01-02-2004, 08:41 AM
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Originally posted by skywalker:
I wonder how many people who are 'actively looking' are having to deal with that the only jobs offered are paying less than unemployment compensation? Or would be faced with having to get 2 or 3 jobs, just to survive. Or are competing for the good jobs they are qualified for with 100's of others. I guess it is just easier to sit on your 'duff and collect unemployment'.
I've always kept an eye on the Want Ads and the paper I subcribe to has a section called the Hot List. 3 years ago this Hot List used to be at least 1/2 to 1 page of new jobs every day. Now it is usually a square about 4 x 4 inches. I know that the newspaper is not the only resource for jobs, but it is an indicator of current opportunities in my area.
I hope it gets better, for my sake and all the other unemployed people out there. I'm pulling for all of them as well.
Mark
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Disclaimer: no invective or rabid emotions being displayed, just calm rational questions.
While we are wondering, lets wonder: how many people who are on welfare doing nothing at all for their money but collecting a state check, have cable TV, have VCR's...have TV's and have cars? Electricity? Water and indoor plumbing? Housing? How many manage to supply their smoking and or drinking vices? How many continue to keep having children they can't pay for? How many get free medical assistance? WIC programs? Food Stmaps? Social Security Benefits?
Theres a lot to wonder about...and like Garnet...I know of too many people "working the system" rather than working. Untill I moved in with Mysti, I lived in a community where it was the norm and not the exception.
Mark, one of the key things about newspaper ads for jobs, at least in metroplitan areas (I froget where you live) is that each ad generates up to 2000 or even 3000 responses. Corps. are finding that newspaper ads are wasting too much HR time. You realy have to seek out Job fairs and network with friends and aquaintences to get the inside track to positions. Watch for organizational meetings open to the public to meet the people you need to impress. There is the state employment agency as well..not the most efficient either...and the internet....while the net is only marginally better for finding jobs than the news paper...if you can follow all the resources perhaps your search won't be so dificult. I know from personal experience, job hunting is hard, takes up a LOT of time and effort.....so again. I wish you well and hope that the economic growth that is going on will help you.
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