One of the most depressing things on the face of the planet is job hunting.  When I go on websites where I can apply for jobs, I read all the qualifications you are supposed to have (the list goes on and on) and then you read what the salary is, and its like 10 bucks and hour.  Who do these slave drivers think they are.  I use to attend a Byzantine liturgy (liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) and the priest one day gave a sermon on how the american workplace is going the way of slavery.  According to him, only people who are very intelligent can get good jobs to support their families.  I agree with him. I see others getting rich around me, with no care of those who suffer. Many of our good paying jobs have been sent over seas.  The rich get richer and the poor are getting to the point of sustenance wages.  Yet, right now, at least we are not starving, like the poor in other countries.

My experience (from quite some time ago) was that the websites specializing in job listings offer the most depressing ones to read.

When you've had a look at what such websites have to offer in your area, move on to more traditional options. Try your local paper, but don't stop there. Think of a few places around you where you might be a good fit and call to see if they have openings. If they're big enough, openings will be listed on their own website before they pay money to list it elsewhere.

If your skills match the needs of a very small business, just call and ask as they'll likely "need" help for awhile before the boss gets around to actually taking out an ad and doing interviews. You never know when you'll hit a sweet spot.

Maybe you need to change your attitude. I know people here that would love to get a job that pays $10 an hour.  

Maybe you need to change your attitude. I know people here that would love to get a job that pays $10 an hour.  

if you make less then $10 or nothing at all, then sure, $10 sounds great-the real question is how many hours at that rate? also, can you live on that? single, likely more then marreid and definately, $10 not going far for a family........$10 is buying less and less and again, its is a statistical fact that wages, frozen since 1973, started going down by late 90's, while cost of living, inflation going up.....the line are going in opposites.......

Many companies now might give you $10, but not the full 40 hrs and deifinately, not any OT....few and far between....

I read an article on Fox News tonight that tradesmen are coming back in demand.  Electricians, welders, oil and gas workers, etc, if you are not the college type and civil, bio and enviro engineering if you have the degree and that skill set.

Trades are god nad can make decent money, plus many are on-job and 2 year tech school, quicker and cheaper then 4-8 yrs college.....my nephew got laid off and no prospects after getting a 4 yr degree, went back and 2 yrs later, has a RN and a job in hospital......good as wife was only real wage earner and a baby on the way in March.....

can go anywhere in USA, Canada and elsewhere w/nursing, albeit, some fees, etc and language.....

One of the most depressing things on the face of the planet is job hunting.  When I go on websites where I can apply for jobs, I read all the qualifications you are supposed to have (the list goes on and on) and then you read what the salary is, and its like 10 bucks and hour.  Who do these slave drivers think they are.

How old are you?
Do you have to support anyone?
Where do you live? (rented apt, with parents, mortgaged home)
What are your skills?

Questions to ask those that give you advise:

How old are you.
Do you have to support anyone?
Where do you live? (rented apt, with parents, mortgaged home)
What are your skills?

I use to attend a Byzantine liturgy (liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) and the priest one day gave a sermon on how the american workplace is going the way of slavery.  According to him, only people who are very intelligent can get good jobs to support their families.

What does a priest know about business? He's a priest. It's like asking an actor about politics.

I see others getting rich around me, with no care of those who suffer.

How are you suffering? How can they care for others, what do you suggest?

Many of our good paying jobs have been sent over seas.

Good paying and bad paying and everything in between has been sent overseas.

 

The rich get richer and the poor are getting to the point of sustenance wages.  Yet, right now, at least we are not starving, like the poor in other countries.

If the rich around you get richer, they will provide work for you when they buy all the toys, and services they need, so it's not so bad as you think. The middle class in America is dwingly at a rapid pace, that is a fact. All you can you is work smarter and harder to get  ahead. The days of working at a job that anyone can learn in one week, and getting paid $25+ an hour, are long gone. That's a fact. And the guys who did that work, and went home and had 2 six-packs, and drove their  cadillac to work next day hungover, and did that for 30 years and retired, those days are long gone. They were living in a dream world in the USA. Now, it is reality time. Today, if one does not hussle, they'll be trampled over by someone who does.

the priest is looking at the whole, big picture and what he sees daily as his role as spiritual father and what he hears......he is not a mole, in some cave in the mountains.....

your analogy with the actor-politician and priest-business is highly incorrect........

that said, conservatives worship Reagan, he as both, none of them are saying about their man "hey, what does he know about politics"

Priests shold be familiar with Rerum Novarum and other encyclicals.....

and again, it does not take much to make connections of wage slavery and buisness.........

you would have heard that a lot this last weekend conference.....from those in and out of academia, buisness,politics,etc.....

Clint, your last coment was very telling and I think you have exposed yourself as Nadiaportante or whatever!!!!!!!  :dancing-banana: :ready-to-eat:
someone the other day accused you of being the same person, under 2 different accounts-Clint and Nadia.........

your last paragraph sounds almost to the tee like him in the comments in the thread about welfare were Nadia and I/Clare/others had a big brew-ha-ha.....you equate people struggling to them being lazy and not hussling enough.....same thoughts as Nadia!!!!

Congrads, man, for exposing yourself, Nadia/Clint.....

(set, match)

If the rich around you get richer, they will provide work for you when they buy all the toys, and services they need, so it's not so bad as you think. The middle class in America is dwingly at a rapid pace, that is a fact. All you can you is work smarter and harder to get  ahead. The days of working at a job that anyone can learn in one week, and getting paid $25+ an hour, are long gone. That's a fact. And the guys who did that work, and went home and had 2 six-packs, and drove their  cadillac to work next day hungover, and did that for 30 years and retired, those days are long gone. They were living in a dream world in the USA. Now, it is reality time. Today, if one does not hussle, they'll be trampled over by someone who does.

again, a very Nadia type comment, same words and thinking.....

again, Clint=Nadia and Nadia=CLint!!!   :dancing-banana: :rahrah:


(if some odd reason not, then scary 2 people are ignorant of CST and the pre-V2 Papal teachings)