[SeaGypsy]

To risk his and other people's necks, by the looks? How much do they spend insuring him? Is it for a set period and does it include all expenses?
Has he read the fine print?

[SeaGypsy]

An uncle of mine has been a GP for about 30 years. He volunteered on an Everest mission as team doctor, during which 4 people died, but 3 more were pulled out alive. His experience (after waiting 7 years on the waiting list) led to a position as team Doctor for the Australian Antarctic mission 6 months a year. Of course he is on big biccies and loves his job.

[Serial_Worrier]

Get used to it. IN the post-crash era, we'll all be wiping shit-crusted bums.

[bochen280]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', 'G')et used to it. IN the post-crash era, we'll all be wiping shit-crusted bums.

[SeaGypsy]

Believe me as one who works in the sector, when it gets 'that bad' you will get the sack for letting the shit crust.

[misterno]

I am the one who started this topic. So my wife is still looking for a job. Last thing that she did was to apply to restaurants and be a greeter at the door. This is the only choice she had left apart from waiting to hear from previous applications.
Even for the greeter job which is probably the one of the lowest jobs you can find in US, she has gotten the response either to wait till there a position available or that her English is not adequate.

[SeaGypsy]

So how long before wiping bums for minimum starts looking acceptable? I gather Mrs No doesn't know that sometimes we all have to do crap we consider beneath us in order to leverage opportunity.

[Serial_Worrier]

Dig ditches, pick berries, work in a slaughterhouse. Don't be such a snob!

[SeaGypsy]

Has Mrs No found a job yet I wonder? For free or otherwise?

During our mid year semester break here (I've been doing dyslexia & ADHD support @ uni & TAFE the last 18 months) I have just about finished a course in heavy transport ops. Truck license, forklift, loading and securing, first aid, logistics, building and port site safety etc.

I was about to take a well paid job up north in the Guv sector when I found out the employer (a local guv council) is broke and about to declare bankruptcy.The TAFE I have been working at just had $200 mil stripped from it's funding in the last few months; so as students finish, no new enrolments have been coming through to my company's support staff. I knew this was coming 6 months ago so I jumped the gun and enrolled in the trucking course. The place I have been studying has offered me full time work assisting their CALD & Dyslexic students, office compliance support etc. I might take it for a while, but really would prefer to just drive trucks for a while, as this is more compatible with writing my book. Next week I finish the course and will make a decision then. Meanwhile the agency I have been working for just got another two major uni contracts and has started sending out invitations to support specific students.

As soon as I grokked peak oil, circa 2006/7, I knew I would have to compete and stay a step ahead of the ball. This will be my 3rd career switch since then, vroom vroom!

Life is too short to whinge, and besides, nobody listens.

[Pretorian]

This is ridiculous. Can't find an unpaid job? I can employ any number of people at this rate, so everyone will have a job and self-worth. She wants to communicate? She can call random people and ask them weird poll questions. Her English will improve, I guarantee it.

Speaking of greeters, I knew two sisters, Hispanic illegals in North-East, who bought a $500K townhouse there. One was a greeter , another was a bus-girl, did not speak any English at all.

[misterno]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'T')his is ridiculous. Can't find an unpaid job? I can employ any number of people at this rate, so everyone will have a job and self-worth. She wants to communicate? She can call random people and ask them weird poll questions. Her English will improve, I guarantee it.

Speaking of greeters, I knew two sisters, Hispanic illegals in North-East, who bought a $500K townhouse there. One was a greeter , another was a bus-girl, did not speak any English at all.

[SeaGypsy]

How about a farm labourer making $2,500 a week?

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('misterno', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'T')his is ridiculous. Can't find an unpaid job? I can employ any number of people at this rate, so everyone will have a job and self-worth. She wants to communicate? She can call random people and ask them weird poll questions. Her English will improve, I guarantee it.

