Tens of millions of people in the world are unemployed nowadays, this can be seen as a social and economical danger for the society. According to the ILO, International Labour Organisation, the world will have more than 212 millions of unemployed person in 2019. It is a threat for the individual but also for the country which need to deal with this phenomenon in order to avoid the detrimental consequences. First of all we need to define the unemployment, according to the ILO, the International Labour Organisation, an unemployed person is someone who is more than 15 years old (the working age), this person need to be jobless, be available within 15 days and finally the last condition is that she needs to be actively seeking for a job. Unemployment
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This phenomenon affects a wide range of entities, not only the individuals, it also touches households, communities and countries.
Unemployment can be the cause of numerous changes on one 's health and attitude. Indeed consequences of unemployment on individuals can sometimes lead them to depression or other health instabilities. The individual 's status within a society is strongly defined by the occupation that one has. Consequently when an individual becomes jobless, one experiences a feeling of loneliness and isolation from the rest of society. This can be the first step to depression for unemployed individuals. These depression symptoms are reinforced by the loss of a previous social network that might have faded with one 's lack of occupation. We can thus ask ourselves whether the individual is reduced to their professional status when trying to fit in a society. Indeed, people associate the respect they deem an individual deserves depending on their professional activity. This kind of behaviour is what makes an individual doubt his confidence and might make one fall into the endless circle of depression. Unemployment can have a strong effect on the individual 's confidence and self-esteem. Moreover we can talk about disaffiliation, notion proposed by Robert Castel a French sociologist, this notion explains the break of connection between an individual and the society. By loosing their jobs individuals might be disaffiliated which weaken the social cohesion and the integration. There are various ways to deal with unemployment. These methods varies depending on age, gender or even social class and education. These individuals with their characteristics react accordingly to the fact of being unemployed, indeed while a young individual might consider it as a process of finding a job, a 40 year old individual might see it as a lack of qualifications and abilities on his behalf.
This phenomenon affects a wide range of entities, not only the individuals, it also touches households, communities and countries.
Unemployment can be the cause of numerous changes on one 's health and attitude. Indeed consequences of unemployment on individuals can sometimes lead them to depression or other health instabilities. The individual 's status within a society is strongly defined by the occupation that one has. Consequently when an individual becomes jobless, one experiences a feeling of loneliness and isolation from the rest of society. This can be the first step to depression for unemployed individuals. These depression symptoms are reinforced by the loss of a previous social network that might have faded with one 's lack of occupation. We can thus ask ourselves whether the individual is reduced to their professional status when trying to fit in a society. Indeed, people associate the respect they deem an individual deserves depending on their professional activity. This kind of behaviour is what makes an individual doubt his confidence and might make one fall into the endless circle of depression. Unemployment can have a strong effect on the individual 's confidence and self-esteem. Moreover we can talk about disaffiliation, notion proposed by Robert Castel a French sociologist, this notion explains the break of connection between an individual and the society. By loosing their jobs individuals might be disaffiliated which weaken the social cohesion and the integration. There are various ways to deal with unemployment. These methods varies depending on age, gender or even social class and education. These individuals with their characteristics react accordingly to the fact of being unemployed, indeed while a young individual might consider it as a process of finding a job, a 40 year old individual might see it as a lack of qualifications and abilities on his behalf.