Occupy Wall Street

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

There ARE enough jobs. They just pay lower than a certain person's unemployment does. I work at a staffing company. There are jobs constantly being put out there but people are either not qualified, won't take it because of the pay, or get the job and it doesn't work out for whatever reason.

The "not qualified" is a biggie though. When Quicken Loans had that job fair to fill 500 positions in Detroit, 2500 people showed up. That's not indicative of their being "enough jobs". They were all jobs that required higher education too: finance and IT focused types of jobs. My ex has had a lot more interviews over the past month. *keeping fingers crossed*

And really, not many jobs pay less than unemployment. The max unemployment rate in Michigan comes to about $9 an hour. And there are lots of 99ers out there (exhausted all unemployment benefits) who would take that, but can't get it. My ex has been told outright at places like Walmart that they aren't going to hire an MBA to be a cashier because they know he'd leave as soon as he got something in his field.

Since being unemployed, he has gotten his boiler operator license and his CPA. Now he's working on a Masters in Information Systems, hoping that gets him something. Some companies are saying outright that they will only hire people who are already employed. This is a crazy economy.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AGDee

My ex has been told outright at places like Walmart that they aren't going to hire an MBA to be a cashier because they know he'd leave as soon as he got something in his field.

That is why people have more than one resume`/c.v. You market yourself based on the positions.

Why would someone give Walmart a resume` with an MBA on it for a cashier position? Save the MBA for a Walmart corporate position that requires that education level, experience, and has a much higher salary.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

That is why people have more than one resume`/c.v. You market yourself based on the positions.

Why would someone give Walmart a resume` with an MBA on it for a cashier position? Save the MBA for a Walmart corporate position that requires that education level, experience, and has a much higher salary.

When the only jobs you've had for the past 25 years are as an accountant/financial analyst, what would you put on the application? That you've never worked? I don't think they'd hire that person either.