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It is more than that.

I know 5 drafting languages, and there is no work up here in Ct.

It is not the software's fault, nor is it the lack of a need for board draftsman, it is the lack of new contracts from companies.

New products mean new drawings, and if the company already has a trained staff, they dont need new draftsman/designers.

it is only when a company is expanding that they hire new people. Up here, I dont know anyone who is expanding, everyone is either stable or falling away.

People who think the economy is doing so well need to call temp agencies and ask them how many resumes they receive a day when there is a job posted, especially an engineering job.

I have been repeated told that for every engineering job listed for an agency in Connecticut, there are over 500 resumes that come in, and that is not an exaggeration on my part. Maybe their part, but not in what I am telling you they said to me.

I remember 10 years ago, Connecticut papers had over 5 pages of just engineering jobs listed in the Sunday Papers. This Sunday we had 9 or 11 jobs total, 4 were civil, 2 were Manufacturing Engineering, something I dont have a degree for, and the others were too far to drive.

9 jobs listed is over the average of the last 6 months, that average is 5.

I have to admit, though, manufacturing jobs themselves are increasing in number, up to over 15 this week, only they are all paying low, wages I made 15 years ago when I did similar or lesser work on Aircraft.

Living in Connecticut on 30K a year as an adult with a house/Mortgage is poverty wages.

"it is only when a company is expanding that they hire new people."

They also loose people through attrition. But if there are no jobs in that area, if at all possible it might be time to move somewhere else. If moving is impossible, then it might be time for a new career, or time to start a small business. New careers require education, which for a single person is easy but not for a primary breadwinner. I suppose a spouse could work to support the family, and you could work part time while getting new training. It is hard though. For us, we got really aggressive in starting a new business and did a few other things, but honestly there was a lot of divine intervention, I believe, that helped us after we started having faith that our efforts would pan out.