Employers market.....

[lendaddy]

Here is a Craigslist ad here locally:

Planning Coordinator

Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Duration: 6+ Months

Responsibilities:

• This Planning Coordinator position will provide and perform administrative support services by compiling, monitoring, updating, and distributing various information, reports, schedules, etc. as required for dept. purposes.
• It will also acquire and develop experience while assisting with basic levels of selected Planner Accomplishments including, Finish Stock and Component Planning, Inventory Management, Data Control, etc., working under the following conditions and criteria:
o Handles problems of limited scope.
o Works under close supervision following specific, detailed instruction.
o Contacts various corporate departments, outside vendors and other professionals within the department or division.
o Associates degree in Business Admin. or equivalent experience.
• Focus on support of the scheduling function.
• Develop and implement inventory, production, and allocation plans to meet established inventory and customer service targets.
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, executing and ensuring on-time delivery of finished goods, components, raw materials and distribution orders.
• Establish and maintain strong global relationships with both internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Manage change within supply chain resulting from product launches/revisions, shifts in demand or customer expectations, product promotions and product discontinuances.

Skills Summary:

• Must have strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong computer skills (Excel spreadsheets)
• JDE or Logic experience
• Previous logistics/scheduling




* Location: Grand Rapids
* Compensation: $12/hr
* Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Seriously??????? For $25k a year?? I paid my part time guys doing general assembly almost this.

[Paul_Heery]

It's a buyer's market. I would hazard a guess that there will be some people with advanced degrees applying for that position. When you have no income, you do what you can to eat.

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by Paul_Heery

It's a buyer's market. I would hazard a guess that there will be some people with advanced degrees applying for that position. When you have no income, you do what you can to eat.

Indeed, the times they are a changin'

[vash]

what does a assist manager at starbucks make? gotta be close.

[masraum]

Well, if I was out of work, that's more than I'd get from unemployment, but it still sucks.

What's the cost of living in GR, MI like. I visited once. It didn't look like the cost of living should be too high based on what I saw, and how far is GR from Detroit?

Thank goodness I'm not in the position to have to consider that job.

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by masraum

Well, if I was out of work, that's more than I'd get from unemployment, but it still sucks.

What's the cost of living in GR, MI like. I visited once. It didn't look like the cost of living should be too high based on what I saw, and how far is GR from Detroit?

Thank goodness I'm not in the position to have to consider that job.

Unemployment pays $19k a year.

Anyway, G.R. is average C.O.L. I guess. You can rent a one bedroom for maybe $700 -$800 a month but it won't be nice. A real rat hole for $400-$450.

[Rick Lee]

Pumping gas at the Chevron or flipping burgers at the In-N-Out by my house starts at $10 per hr. I might be filling out an application pretty soon. More likely, I'll end up waiting tables for a bit.

[azasadny]

My salary is down about 30% from 2007 levels. I'm just glad I'm still employed... MI is not a good place to be, although many other places are also getting bad, employment-wise.

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Unemployment pays $19k a year.

I'd take the unemployment and find some work that paid under the table.

[legion]

Movers can make some good money off the books.

My little sister's best friend, who racked up $80,000 in student loans after taking 7 years at Columbia to get a bachelor's in film now works as a mover to keep his income off the books...

[Rick Lee]

I was a mover in high school and it paid $10 hr. in cash plus tips. That was pretty good in 1988.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I think you can pretty easily make $20/hr mowing yards. I know I did when I was in middle school, that was 15 years ago.

[Arizona_928]

I got $10 hr moving lawns while i was in middle school. it was soo unreliable though
I get 6.75/hr now. but where else can you learn to be a baker.

[Zeke]

I got a lot more than that washing windows in high rises at the beach in the '60's!!!

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Unemployment pays $19k a year.

Anyway, G.R. is average C.O.L. I guess. You can rent a one bedroom for maybe $700 -$800 a month but it won't be nice. A real rat hole for $400-$450.

Wow, rent prices here are waaay cheaper, probably 25% cheaper.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by Kurt V

I'd take the unemployment and find some work that paid under the table.

In the Land of Lincoln and Obama, you can only collect unemployment for 26 weeks, plus now an additional 13 weeks so for a total of 39 weeks or 9 months.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by lendaddy

Unemployment pays $19k a year.

Anyway, G.R. is average C.O.L. I guess. You can rent a one bedroom for maybe $700 -$800 a month but it won't be nice. A real rat hole for $400-$450.

Here in Houston, back in 2001 when I got laid off it was $404 a week max. I think that works out to 21k per year.

[strupgolf]

There was a school janitor job in Ohio paying $15.37/hr plus benefits. They had over 500 apps. for that one. This is a very different world today; you do what you have to do.