First of all I have had the same job with UW for 9 years now and you don't get to that point without knowing what your doing and having the skills to do the job required. OK you talk about skills this is the one thing I see a lot of. We contract out to the temp services for cleaning UW facilities Kohl Center Camp Randal, and the Field House after events. A Lot of time when the temp services send us workers we get one third that can't Speak English or or write English which is a requirement for the job. I have been asking for two years now why we don't do our own hiring to control that so were getting skilled workers. But this is not always that case. now as far as holding both parties accountable it's because neither side is working together to solve this problem. It seems that to me with and unskilled worker the problem we have is what to do to give them the skills they need to gain employment. Or otherwise will never the the unemployment numbers change for the better. As far as excuses it seems to me there is plenty of blame to go around from people not having the skills to gain employment to the politicians now working together to resolve this situation which keeps getting worse every time the numbers come out. This is why it's frustrating.

A REAL unemployment rate of over 20% and "employers" "can't find" workers...Yeah, right.

People saying they "can't find" good employees is a CROCK.
How moronic does an "employer" have to be to overlook someone JUST because they have a "gap" in their "employment history"...Same story over and over...........Idiotic "employers" telling baldfaced lies for what reasons I don't really know.

wisconsinresident, you can call them excuses, but I call them facts. How can I consciously trust the future of my company to someone who is too lazy to make a decent effort on their resume. Computer written resumes are constantly flawed, hand written applications consistently look like my dachshund filled them out. And history tells me that these application flaws are indicative of poor work ethic. There are many people to blame for unemployment shortfalls, but politicians are so far down the list I would never get to them.

wislady where are you? here are more statistics for you. But let me help you understand that these are LOW as to no statistics on people that have left the UE list. and some of the statistics are surveys that IMO are not done in the right areas. WisconsinResident Walker is the one who PROMISED THESE JOBS you know 250 thousand of them. Not the other party.

Who in their right mind expects a politician of any party to provide them a job? Saxcat hit on it, people are not taking the reigns to get themselves gainful employment, that is the individuals responsibility nobody else's. If you cannot find work in your area, create your own, move or gain skills that are needed in your area, it is not rocket science.

coffeelover- +1
wisconsin resident- I am sure jobs are there but when you have, as described in saxcat and coffeelover comments, they wont be hired. Sure they think they are entiltled to a job but you have to go get it. It wont come to you on the couch. Put some big boy pants on and go get it! Leave the jammies,slippers,cocked hat, and girlfriend at home!!

Saxcat70....I think I found you another applicant !

Well in my opinion I have herd nothing but excuses and frankly I am tired of the excuses. i pay my taxes just like the rest of you do and I expect results and not excuses. So let me see if I got this correct. Walker and the politicians that's democrats and republicans promised 250,000 jobs so where are the jobs. Why is it every time I turn around I hear things like this every time the new job numbers come out. I tell you politicians this watch or back you can't deliver any better than this come next election you will be voted out. Because I can't speak for anyone else but in my opinion I don't want to here any more excuses I want and demand results.

Like I have implied before...it's the QUALITY of the candidates that are available. Sadly, doesn't seem like much to choose from anymore. Hard for a business to grow when reliable, trustworthy, skilled and dedicated help is hard to find. Many people out there have a sense of entitlement like I have never seen before and having a strong work ethic seems to be a foreign concept from generations gone by.

What can we say about "ability"? It is all realitive anyway. One persons' ability may differ from another! I see people come in with their pants around the butts and a girlfriend on their arm. Really??

I hope people are not fooled by these "numbers" which are less than half the real numbers.

Recent resumes I've taken in had these two gems....Under "skills", one person listed "ability to maintain personal hygiene" and another said "I really don't have any skills".

If I were to hire people just from their resume, I would hire less than 1% of those received. Spelling and grammar skills do count folks, especially when that's all the HR department has to go by.