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Originally posted by DonDavis
There's PLENTY of work out there. Don't listen to the lies the TV and papers tell you.
The job market has been for 30 years, and from now on, will be changing, moving and dynamic. People have to learn to change with it. ......
I'm not attacking you Shuie, just disagreeing with the job market take.
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Disagreeing is fine. Its cool Don, it makes me look at things from a different angle. I don' interpret it as an attack at all. I don't know the answers either
. Don’t misunderstand; I wasn’t pointing a finger at Washington or the President. That wouldn’t make any sense or fix anything.
No argument that we need to be versatile enough to change as the economy does. I’m lucky that I’m currently in a field that has a lot of activity. It’s not exactly what I went to school for, but I’m constantly looking around and trying to keep my eyes open for something that will keep me a step ahead.
My fiancé has 3 degrees. She graduated ChemE in 2001. She has a Chemistry degree and is an accountant as well. Her unemployment extension was cutoff short Jan 1st due to something that didn’t get passed through congress this year and budget issues for 2004.
As far as the notion about there being plenty of work out there goes, it depends on where you are and what field you are talking about. My fiancé is currently working as a straight commission professional recruiter trying to place other professionals in new jobs around the country and hasn’t seen a check since her unemployment was cut short in January.
I know there are some signs of an improving economy, but the job market still sucks in a lot places in this country for a lot of people. If I get run off tomorrow, I might get lucky and be on a plane doing short term consulting gigs within a week. I’m not expecting anyone to get out their violin for me or my career path though.
I don’t believe what the TV or papers say about the unemployment rate at all. Sure it’s gone down, but why? Not because of new or re-instated jobs. It’s because everyone that was on emergency unemployment extension has been cutoff. Maybe that’s what it means when someone runs as a fiscal conservative
