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Over 1.8 million Americans have been classified as long-term unemployed in a given month in 2026,
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meaning they've been out of work for at least 27 weeks.
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That accounts for about a quarter of all unemployed Americans.
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Long-term unemployment has seen a sharp rise in the U.S., up about 55% from 2023 and 45% from 2019.
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I just recently got let go or laid off from a startup right before Thanksgiving.
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I thought that, you know, this was going to come around with the level of expertise
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and the amount of people that I've networked with my entire career.
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This is only going to be temporary.
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And I was like shocked by the end of January that nothing had hit.
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I had refreshed my resume.
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I think I banged on every person's door in my LinkedIn connections.
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Like I had found every single connection I had
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and there was just cold lead after cold lead after cold lead
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and a no. And so just give it a couple more weeks, this is gonna work out.
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And then, you know, it really did blink and six months is flown by.
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Economists are interested in this group of people because their experience can help determine the health of the American labor market.
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Think of it like this.
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If more Americans are taking months and months to find jobs, that can indicate the market has a higher barrier to entry and isn't as strong.
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The rising amount of long-term unemployed people is a sign of the low-hire, low-fire environment.
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With companies reluctant to increase headcounts amid higher interest rates and the rise of artificial intelligence, it becomes more difficult and can take longer for people to find a job.
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That's exemplified by the hiring rate for U.S nonfarm payrolls, which stood at 3.5% in March.
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It's trended downward since 2021, meaning companies have been adding workers at a slower rate.
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I've probably interviewed over 20 different times, and out of those 100 applications, I've probably been ghosted maybe 80 times.
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And so it's not that we're not trying, It's the fact that we're getting buried amongst each other because there's so many of us looking for jobs right now.
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There's only so much that talent acquisition and HR departments can do to find the talent that their companies are looking for.
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We are quite literally all drowning in the unemployment crisis right now.
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This kind of economy creates challenges even for workers who already have jobs.
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With more people competing for fewer openings, employers have more leverage in today's market.
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Year-over-year growth in wages has seen a significant drop from the highs of 2022.
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But just as costly is the hidden toll of long-term unemployment.
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First, there's the personal cost that extends far beyond a single missed paycheck.
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Research shows that after a decade, long-term unemployed workers earned about 32% less than non-displaced workers,
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compared with only 9% less for short-term unemployed workers.
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Job losses have also been linked to worsening mental and physical health, as well as greater social withdrawal.
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What psychologists tell us is that other than the death of a family member or a close friend, this is one of the most devastating things that people face.
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So it's a very serious health problem and an economic problem.
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The amount of rejection, the amount of ghosting eats away at you.
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Even with therapy, it's still like, it's really hard to constantly be told that you're not good enough or that there's not a spot for you.
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And as someone that's always like carved their own way or found a path to success, it feels like there's just a blockade in the road and
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that no matter how big the bulldozer is that you're pushing or how hard that you're pushing yourself, that blockade's not moving.
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Then there's the societal costs.
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Communities with high levels of long-term unemployment often see higher rates of crime and violence.
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Other studies have found that children who grow up with long-term parental unemployment
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tend to have significantly worse mental health in their adulthood.
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And lastly, it can hinder the growth of the U.S economy.
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A widely adopted economic rule of thumb estimates
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that a one percentage increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 3% reduction in GDP.
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That's because high unemployment often leads to the suppression of consumer spending, which accounts for almost 70% of America's gross domestic product.
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For millions of Americans, long-term unemployment is more than a temporary setback.
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It can reshape their careers, families, and communities for years to come.

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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları

Bu B2 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Why More Americans Are Unemployed For Longer” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: term, unemployment, unemployed, workers, rate. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 50 cümle ve 760 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 4:22 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 174 kelimeyle, günlük konuşmaya yakın doğal bir hızda konuşuyor. Kelimelerin %82’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında; geri kalanına başlamadan önce bakmakta fayda var.

Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler

Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:

KelimeTelaffuzAnlam
unemployed sıfat/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/işsiz
bulldozer isim/ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/buldozer
exemplify fiil/ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/örnek olma
setback isim/ˈsɛtbæk/aksilik
blockade isim/blɑˈkeɪd/abluka, muhasara
societal sıfat[səˈsaɪ.ɪ.tɫ̩]toplumsal
adulthood isimyetişkinlik
drown fiil/dɹaʊn/boğulmak
blink fiil/ˈblɪŋk/göz kırpmak
psychologist isim/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/psikolog
reluctant sıfat/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/isteksiz, gönülsüz
economist isim/iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ekonomist, iktisatçı
leverage isim/ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/kaldıraç kuvveti
bury fiil/ˈbɛɹi/gömmek
amid/əˈmɪd/arasında; ortasında

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylemhave been classified · they've been · has seen
Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemlihave been classified · is flown · been ghosted

Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar

Konuşmacı I've, you're, we're gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 11 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.

  • “th” sesleri: thumb /ˈθʌm/, withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/
  • “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: reshape /ɹiːˈʃeɪ̯p/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, suppression /səˈpɹɛʃən/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
  • Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: exemplify /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/

Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:

  • /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: worsen /ˈwɝsn̩/, downward /ˈdaʊnwɚd/, withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/
  • Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: classify /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/, blockade /blɑˈkeɪd/, drown /dɹaʊn/, blink /ˈblɪŋk/, startup /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/
  • /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: classify /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/, setback /ˈsɛtbæk/, lastly /ˈlæstli/, barrier /ˈbæɹi.ə/

Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır

  1. Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
  2. 0,75× hızla başlayın, cümle cümle tekrar edin ve kolaylaşınca normal hıza dönün.
  3. Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; unemployed, bulldozer, exemplify gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.

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