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"It Can't Rain All The Time"
(set 25 days ago)
Location: North Pacific
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Originally Posted by Visvaldis
Since when are Americans concerned about suicide statistics?
I've been concerned since Bush was in office. The numbers are increasing, reasons the same....
The job market died for me in 2001. When it became an employer market vs, the employee market, I haven't had a decent job per my resume since.
Then I began to see others in the same situation. Then I began to see suicide numbers were up....I kept thinking time will help...another .com industry perhaps...something some where...another Bill Gates inventor of, I don't care, something to help.
Nothing yet and nothing anytime soon and I am tired now, as the stress has wore me out.
So yes plenty of Americans are concerned about suicide statistics, because they need to know, how are others coping.
Sad that our president cares more about illegal aliens than our jobless citizens.
You would think the GOP would care enough about jobless citizens that they would vote to extend unemployment for them, thus allowing them to feed their family!
You would imagine with less jobs that people would pursue any job... right now, I have 5 EMPTY bedrooms and I am willing to pay $1k a month + free room/board for someone to babysit while I am at work... so far... no takers... ironic isn't it? Live and eat for free and just watch the baby AND get paid... no takers... hehehe... what a world we live in...
Where are you advertising?
Local papers and Craig's List might be places to start. Make sure you screen well.
I think the benefits should be extended for now until the crisis subsides - I'm not happy with either party. Bit it's ridiculous to have approximately the same number of unemployed and illegal aliens. The aliens don't seem to have a problem making cash and hiding it from the IRS while taking advantage of free social services that the unemployed citizens have a hard time getting.
You would think the GOP would care enough about jobless citizens that they would vote to extend unemployment for them, thus allowing them to feed their family!
No, that's the plan; cut off financial aid, let the unemployed suffer and blame it all on Obama.
I'm not saying that there aren't many people out there unemployed and looking for jobs, but I have a feeling people are being too selective. CareerBuilder.com Jobs - The Largest Job Search, Employment & Careers Site Type in your zip code. Lemme know if anything DOESN'T come up. Its competitive out there, and/or people don't want to work at Jewel because they think they are better than that. I could be completely misinformed, but why else are there job postings out there every where? Hell my sister just got a job as a day care (she isn't a minority) in a medium sized town, and she doesn't even have a college degree yet (shes going to school now). I don't know. Let the bashing of me commence.
I don't think most people are being too selective. Employers are able to be very, very picky these days. Some will not hire the "overqualified". Dairly Queen is one company that has that philosophy. The "OQ" would probably do a better job, and stay on the job as long as, if not longer, than a lot of the people they do hire. But you can't do anything about what the employers think. I have a neighbor who has been laid off several times since the IT bust after Sept. 11. It hit Colorado pretty hard. He says he will not relocate permanently, b/c he is concerned he will uproot himself and his family, only to get laid off again. This is a justifiable concern.
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Originally Posted by CWSC
We all can blame Obama for screwing up the USA!
I have two neighbors who have been unemployed for two years now, laid off during the previous administration.
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"It Can't Rain All The Time"
(set 25 days ago)
Location: North Pacific
15,754 posts, read 7,588,006 times
Reputation: 2576
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Originally Posted by evilnewbie
You would imagine with less jobs that people would pursue any job... right now, I have 5 EMPTY bedrooms and I am willing to pay $1k a month + free room/board for someone to babysit while I am at work... so far... no takers... ironic isn't it? Live and eat for free and just watch the baby AND get paid... no takers... hehehe... what a world we live in...
Here you go and here's what your ad will look like:
You may not be getting applicants because there are many that won't qualify. If I were looking at your ad, the first thing I would have to consider is my dog. So I wouldn't even bother pursuing it.
Many employers are hiring part-time hours. Many people are looking for full time employment, benefits would be nice. Their needs out weigh what the employers are willing to give...so...they keep on looking.
I started working part-time in hopes that it will turn into full-time. I have been with the company for 1 year this month and I am still part-time. I thought I would find another part-time job. I work weekends and I am home at the beginning of the week and I am still home at the beginning of the week, because even part-time hours require weekends. Silly me, did not see that one coming. There needs to be two of me.
Wow I wasn't expecting a non-angry answer out of what I posted, not that I was hoping for one, just saying. Thanks for addressing what I put out there, now on to my response.
Bold: It could be the area we live in. I see places that have signs "Now Hiring" quite often while out driving and the surrounding towns don't seem very depressed economically. But I do also live in one of the most in debt states (don't know if that has any effect on whether or not the area is super bad), Illinois, near Chicago. I was recently in south-west Virginia though, and the town we were stay in (we were camping in the mountains) was quite depressed, it was sad to see.
Red: I agree that type of life style would be depressing, I just don't understand completely why there is so much actual UE. I can understand the need for food stamps and such, and I know there aren't many jobs out there, but from my perspective at least, it just doesn't look that bad. Far from good, but however many million out there with jobs, I don't know, that just is hard for me to believe that those people aren't being selective, work is work. I'll give the example of the thread on here where someone posted, there being how many thousand truck driver jobs out there, and many people were saying how they would never do that. I brought up a job is a job, and I still stand by that belief.
Blue: I don't know what site you are referring to but careerbuilder.com is a reputable site I believe so what I see on there, I tend to believe its out there. Granted some of those are jobs for sales jobs (Places that are always hiring) or worldwide things that aren't really reputable but most of it I believe is up-to-date, they also say when the job was posted. But you are right, it could just be my area, and the amount of jobs out there, could be very misleading from my perspective.
Green: It is. I agree.
I'm in SE Michigan. The "NOW HIRING" banners are everywhere. No one will take the jobs because they will have to give up their bridge cards. They prefer the security of UEI and their under the table income. The economic recovery will begin five minutes after the freebies are taken back.
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There needs to be two of me.
