Where are the jobs? We’ve got the answer

I was jobless for months. Actually I'm still jobless. In the meanwhile I get temp jobs here and there.

Jobless.- Keep the -faith- and continue looking. (F A I T H) means Full Access In To Heaven

I am frustrated because they are prejudice to x felons i have 13year plus experience in janitorial, i am a ross medical graduate, american career academy grad entreprenuer and yet i cant keep a job because of my felony 6 years ago raised a college grad how could this be? When people work with me they say i am great a hard worker easy to teach yet when my background come up i am fired. Employers hire me on the basis of my experience work ethics and personality and that blimish comes up and i am out the door i cant seem to make enough from my business to make something stronger i cant get the money to pay for expungement cant get the job cause of the record a vicous cycle now i may lose my house and i only get 442.00 a month till that runs out i missed up a long time ago and the work force is telling my life is over why wont dedicated hard workers get a chance to work hard instead of penilized permanantly.(is that spelled with an e? my badd)

I have been out of work for over a year and get no unemployment and no one cares at all

where are the electrical ,plumber,pipefitter ,welder type jobs at!!!!!

Everyone go to hell

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where are the good jobs for those that have some work history but not alot? because im looking for those jobs for 10.00hr so i can get out of where i am now. if any one can help me out or just point me out in the right direction then please do. thank you

Ironically, after spending 6 years dealing with several health issues, which I have finally now completely resolved, I have now reentered the job market only to be told by Robert Half that I am unemployable. I have 20 years of experience and a BS and MBA from a top 25 school. Being a conservative I never once took a single handout or "entitlement" program handout and funded all of my medical and living expenses myself from my 30 years of savings and all of the equity in my fully paid for home. Now that the medical profession has saved me from early death, I find my employment prospects so bleak that I may well end up dying from exposure and starvation in the street. I have tried innumerable things to find employment and even tried starting my own business. Unfortunately nothing has produced anything. I was amused by the truth behind Mavis' comment ... it is pretty much exactly what I have experienced when I used to have a job except I can add in, as a single person, having to do all the work for people who had to leave on time to pick up their kids because I supposedly had no reason to leave and have a life.

Mavis is right on. Reading these posts help. Saturday will be my 1 year anniversary of lay off. I had my 29th job interview yesterday. Yes folks #29. Already received "the" email stating thank you for taking the time but we regret to inform you we chose a candidate that more closely fits our needs at this time. I was employed for 17 years as an Office Manager with the same employer. I had an interview with Alaska Airlines a couple of weeks ago and I found out what the job truly was for which I was told paid $9.88 an hour was ticket agent, baggage loader, de-icing the plane, and pushing the plane out, I was told "they do it all there" for some reason I cannot explain, that interview made me finally realize that most of the recruiters & HR Personel are not even paying attention to the applications, resumes & cover letters. I know I will never make or come close to what I made previously. I have also confronted the reality that employers are not paying honest wages. Most ask "what are you looking for in wages". They are fishing for the most desperate. Another interview I had was to manage 2 offices. On my 2nd interview the question was asked "what wage I was seeking". When I responded with 55k, and that is low wages for the position, he told me they were paying $700 a week salary. So disheartening when they knew my previous wages, experience & education. I keep tredging on and never give up. It is my faith that sustains me through this most difficult time.
It has been an education for me. The questions that some interviewers have asked have been unbelieveable. I have been asked where I previously worked and what I did there. This person did not have my application/resume in front of him. He had not a clue. Not prepared. And to think, this person is employed and makes decisions. Scary. Remember everyone. You are not alone. Hold your head up no matter how low you feel.

Many good comments. At my age, (59) what's the point of trying to get a job here in US anymore anyway? The rich sent their factories overseas & all of the jobs over here are now filled with Asians. I'm want to emigrate back to Europe before the Asians & Mexicans take over Amercia (if not already). But I hear Europe is suffering an explosion of radical Muslim immigrants. Any suggestions where to go?

I too got laid off one year ago this month. It is quite humbling, as I have never been laid off or fired before. I am an x-ray technician and although part of me needs to stay in the medical field due to making more money, I am kind of tired of it. I've been doing this all of my life and would like to try something different. The bad part is, applying for anything out of the medical field-no one calls you back because you are applying for something that has nothing to do with medicine. My unemployment will run out soon and sometimes I think God has forgotten about me. I try so hard to keep my chin up and constantly pray that I will find something-anything. I was glad to hear I'm not alone. I wish all of you good luck in your search. -Tammy

Mavis,,your verry talented indeed! Intelligent, witty,,well spoken,,I would also enjoy more of your "input of life according to Mavis" please publish something! I would indeed pay to read such refreshing works,,ty,,,RG

By the way. AFTER billions in additional tax breaks for the SAME billionaires--- in January--within THREE weeks 45 MORE manufacturing firms had been SHUT DOWN and the jobs sent to COMMUNIST RED CHINA.YES the SAME China that KILLED our troops in Korea AND Nam.I am a Nam era VET that knows Korean war vets who's eyes well up with tears at every mention of RED CHINA.These super GREEDY RICH Bastards have been GIVEN the peoples money and NOW the SAME corrupt Politicians want to CUT the damn hell out of programs that WE the people WORKED for and EARNED---Social Security---Medicare---and Medicaid."IF" those GREEDY Bastards PAID their fair SHARE of taxes and those Politicians PAID theirs and STOP raising THEIR pay--there would be no need to cut the deficit on the backs of WE the PEOPLE.I have spoken.

