Fall in unemployment figures
Friday 21st January 2011, 2:59PM GMT.
Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur.
JERSEY’S economy showed signs of recovery today after figures revealed that unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for six months.
A total of 1,210 people were registered unemployed last month, 100 fewer than the previous month and the lowest since last June.
And almost half of those who got jobs during December were aged between 16 and 24, with many having found employment through the Advance to Work training and work placement scheme for school leavers.
But the number of people out of work was still 90 higher than the same period in 2009.
Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur today said that the figures could show that the Island was beginning to recover from the recession.
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Excellent numbers especially at this time of year. This is an endorsement of states policies and shows that Jersey has weathered the financial crisis well.
Well done Terry, Philip and Alan.
However, if the States paid lower benefits to the uneunemployed, this would encourage more lazy locals to get off their couches and find work.
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I think most of them who can’t find a job have simply left the island.
This is the time of year when unemployment is at its lowest till Easter.
That’s the logical way of looking at it.
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Do these numbers include unemployed not registered at SS but are with recriutment agencies?
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Hmmm, could this have anything to do with the seasonal positions taken up over Xmas ?????
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The December figures will be affected by Christmas seasonal jobs – January will show whether this is permanent work or not.
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D Mc S (1) Excellent numbers
Dear, D Mc S
1,210 people registered unemployed excellent news? I suspect you have been following the posts of the so called Real Truthseeker, whilst looking through rose tinted glasses. Nobody in Jersey registers as unemployed for the fun of it, the problem is that firms are shedding staff; just read the paper. Bella (2) is correct, the imports (non locals) have probably left as benefits are better and housing cheaper, back home.
These are figures from our local statistics office, hence the spin is always positive. Strip out the surge of additional students enrolled at Highlands and the figures would look even less rosy.
Excellent numbers? These people want jobs, not numbers!
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just because unemployed figures are lower doesnt mean all these people found employment as stated by others.
some have most likely died of starvation
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“…the figures could show that the Island was beginning to recover from the recession.”
Its recorded that January figures, every year, always see a reduction in unemployed. This is nothing new and does not cover the fact that Jersey has 1210 people unemployed with this set to rise over the next 6 months.
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Get real….wait till the next figures come out. You can’t take December as a recovery as many were taken on for the the Christmas period and have since been let go back into the system.
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Sadly these figures of unemployment do not include;
1. Those that are signed off ill (genuinely) and unemployed
2. Those that choose not to register as there is no benefit. i.e. not entitled to Income Support
3. Those that are non employed and do not wish to work because they have other sources of income.
4 Those that are self employed but have no work coming in.
5. Those that have previoyusly registered and realised that there is no benefit.
6. Those that just don’t bother.
Other than that, all looks rosy.
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Moaners – look at the actual seasonally adjusted figures on the government website – last month is the lowest seasonally adjusted figure for 6 months!
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Knee jerk opinion from our esteemed leader (not!!), yet again
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I think many will have survived until sometime before Christmas and then saw going home as the only option. The recessional storm shows no sign of abating. In fact things will get worse before they get better. Hold on tight
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what a load of old cobblers ! most of us didn’t claim last month as we got jobs at Jersey Post or play.com packing the many parcels and now we have all been let go as obviously we are not needed. We all knew it was only a temp contract but for some of us who actually don’t want to be sat on our backsides ( thank you D mc C) this is the best we have got. There are no permanent jobs at the moment for most of us and I can assure you its not from lack of trying.
So if anyone out there reads this and has a job going for a nursery officer and is happy to take on a single parent with 2 children both still at school themselves and is willing for me to either job share or do part time then please get in touch !
many thanks though I wont hold my breath as I doubt I will have any luck.
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@D Mc S… well you said it, look at the government web site, if its on there, it must be true.
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D mc S 1&11 – thanks for clearing that up, I was on my way to buy a paddle as I thought we were well up sh** creek.
100 less registered unemployed is a seasonal blip, lets look at Q1 – 11 when the figures are available, no one makes a judgement based upon 1 months figures, especially when the month in question contained Christmas.
Are you Baggins using a pseudonym by any chance?
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D Mc S
Posted January 21, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Excellent numbers especially at this time of year. This is an endorsement of states policies and shows that Jersey has weathered the financial crisis well.
Well done Terry, Philip and Alan.
However, if the States paid lower benefits to the uneunemployed, this would encourage more lazy locals to get off their couches and find work.
YOU ARE TALKING NONSENSE YOU PROBABLY WORK FOR THESE GOONS. WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GENUINELY UNEMPLOYED AND STRUGGLING! YOU WANT TO CUT THERE BENEFITS EVEN MORE! SHOW ME WHERE THERE ARE A 1000 JOBS GOING!!
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DMS utter tripe. The island is in a total mess spiralling downwards daily now. However even thorugh your rose coloured glasses you should be able to see reality.
