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Just out of curiosity, anyone having trouble finding work specifically? I know that this sounds ridiculous since the whole nation is feeling the unemployment burden. I just graduated from UGA and I can't even get my foot in the door anywhere in my hometown. I'm talking mail rooms, call centers, etc. of huge corporations. Anyone have any advice. I've been searching now for about 6 months, and nothing as popped up. VERY FRUSTRATING.

Thanks in advance.
 
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I have been in my job for 32 years. I work for the state of GA. A few months ago our raise, which we haven't gotten in years, was frozen, all hiring was frozen, except for critical hiring. Then we started going on forlough one day a month, meaning we lose about 1/20th of our pay.

I have seen basically everyone in the building industry go out of business or just put things on hold, or find other things to do, like repair work.

Meanwhile I see gas, food, insurance, etc. go up. I am near the end of my career and I am worried about my job. Most people feel glad they have a job right now.

So, while I have a job, I feel your pain. I think most of us feel some pain by the slow down. I don't have any great words of wisdom, but hang in there. You may have to consider moving, that is if you can find a job.
 
I would second the recommendation to move. Not all states are in the same predicament and some states have more of a demand for certain job sectors than others. I haven't encountered your situation, fortunately, but my uncle is a professor at a university in Murietta, GA and he said they laid off all adjunct instructors and cut everything.
 
Yeah, I guess the only thing that is frustrating is that i have had leads and interviews though none have panned out. I am hoping though that these months will pay off, and I'll have the opportunity to work at AFLAC, TSYS, or even BCBS (Blue Cross Blue Shield) corporate headquarters. I live in Columbus, GA, where things haven't really hit rock bottom yet, though I think it is my lack of experience that is holding me back.


By the way, does anyone here have their Microsoft Office Master Certification? and if so how did you attain it? Sounds like a weird question, I know. But I had an interview for a Project Analyst position and the only reason I didn't get hired was because the hiring manager was not confident in my skills in Excel.

Thanks in advance again.

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I'm not trolling around on different forums so that you don't get the wrong idea. I'm waiting for a job to come around to purchase my 1st T4R (something like a 2005-2007), so I've been reading up on this site (which by the way is awesome).
 
You may consider the wind turbine industry. We are a quickly growing, in demand industry. The average tech makes between $60,000 to $100,00 per year. They are always hiring inexperienced people to keep up with demand. I see people from all walks of life and all ages getting hired.
 
Keep in mind that moving may not be the solution if you are looking to work for a corporation. Most large corporations have operations nationwide or even international, so a hiring freeze is a hiring freeze regardless of the region they are located in. A lot of corporations are hiring contractors instead of employees to eliminate the cost of providing benefits. The contract terms are limited but they may lead to a position within the company at the end of the term. So if a contractor position opens up within a company you are interested in, just think of it as a 6 month or year long interview and take it.
 
I have no word of wisdom for you...just keep at it. Have you tried to apply to Walmart?? I hear that they are making a profit these days because people are buying their stuff instead of the highend stuff.

Good luck.
 
i cant find work.
Ive applied everywhere that is decent and considerable, and even a bunch that arent!
im starting to feel bad for being a parasite to my folks, still (VERY fortunate)! most people my age are long graduated...
im ____ that close to graduating tho :D

i want to expatriate.

ps- ive also losts all faith in Craigslist and Monster and just email for jobs all together. the old fashion way is best....to show up and impress with your SELF and fill out an application. I dont like annonimty (sp) of emailing about a job/applying online.
 
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My opinion is that a license is the key to staying employed. I was directing development of hospitals back in the 90's and jobs were getting tight. I took some tests which assessed my aptitude with those already working in positions and their responses to the same questions. I scored high on all the science so I looked at occupational therapy, physical therapy and medicine. Nursing was middle rated but I looked at decided to go for that. I worked as a home health aide to see if I could work with people in that way and made the jump to RN school early 1991. I have been very happy with the job itself. Noone was forecasting the shortage then and jobs were hard to come by. Now I get calls every week from recruiters. The job is exciting and fun and at times very demanding. If you are at all interested in the feild, MRI and CT techs are sought after as well, I would encourage any person young and not so young to look into it. Best of Luck. When you have a license, you have a job.
 
