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I found this topic to be very compelling and tangible to research. With the upcoming election in the near future talks of job availability or lack thereof will be a main emphasis. Rick Perry, Texas’ Republican governor, campaign was geared towards jobs and creating them. Unlike many of other states, Texas has created by far the most jobs of any state since the recession ended in June 2009. Of all new American jobs created, 37% were located in Texas through April 2011, according to the Dallas Federal Reserve (Calabresi, 2011, para. 1). The sources of these jobs are in question. Did Rick Perry create these jobs himself or were they created by numerous outside sources. Could it have been the geography of Texas, the demographics, or the geology maybe even a combination of all three? Whether by policy or location, Texas is a job creating phenomenon in today’s world. From 2001 to 2010, Texas had annual employment growth of 1.15%, the third best in the country (Calabresi, 2011, para. 3). What’s even more impressive than that is the population was growing a meager 1.89% annually (Calabresi, 2011, para. 3). The jobs weren’t just in one sector they spawned from diverse areas. Texas produced jobs in oil and gas production, heavy construction services, business services, transportation and logistics, and financial services. So, while its unemployment rate has remained high, at 8%, it is now employing fully 8% of the country’s workers (Calabresi, 2011, para. 3). After reading several articles it seems jobs will favor cities with more developed industry clusters as well as private sector jobs versus public sector jobs (Saporito, 2011, para. 1). Energy, Mining, and logging, all had a rising demand over the last year. Discoveries of natural gas in shale formations across Texas have resulted in the expansion of hydraulic fracturing and offshore drilling operations (Aaronson, 2011, para. 9). Employment and unemployment has affected us all, in some form or fashion. I currently work but I plan on graduating and attaining a job that can offer more compensation and responsibility. Not only is this issue of jobs important because I will I be in the job market soon, but I also have several family members that have become victims of the unemployment.

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The first to experience being laid off in my family were my two male cousins. They held manufacturing jobs inside a warehouse by the name of Averitt Express. We will never know why they were fired but statistically thinking that’s 2 more men out of a job. Men have suffered the most during these times of economic hardships. Of the 36 million who have lost their jobs since December 2007, 2.88 million, or 88 percent, were men (CaraTan, 2009, para. 2). In the typical family structure, which can be opinionated, the male earns nearly 75 percent of the total family income. The loss of male figures in