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Some of the major employers around here are Google and Apple. Google had recently announced 6000 new positions for which Google recieved 75,000 applications.
I live in North Dakota, lowest unemployment rate in the US. There are a ton of jobs in the western half of the state, there's just nowhere to live. If you don't mind physical labor type work get an engineering degree in oil exploration. You can easily make over $100k a year with a degree like that.
When you say there is no where to live, what do you mean? No apartments, no houses no ground to build houses on, too crowded?
Some of the major employers around here are Google and Apple. Google had recently announced 6000 new positions for which Google recieved 75,000 applications.
yea and what they didn't tell you was that was 75,000 within the FIRST WEEK of that announcement. I'm sure it will be up to the 600k+ range by the time they finish hiring.
When you say there is no where to live, what do you mean? No apartments, no houses no ground to build houses on, too crowded?
No housing. In a "normal" economy, most people don't want to live anywhere near North Dakota. Now that it's getting a reputation as an employment mecca of sorts, people all of a sudden want to move there and there's no place for these people to live.
My region of Appalachia is hiring a few people, but it's mostly retail, fast-food, and coal mine work. If you have a high school diploma then you might have a good chance. If you have a college degree then you're in trouble. The region has a college educated population of 10% and a high school graduate population of 60%, so businesses are not as motivated to come here unless it's customer service, retail, fast food, etc. The customer service jobs are normally filled rather quickly and rarely advertised.
Now, if you want to start a business then this region might be a decent place to start. My state brags about being the easiest place to start a business b/c they have tons of information available to potential business owners and affordable labor. However, the last time my dad tried to start a business they said you HAVE to have a business degree.
My region of Appalachia is hiring a few people, but it's mostly retail, fast-food, and coal mine work. If you have a high school diploma then you might have a good chance. If you have a college degree then you're in trouble. The region has a college educated population of 10% and a high school graduate population of 60%, so businesses are not as motivated to come here unless it's customer service, retail, fast food, etc. The customer service jobs are normally filled rather quickly and rarely advertised.
Now, if you want to start a business then this region might be a decent place to start. My state brags about being the easiest place to start a business b/c they have tons of information available to potential business owners and affordable labor. However, the last time my dad tried to start a business they said you HAVE to have a business degree.
I live in GA and it's on the top five WORST places to get a job and our unemployment rate has hovered at 10% or more since this mess started, so unless you have a specific desired skill, stay away from here.
I live in North Dakota, lowest unemployment rate in the US. There are a ton of jobs in the western half of the state, there's just nowhere to live. If you don't mind physical labor type work get an engineering degree in oil exploration. You can easily make over $100k a year with a degree like that.
Just to back up what this poster wrote: an article from the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago:
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