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Much has been discussed about how well or how poorly the Triangle is doing during the recession.
Debby Downers say it's all bad, and Pollyannas never utter a negative word.
Certainly many people are suffering. But many aren't.
I'm looking for examples and details.
In the past, jobs were plentiful. Then for a while, teachers and medical people were the fortunate ones who could easily find good employment opportunities.
Now teaching jobs are not as plentiful, and medical centers are cutting budgets.
So how about you? What about the company you work for? Have they been regularly hiring?
Which fields or industries are healthy? Which are maintaining?
Which types of jobs do recruiters have a tough time finding candidates for?
If you had a child in high school who needed career or college advice, which type of career would you recommend -- assuming, of course, the child would enjoy the work and was able to do the college work?
In other words, where in the Triangle is there positive employment news?
My company has continued to hire straight through the recession. We have been expanding our facilities and hiring more people. I can't predict what the future will hold, but the past and present have been very good.
I think when people decide to voice an unsolicited opinion of how things are, it will usually be someone who had something bad happen to them. People who are doing fine don't tend to take the time to shout from the rooftops. People that are having a hard time are much more likely to feel the need to scream. This leads to a skewed vocal representation.
Needless to say, an 8% unemployment rate is much worse than the 1.5% rate that once existed here.
What field are you in? What does your company do? What types of jobs have they filled? What types of backgrounds do the people have who are being offered these jobs?
I don't expect you to name the company, but it would be useful and interesting to get some specifics.
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My company has continued to hire straight through the recession. We have been expanding our facilities and hiring more people. I can't predict what the future will hold, but the past and present have been very good.
I think when people decide to voice an unsolicited opinion of how things are, it will usually be someone who had something bad happen to them. People who are doing fine don't tend to take the time to shout from the rooftops. People that are having a hard time are much more likely to feel the need to scream. This leads to a skewed vocal representation.
Needless to say, an 8% unemployment rate is much worse than the 1.5% rate that once existed here.
What field are you in? What does your company do? What types of jobs have they filled? What types of backgrounds do the people have who are being offered these jobs?
I don't expect you to name the company, but it would be useful and interesting to get some specifics.
Manufacturing
Manufactures products people need for health
Anything from clerical, packaging, management, scientific, legal and logistics
This is not to say other companies are doing as well as we have. This is just the situation I know of at my one company
I am a self employed electrician in Durham. I have lived here since 1981 & have never seen things so bad around here. We have usually survived recessions well, but this is different. I know a few electricians who have all the work they can do, but a lot are like me, struggling to find anything, then being priced out by handymen or illegal aliens. I've had about 5 good months out of 2 years. My wife's salary is the only thing keeping us going. I have barely made enough to cover my costs.
In other words, where in the Triangle is there positive employment news?
The Triangle is fortunate to have three key players in the Smart Grid industry with operations here. Elster, Sensus and Itron have been and continue to hire. They have many jobs posted on their web sites.
I just had a handyman do some work for me a couple of weeks ago. It took weeks to schedule my job becuase he is so busy. He has a team of people working for him and said he regularly turns down work becuase they just can't get to it all. Says he does about $25K worth of work a week.
I'm not saying it is all good out there, but some people seem to be doing ok.
I just had a handyman do some work for me a couple of weeks ago. It took weeks to schedule my job becuase he is so busy. He has a team of people working for him and said he regularly turns down work becuase they just can't get to it all. Says he does about $25K worth of work a week.
I'm not saying it is all good out there, but some people seem to be doing ok.
None of the property management firms are being hit too hard. The biggest problem for us is that when the economy takes a turn, boards expect us to get everything for nothing, so we end up scaring off our best vendors and their service suffers. But for those that don't micromanage to that level, most neighborhoods are doing fine. The actual management firms aren't seeing as much new business from the developers, but everything in the established neighborhoods is about the same.
That being said... definitely would not recommend a college kid to go for it. I always wish I'd stuck to the hard sciences or engineering rather than liberal arts stuff. If you can't stick "ist" onto the end of it and have a high-paying career, best to move along!
I work for a private pharmaceutical company in the triangle and I have to be honest that we are doing great. We had a record setting year 2 years ago, an average year last year, and on pace to do much better again this year. That said, I got a 20% raise a year ago, and still get 5 figure bonuses each year at the end of the year, with each year being a little higher than the last, so no, I cannot complain. I feel very fortunate.
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