both of my parents are RNs. My dad gets job offers everyday from New Zealand all the way to Dubai. I'm pretty jealous of him but he's put his time in now and is a Case Manager at a local hospital making about $50/ hr in addition to getting paid to teach ACLS classes on occasion. My mom is also an RN making about $40 an hr. Shoulda just followed in their footsteps. HAHA
 
alaskaman said:
My opinion is that a license is the key to staying employed. I was directing development of hospitals back in the 90's and jobs were getting tight. I took some tests which assessed my aptitude with those already working in positions and their responses to the same questions. I scored high on all the science so I looked at occupational therapy, physical therapy and medicine. Nursing was middle rated but I looked at decided to go for that. I worked as a home health aide to see if I could work with people in that way and made the jump to RN school early 1991. I have been very happy with the job itself. Noone was forecasting the shortage then and jobs were hard to come by. Now I get calls every week from recruiters. The job is exciting and fun and at times very demanding. If you are at all interested in the feild, MRI and CT techs are sought after as well, I would encourage any person young and not so young to look into it. Best of Luck. When you have a license, you have a job.
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Yup, the medical field in general is a good place to be these days. My wife is a pharmacist and i am very jealous of her! She gets paid very well (~100k/year), have great hours (7-3:30 pm; she works in hospital), and tremendous benefits (part of teacher's benefits). Like alaskaman said, you can make a very decent living in the medical field because demand is up. Of course, with Obama being elected and possibly crunching down on the medical reimbursements, this may change in the future. But, as of right now, the medical field is still strong.
 
Best advice I can give you is to be happy with what you do and don't worry about the money , if you have a passion for what you do the money will follow with being passionate about what you do.
 
Falls said:
Best advice I can give you is to be happy with what you do and don't worry about the money , if you have a passion for what you do the money will follow with being passionate about what you do.
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I hate my job but i love the pay. ;):
 
You're just in between a rock and a hard place right now. The economy is pretty much in the tank and you don't have any experience. It's hard enough getting a job right out of college when the economy is good, let alone when it's bad.

It really depends on the industry you're looking at though. I literally just had a recruiter send me an email a few minutes ago, I hadn't talked to him in 4 years. Like someone else mentioned I think the "green" jobs are going to be the future.

If you can afford the low pay, try taking an internship to get experience under your belt. You'll soon find out experience pays a lot more than school eventually.
 

Sure, everyone wants their kids to end up being doctors, lawyers or Indian chiefs.......but be realistic about how things are.

The people with specialized skills are also going to be in demand. There are many positions that may not require a "four year degree" or a Harvard education, but which need to be filled by people with certain training or experience.

Diesel mechanics, HVAC specialists, electricians, welders, plumbers and pipefitters are just a few that I can think of off hand. In some markets, those folks can write their own paychecks and those positions are recession-proof.

Even some other "blue collar" fields are in demand as well. I am a trucker by trade, and there are fewer and fewer people who possess a valid CDL (especially Class A) & pass a drug test. (Yeah, that is sad; but makes those of us who have driving experience even more valuable.) Skilled tradesmen of any stripe can still garner top dollar for their labor, as there is always some type of building or remodeling going on somewhere.


Jobs are out there, even in the "down" economy. No doubt that people are hurting, but this is still a nation of opportunity. Right now,a slow week for me is when I work fewer than fifty hours a week!
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Jeff Kleb said:



Diesel mechanics, HVAC specialists, electricians, welders, plumbers and pipefitters are just a few that I can think of off hand. In some markets, those folks can write their own paychecks and those positions are recession-proof.


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I dunno about recession proof. With construction slowing down a lot of those folks are out of work.

It's just like everything else with jobs... supply and demand. The reason doctors and lawyers make higher than average incomes is because more people need their services than there are people qualified to do the job, so their time is more valuable, and hence they make more. If there is a job with a relative low cost of entry in terms of knowledge, say fast food, they get paid less.

When houses were going up left and right the construction workers, plumbers, electricians, etc, were doing well because they couldn't build homes fast enough. Builders would pay premiums for their service. Now that very few people can afford new homes, their services are needed at a much lower level. This results in some making less, some losing their jobs.

Same thing as metal prices. Steel and copper were recently extremely expensive because of all of the new building. Now that building has stopped metal is no longer as valuable as it was and the prices for it have tumbled.



Economics 101. :)
 
SonRunner is right...i know of several truckers who have come across my path and have complained about the rising costs of "trucking," esp. when gas prices go up. And when economy goes down, i would imagine the trucking industry suffers as well.
 
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