Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 1 of 8
Name: Debbie Pehrman
Age: 18
Background Information:
Debbie grew up and still lives in Camdenton, Arkansas on her parent’s rice farm. She hasn’t worked on the farm lately, other than to help out when needed,
and she is not paid for that assistance (her dad says, "It’s just what you do on a farm"). She has graduated from high school and is thinking about attending
college to be a physicist or perhaps an engineer of some sort. Once she returns from a month long trip to visit her brother, she is going to return to her job
which is always available to her at the local farmer's cooperative.
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 2 of 8
Name: Kurt Robinson
Age: 43
Background Information:
Kurt has dreamed about opening a flower shop for many years, but has not been able to save enough money.
He earned his doctorate several years ago and has since become a full time professor in Comparative Literature at
Henry Harris University. He has three children who all also love to read so he has high hopes for their future careers as writers.
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 3 of 8
Name: Arna Folland
Age: 26
Background Information:
Arna’s last job was at a local branch of a big bank that closed her location. Arna quickly learned what it meant to be laid
off from work! Lately she has spent her time rebuilding her car in her father's garage and thinking about getting another job.
She recently attended a class on how to create an online resume so she can eventually send out resumes using the internet to find another job.
Last week, did you have a job, either full or part time?
Include any job from which you were temporarily absent.
No
Yes
Have you been given any indication that you will be recalled to work within the next 6 months? No Yes
What are the things you have done to find work during the last 4 weeks?
A) Last week I called Chip's Auto Body and talked to Chip about a job.
B) I attended a class on how to create an online resume.
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 4 of 8
Name: Gary Baumgartner
Age: 19
Background Information:
Gary grew up in a house on one of his grandparent's farms. His family has been in their corner of Pennsylvania for several generations
and has built up a successful agriculture business. He is going to school studying to be a large animal veterinarian. He lives on and helps
manage the family farm that raises goats to make cheese. He has had to balance this responsibility with school because the farm needs
around 20 hours of his time every week. He is not paid for his time because his father covers his bills.
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 5 of 8
Name: Faith Bennett
Age: 28
Background Information:
Faith played second cello for the Bennettville Symphony for five years. About four months ago the entire symphony
was told they were going to be laid off even though 20 concerts remained for the season. They didn't even know if there
was going to be a next season! She initially looked around central Tennessee for another symphony to join, but no one was
hiring at that point. Her husband has a secure job so now she spends her day playing with other musician friends and waiting
until her local orchestra is again making beautiful music.
Last week, did you have a job, either full or part time?
Include any job from which you were temporarily absent.
No
Yes
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 6 of 8
Name: Andre Harrison
Age: 46
Background Information:
Andre is a master mechanic. He owned his own body shop for years, but sold it about three years ago to try something different.
After the sale, he went to work at the local transmission factory, even though he didn't need the money. Two months ago he was
laid off with several hundred other factory workers. The company said they didn't know when he may be rehired and Andre is not
waiting around to work again for them. He is bored with not "keeping his hands dirty" as he likes to say and wants to get back
to work as soon as he can find a new job. Last week, he called Chip's Auto Body and talked to Chip about a job, but he hasn't heard back yet.
Last week, did you have a job, either full or part time?
Include any job from which you were temporarily absent.
No
Yes
Have you been given any indication that you will be recalled
to work within the next 6 months?
No
Yes
What are the things you have done to find work during the last 4 weeks?
A) Last week I called Chip's Auto Body and talked to Chip about a job.
B) I attended a class on how to create an online resume.
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 7 of 8
Name: Jeremy Baker
Age: 22
Background Information:
Jeremy graduated college and intended to spend the summer as a rafting guide. He packed a bag and rode
a bus to Idaho where he did spend the summer as a rafting guide; well, a portion of it. A couple of weeks
into guiding he wanted to impress his clients by taking the route on the river he was told never to try.
His boat flipped in the fast water. Everybody was fine, but Jeremy was fired for not following procedures.
Now its two months later and Jeremy is content with just playing video games in his parent's basement.
Last week, did you have a job, either full or part time?
Include any job from which you were temporarily absent
No
Yes
What was the main reason you were absent from work last week?
A) I quit my job to find one that was closer to my apartment.
B) Two months ago, I was fired for not following procedures and still have not found a job.
Current Population
Employment Survey Report
Survey ID: 8 of 8
Name: Sunnie Lee
Age: 28
Background Information:
Sunnie is a well trained computer engineer who worked for a large computer chip manufacturer. Two weeks ago
she was given notice that effective immediately she was laid off. When she asked her manager about it, she said to
consider it more like an unplanned vacation because in another two weeks she will be among the few people who will be rehired.
Current Population Survey
Data Summary
Survey Time Frame: This Month
Survey Summary:
The graph below shows the results of the Current Population Survey you just completed. As you experienced, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics has the challenging responsibility of distinguishing specific data from the complicated lives of survey participants.
This specific information is used to mathematically determine the monthly percentage of Americans who are unemployed, employed and out of the labor force.
Survey Results:
