Posted on 01/08/2005 7:42:03 PM PST by Pikamax
Typical NYTimes - focus on the negative.
Best job results last month since 1999.
But Ms. Quitiaquez, those jobs are being taken by individuals (who shall remain nameless in this lamestream newspaper) who are willing to do the work that YOU are simply not willing to do.
Don't you listen to the news?
I got fired from a job a year ago October, posted my resume on Workopolis, within 20 minutes I had been contacted by five agencies and actually got a call offering me a really good job while I was about to interview a driver at Road Atlanta. (I took the job but told them I'd have to call them back about it because I was interviewing a driver.)
In 1982 I flew down to Atlanta for a week, had 22 interviews, and got a job before I went home.
I have never had any trouble getting work, even when I really didn't want any work. I suspect these people have Issues. For example, they speak poor English, are single parents with four young children and no permanent child care solution, can't read or write to the standards of the business world, or won't work nights, weekends or after hours.
My wife was laid off a week before Christmas. They let her work through the holidays.
Before her last day she had had three phone calls from prospective employers.
She says the interviews have gone well and everything looks to be a "go" to start her new job in a week. (whew!)
In just about every retail establishment I go to nowadays I see help wanted signs. The local Mobil station even has a sign that says they offer benefits. I find it hard to believe someone can't even get a job as a cleaning person.
More jobs were created in 2004 than anytime in the past 5 years...but the NYT is still beating the same old drum of pessimism. What a bunch of losers.
The minimum I pay is $60k/year.
If you have a degree in maths or physics, frmail me. You're hired.
Wow! These days the oppressed (by Republicans, of course) and unemployed can buy a home in a major metropolitan area, and still have the nerve to whine to the NYTimes.
Hahahahaha! Every business I go into has "help wanted" signs and no one can find a job? Here's a tip I used to give my clients at the unemployment office (before I wised up and got a private sector job): Take a telephone book, turn to the business section, sit down at a a phone with a pen and paper, start calling at the "A's" and you'll have a job long before you get to the "B" section. Too shy for that? http://ajb.dni.us
Is she legal?
Should've been http://www.ajb.dni.us also, of course:
http://www.monster.com
http://www.careerbuilder.com
http://www.dice.com
http://www.nationjob.com
http://www.hotjobs.com
http://www.workaholics4hire.com
http://www.casinocareers.com
http://www.mortgagejobs.com
http://www.telecomjobs.com
http://www.chefjobs.com/
If someone is having trouble getting a job it's because they really don't want one.
I wonder if they spent all those months getting free income by developing additional job skills to be more marketable for employers. Being in the IT field I'm constantly learning, I've been put out of work twice in the last 3 years by layoffs, and haven't been out of work not one day.
ADVISE: Even when you have a job, you should constantly improve yourself, and stay plugged into the labor market. Never get comfortable, when changes occur you will hit the ground running.
Where do you live? Ping to post 8.
Why work when welfare gives one a better standard of living than 90% of the people in the world!
Lose welfare and you would be amazed how many people could find a job!
I have jobs available in VA, WA, MO, AL, ...take your pick.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of job that pays at least $60,000 do you have for someone with a math degree?
Operations research analysts. Willing to train. Must have basic skills (math).
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