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I still feel, though, that many of these nursing graduates will find jobs, if for no other reason that our population is getting older, and that these jobs can't be shipped overseas...
Unless we as a nation are willing to accept a permanent unemploment rate of 10%, we are going to have to fundamentally change the way we do business in this country. And it might require drastic measures, and some sacrifices from all of us.
I'll pose a question: Would you support higher prices for US-made products if this meant that more Americans could keep their jobs? If we do, then perhaps we could keep IT projects here instead of outsourcing them, and even ( dare we dream) re-introduce manufacturing (steel, autos, etc) in this country , to give the non-college bound some employment options.
I still feel, though, that many of these nursing graduates will find jobs, if for no other reason that our population is getting older, and that these jobs can't be shipped overseas...
Unless we as a nation are willing to accept a permanent unemploment rate of 10%, we are going to have to fundamentally change the way we do business in this country. And it might require drastic measures, and some sacrifices from all of us.
I'll pose a question: Would you support higher prices for US-made products if this meant that more Americans could keep their jobs? If we do, then perhaps we could keep IT projects here instead of outsourcing them, and even ( dare we dream) re-introduce manufacturing (steel, autos, etc) in this country , to give the non-college bound some employment options.
This is just me, but I think it all depends on how much higher the prices are. 10% higher? I will support that. 200% higher, no. I also think it depends on each particular persons' financial situation. I am lucky to be in the position where I can throw an extra few dollars at something, but not everyone can. When I leave a tip at a restaurant; if I've gotten good service, I'll leave an extra couple bucks because I figure those extra few dollars are worth more to the person I'm giving them to than they are to me (maybe I'm wrong, I haven't done any survey's to back that up).
Personally, if I can improve the economy by paying an extra 10% for certain products, I am fine with that. If I can buy those products in states with no sales tax, I'm definitely on board...
Edited to add that my husband happens to be a programmer... he is very good at his job and luckily he works for a company that seems to value him a great deal. If his job were shipped overseas we would be financially screwed. I can't imagine what that would do to us financially... we would probably have to move overseas as well since I don't particularly enjoy my job.
I've got student loan payments coming due that are more than my rent, and this guy is saying "mop floors and bag groceries." As if grocery stores hire bag-boys with doctorates.
Bag this, pal.
OMG I love you for this hahahahhaa Though I do empathize with the student loan payments, me too
Even fields that are supposedly "recession-proof" (or "recession-resistant" if you prefer) are not immune from oversaturation. Just ask anyone in IT these days. In the mid-90s a high school dropout could make a solid living if he knew how to program or maintain a computer network. Now you have people with advanced CS degrees standing on the street corner with signs reading "will program for food." Health care is the next employment bubble. When nursing shortages made headlines all over the place at the beginning of the century, nursing programs started opening in colleges all over the country and seemingly half the population started swarming into the health care field. Mark my words, by the end of this decade there are going to be a lot of people with nursing degrees wondering why they bothered.
With regard for the IT slump, I lived in NC from 2008-early 2010 (and had lived there for 10 years until 2003)...
I have to say Raleigh's IT has not stopped growing, so if anyone is looking to move? Even in this recession businesses like Sisco are hiring recent graduates and paying them quite a bit. Of course, you need the degree for it.
With regard for the IT slump, I lived in NC from 2008-early 2010 (and had lived there for 10 years until 2003)...
I have to say Raleigh's IT has not stopped growing, so if anyone is looking to move? Even in this recession businesses like Sisco are hiring recent graduates and paying them quite a bit. Of course, you need the degree for it.
I don't see that IT is doing all that poorly in Chicago? News to me. I am not even looking for a job and I have had 2 head hunters reach out to me in the last month or so. Everyone I know in IT has a job. My company is always hiring.
The problem with IT peeps that can't get jobs is that they suck. You would be shocked to see some of the candidates that I interview, whom all have computer science or engineering degrees, and can't even answer fundamental questions in an interview.
I am forced to work with terrible developers on team projects in school all the time. People think well I like to hang out on facebook all day so i'll do "computers" for a job and they are not suited for it at all.
I don't see that IT is doing all that poorly in Chicago? News to me. I am not even looking for a job and I have had 2 head hunters reach out to me in the last month or so. Everyone I know in IT has a job. My company is always hiring.
The problem with IT peeps that can't get jobs is that they suck. You would be shocked to see some of the candidates that I interview, whom all have computer science or engineering degrees, and can't even answer fundamental questions in an interview.
I am forced to work with terrible developers on team projects in school all the time. People think well I like to hang out on facebook all day so i'll do "computers" for a job and they are not suited for it at all.
I work for an IT staffing/consulting company and I can say that we are pretty busy. The IT market isn't amazing or anything, but if you're good at what you do you will not have any issue finding employment. The people who are unemployed are either sort of sub-par or just plain weird.
There is still a lot of competition for IT jobs so that is an issue but the market is far from bad. Our revenue has been growing all year at a pretty decent rate all things considered.
In a nutshell, employers hire who they want. They can say there is a massive amount of jobs available, but if you don't fit the criteria they want, you ain't getting it.
Beyond that, I have never met you in person but I have a sneaking suspicion that you are a disturbed individual. You probably don't cross dress to every interview, but I am sure other personality traits come across.
I say this with as much kindness as possible.
Drover-- you graduated at the worst time possible for law grads. I sincerely wish you the best of luck.
You don't know me and I'm not a disturbed individual. At my last job at Jacobs ESCG I got along with everyone well. Still keep in contact with a 68 year old lady from there who was laid off.
I don't have disturbing personality traits. It's just that many employers discriminate against gays, and I'm usually called gay at work because I bought many womens clothes as a guy so that's why they think I'm gay. I don't have sex with men so I'm not really gay.
I applied for many jobs I'm perfectly qualified for and I have not even received an interview.
You don't know me and I'm not a disturbed individual. At my last job at Jacobs ESCG I got along with everyone well. Still keep in contact with a 68 year old lady from there who was laid off.
I don't have disturbing personality traits. It's just that many employers discriminate against gays, and I'm usually called gay at work because I bought many womens clothes as a guy so that's why they think I'm gay. I don't have sex with men so I'm not really gay.
I applied for many jobs I'm perfectly qualified for and I have not even received an interview.
First off, when you open admit to cross dressing you're going to get some odd responses. Secondly, you admitted to assaulting someone you didn't know because you thought they were a spy. You might be slightly a bit off your rocker.
Secondly, not getting an interview is just due to market saturation, the fact you may have been off work for a year or two, and what you're asking for in pay. To be honest, if you've been out of work for two years or so just about any employer is going to hire someone else. If you could buy a fresh watermelon for the same price as a week old one, which are you buying? Unfortunately it's pretty common these days.
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Though I do empathize with the student loan payments, me too 
