Facing Unemployment? It Might Be Time To Leave The Uk Behind

As UK citizens, we have always been somewhat subtle about our patriotism for our country

. Compared to Americans, who stand to attention and raise their right hand to their chest as soon as the opening note of The Star-Spangled Banner is played, we instead seem to bow our heads slightly and appear to sing God Save The Queen to ourselves, rather than to an audience.

Irrelevant of how quiet or subtle we may be with our patriotism, there is no doubting that we are proud to live in our country and are proud to call ourselves UK citizens, with people traditionally preferring to stay and face the issues, rather than moving away.

Unfortunately, this view of people preferring to stay and face the problems rather than move away is expected to change over the coming years, as due to the measures put in place to rejuvenate the country's economy after the global recession, it's generally accepted that there is an extremely rough ride ahead.

One of the most difficult aspects to contend with as a UK citizen in recent times has been the substantial amount of unemployment that is so apparent within the country.

As of the first quarter of 2010, the UK's official unemployment rate stood at 7.9% - almost 2.5 million people. An astounding figure in its own right, it's made worse by not only realising that it has almost doubled over the course of the past 24 months, but that the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne expects this figure to exceed 8% by the end of 2010.

Furthermore, whilst Mr Osborne included in his recent Budget that he would raise VAT by 2.5% in January 2011, with the intention of bringing in additional money to help the country's poor economy, according to Personnel Today, many experts are claiming this could in fact add an extra 200,000 people to the unemployment figures.

What's particularly unfortunate about the whole scenario is that there isn't particularly anything that can be done to create jobs quickly.

The way the job creation process works is that consumers first need to have faith in the economy, so that they can start spending more money. Once this happens, companies will also have an increase in faith and belief, being more likely to expand, which in turn creates jobs.

The problem is that with the economy being in such a poor state, the ball can't start rolling and therefore cutbacks and drastic financial measures have to be taken to help kick start it, with the results not being seen properly for at least 6 months.

Irrelevant of how patriotic you are to the UK and how much you feel at home in the country, you may not have many options left other than emmigrating. Whether it's a move to study in Australia or one to work in Canada, there are various options available to you and most importantly, none of them have to be permanent - make the move, watch the storm from the sidelines and come back in 3 or 4 year's time when the country should be in a much stronger and more positive position.

by: Scott King

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