Speaking of greeters, I knew two sisters, Hispanic illegals in North-East, who bought a $500K townhouse there. One was a greeter , another was a bus-girl, did not speak any English at all.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('misterno', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'T')his is ridiculous. Can't find an unpaid job? I can employ any number of people at this rate, so everyone will have a job and self-worth. She wants to communicate? She can call random people and ask them weird poll questions. Her English will improve, I guarantee it.

Speaking of greeters, I knew two sisters, Hispanic illegals in North-East, who bought a $500K townhouse there. One was a greeter , another was a bus-girl, did not speak any English at all.

[misterno]

Here is the update

My wife got a job in Costco as a food promoter. It took as 3-4 months to get this and a friend of hers was already working there so that is how she got it.

Too much physical work, standing 6 hours no walking no talking is allowed with customers. So I am aplying jobs for her. I am sending like 10 resumes everyday. At work I have 2 screens so I devoted one screen just for craigslist, snagajob or sites like that to get an office job.

You won't believe what employers are asking for even for $7.5/hr. Most jobs in TX require to be bilingual. Also, handling phone calls need pretty good English and Spanish. So for the rest, who knows how many people are sending resumes. I was shocked to see bookkeeping jobs paying 7-8 dollars an hour. For the last month or so I probably sent 500 resumes ( I automated it), but she did not even get 1 phone call or email. I even tried recruiters but they don't want to bother.

20 years ago when I first landed on this country, I got a temp job the same day I applied with my broken English. I did not even have a proper resume. $10/hr in a top financial firm. Just because I knew Excel that is all knew at that time. 20 years later someone looking for a job for $7.5/hr. I feel sorry for people looking for entry level work today.

[SeaGypsy]

Well on the way to 3rd world USA methinks. Wages are also sliding here in the land of Oz. Our minimum is still double yours, but many people are earning less than 10 years ago. I have had to take a 20% pay cut to get into transport and have found that it is cut-throat, full of dodgy operators, liars and new migrants willing to work for peanuts and do unpaid overtime. Meanwhile the government here has funded the training of thousands of disability workers, meaning wages there have slidden back to where they were 10 years ago.

Personally I'm about to opt out of the jobs market. Moving to a big river and building solar powered shanty-boat/ houseboats. Zero rent, vegie garden, a bit of farm work, lots of time with the family.

I have said repeatedly here that the wage playing field is in the process of leveling out globally. This puts workers in 1st world countries in a crappy situation, especially those with underwater mortgages and no ability to move. It's not just the greater society which has come to expect endless growth, but each of us working in the system. I can look back at 30 years of pay increases, ending in 2010, then sliding back the last couple.

New migrants galore pile 3 times as many people into each unit of housing, pool resources, take any job for any pay and don't whine if not paid for 1/3rd of their time at work. Over time this group is getting ahead, while the nuclear family model is failing.

The above has everything to do with peak oil and globalization; look forward to much more of the same. Or look for an alternative and get out.

[SamInNebraska]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('misterno', 'H')ere is the update

My wife got a job in Costco as a food promoter. It took as 3-4 months to get this and a friend of hers was already working there so that is how she got it.

Too much physical work, standing 6 hours no walking no talking is allowed with customers. So I am aplying jobs for her. I am sending like 10 resumes everyday. At work I have 2 screens so I devoted one screen just for craigslist, snagajob or sites like that to get an office job.

[PrestonSturges]

I decided to test the bottom of the job market, so I posted partial resumes on Monster and Craiglist. Today I go a couple calls from recruiters about temporary work, so we'll see.....

[misterno]

Can you believe some jobs are asking for citizenship? These are not federal jobs just clerical administrative jobs in private sector. why the hell are they asking for citizenship? Is this legal?

Also some ads state no email please call. I guess there are so many people appying to jobs but can not speak English so they want to avoid these.

Job market is getting worse everyday.

[SamInNebraska]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('misterno', 'C')an you believe some jobs are asking for citizenship?