How do you decrease unemployment?

You can help unemployment by stimulating the economy. You can stimulate the economy by decreasing taxes, or increasing spending. However, it is a trade off between employment and inflation. the more inflation, the less unemployment (in the short run). Also, 4% of the adult population are not employed, and want to be employed, but should not be worried about. In the long run, they will find jobs. It's anything over that that we must worry about.