Here's a solution that doesn't require the government to hire long-term unemployed: lying on a resume or in an interview to conceal unemployment is now legal. (Well, technically, it was never illegal; just considered unethical.) You may:
* Expand dates of any job by up to two months or 10% on each side, whichever is larger.
* Bump an educational degree forward by up to 5 years if under 40, and 10 years if older.
* Move any employment engagement translationally by up to three years.
* Inflate title as long as it does not involve falsification of a professional credential (e.g. "Senior VP" is OK, "Physician" for a non-doctor is not).
Anyone who is fired for such now-legal falsification must be given six months' severance or there is a wrongful termination claim.
How does that sound to you?
(I don't think it's a good idea, but it is an improvement over the system that exists now.)
I think it sounds like a terrible idea. As an applicant, I would never take advantage of it. As an employer I would never WANT to hire anyone who took advantage of it. A side effect would be that I would begin to distrust resumes and would therefore hire more by word-of-mouth instead, which would reduce opportunities for minorities and those less well-connected.
* Expand dates of any job by up to two months or 10% on each side, whichever is larger.
* Bump an educational degree forward by up to 5 years if under 40, and 10 years if older.
* Move any employment engagement translationally by up to three years.
* Inflate title as long as it does not involve falsification of a professional credential (e.g. "Senior VP" is OK, "Physician" for a non-doctor is not).
Anyone who is fired for such now-legal falsification must be given six months' severance or there is a wrongful termination claim.
How does that sound to you?
(I don't think it's a good idea, but it is an improvement over the system that exists now.)