Is the job market currently that pathetic?

[retaildaytrader]

I would say to hang in there. Go to FED Fred database and research the areas where the unemployment rate is lowest.

As you can see from the following graphs, the unemployment rate seems to be dropping so in another 6-12 months, I am hoping for everyone's sake, that its better then it is now.

 

[thenmmm]

yeah 10x for the replies so far...i don't have the time to comment unfortunately and...on a side note - i was thinking a while for freelancing - but it seems that for every online job - there are like 50 Indian programmers...and they offer to do the job for 200$...a month. So, basically - someone needs a social community created which would cost $5000 in the states and western europe, but in India - it's $200. Can't really beat that. Of coure it's another issue that indian programmers....don't speak English as their...native language...OK they're kinda too far from 'native speaking' - and for some reason they all love java and php, but not .net and c++ which are often better choices...but that's another topic...

 

[Dragons Teeth]

Quote from Roark:

It is the big deal. Ever hear of Obamacare? People are afraid to start small businessess or any business really, because they cannot afford health insurance. It goes up every year, while incomes are decreasing. The fear and uncertainty is inhibiting business starts, which is adversely affecting the employment market, which is adversely affecting the housing market.

If you are afraid to start a business due to red tape, taxes and other contributions then your business model is either unviable or you’re a fantasist.

 

[Roark]

Quote from Dragons Teeth:

If you are afraid to start a business due to red tape, taxes and other contributions then your business model is either unviable or you’re a fantasist.

You're a complete, brain-dead idiot with poor reading comprehension. Read the thread again and see what you missed, dip shit.

 

[joe4422]

Quote from Maverickz:

I am not saying that there are enough jobs for everyone to have to have one but there are a crap ton of REAL jobs out there to be had. Remember that I said Monster only shows 1000 listings so there might be 3-4k or even more jobs per major city. I did not narrow it down by field to see. However, 90% of the jobs I saw were REAL, go in and apply jobs. Everything from construction to teachers, paralegals, secretaries, sanitation, auto repair, fast food, and more. Are you telling me there are no construction workers looking for work? No teachers that are unemployed? No one with the "specialized" skills required to be a secretary that needs a job? Of course you aren't. So why are these jobs sitting out there open? They don't pay as well for working as what Uncle Sam is paying to do nothing. Even if there were only 500k jobs like this nation wide, if people would actually take them instead of being lazy asses that would be 500k less people sucking the government tit and actually paying into the tax system.

The problem with a lot of jobs today is that the pay is so low, it's not even enough to live. We don't live in a society where extended families live together. We may just have to start doing that.

I'm lucky, I don't have to work, but if I did I would be really pissed off. Most jobs that are on offer today, wouldn't even pay rent.

 

[Vinny1]

Quote from retaildaytrader:

I would say to hang in there. Go to FED Fred database and research the areas where the unemployment rate is lowest.

As you can see from the following graphs, the unemployment rate seems to be dropping so in another 6-12 months, I am hoping for everyone's sake, that its better then it is now.

The unemployment rate is dropping because more people are not being counted. We can have 50% of the people unemployed but they'll say that we have 0% unemployment rate.

 

[Vinny1]

I saw a job ad on Craigslist several years ago. It said...

Make $500 per day for making phone calls.

Out of curiosity, I called and left a voicemail. The guy calls me back and says that I have to send him $500 through Western Union so that I can then also start posting that same ad on Craigslist for myself. What a scam artist he was. Anyone who would send him money must have rocks in their head for brains. Just to add, it is free to post job ads in most of the cities on Craigslist. San Francisco costs $75 per ad and several other cities cost $25 per ad...

http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/posting_fees

 

[Dragons Teeth]

Quote from Roark:

You're a complete, brain-dead idiot with poor reading comprehension. Read the thread again and see what you missed, dip shit.

Every single post you have made in this thread has been loaded with negativity and I want to know the real reason that would stop you starting a business or even growing a business in what is still one of the most business friendly democracies in the Northern hemispere.