[btoverdrive]

Trapped, what brought you to El Dorado in the first place? It is extremely hard for me to believe there are zero jobs in El Dorado, whether part or full time. I logged on the News Times this morning and there were two pages of employment classifieds. If I hated where I lived that much, I believe I could find something to make enough money eventually to move somewhere else.

Also, if your calling is saving others, have you thought about joining the clergy?

I hope you can find what you are looking for.

[Trapped In ElDorado]

Originally Posted by btoverdrive

Trapped, what brought you to El Dorado in the first place? It is extremely hard for me to believe there are zero jobs in El Dorado, whether part or full time. I logged on the News Times this morning and there were two pages of employment classifieds. If I hated where I lived that much, I believe I could find something to make enough money eventually to move somewhere else.

Also, if your calling is saving others, have you thought about joining the clergy?

I hope you can find what you are looking for.

Yes, on Sundays the employment classifieds are larger. But only on Sundays. And none of the adds pertain to my profession. But I do attempt to apply. I'm either over qualified or under qualified and no one will hire me.

I don't believe my calling is to save others as you pertain. At least in a religious text. I'm merely trying to save others from going through the hardships that I'm currently going through.

[Sam I Am]

What are you overqualified for? If you have a rather special job, perhaps you could branch out and find employment in another city and they would pay, or help pay, or front you the money to move you. If you're that good, somebody out there wants you.

[mopar24]

I have lived in El Dorado for 20 years, just like any town in this country it has it's ups and downs. I went through the public school system and have no complaints. You have to decide what you want for yourself and for your family, do you want to stay in the gutter or do you want to make something of yourself, if you do not try, you will not go anywhere. As far as the crime rate, your right, you only get out of your community what you put into it. My entire family still lives in this area and love it, the fishing and hunting is unbelievable and the best in the state. I would give El Dorado a try, it is growing and it's heading in the right direction. Pray about it and you will make the right choice.

[Phil75230]

Originally Posted by Lorilei

My company is building a new ambulatory surgery center in El Dorado and I've been asked to consider moving there. I'm originally from Arkansas, Little Rock to be exact, and I've lived in Searcy, AR before moving to Tulsa. How is El Dorado for raising an 11 year old boy? Any suggestions are welcomed.

In regard to this, it heavily depends on what kind of person your 11 year old boy is. I won't really make specific suggestions because I don't know him. HOWEVER...you might want to check out options in surrounding areas in N. La (Ruston, Monroe, Shreveport - all of which are closer to El Dorado than Little Rock, or even Texarkana or Pine Bluff). For the most cosmopolitan stuff, Shreveport's your best bet, of course, though it's 1 1/2 hrs away. Ruston (home of 11,000 student La Tech Univ - the state's flagship engineering school) is only 50 miles down 167, so you and your son might find a little something down there. Monroe is about 70 miles away but it offers somewhat more, though it's not Paris, France.

All in all, it depends on what your son's passions are, what your passions are, and how to know how to find out if there's an outlet for those passions in your area.

[Trapped In ElDorado]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

What are you overqualified for? If you have a rather special job, perhaps you could branch out and find employment in another city and they would pay, or help pay, or front you the money to move you. If you're that good, somebody out there wants you.

What I should have said is that I'm a Professional (with degrees). Well if you can call what I did a profession. So most places won't hire me, because their afraid that I'll get up and leave at the first opportunity or their afraid that they can't pay me enough (WTF?). That's what I mean by overqualified and/or they even tell me I'm overqualified.

And also, most of the jobs around here are for people in the medical profession. I do not have experience in these fields.

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by Trapped In ElDorado

What I should have said is that I'm a Professional (with degrees). Well if you can call what I did a profession. So most places won't hire me, because their afraid that I'll get up and leave at the first opportunity or their afraid that they can't pay me enough (WTF?). That's what I mean by overqualified and/or they even tell me I'm overqualified.

And also, most of the jobs around here are for people in the medical profession. I do not have experience in these fields.

