3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits
Semi tangent, about dealing with mass unemployment.<p>I like to think this event changes people&#x27;s perspective on folks out of work in the US.   There&#x27;s a lot of recrimination, and even self loathing about being poor or out of work in the US.  It doesn&#x27;t seem based in reality and certainly isn&#x27;t helpful.<p>Perhaps it is time we realize that much like a pandemic things in this world change fast and we need to be able to help folks who are out of work pick up skills quickly &#x2F; retrain (and maybe retrain employers that people with a &#x27;different&#x27; resume might actually be able to do other jobs) so that they can get back on their feet.<p>Maybe it won&#x27;t be a pandemic but things are changing fast whole industries of people find themselves offshored, jobs change, etc.   I think we need to plan for &#x2F; get comfortable with the idea that on a smaller scale we should be ready to deal with such things dynamically over the course of people&#x27;s lives with retraining, support for it, and etc.  And maybe a workforce with a variety of experiences will be better for it.