Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: bozack
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Not attitude, Fact. I've been doing the "Proper" and encouraged Networking of getting my Resume to as many Networked contacts as possible in may different fields too including Real Estate, Medical. There was a whopping 6 jobs listed in our local paper yesterday. Come here and show where the jobs are, you won't find them.
Are you effing kidding me Dave? you are out of work??? how long have you been out? and aren't you in IT?? are you even looking?? where do you live??....heck I moved into one of the most depressed IT sectors in the country at the height of the fallout (Moved from DC with a good full time Job at NASA with SAIC to Massachusetts with no prospects in Mar 2002 because of my wife's ambitions) and still managed to get a decent contractor gig in less than a month and a half....held onto it for a year, and now I am with a solid company, still as a contractor, but back at my old rate of pay with a much easier position supporting biotech...sure at first it was hard as I was only making about 38K but it was still better than unemployment and I was out doing something....
Are you just awful with IT? did that incident from before kill any chances? have you considered IT sales? Real Estate in this area is a great field to go into....
I just cannot fathom how anyone with initiative can be out of work for that long...there has to be something, heck I am proof positive that IT work can still be found by anyone who is determined enough...and heck I wasn't that determined.
I live 80 miles Northeast of Atlanta in the other Gainesville, most people immediately think Gainesville Florida but their is a Gainesville Georgia.
There is only a handful of Plants still left, they have all closed down as the jobs have gone to China. The largest Factory will be the third home of the local Walmart, it will be as large as the 4 Football field monster that just opened in La Quinta California. The biggest job market here is Mexicans processing chickens, Gainesville is the biggest Producer of Chickens in the world, there is even a Statue of a chicken near the downtown square.
Yes, out since July 1, 2002 when the "incident" hit causing my job at Cingular to go by way of the Dodo bird.
"did that incident from before kill any chances?" That's a good question, I don't know, I don't know what people are finding when they do a "background" check. Every Company is doing extensive checks now, which they should but I have no idea what that check says.
I am not alone here, many folks continue to lose their jobs and their houses here. The blood letting may have slowed in the rest of the Country but not here. Builders have been slashing the prices on homes as they can't fill these thousands of empty shells.
That is most likely the answer that this area is done.
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