Posted on 02/19/2008 11:49:09 AM PST by traumer
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton's campaign famously defined the 1992 election with the phrase, "It's the economy, stupid." Today, "It's the jobs, stupid."
The latest employment figures, released in late January, showed a 52-month streak of job creation ending with a loss of 17,000 jobs in January. The Bush administration acknowledged the contraction, but pointed to the national unemployment rate of 4.9 percent to say that the labor market wasn't a harbinger of recession.
A closer look at unemployment data by McClatchy, however, found that jobless Americans are spending more time looking for work and that those who can't find work now make up a greater share of the unemployed.
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My wife still has hers on.
Ask her if she saw a really tall Jewish guy carrying milk.
Institutionalized extortion.
When unemployment is down to 4.5% as it is here in AZ and with illegals leaving in droves, there is no valid reason for not working at something. Yes, there is a core group of unemployables and they will never work. That amounts to about 3% but I don’t think they are in the mix.
Bottom line... get of’n ur arse and get a job!
My husband lost his job of 22 years to a plant moved due to Nafta. He went to school for two years for a welding degree. That field is dried up regionly and now he literally can’t find a job in McDonalds.
Of course I”m sure alot of FR will call him a loser and bum. He has tried Walmart, Home Depot, every fast food restaurant, grocery stores. It’s hopeless in our area and sadly until he has a job, we can’t afford to move. And gas at $3.00 a gallon, can’t afford and $8 job to drive 80 miles commute. We are still trying to make it through and have just cashed in all our savced change for the house note.
What bullshit. Everywhere I go (Portland, OR) I see Help Wanted and Now Hiring signs
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Maybe we should move to Portland Or. Can you secure a loan for the move cause we have no chance of a loan without a job.
Why look real hard for a job when Uncle Sam pays them to not find one?
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Yeah, $230 A WEEK gets a real quality life. For a limited time of course.
Midland County Texas? For real? Do you have any names of the Oil Fields hiring?
I’m serious here, we would be willing to move.
We’re pretty desperate for workers.
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Seriously!! Can you give me some names and we can send resumes out to them companies?
This is a “job finder” company.
ENERGI PERSONNEL
4400 N. Big Spring Street Suite 202
Midland, TX 79705 Midland:
(432) 683-7277
Odessa:
(432) 337-0440
You could also literally just type in Midland, Texas jobs in google. Everyone is hiring.
Much better list of employment agencies:
http://www.switchboard.com/Employment_Agencies/midland/TX/91/Yellowpages_Results.html
You could also just look up any energy service company (Basic, ProPetro, Patterson, Weatherford, Key or any producer Oxy, etc.)
They don’t pay as much as the oil fields, but TDCJ is hiring everyone they can get as prison guards.
Also, the Swift company up north of Amarillo is paying relocation costs for production workers (beef packing)and starting pay is, I believe, over $11 an hour.
It’s not just Midland, there are jobs in West Texas.
Midland Texas it it.
Thanks so much for the info. The next few hours will be on the prowl there. Surely they could use some welders on the oil rigs!!
They are desperate for welders, in particular.
Ah, but the panhandle actually has winter.
What positions is your husband applying for at a grocery store? We’re always hiring in Georgia (and pretty much every state right now). One hint of advice for him—if he’s applying in any “retail” or “fast food” place that has one of those electronic apps, answer every question as you just love talking to people, being around people, never get angry, etc. So many people are DQed for scores on those test who would otherwise be a good candidate. Also, he may look overqualified. Tell him to try applying for mgmt instead of just general (either a department head or assistant store manager).
Based on the number of folks driving Escalades and other high priced automobiles around my neck of the woods while grocery shopping on food stamps or on Access cards, I'd say the unemployment or welfare checks are more or less to augment the income from under the table work or illegal dealings.
“Maybe we should move to Portland Or. Can you secure a loan for the move cause we have no chance of a loan without a job.”
I was recently in Missouri, Texas, and Florida and I saw the same thing there. Oh, and by the way, I did not have a job when I moved out here, but I managed. I did not wait for someone to take care of me.
Best wishes,
Thackney
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