Job Market? (Denver: mortgage, moving to, business)

[Osito]

It's not a good idea in this economy to move anywhere without a job. However, Denver has a lower unemployment rate than some cities. But it's rising just like everywhere else. Good luck.

[Mike78613]

Originally Posted by steveindenver

This thread was almost two years old.

Unemployment is high everywhere. Denver is no exception; in fact Denver is probably even a bit worse given the competition.

No kidding, my cousin works @ the Texas Workforce commission and she tells me they get a lot of Colorado residents looking for jobs here (they are physically here).

I even starting to see a lot of Colorado license plates driving around here

Maybe they are flocking south to get away from the cold?

[sdlaura]

I am thinking about moving back to Colorado from California (for obvious reasons) and I am curious what the market is like for my field. I have a BA in marketing and an MBA in health care management. Any insight would be really appreciated!

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by sdlaura

I am thinking about moving back to Colorado from California (for obvious reasons) and I am curious what the market is like for my field. I have a BA in marketing and an MBA in health care management. Any insight would be really appreciated!

Was a guy in the Denver forum today saying he got a sales job within two weeks of being here. Denver has a lot of hospitals as it's a big regional city with no large cities nearby for several hundred miles.

[ej25]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Was a guy in the Denver forum today saying he got a sales job within two weeks of being here. Denver has a lot of hospitals as it's a big regional city with no large cities nearby for several hundred miles.

might have been me lol. there were plenty of mkt mgr positions available that i didnt apply for since i dont have a degree.

denverjobs.com

look into the sales section for mkt and non-profit section for health care. actually the sales section has many non sales hospital jobs for some reason also lol.

good luck

[livecontent]

There is just too many people runny around with these business degrees because they are easier to achieve. Schools love them because they get money for these type of "education" that entails little in investment in a physical plant.

I started college, in NY, in the sixties, and there was a movement to remove these types of degrees because they were not considered a broad education in the liberal arts sense, and not a specific education in the science sense. Maybe they were right.

Unless you have specific hard experience and education in some industry, which you get out of school, these general soft degrees are just not that in demand. That would also go for the proliferation of these weak MBA degrees.

The hard science of business such as accounting, statistics, mathematics, system analysis and programming are more in demand. Business programs combined with hard science as in engineering are desired. The rest of these types of so-called education just makes a job search even more difficult, unless you have hard experience.

Unfortunately with good experience, you age along with that experience. Then, you up against youth and beauty; and that will get you a job faster than old and experienced, if you skills are the same. So, find your place before you get old and get some rare hard experience in a industry that is desired, but even then youth and beauty will more likely win the job. If you are naturally short, ugly and now are balding and fat--well, complain to make believe gods, there is little help, because your life will be more difficult.

Livecontent

[MileHiGolfer]

Wow - someone is bitter. I'll have to completely disagree with you. I got my bachelors degree in Marketing from a state school, got a good job out of college that wouldn't have been possible without it, and have been successful and employed ever since. "Soft degrees" not in demand? Yeah, but those high school diplomas sure are. Sorry you had such a bad day yesterday.

[JulieCo2009]

Our unemployment rate is lower but it is still hard to find work.

[zenkonami]

I just want to remind people that the unemployment rate merely tells you that a certain percentage of the people that are already in Colorado have jobs. It does not indicate the number of jobs that may be available, nor does it tell you how often those people are changing jobs. Those figures should probably, at the least, be cross referenced with inflow / outflow of people moving to or away from Colorado.

[HarborEastGuy]

The Economy is horrible everywhere. The best advise you will ever get (especially in these times)
is NOT to move anywhere without having a job lined up first. Denver is a fine city but any city
will be HELL if you move there and can not find work. If you have a job where you are now,
you might be better off digging in and waiting for the economy to turn around. Moving is very
expensive and to me it's just not worth the risk of changing jobs in this economy if things don't
pan out. Too many risk factors.. (If you're unemployed, you must move to wherever there is work)

Denver is fine for most, but I prefer San Diego/OC/Los Angeles. I am waiting things out in
Denver before moving back to SoCal. This economy is too risky and layoffs occur every day.
Just think.. You could get a job offer, move here, then get caught in a layoff after 2 months.
Why take the risk??? This is why I stay put in the Tech Center. The Beaches of SoCal
I miss, but I (and everyone else in the US) need to start being conservative in ALL of our
actions. This is the time to be very cautious.