As someone has rightly pointed out these figures are not accurate many people fall through the net. I believe the total to be much higher just like the official population level is much higher. It wouldn’t surprise me if the true figure was 2-3,000. I personally know of some who just can’t be bothered to register as unemployment as they know it is a total waste of time and effort on their part.
Some have gone traveling prefering to be away looking for other places with a better atmosphere and more amiable lifestyle. They may return when the economic turmoil has passed and there are sufficient realitically waged jobs in Jersey to enable them not to be on the breadline. On the other hand should they find a place where greed and back stabbing and exploitation is less of an issue they will not bother coming back.
As per your claims that lots of locals are on benefits this is unsubstanciated. Since more than 50% are new to the island I would expect more than 50% to be from these groups, the law of averages would say this.
However it would be good if the government would publish figures as to the origins of those on welfare then everyone would know what is truely what. This would then shut up certain people.
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two more jobs could be created (saturday jobs ) at the green waste site down at la collette .
it would appear that it is no longer open till 12 o clock on a saturday( cut back on wages?)
i now have the firms van full of hedgecuttings , and will have to go there early monday and be late for work , cheers tts.
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14 Jsybean – So if anyone out there reads this and has a job going for a nursery officer and is happy to take on a single parent with 2 children both still at school themselves and is willing for me to either job share or do part time then please get in touch !
many thanks though I wont hold my breath as I doubt I will have any luck.
I think I might be able to help, you can work part time or job share and you have a couple of kids?
Can you start at 0800, finish at 1700, work weekends for single time, bank holidays too. Sorry I’m being silly, that’s what everyone else does. Tell you what, let me know when you would like to work, if one of the kids is unwell just don’t come in, no notice needed I’ll make my other staff work around you, if you’d like to give me a call on those days/hours you fancy doing a bit we’ll structure the business around you.
Fancy having more kids – don’t worry, I’ll give you 6 months off with pay, I’m here to help not like I’m trying to make money or anything – can’t imagine why no one’s swept you up already.
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People are so gullible it is unbeleivable.
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Signs of a recovery – well that’s okay then!!! – Doh
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Is D Mc S really the Real Truthseeker.They both seem to sprout the same pro government tripe
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“people are so gullible” “The island is in a mess” – actually guys, it isn’t. It is doing well, you are just moaners.
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Obviously these encouraging figures, and the encouraging 6 month trend have upset some posters.
Presumably they would prefer unemploymwnt to soar rather than decrease – that would suit their agenda better, however the unemployment data and inflation figures are great news for the majority of Jersey residents, whatever their circumstances, and are proof that Jersey has done exceptionally well in weathering the GLOBAL financial crisis.
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Utter smoke and mirrors ..just like the Tourism figures regulary trotted out…firms do not want to hire in December and pay holiday pay over the period ,or simply want fresh atarts in Jan…..B/S.
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20 – thanks for you comment
a. I can work from 8.30 to 3.30 total of 7 hrs so not exactly part time ! & I dont mind not having a lunch hour.
b. My kids are not ill that often and whilst I was employed for 14 years in my previous job I only had 2 or 3 days off in TOTAL ! I was and an not a surker.
c. I dont fancy having more kids as I cant afford to, so dont think its fair, that said if I did I would be housed by the states easily ! and would get income support to live on. Problem solved.
d. I need Term time only because it costs so much for child care ! most child minders charge £6 to £7 an hour, if child care was less then I would happily work the holidays.
sorry if you think I want to much but I had my children because I wanted them and at the time was married and could afford them. It was not my fault my ex husband went off with another woman and then decided he could not afford to keep his first two children and that he didnt want to work anymore ! hence the no maintenance !
I am happy to work but circumstance mean that I have my children to look after and fit around as I dont want them running the streets as latch key kids sorry if that makes me a mother who cares what her children do. That is the problem with todays children most are left to hang out in town and parents half the time dont know where they are let alone what they are doing well sorry not this mother ! I CARE what my children are doing DO YOU ?????
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D Mc S (25) the encouraging 6 month trend have upset some posters.
Sorry D Mc S but you appear to be statistically illiterate. Statistics, if they are to mean anything have to be a reflection of what is, not what you would like it to be.
It is you who are choosing to put a positive spin on diabolical figures. This is a hard fact which only the statistically naive chose to ignore.
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D Mc S really is in his own little bubble isn’t he.Now repeat after me:Jersey has no problems,Everyone has a fantastic standard of living,all hail the COM.Repeat this mantra until you believe it,then you can post comments like D Mc S.
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#3 The recruitment agency I went with operates just like the ones in the UK, you sign a contract and have to hand over your SS card (have an NI card in the UK). They do everything a ‘normal job’ does and most even give paid holidays. I’d be interested to know what agencies aren’t doing this?
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No 28.
seasonally adjusted unemployment is at a 6 month low.
Whilst I would prefer to see unempoloyment lower, I find this trend very encouraging and hope it continues. Sorry if you find these figures diabloical – how would you react if seasonally adjusted unemployment had actually risen over the last 6 months?
