Seriously Akron (Canton, Louisville: sales, job outlook, income)

[OneDayAsALion]

How hard is it to find a job in Akron?

I'm not even looking for a career, and can't find anything.

The only places I've heard about are call centers, and from previous experience working in one I can't bring myself to do it again.

If anyone knows of an opportunity around portage lakes/manchester/kenmore/downtown akron let me know.

I would prefer doing some sort of computer work, but like I said would take anything besides telemarketing.

Anyone else out there struggling?

[SquareBetterThanAll]

Originally Posted by OneDayAsALion

How hard is it to find a job in Akron?

I'm not even looking for a career, and can't find anything.

The only places I've heard about are call centers, and from previous experience working in one I can't bring myself to do it again.

If anyone knows of an opportunity around portage lakes/manchester/kenmore/downtown akron let me know.

I would prefer doing some sort of computer work, but like I said would take anything besides telemarketing.

Anyone else out there struggling?

Sales is usually something you can jump into more easily than most occupations with an opportunity for better than average income. There are always sales positions open, some better than others.

[kiwifruit2]

Originally Posted by SquareBetterThanAll

Sales is usually something you can jump into more easily than most occupations with an opportunity for better than average income. There are always sales positions open, some better than others.

Good luck. My bf works in Akron and is on the verge of getting laid off. Then we're moving the hell out of Ohio! I don't blame you, call centers SUCK. I worked a few of those and refuse to ever do it again. Are you able to relocate somewhere else?

[htlong]

try merchandising there are lots of openings in Akron

[SquareBetterThanAll]

Originally Posted by kiwifruit2

Good luck. My bf works in Akron and is on the verge of getting laid off. Then we're moving the hell out of Ohio! I don't blame you, call centers SUCK. I worked a few of those and refuse to ever do it again. Are you able to relocate somewhere else?

Be sure to line something up before you move.

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by OneDayAsALion

How hard is it to find a job in Akron?

I'm not even looking for a career, and can't find anything.

The only places I've heard about are call centers, and from previous experience working in one I can't bring myself to do it again.

If anyone knows of an opportunity around portage lakes/manchester/kenmore/downtown akron let me know.

I would prefer doing some sort of computer work, but like I said would take anything besides telemarketing.

Anyone else out there struggling?

Everyone else is struggling.....here's some advice. Leave. Head to the bus station, load up your car. No one will miss you and believe me, you probably won't miss them....

Kind of like the Sam Kinnison routine...quit feeding the starving.....get a bunch of U-Hauls and take them to where the food is!!! Same with Akron....there are few jobs...there have been few jobs and the forecast is for more, few jobs......go to where the JOBS are......

South, West.....in that order.....and even THEY are struggling.....if it sucks for them, it must be a vacuum for you in Akron....just sayin'.....

[Townes Van Zandt]

Originally Posted by Caleb Longstreet

it must be a vacuum for you in Akron....just sayin'.....

Your posts read like a vacuum.

I don't understand your shtick. I mean I get it, but I don't understand why you stick around. City-data is usually made up of a couple frequent posters per sub forum combined with the occasional one-time poster who either asks advice or complains about the area(this is true for every sub forum on CD). Yet you keep coming back to these forums and posting the same, played out negativity.

So it begs the question. What do you get out of coming back to the Akron forum and posting the same things repeatedly? It's not like you're saying anything new. So let me get this straight-- the job outlook is better in the Southeast than it is in the rust belt? No kidding?? Welcome to 1980.

In the future, it would benefit everyone if you tried to change your tone and look past your distaste for where you came from.

[SquareBetterThanAll]

Originally Posted by Caleb Longstreet

Kind of like the Sam Kinnison routine...quit feeding the starving.....get a bunch of U-Hauls and take them to where the food is!!! Same with Akron....there are few jobs...there have been few jobs and the forecast is for more, few jobs......go to where the JOBS are......

I don't get this constant presumption by certain people that somehow NE Ohio is in such dire straits compared with the rest of the country. Please, direct us to this bountiful land of jobs you speak of!

Dec 2011 Unemployment:

Akron: 7.6%
Canton: 7.3%


For comparison:

Atlanta 7.3%
Charleston SC 8.8%
Charlotte 9.7%
Chicago 9.3%
Denver 8.1%
Los Angeles 10.6%
Louisville 8.7%
Miami 9.6%
NYC 8.8%
Orlando 9.5%
Philly 7.9%
Phoenix 7.9%
Raleigh 8.7%
San Francisco 8.5%
Seattle 7.8%
St. Louis 8.3%
Tampa 10.0%




Here are some of the few areas that have what I would consider to be "reasonable" unemployment rates:
Bismarck ND 3.2%
Boston 5.8%
Minneapolis 5.5%
Rapid City SD 4.5%
Salt Lake City 5.4%
Vermont (state) 4.9%

Source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

So basically pack your bags and move *north*. It's also likely you're be working in an oil field.

Hey, I'm not saying moving isn't a good alternative if you need a job. We've all got to eat. But you better god damn well have a job lined up before you get there because otherwise you're going to be sitting in a new place with no job *and* without whatever personal connections you had here.

And telling people to just "Pack your bags!" is ridiculously bad advice. It's horrible. You ever check the forums in other cities, like, say Charlotte? I have. You know what their posts like this say? "STOP COMING HERE WITH NO JOBS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EITHER."

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

Your posts read like a vacuum.

I don't understand your shtick. I mean I get it, but I don't understand why you stick around. City-data is usually made up of a couple frequent posters per sub forum combined with the occasional one-time poster who either asks advice or complains about the area(this is true for every sub forum on CD). Yet you keep coming back to these forums and posting the same, played out negativity.

So it begs the question. What do you get out of coming back to the Akron forum and posting the same things repeatedly? It's not like you're saying anything new. So let me get this straight-- the job outlook is better in the Southeast than it is in the rust belt? No kidding?? Welcome to 1980.

In the future, it would benefit everyone if you tried to change your tone and look past your distaste for where you came from.

That's the Ohio forum in a nutshell...

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

Your posts read like a vacuum.

I don't understand your shtick. I mean I get it, but I don't understand why you stick around. City-data is usually made up of a couple frequent posters per sub forum combined with the occasional one-time poster who either asks advice or complains about the area(this is true for every sub forum on CD). Yet you keep coming back to these forums and posting the same, played out negativity.

So it begs the question. What do you get out of coming back to the Akron forum and posting the same things repeatedly? It's not like you're saying anything new. So let me get this straight-- the job outlook is better in the Southeast than it is in the rust belt? No kidding?? Welcome to 1980.

In the future, it would benefit everyone if you tried to change your tone and look past your distaste for where you came from.

Hey, you are the ones looking for jobs? It isn't all bad back there and believe it or not, I have sung some of the praises. Read more. But, when people continue to fish where the fish are not biting, one has to beg this question...why not change your geography? And not just to the Southeast?

And while we are on the topic, tell me what the experts say for the growth? Is the city growing, or shrinking. if I truly didn't care, why woukd I bother? It's much easier to pencomments elsewhere. I do wish you luck but, when I see some of the same economic questions p,ayed out for 3 decades, welcome to 1980 is quickly replaced by, welcome to 2012?