Role Of Unemployment In Brownsville

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Everywhere you look you see unemployed citizens in search of that American dream.. While they search for jobs you could see the sadness in their eyes, but they have no hope in finding one. There are many places across the country were this situation happens daily, but from many cities Brownsville has had to deal even up to this day.
Unfortunately, about 36 percent of Brownsville’s population lives below the poverty level and 6.6 percent I sadly unemployed. Many of Brownsville’s citizens struggle from this situation and end up moving away from brownsville in search of a better life. Brownsville’s residents suffer on a day to day basis last hours and hours in search of jobs and only some lucky ones end up having a job at the end of the day. It
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The city has created organizations that would help jobless citizens get a job as soon as possible, but due to lack of jobs some may end up still with out jobs. These organizations have also given opportunities to its citizens and trained them to find jobs that may have certain requirements such as learning how to type, welding, etc. Unluckily the creation of organizations and workforce solutions may not help alleviate the issue of unemployment in Brownsville.
A way we could help with the issue of unemployment in Brownsville may be to lure in companies and invest in out cities and create new jobs for those jobless citizens of our beautiful brownsville. Recently there has been many companies that are investing in our city and it has greatly helped with our issue of unemployment. Our city is open to many new opportunities and creating better and well structured workforce solutions that would help with those in need of jobs. By helping others in search of a job and preparing them for what they might need to work and get a good job.
Even though Brownsville’s issue of unemployment may not be solved quickly, we still see light and the end of the tunnel and help lower our unemployment rate from what its right now. Working together and providing all the needs for our unemployed citizens and going thru those hard times with them may give them a good impression that just as a door may close on you another door may open with a better

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