Posted on 05/16/2010 5:15:54 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I think things are going to get very bad, and stay that way for a long time. *SIGH*
How much value are there in skills that become “obsolete” in less than 2 years?
And in other news, the Pope is Catholic and the bear s__ts in the woods.
Of course people with obsolete skills struggle in a down economy. Like it or not, everyone has to constantly keep their skills up and, if they lose their jobs, take jobs at lesser pay until they build their skills up again. That’s the way the economy works. The problem is when people can make a choice to remain unemployed rather than take a job in an area that is outside their skill set. That is what prolongs the recession.
Ah, this has been true for the last 200,000 years. This is news?
Not a lot. I pity the over-educated d@mn fools out there with their ‘Humanities’ degrees though. There are a lot of people on both ends of the spectrum that can’t find jobs.
This just shows that even if people THOUGHT their skills sets were going to carry them through to the finish line, they may not.
I’ve always believed in multiple streams of income. When one dries up for me, the others keep me afloat until the well is full again. ;)
I’ll be fifty this year. *CRINGE* I’d like to leave my job right now (even though I love it) but I dare not at this time in our history. Heck, the way things are going, I’ll be hanging on until the bitter end...
Those of us with ‘obsolete’ skills, such as basic farming/gardening, and basic handyman skills, will never starve....
Unlike those whose skill-set is limited to ‘texting’.....
Amen, Uncle Ike, Amen! Going out to pick fresh radishes, herbs, lettuce and spinach from the garden now...baked rhubarb pies last night. :)
It sounds like the types of jobs being eliminated in private businesses are the same type of jobs that the governments, local through federal, are larded up with, at 50% higher costs. Their time is coming; some political coalition will come together to scrub them out.
Read “Aftershock” by David Wiedemer. “This is NOT the recession of the late 70’s” This one is “bigger, badder, deeper”. Jobs impact will happen in the following order. 1- The “Capital Goods Sector” (cars, construction etc) 2- The “Discretionary Spending Sector (fine dining, entertainment, travel, high fashio etc) and 3- The “Necessities Sector” (basic food, shelter, clothing, energy etc) The only stable, but low paying, jobs available will be in 3- Necessities.
I was always facinated in how a person could make a living as an “elevator operator”. “Second floor please”. Easy. They didn’t just curl up and die though. They honed new skills. Or whatever that was.
” Going out to pick fresh radishes, herbs, lettuce and spinach from the garden now. “
Wow - I’m envious... We’ve had a particularly long and cold winter here in Southern NM — I’ve got radishes and spinach and turnips and peas to grow (but nowhere near ready to harvest yet..), but late frosts (would you believe last week??) have got everything else acting pretty neurotic...
(Note: I work in IT on a contract for the Federal government, but for a private company.)
I know
Business is lousy at the neighborhood 8-track Repair and VCR Shop
LOL....thanks for that laugh!
For some reason I can’t seem to get my electric typewriter repaired....
The good news is that Ms Norton finally got out of her rut. She found a job at Walmart. The rut mentality must be eradicated before there can be change. One can only wonder what she expects to type at 120 words per minute.
Everybody types now and even those of us that don’t do it well would never rely on someone else to do it for us. To succeed, those who have lost jobs must abandon the past and seek that which is new and required.
I’ve read it. Highly recommended. :)
We had a cold snap week before last, too. I manage a garden center, and I lost some flats of tomatoes and peppers...but there’s plenty more to come!
I was able to get early crops in back in March when we had some glorious weather. Then April was cold. Now May is wet...but improving. :)
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