Good Jobs!!!!!! (Cincinnati, Jefferson, Lafayette: apartment, city hall, how much)

[AGreekDude]

I want to move to Cincy but need a job!!!!!! I'm an Iraq War Veteran and have many labor trade skills. Any ideas people?

Also I applied at the Va center by UC some could possibly need a place to stay close. What do you guys recommend? I live in a normal apt. now but would love something classic and an area thats lively and has places to walk or run around. Maybe Clifton? Any feedback would be great.

[goyguy]

Clifton would be a good possibility. I'm thinking particularly of the section north of Ludlow and east of Clifton Ave, which tends to be somewhat less expensive than west of Clifton Ave. You could walk to the VA by way of Jefferson Ave. In addition to the main drags, Brookline Ave and Hosea Ave - to name two streets - also contain large, older brick apartment buildings. There are some multi-family houses in the vicinity as well, with both of these types of dwellings interspersed with big single-family homes in the typical style of neighborhoods that were laid out before the Great Depression.

Burnet Woods is situated immediately to the south of this area, bounded by Clifton and Ludlow Ave's and covering some pretty significant acreage for an inner-city park. There are some good paved and unpaved passages through there for "hoofing it," but a word to the wise would be to steer clear after dark. A lot of people also enjoy meandering through the northern reaches of Clifton as part of their walk/jog/run, passing upscale dwellings along shady side streets and using Mt Storm Park - with its sweeping city views - along mansion-studded Lafayette Ave as their turnaround place.

Anyone with labor skills would be crazy to not join a union, regardless of how much membership and clout they've lost. The trade-off, so to speak, is between all the politics and the fact that you have a solid means of finding work. You should also pursue employment through a government agency such as the USPS since automatic preference is given to vets on the civil service exam. And if worst comes to worst, don't forget temp agencies.

Why Cincinnati, though?

[AGreekDude]

Hey thanks for that... the reason is I'm originally from Hartwell and all my friends and family are in the vicinity. I'll have to check out the Post Office.

[goyguy]

Cool, I grew up in Hartwell's snooty neighboring town to the north (LOL.)

I had a Postal Service job for about a year and a half - it's well nigh impossible to land anything permanent there. Automation, the Internet, and FedEx/UPS/DHL/etc have all had their effects. In the area where I live now, most of the openings are for substitute mail carriers. The pay's good, but you could find yourself anywhere in the region during any given day or week filling in for the regular carrier. But Cincy might have more.

I'm pretty sure the main library keeps a schedule of Civil Service exams as well as Federal OPM (Office of Personnel Management) job postings, so you might want to start there. You could also stop by City Hall and visit Human Resources there to find out about working for the city.

Have a burger and a beer for me at the Vogue Cafe next time you're home.

[Crew Chief]

If you have a CDL or are willing to learn how to drive a truck, there are TONS of local driving jobs in and around Cincinnati (Living in a sleeper cab isn't very good money, IMHO) My personal feeling is you're better off driving a truck for sombody who's primary business isn't hauling general freight around. Servicing industrial gases, delivering food/dairy and other consummables pays pretty well if you don't mind physical labor. Thanks for your service and welcome home!