Comments on: Job vacancies with 15 million unemployed http://christianpf.com/job-vacancies/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 2.4 Million Job Vacancies While 15 Million are Unemployed! | Free Press Release http://christianpf.com/job-vacancies/comment-page-1/#comment-16629 2.4 Million Job Vacancies While 15 Million are Unemployed! | Free Press Release Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:48:24 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=3751#comment-16629 [...] Read the full article: http://www.christianpf.com/job-vacancies/ [...] [...] Read the full article: http://www.christianpf.com/job-vacancies/ [...]

]]> By: ernesto@insuranceyak.com http://christianpf.com/job-vacancies/comment-page-1/#comment-16410 ernesto@insuranceyak.com Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:44 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=3751#comment-16410 Bob, I'd be a bit skeptical about these 'vacant' jobs. If these are from web based job boards, they could include MLM 'jobs', commision-only jobs, franchise opportunities, and jobs that are not really open (McDonald's always seems to be looking for 'Manager Trainees'). Also, in information technology biz every time a consulting slot opens there's usually 4-6 companies trying to fill it; so 6 job postings for each open position. Bob,

I’d be a bit skeptical about these ‘vacant’ jobs. If these are from web based job boards, they could include MLM ‘jobs’, commision-only jobs, franchise opportunities, and jobs that are not really open (McDonald’s always seems to be looking for ‘Manager Trainees’).

Also, in information technology biz every time a consulting slot opens there’s usually 4-6 companies trying to fill it; so 6 job postings for each open position.

]]> By: Bob http://christianpf.com/job-vacancies/comment-page-1/#comment-16374 Bob Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:21:53 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=3751#comment-16374 @Jenny I applaud your determination to just find a job, many people wouldn't do what you did. Looking back at what I wrote in the article, I want to clarify that I wasn't trying to say that it would be easy to find just any job, but I do wonder of the 15 million unemployed, how many of them are as determined as you are to find one and how many are waiting around to find another one that has all the perks and pay they had before... @Jenny
I applaud your determination to just find a job, many people wouldn’t do what you did. Looking back at what I wrote in the article, I want to clarify that I wasn’t trying to say that it would be easy to find just any job, but I do wonder of the 15 million unemployed, how many of them are as determined as you are to find one and how many are waiting around to find another one that has all the perks and pay they had before…

]]> By: Craig http://christianpf.com/job-vacancies/comment-page-1/#comment-16368 Craig Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:09:43 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=3751#comment-16368 It would be difficult for a middle manager to take a lower position like you mentioned after being at a higher one. I wonder what all the official reasons are for these vacancies. what are the stats during a good economy? I'm sure regardless the times, there will always be vacancies. It would be difficult for a middle manager to take a lower position like you mentioned after being at a higher one. I wonder what all the official reasons are for these vacancies. what are the stats during a good economy? I’m sure regardless the times, there will always be vacancies.

]]> By: Jenny http://christianpf.com/job-vacancies/comment-page-1/#comment-16366 Jenny Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:36 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=3751#comment-16366 After I was laid off in January, it was months before I even got an interview - and I was applying for literally anything at all that I was even minimally qualified to do. My teens were both applying for jobs too to help keep us from going under. One afternoon a local pizza/movie house advertised for two dishwashers. We went down immediately to apply ... and found more than 50 people already there. We talked with folks in line and found unemployed, underemployed, and underpaid folks: a teacher looking to pick up some extra cash, a trucker who hadn't been able to sustain business during the downturn, a legal assistant who found her hours cut in half recently. We applied anyway, but there were also dozens of experienced dishwashers looking for a job. We weren't surprised to get no call back. More recently, I went out for a professional position (one requiring an advanced degree and licensing) and found that I was competing with 18 other people for the job. It's hard out there right now. Finding even that low-wage position isn't necessarily possible - even if there are millions of unfilled jobs waiting for the right employee to come along. After I was laid off in January, it was months before I even got an interview – and I was applying for literally anything at all that I was even minimally qualified to do. My teens were both applying for jobs too to help keep us from going under. One afternoon a local pizza/movie house advertised for two dishwashers. We went down immediately to apply … and found more than 50 people already there. We talked with folks in line and found unemployed, underemployed, and underpaid folks: a teacher looking to pick up some extra cash, a trucker who hadn’t been able to sustain business during the downturn, a legal assistant who found her hours cut in half recently.

We applied anyway, but there were also dozens of experienced dishwashers looking for a job. We weren’t surprised to get no call back.

More recently, I went out for a professional position (one requiring an advanced degree and licensing) and found that I was competing with 18 other people for the job.

It’s hard out there right now. Finding even that low-wage position isn’t necessarily possible – even if there are millions of unfilled jobs waiting for the right employee to come along.

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