> I think that lack of relevant education is the largest contributing factor to unemployment.

I hear this often, but I am always left wondering what jobs will rise out of the woodwork if the condition became true?

It is easy to say lack of education is the problem because it is the common filter used when hiring, so it is highly visible, but one only needs to look to the software industry to see perfectly capable programmers struggling to find work in what is supposed to be a hot market with companies crying for help.

I believe it is far more complex, and may not relate to education at all.