I am willing to wager that at a minimum, 99% of those posting on this thread have had to "look for a job." Myself included. Infact, a company I worked for closed their Raleigh office in preperation for being bought. A customer of mine heard the news and hired me (in a field I had no experience in). He was fired a few weeks after I started, and the new boss, shaking things up canned a few of us (including me). And to make things even better, I got very ill immediatly after getting canned. I was unable to work for several months (also had no insurance and ran up some bills). Then it took a couple months to gain employment because my medical problem prevented me from engaging in a full job search effort. Worked for the company that hired me for 3 years and got laid off. My 2nd time being laid off in 4 years (3rd lost job in 4 years).
Of all the people posting on this thread, I am talking from experience not all that different from yours. But you seem to think different.
The town I grew up in, Endicott NY is a shell of its former self. IBM (started in Endicott NY) has completely left town. Endicott Johnson shoes had done the same (which all 4 of my grandparents worked for). Endicott NY was the company town. EJ built a large number of the homes in the town and their employees lived in them. My grandmother still lives in her EJ home. Everyone worked for EJ. Then Watson started IBM and soon everyone in town worked for IBM. GE had a very large presence as well. And Lockheed had a plant in Owego (10 to 15 minutes away). Those 4 huge employers folded up shop and left.
I wonder what the unemployment rate has to get down to before some of these folks stop blaming someone else for their plight?
I havent got any funds to move.
I am in serious debt now, am being sued for the LIEberman freep of 2000, and am ready for a second chapter 7
and people tell me to move?
With what funds??
If I am not hired for the $8.50 jobs around here, what makes you think I will get hired for the $8.50 jobs somewhere else??