So, ya...where ARE the jobs anyway...?

[FirstLight]

You know, manufacturing jobs and infrastructure is fine, but what about those of us who work in clerical/admin or *gasp* creative venues...?
Or are those management and admin jobs supposed to 'trickle down' as more construction co's, etc get contracts...?

really. who else benefits from those programs?

and where does that leave the rest of us?

I guess we could call this my bi-monthly rant on employment or the lack thereof and my angst spilling over.
Wondering why i have such bad sleep patterns and this feeling of lethargy I can't shake and it takes all my effort to just do the regular house chores, gee...could i be depressed? you betcha.

When searching for a job has become a merry-go-round between craigslist, monster, careerbuilder, and the local paper...and anything wqorth even applying for is 30 miles away and over a summitt (that i would drive in the snow, obviously) and even then i'm not getting any bites...what's the next option?
My skills mean nothing, i have only an AA and a recent HR management certificate that means diddly when they want a 4 year degree and 3 years of experience.. my best bet is to find a way to get my stupid book ideas published, make my million and cash in my chips...

I miss not having someplace to BE each day. I miss not having a reason to get up in the morning and I miss a PAYCHECK...I worry about how this looks to my kids, and honestly, i also feel bad in front of other parents at their school. We can't participate in bookfairs or certain PTA events because we can't afford it. I hate that my kids know the meaning of the term 'mommy's broke'
~~~

I have an idea to start a non profit and I even know enough folks in this town to get a board together. Then maybe a grant would get it off the ground... maybe that would be a better use of my time than groveling for something that ain't there anyway. maybemaybemaybe...
I just wish i had the drive right now, feeling like hiding under the covers until.... when? (2012 may not even be long enough.)

[FirstLight]

1. kick...

[MidwestRick]

2. Funny you started this topic today.

I actually just opened up a job board on my blog today, specifically for the food truck industry. It's free to those looking and free for the food truck owners who have positions they need filled. At this time, I felt it was my time to help the economy however I could. Being unemployed myself, I kept questioning if I should make it a free service, but since I am blogging on a topic, I love, I thought what the hell, I'll post both jobs and candidate background for nothing. Some day when I get to monetizing the blog, I might get a buck or two for advertising, but for now, while I search for a job (out of this industry)for myself, why not help others who are looking for work.

-MR

[FirstLight]

4. good for you

lemme know if it yeilds any results, for you or others...

i guess word-of-mouth is still worth something in these days of internet resumes, right?

[MidwestRick]

5. Absolutely.

With the food truck industry being all the rage these days. I have been getting a lot of requests to do something like this. Lot's of truck owners are looking to bring staff on, but since their primary advertising platform is twitter, they were looking for something outside of the big boards like Monster. Initially, I was just planning on the job posting, but within seconds of posting about it, a reader asked if I had plans to post information for job hunters. So after about 2 seconds of thinking about it, I turned around a page specifically for them. Sure it's not going to produce the views a Monster or Careerbuilder would provide, but the looks will come from those specifically in the mobile food industry.

I have my fingers crossed and hope it works. If I can help marry up a truck and employee, the work involved will absolutely be worth it. Back in the 90's I worked as a headhunter in the auto industry, and I can recall days where getting someone a job far outweighed the time and effort it took to get the job done.

I would provide a direct link to the pages, but the folks at the top here have asked me not to do that as it is looked at as spamming the forum, which I told them I would not do.

-MR

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. kick

[FirstLight]

6. kick again...

i guess the threads about keith and bush jr are more interesting than real talk about unemployment...
i am also posting this for ideas of new places to look, if anyone has ideas ;)

[Hannah Bell]

7. kr. our local paper has 3 jobs advertised. all with specialty qualifications.

but there's a half-page of people advertising their cleaning, painting, landscaping, handyman etc businesses.