Maine is great and all....

[maineguy8888]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Saturday I was in Caribou attending an event hosted by the NOAA though attended by a selection of other Federal and state agencies. Listening to them, there is a great deal of hiring / training going on right now by the Border Patrol and Homeland Sec.

Then yesterday at Worship services, a friend was describing antics near his home in Caribou by some of these new trainees.

There is a huge bunch of money being spent on constructing facilities, hiring folks and training them.

If anyone needs a job, ...

But then again I have already posted job openings a few times here, so perhaps I am just babbling.

I'd love to hear some of those antics.....lol.

[Elcarim]

My husband is with Fire/EMS and is working 1 f/t job, 3 per diem as they've all been very short-handed, and one of them is quite literally begging him to come on f/t. Then, as if he's not already being pulled apart too thinly, PD has hired him to work per diem in dispatch, with news of an upcoming f/t opening that he'll possibly be offered. He picks and chooses shifts amongst the p/t jobs as we need them, and we're doing just fine. Yes, even in Washington County, Downeast Maine, there is work to be had, and there is an abundance of nice, affordable housing.

[diablogun]

Originally Posted by atardie

thats very true although here on the Canadian bordermany people do training, a month or two on the southern border than right to the northern border. Customs is training than Calis or Fort Fairfield or Fort Kent.

Customs is actually called a CBP Officer as it involves quite a bit more than Customs work, and yes we are hiring, but one can expect at least a year wait even if there is an announcement--which there is not at this moment :-)

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by atardie

We've never known high incomes here. So if you have never had it, you don't miss it. Low cost of living is yours for the taking. Live within your means, its pretty simple.

True, though it should be pointed out that many areas are simply expensive.