Jobs in Poland...is it all medical? (Columbus, Cleveland: gynecologist, leasing)

[finallygreen]

Hi guys,

OK, strange question I know...but, I moved to the Poland area just a few months ago, and at the time, I wasn't looking for work. Things have changed and now I AM looking for work...yet I'm having a hard time finding a job. In the last few months, I've really explored the area quite a bit....there's a lot of REALLY nice (dare I even say 'upscale'?) neighborhoods here. U can see where I'm confused.....where are all these successful people with crazy homes in awesome neighborhoods working???

[South Range Family]

I've often wondered that myself. After years of observation, I think that many of them are self employed business owners. Just in my area alone are the owners of Udder Cream, Casual Carpets, Leyden Oil, Professional Engines, Sekely Industries, Grace Pest Control, and Hoover Concessions. Those are just off the top of my head, and they are all millionaires. There are many more that I haven't mentioned.

I also think that there are many more people that travel to Pittsburgh, or Cleveland for employment. I drive to Pittsburgh every day. I wear out cars, and spend a ton of money on gas, but it's worth being in a good school district, and owning a bunch of flat land.

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by finallygreen

Hi guys,

OK, strange question I know...but, I moved to the Poland area just a few months ago, and at the time, I wasn't looking for work. Things have changed and now I AM looking for work...yet I'm having a hard time finding a job. In the last few months, I've really explored the area quite a bit....there's a lot of REALLY nice (dare I even say 'upscale'?) neighborhoods here. U can see where I'm confused.....where are all these successful people with crazy homes in awesome neighborhoods working???

What kind of work are you looking for? What is your background? I've found that it's very hard to find work here unless you're in the medical field or if you know someone.

As for the upscale neighborhoods, i'm gonna venture to guess that most of those people either own their own businesses or are professionals, aka professors, doctors, lawyers, judges, executives, pharmacists, etc. Everyone else is commuting to the Pittsburgh area or telecommuting. You might also have some pilots that fly out of the Burgh and some old money as well.

I don't know a ton of people in Poland, but as an example, i know a young couple in their 30s that live in the Village, the husband works for his father's commercial construction company and the wife telecommutes to Chase Bank in Columbus.

Up here in Trumbull County we have some similar areas and our unemployment rate is something like 14%+. I know a lot of people in those type of areas that commute to Cleveland or Akron. My parents live in pretty nice neighborhood in Bazetta Township where the homes sell from anywhere from $250 on the very low end to around $400k. Here's a breakdown of the neighbors: married couple that are both RN's, retired couple from Delphi Automotive (he was salary, her hourly), another couple where the husband is a personal banker at Chase and the wife teaches elementary for the Warren City Schools, my gynecologist, a very successful realtor, a dentist, several insurance agents, a couple contractors, an executive at Delphi Packard, engineers, a guy who owns a small steel company, an arab family that owns several gas stations, a few financial planners, a couple salary higher ups at GM Lordstown. Many our very successful business owners live in Howland where there are $400k plus homes (many of them would be million dollar houses elsewhere). I can think of two very successful car dealers that live in these type of neighborhoods as well.

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by South Range Family

I've often wondered that myself. After years of observation, I think that many of them are self employed business owners. Just in my area alone are the owners of Udder Cream, Casual Carpets, Leyden Oil, Professional Engines, Sekely Industries, Grace Pest Control, and Hoover Concessions. Those are just off the top of my head, and they are all millionaires. There are many more that I haven't mentioned.

I also think that there are many more people that travel to Pittsburgh, or Cleveland for employment. I drive to Pittsburgh every day. I wear out cars, and spend a ton of money on gas, but it's worth being in a good school district, and owning a bunch of flat land.

Great list, SR!

Don't forget about http://www.cafarocompany.com/home/index.ch2 and The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation -- Company History.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._DeBartolo,_Sr.
DeBartolo Holdings These people are mega rich, check out the about us tab on the website.

This guy lives in a mansion in Howland on the Howland/Bazetta border on state route 46. Ross Development - Commercial and Residential Development and Leasing "Rossoss Development is centrally located in North-East Ohio. What began as a small development company in the late 1980’s, now owns and has developed approximately 3,000,000 square feet of retail space in Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida. These properties range from a free standing Staples Store of 24,000 square feet to a regional power center of over 500,000 square feet."

[finallygreen]

Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79

What kind of work are you looking for? What is your background?

Well...here's where it's tricky, lol. My primary background (simply based on number of years) is the entertainment business. I spent much of the 90's working for one of the biggest record companies in the world, and several more years working in film and television production. The strikes back home in Hollywood got pretty bad and dried up work for a lot of us around 2000-2001, so at that point, I left the entertainment business and moved into a few other things...first banking (processing/verifying multi-million dollar transactions for businesses/investors/etc.), then managing a staff of data enterers for a title clearing company. Then, I spent the last several years at home raising my kids. The misses and I are now seperating, and so having not worked a 'job' job in years and not having any medical experience, I'm having quite a difficult time finding work. I have extensive management experience between the last job (data entry supervisor), some time managing a Blockbuster Video many years ago, and my work in the film business (managing a department on a television production is management at it's most extreme.....one mistake and you can not only cause a production company millions of dollars, but can also lead to you being blacklisted and never working in the industry again). But then, translating all of that to a resume is challenging, and translating it to a job application is virtually impossible.

A telecommuting job for a large bank? Wow, now that's a gig I'd be qualified for AND happy with. Tell your friend I'm jealous

[CortlandGirl79]

Wow, sounds like you've lived an interesting life so far! I would recommend one of the tv stations, but they've been cutting back. There are banking jobs available, but it seems like they are more entry level tellers or collections. Yuck! I bet you could find some kind of restaurant or retail management position, but it's really tough around here right now. You might want to check out YSU.........maybe you could teach a class or get a job doing something on campus.

Yeah, i'm not really sure what she does for Chase.......although, i think it may be IT. She lived in Columbus for a long time working there and moved up here when she married her hubby.

[finallygreen]

Yeah, you pretty much nailed what I've been applying for thus far....retail management and a few banking-type positions that dont involve collections (seriously yuck, lol!). A restaurant management position would actually be really cool, as I still have this crazy idea of someday opening a small place of my own, and the experience would be beneficial.

In any case, what you guys say makes sense. I know one person out here thus far, and that's the guy I rent my house from. He, indeed, runs his own construction business.

[CortlandGirl79]

Well, good luck landing a job! Unfortunately, you're probably competing with recent college grads and people who have lost both hourly and salary jobs in the automotive and steel industries.

[000000]

Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79

unemployment rate is something like 14%+.

now that is something to defend! let's see if we can get it higher. we can all not work together and make it happen!

not being connected in a small city makes things like finding jobs harder. i feel sorry for you, finallygreen, since you have only been in town for 6 months. i have no constructive ideas as to how to stay in town because youngstown is small enough where people like to take care of their own.