Yeah, There's Jobs Being Created, but Can You Afford to Work at One of Them? How to Beat the Odds

At the end of this article is a link to some really important job hunting tips for the serious job hunter. They are the type of insider tips that work for everyone, whether you are looking for professional job or simply want to wash cars for a summer for some extra cash.

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15 Signs That The Quality Of Jobs In America Is Going Downhill Really Fast

By Michael Snyder, on July 7th, 2013

Trying to find a job in America today can be an incredibly frustrating experience.  Most of the jobs that are available seem to pay very little, and there is intense competition for just about any job that is open.

But it wasn't always like this.  When I was in high school, I was immediately hired when I applied for a job at McDonalds because they were so desperate for workers that they would hire just about anyone that could flip a burger.  But in this economic environment, a single nationwide hiring event conducted by McDonalds resulted in a million job applications, and only a small percentage of those applicants were actually hired.

Our economy simply does not produce enough jobs for everyone anymore, and the percentage of "good jobs" continues to decline.  That means that it is getting really hard to find a job that will enable you to support a family, and a lot of people end up doing jobs that they are massively overqualified for.  But when times are tough, people are going to do ...

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Job hunting tips from the Editor of RightPaparazzi.

There are sustaining jobs and non-sustaining jobs.

A sustaining job is one that you can actually live on; labelled by law enforcement and the courts as "Gainful Employment". A non-sustaining job is one that requires that you have a second job, or otherwise does not create enough income to pay your standard living wage.

If you are unemployed or just about to become unemployed, you might want to think for a few minutes before taking the first job available. There might be a better tactic to keep paying your bills than walk directly into Walmart or McDonalds.

Prime Job Hunting Time is Usually During the Day

Taking a minimum wage job might insure that you have a paycheck coming in ASAP, but if you are working a full day time minimum wage job, it takes up your entire working day and you have little or no time for other job hunting.  Consider your next move well, even in desperation, because it may set the tone that locks you into a situation that is even more unrecoverable than the one you're in now.

Here are some tips I learned first hand as I found myself unemployed or underemployed while pursuing my career.

Getting a night job really fast that kept my days open turned out to be a better choice than jumping into the same type of job. It depends on what you are going after. Not all night jobs are low paying. But if you are not qualified to be an RN in an ICU or Emergency Room, then maybe you could apply for house keeping in a hospital. Housekeeping positions are often fluid; they are always changing staff. However, housekeeping at a low end motel does the same kind of work but at a much lower wage than a hospital.

In a single paragraph (above), I touched on several dynamics; hospitals, motels, professional, non-professional, days, nights, sustaining jobs, non-sustaining jobs.

Also, if you take a night job that is sustaining, it leaves you open to more easier attend classes during the day.

When I was attending The Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg from 2001-2004 getting my BFA in Multimedia and Web Design, I also was managing and driving for a Limo Company based in the Chicago market. The wage was non-sustaining, but my wife was still working at the time. I was lucky.

But, I also had a backup plan; I can manage restaurants and we were surrounded by both fast food and full service restaurants during my school years. Because I was taking day classes, I would have been wise to go after a position as a night manager of a restaurant.

When I was younger, over three decades ago, I was working two and three jobs at a time to pay the bills. I ran the night shift at a 7-Eleven, operated the early shift at a donut shop making the donuts, slept during the day and ran the evening shift at KVON AM Radio Station in Napa, California. I wasn't able to sustain this schedule for more than about 4 months before I had to give up one of the jobs to get more sleep, but it allowed us to catch up on some bills and actually get a little ahead.

After that, I sold cars, making some easy and big money for several months while managing a Burger King in Vallejo, California.

Until I settled down to what I wanted to do with an actual career, I was hopping from job set to job set trying to pay the bills. Making the decision to stay with one thing that I was good at made all the difference in the world. What woke me up was the 911 incident on September 11th, 2001. I realized that I didn't want to be alway job hunting if our country was going to be going to war with the Islamists. I wanted to be able to make a difference while ensuring that my family was well cared for. That's when I decided to go back to school at the age of 45.

So, if you're going to go back to school, first decide what it is you are already good at and enjoy. Then, decide that you are also going to pay some or all of your school bill as you attend so that you are not strapped by college debt for the rest of your life.

Here's a great article that hands you some important job hunting tips that work for everyone.

http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/job-search-basics-checklist

The Natural Order of Free Enterprise – Hated by Democrats

It is absolutely amazing how The PopMedia Press gets away with demonizing the very people who pay America’s collective bills. From everyone’s groceries and utility bills, to new cars, homes, real estate and all of the billions of dollars in local, state and federal taxes attached to all that commerce; all of this is paid by the companies that send home salary and hourly paychecks every Friday and every month.

One would think it a given that the people employed at CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC in place of real journalists would be afraid to attack our employers who faithfully pay our bills. This goes double for those in Washington DC who have nothing to spend on all of those programs that they started without due process, without the tax dollars we can send them form our paychecks.

Our bosses and the companies that employ them make sure that their employees get a paycheck for their 20, 30, 40 and 50 hour work weeks, month in and month out. We employees take these paychecks and run to the gas pump to fill our rusty beaters and brand new SUVs full of overpriced gasoline, so we can drive to the grocery store and buy hundreds of dollars in overpriced bread, milk and eggs, to take home to our over-mortgaged houses and over priced apartments so we can eat our expensive food in private while we watch our 52 inch big screens which show our $150/month cable programs while we talk on our $125/month cell phones on their 2 year contracts. And, occasionally, we get to drive to the beach to play in the cold water.

And we allow the PopMedia Press to talk ill of our check-writing employers.

I don’t know about you, but I am very grateful for my work and the regular checks that I have been getting from my largest client for over eight years now. Every Friday like clockwork, there is a check deposited in my checking account from which we write checks for groceries gas and electric. The amount of the check has gone up and down as the economy dictated my work, and in the last couple of years actually went up $100/week.

So, in refuting the Left’s attack on my employers, I say a big thank you to EZWebPlayer, Inc for faithfully buying me and my family the lion’s share of our groceries and gasoline, in spite of being under attack from Obama’s organized criminal elements. Even though the government made it harder for my company to do business, I was not laid off, fired or outsourced. All four of us on full time staff kept our jobs at the expense of deeper cuts into my company’s net profit.

If you are receiving a paycheck from a company, you should be thankful for that regular income, regardless of your affiliation with a union or the Democrat Party.