There are plenty of jobs out there. I see new faces at my place all the time to replace those who leave because they have found better jobs somewhere else (translation: in a low tax state). Plenty of company and head hunting firms send me emails pleading they have jobs they can’t fill and need me.
I see plenty of help wanted signs in retail, food service, warehouses and some (but not plenty) in factories. Chicagoland seems to need a lot of machinsts, tool&Die and similar types of skilled blue collar workers. An awful lot of helpwanted signs in front of those places in the industrial parks.
How many are ‘part-time’ positions?