOMY.
- 00:25:22.010 --> 00:25:24.120
- I WOULD SUGGEST TO THEM NOW TO GO BACK AND GIVE
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- IT ANOTHER SHOT.
- 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:29.030
- I THINK THEY MAY BE SURPRISED.
- 00:25:29.050 --> 00:25:30.270
- - WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE TO START COMING BACK INTO
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- THE WORK FORCE.
- 00:25:32.150 --> 00:25:33.290
- - I HAVE HOPE, AND THE REASON WHY I HAVE HOPE IS
- 00:25:34.010 --> 00:25:36.120
- BECAUSE I HAVE FAITH THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN FOR
- 00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:39.220
- THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT THERE'S A SAYING "THOSE
- 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:42.020
- PEOPLE THAT PRAY AND DO NOTHING, IT'S JUST A DREAM.
- 00:25:42.040 --> 00:25:45.270
- TO PRAY AND TAKE ACTION, SOMETHING WILL DEFINITELY
- 00:25:45.290 --> 00:25:49.260
- HAPPEN GUARANTEED."
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- - GETTING PAST BEING UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED IS
- 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.210
- NOT ALWAYS EASY.
- 00:25:55.230 --> 00:25:57.200
- HOWEVER, THERE IS HOPE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
- 00:25:57.220 --> 00:26:01.170
- - A JOB HELPS TO FIND A PERSON'S PLACE IN
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- SOCIETY, AND PRODUCTIVE WORK HAS LONG BEEN
- 00:26:04.260 --> 00:26:07.030
- UNDERSTOOD AS ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS FOR
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- A HAPPY LIFE.
- 00:26:09.020 --> 00:26:10.250
- PERSISTENT UNEMPLOYMENT OR UNDEREMPLOYMENT CAN
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- LEAD TO ILLNESS, MARITAL STRIFE,
- 00:26:13.050 --> 00:26:15.020
- INSECURITY AND DEPRESSION.
- 00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:17.090
- UNDEREMPLOYED HOMELESS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
- 00:26:17.110 --> 00:26:21.040
- IN PRISON STRUGGLE TO ATTAIN A RELIABLE SOURCE
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- OF INCOME.
- 00:26:23.050 --> 00:26:24.280
- BEING ABLE TO PAY ONE'S BILLS, PROVIDE FOR ONE'S
- 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.030
- FAMILY AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY ARE ESSENTIAL
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- FACTORS IN MAINTAINING A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
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- THERE ARE STILL OVER SIX MILLION PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED
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- IN THIS COUNTRY, AND SADLY, THE UNDEREMPLOYED RATE IS
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- DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.
- 00:26:40.020 --> 00:26:41.240
- FINDING EMPLOYMENT CAN SEEM LIKE A DAUNTING TASK.
- 00:26:41.260 --> 00:26:44.160
- THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE MANY ONLINE RESOURCES
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- THAT PROVIDE TRAINING AND HELP WITH THE NECESSARY
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- STEPS TO FIND OR UPGRADE EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES.
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- FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO:
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- - WE HOPE THAT OUR STORIES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR
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- AMERICA'S HOMELESS, FORMER PRISONERS, AND
- 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:07.000
- UNDEREMPLOYED HAVE INFORMED YOU TO MAKE A
- 00:27:07.020 --> 00:27:10.040
- DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
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- YOU SEE, WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN HELP
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- THOSE IN OUR SOCIETY WHO NEED IT THE MOST, AND
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- I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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- UNTIL THEN, TOGETHER, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
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