"Where are the jobs"? How about "COMMUNIST RED CHINA" Where corporate America and their Ploitical lackies in Washington DC conspired to send them.So much for Bullshit while the American people have been BETRAYED by America's GREEDY billionaires and POWER lusting Politicians.

I have been unemployed since May of 2009, and have been looking for work. The good Lord has provided for me duing this time, today I was feeling down and your praise has lifted my spirits...keep it up.

What fantasy land is this author living in??!! IT Security, DB Administrator?! Those jobs were some of the first white collar jobs to go overseas (still are). Plus, in this lousy economy you definintely DO NOT want to be in sales OR marketing.

This article is junk!

Mavis, why aren't you writing. I would definitely buy your book. Keep the faith, don't let anyone tell you you CAN'T and PRAISE GOD for NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND TRUSTING IN HIS SUFFICIENCIES!

This country must buld things,we have only been great when we did so.

mavis, i really appreciated your comment. never being able to relax is big and it contributes to bad health in so many ways. i like that you refer to your current status as being Free but i do hope you find work that will allow you some peace of mind and take you into retirement.

This is unbelievable in this time... I quit my job.... last Juy. Tha action was inspired from long hours.. low vacation time (one week after 11.5 years), constant bickering in the atmosphere. I so needed to feel finished with one project so I could go on. I decided I could get finished and breath. I felt I could pull in one direction when my emoplyer could not.

Out of the pot and into the frying pan. I am a student now.. this article caught me of course. What do I want to be when i grow up? I am studying accounting and looking at the medical field. Where are the jobs?... overseas?

Your tools are good, and open new avenues for job search. But sometimes when utilizing job seeking tools I realize that I've been there, done that.
Jobs for me have come, and gone. Retirement is not an option. So, what do I do to stay employed? Job loss has affected the entire spectrum of workplaces, particularly in hardware technology and its related industries, semiconductors, for example.

For me, that's reality. I am a mechanical drafter. I've come to accept the fact that I will keep a job for nine to fifteen months, and then to avoid going belly up, my employer will cut back employees. I assume they pick their victims first by pay rate, then by value. Then it's anyone's guess: seniority, office politics, who hangs with whom, or who can be bullied out with least resistance. I fall into that last category.

Whatever the reason, I, along with hundreds of others have experienced lay-off. After the initial sting of shame wears off, the job search itself becomes a valued job skill. We write resumes to kill for and our performances on interviews are worthy of Oscars. We become self-assured, confident, and more educated. We hone our job skills and broaden our knowledge bases. We practice with Toastmasters and Dale Carnegie until we rival Leno and Letterman. We are suave and charismatic.

But even the toughest among us can become discouraged. Consider us whose skills are less diversified because our work was industry specific. We spend hours working up our courage reciting self-promoting monologues all the way to another interview. We arrive on time, if not early, and smile nervously, even though the interviewer's face has panned from boredom. We feign control with artificial animations as we are escorted out the door.

I suppose it was my own fault I was chosen for lay-off. I think back to ponder what I could have done differently. I usually stayed close to my desk, finished my work, ate lunch there, and didn't claim overtime for working through. Perhaps I should have mixed more, and relaxed like the rest of the group.

On my last job, that would have required coming in late and hung over, painting my toenails at my desk, then chatting and texting with relatives (I have 11 siblings). After that I would spend a couple of hours outside shooting hoops with the guys, and several more day-trading, emailing, and shopping on line. This would all be done to the blaring of a 'banned for content' radio station on a co-worker's computer. Maybe I should have worn short skirts, flashed skin, or flirted, fondled, fought, and cursed with them. And gossiped. It never ceases to amaze me what people say. much less believe. Sadly, those are the employees the company kept. I wonder about its future, and worry about Cheney's pacemaker.

Actually, I'm glad to be free for a while. I don't miss the nervous rancor of uncertainty, my head doesn't ache, my stomach has settled, and I sleep well. Forced frugality has slimmed my figure, and time outdoors has strengthened my heart and nourished my soul. I'll find another job. And I am now wiser about co-workers and corporate dysfunction. I'm staying closer to home this time 'round, and looking for ways to turn my hobbies into income. I continue fasting a meal a day, and wear more clothes indoors as winter bares its teeth. But my will is my own, my personal safety isn't jeopardized, and I have self-respect. Most of all, I am at liberty to shout, "Praise the Lord!" whenever the Spirit so moves. I am also studying in another discipline.