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#1 D Mc S
Obviously you are in work or are retired ?? Lucky you.
I was employed by a States dept and after 33yrs service, it was thank you and goodbye.
Trying to find a job at 59, er how can I put it, people are polite but they want younger staff, although they won’t say that to your face.
So you register unemployed and what happens ? Well,you have to show SS you are seeking work with written evidence and you know full well that you and others are all contacting the same companies….. and the SS staff know there is nothing out there, but they are just following procedures, so around and around we go.
So come D Mc S, you have all the answers and can therefore find each one of us the perfect job to make us as happy as you.
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WHALING — GREAT IDEA,,,, we could render them down for OIL to make CANDLES TO KEEP THE ELDERLY WARM.
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Once again a clever manipulation of figures from the SOJ Statistics unit with our Chief Minister attempting to take the credit for this fudge of statistics.
Everyone knows that during December and the lead up to Christmas more staff are taken on than any other time of the year by the Post Office and companies such as Amazon and Play.com to post out all the Christmas orders. In January the unemployment figures will leap again.
Good try Chief Minister – Joe Public is not that stupid!
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Compared too the majority of places, Jersey is doing very well. Housing prices haven;t burst, unemployment reducing, interest rates stable – and the vocal minority still whinge and whine. You have never had it so good.
If you have anything to complain about it is your own doing.
If the left group get voted in as a majority (highly doubtful), then look out for the local economy – it will be a disaster to rival that of the Occupation.
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These figures are just nowhere near accurate, they are in fact c**p’
Many people have left Jersey, many others do not register as unemployed in La Motte St., what is the point!
They have no jobs to offer anyone, there is no unemployment benefit, why go near the place?
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Have just come back from Jersey after attending an interview at one of your major hotels. Was told by the gentleman that out of all the applications he had received only 5 were from Islanders!!!
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No 34. Thats why seasonally adjusted figures are produced! They adjust for seasonal variations such as christmas.
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Leah Holmes 30.
Time to invoke Goodwin’s law…Real Truthseeker just mentioned the Occupation…will you do it, or shall I?
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Leah
Godwin’s law…the only way to stop RT from airing his “perfect-island” thoughts….
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I used to have dealings with the States Statistics unit, when an officer came visiting, to check price differences from six months earlier.
A new officer turned up who was an old friend. I asked to see the list for the first time ever and suggested that the list contained the wrong items.
I was trying to be genuinely helpful and my friend the officer agreed with my suggestions and would take them back to her superiors.
They never called again. Apart from that incident there does seem to be a very rosy outlook from this states department compared to small medium business actual economic reality.
Tim South
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The fact that Real Truthseeker mentioned the Occupation is evidence of just how well he is getting in to character to stand as a Constable in 2014.
All he has to do next is harp on about his Royals (1), start keeping a Jersey (2) in a shed by the pool and start spending weekends throwing his hook of the back of the breakwater to catch a couple of mackies (3) for his tea him.
(1) A variety of spud
(2) A type of cow
(3) Mackerel, a type of fish normally eaten by poor people but eaten by rich people when they go to Padstein
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#40 Sorry Sue, I missed the boat
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I wonder where the couple of hundred “Advance to Work” scheme teengaers are on this list?
Not included I suspect!
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RT is just a troll working for the ministry of stupidity.
Things are not rosey and I bet the unemployment level is a lot higher than reported at present, just like the population level.
I also predict things will get a lot worse until there is a change out of the usual guard in the chamber.
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Fall in unemployment figures!
Do they actually mean…..
Someone trip when carrying ‘the survey papers’ and fell!
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Re instate the winter work programme it previously also used unemployed people chop wood for the elderly on limited incomes….what a perfectly organic solution…but Hey, when did sense count with these buffoons.
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Seven pages of jobs in the JEP last night. At least 2 shops in King Street with signs in the window looking to recruit multiple roles.
There are some jobs out there.
Adrian – ever thought that unemployment may be necessary if the population is to stop increasin? The key thing is geting the unemployed to leave Jersey.
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I read Orwell’s “Down and Out in Paris and London” while down and out in Paris ironically enough, he suggested something similar to you, truthseeker to eradicate extreme poverty whereby the state runs small cooperative farms for homeless so that they can at least have enough to eat – even if they were subsidised by the state it would save money.
Perhaps this a little too socialist an initiative for Jersey people but let’s not forget that people get three meals a day and a roof over the head in prison, the least we can do is help those affected by the recession(!)
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My entire department was made redundant last september and we all (13 of us) joined the queues at SS and registered as unemployed.
4 of us have found work luckily. 2 have left the island in December vowing never to return and I wish them luck.
The remaining 7 of us have stopped going to SocSec and registering as it is a waste of time – when this could be betetr spent with agencies, and trawling websites of employers who do not advertise.
There is zero benefit in it other than a statistical exercise for our masters.
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“I read Orwell’s “Down and Out in Paris and London” while down and out in Paris ironically enough”
Nothing ironic about that. It’s coincidental, not ironic.
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