QUILT4JOY

Yeah! And the longer one is out of work, the harder it is to get a job. When I've reapplied at places I applied to before I got the job that lasted 7 yrs, I don't even get a callback for an interview. My resume has become useless. :?

C.Cal Quilt Girl

If no one can gamble w/extra cash, less buisness no need for people. Some are offering free rooms to get people in the doors.

marilyn y

Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the US, over 14 per cent. Just glad we're retired and the kids have stable jobs (at least for the present). Our DIL's business is much slower that two years ago but she's hanging in there.

Apparently highest forclosure rate, too. Especially in Las Vegas. Their economy was fueled by construction, when that went every thing crashed. For quite a few years Nevada was one of the fastest growing states, Las Vegas was growing by more than 6000 people a month. No way could that continue long term. Just glad we're not down there.

Casinos pay poorly, and they're not doing so well either. One in Reno is closing, a lot fewer tourists. And a lot fewer conventions in LV, that was a lot of the tourist business there. Every time there's a recession here everyone gets on the bandwagon about diversifying the ecomony and as soon as things get good again, they forget. Oh, well if it's not boom and bust in mining, it's boom or bust in tourism.

Hope I didn't bore you all with the mini course on Nevada economics

deltadawn

Situation bad here too ............dh laid off a year ago (but thankfully is getting some temp work) I am an RNMH qualified nurse and am most likely being laid off in March next year as no position for me since the area I work in is specialised supported living- was manager of small home which was decommissioned .Getting more worried as time rolls on no - one wants me as I am not RMN!!

AlwaysQuilting

Sorry, I'm not sure what kind of a nurse RNMH or RMN are, but nurses usually can still find a job, at least here in the States (except for LPNs...we're being eliminated slow but sure). I've heard though that facilities won't pay for experience anymore. A new hire is paid the same....whether you're a new grad or have 20 -30 years experience. I'm scared to go to work each day because of the decisions being made but I'll stay because I have no choice.

Maksi

In my country its harder then a few years before to find a new job. The uneployement is about 6% so we do quit well comparing to other European countries. When you are over 45, low educated or not healthy enough you are having a lot more difficulties finding a job.

Lisanne

WHY don't people want them? I have to think it's because they pay is so low it would cost them more to take the job (more in commuting, childcare and work clothing costs). Or because they'd make less than their unemployment check gives them. IMO, those are good reasons to avoid those jobs. Other reasons might be that the jobs are unsafe, the working conditions unhealthy. Can't blame people for refusing to let themselves in for that, either.

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Where I'd been living, near Pennsylvania's state capital, unemployment was fairly low, but then, there weren't many jobs in my field (or outside my field that I was qualified to do), so I stayed unemployed.

After almost 2 years of being unemployed and looking country-wide for work, I got a temporary job (the fancy name is consulting, but it's temp work) in California.

So go figure. Cali has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country and plenty of people in IT looking for work, but they flew me in from across the country and pay almost all my expenses and a very nice paycheck. Sometimes, they just need a certain skillset, which I have.

As I said, Cali has one of the top unemployment rates in the country, but you'd never guess it here in the OC. This is a wealthy area, high cost of living. There are more shopping areas than I've ever seen, and they're always full of shoppers. The place where I work just hired literally hundreds of people (though not me - they won't need my skillset permanently). Most of the new hires are young, college grads and twentysomethings.

grammyp

It is very grim here. Little industry left, just a few small manufacturing plants that employ less than 30 people. Our one big facility (a Blue Bell Ice Cream plant) is holding its own. If you ever get a chance to get one in your area, please do so. They are very community oriented and will be a wonderful asset.

GrammaNan

Denver had a Job Fair today. They expected 3,000 attendees and 5,000 people showed up. They had 80 companies there with 800 positions available. That is why I have been out of work for so long.

JoAnnGC

I have been out of work since last October and have been collecting unemployment benefits since November. I am sorry that some of you resent people collecting the benefits to which we are entitled. I have worked my entire life and have always been professional, conscientious, loyal and industrious wherever I worked. My most recent job was with a large corporation, a telephone company that probably serves many of the people on this board as it serves mostly rural areas in 30 states. It was a wonderful place to work for many years but then the owner/founder stepped down and handed over the reigns to a CEO and his new team whose only goal was to generate more and more money through more and more selling with little regard for the good customer service that had been so important in the past. Those of us who were being paid a good salary or hourly wage were gradually phased out and replaced by young, moldable, gullible temps who were brought onto the sales team for the sole purpose of selling as much as they can as quickly as they can while trying to avoid spending time on customer service issues. Those of us who still felt an obligation to help our customers and to provide them with the service they deserve instead of lying to them in order to sell more products to them were kicked to the curb. I have been looking for suitable employment since November. Why should I take a job that pays me less than my unemployment benefits? My former employer is paying the unemployment premiums. The stimulus programs have done nothing to create jobs for people in my situation. The state of Georgia has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. In fact the numbers that the government posts are not really accurate because people have been on unemployment so long that all of their available benefits have been expended so these people are no longer counted among the ranks of the unemployed. I have been on several interviews and have submitted resumes to many companies. The fact remains that hiring managers have been instructed to hire entry-level candidates at the lowest wage they can get away with and to steer clear of people with experience who would qualify for a higher pay scale. People with years of experience, intelligence, expertise and maturity are not in high demand because they cost more in wages as well as benefits. I am not sitting on my "arse" waiting for a job to fall into my lap. I am looking for a fair and promising opportunity with a company that will value my worth and pay me accordingly. In the meantime I am keeping myself productive and positive and am praying for those who are worse off than me, those who have lost their homes and those whose family lives have been adversely affected by the financial stress. I am not waiting for a hand-out because I don't believe in socialism but I am asking that those who have not been subjected to unemployment not be so quick to judge those who are trying to make it on unemployment benefits. Unless you've walked in our shoes you have no idea how tough it is and how much it eats away at our self-worth. I know that most of you are dear, wonderful and generous people and this message is not aimed at you. I just want to share my opinion and maybe enlighten some who may not have looked at both sides of this coin. Thanks for letting me vent :)