Are we playing 20 Questions, trapped?? LOL! So...you're a professional, but you don't know if it's a profession.....okey-dokey....can you segue it off into something close but not exactly what you're trained to do...or not even trained to do. Here's a true story - my cousin ran a day care center and had to be CPR trained. She got tired of the center and sold it, but she and her sister started a business going to companies and training employees for CPR. They had to do the business license and some extra classes at one of the hospitals, but there is a HUGE demand for that since insurance companies will give a rate break if all the employees are certified in CPR. They were even getting government grant money to teach city, county and state employees. Unfortunately, their mother became very ill with Alzheimer's and they had to give it up to care for her, but they did quite well at it. It was nothing either of them ever started out in life to do, but the idea came, they ran with it, and they made a living off it.

I don't know - if you're not working, I wouldn't be too ashamed to tell them I know I'm overqualified, but I need a JOB - and TODAY would be good. If you leave 'em eventually, oh well.....employers can never count on someone being there tomorrow, so I don't think that's a deal-breaker. Maybe they can't pay you enough, but what momma said holds true - it's always easier to get a job when you have a job...I would think if you took anything offered to you at this point, even if you went for a professional interview at some point it would look better on a resume to say you'd been working as a garbage collection specialist than to say you'd been out of work for X number of weeks or months. I know I always want to see a full resume for potential employees. It's not so much WHAT they've been doing, but IF they've been doing something until they found me.

[Trapped In ElDorado]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

Are we playing 20 Questions, trapped?? LOL! So...you're a professional, but you don't know if it's a profession.....okey-dokey....can you segue it off into something close but not exactly what you're trained to do...or not even trained to do. Here's a true story - my cousin ran a day care center and had to be CPR trained. She got tired of the center and sold it, but she and her sister started a business going to companies and training employees for CPR. They had to do the business license and some extra classes at one of the hospitals, but there is a HUGE demand for that since insurance companies will give a rate break if all the employees are certified in CPR. They were even getting government grant money to teach city, county and state employees. Unfortunately, their mother became very ill with Alzheimer's and they had to give it up to care for her, but they did quite well at it. It was nothing either of them ever started out in life to do, but the idea came, they ran with it, and they made a living off it.

I don't know - if you're not working, I wouldn't be too ashamed to tell them I know I'm overqualified, but I need a JOB - and TODAY would be good. If you leave 'em eventually, oh well.....employers can never count on someone being there tomorrow, so I don't think that's a deal-breaker. Maybe they can't pay you enough, but what momma said holds true - it's always easier to get a job when you have a job...I would think if you took anything offered to you at this point, even if you went for a professional interview at some point it would look better on a resume to say you'd been working as a garbage collection specialist than to say you'd been out of work for X number of weeks or months. I know I always want to see a full resume for potential employees. It's not so much WHAT they've been doing, but IF they've been doing something until they found me.

Please read my response under the Thread titled:
El Dorado - Anything????
(For a response to this post)
http://www.city-data.com/forum/arkan...nything-2.html

[mopar24]

If you are that unhappy, do everyone a favor and leave!!!!!! I don't think that you will be happy no matter where you live.

[anynabiddle]

Originally Posted by Lorilei

My company is building a new ambulatory surgery center in El Dorado and I've been asked to consider moving there. I'm originally from Arkansas, Little Rock to be exact, and I've lived in Searcy, AR before moving to Tulsa. How is El Dorado for raising an 11 year old boy? Any suggestions are welcomed.

Go to Sterling's Best Places. The El Dorado Promise is for children who has consecutively been in the El Dorado School System. For a city its size its a dangerous city. One of the most dangerous cities in Arkansas. its school systems are decent and all the best school systems from the bigger schools are in this order Magnolia, Arkadelphia, El Dorado, Texarkana, Camden-Fairview, Monticello, Ashdown, then Crossett.
Magnolia public schools graduates have recieved more than 1million dollars in scholarships since 1999. I think the El Dorado promise is a sad excuse to answer the problem of getting people to move into the city and into its school systems. Schools that have a high performing record shouldnt need the El Dorado promise, the academics should speak for itself. If your poor than theres some hope for the El Dorado Promise. I just dont think that students who finish bottom 50 or bottom 25 should be awarded the same as top 50 or 25.