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  1. 03-02-2010, 11:46 AM #1
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    Default Current state of unemployment ...

    ... in my local area seems to be reaching a very critical stage (getting almost scary).

    Case in point: I submitted an application for a job last Friday with a small local company. Yesterday (Monday) at 10:30am I received a call from them asking if I could come in for an interview at 12:30pm. I said I already had an appointment at that time, but would be free all day Tuesday. She said OK, please come in at 12:30 on Tuesday.

    This morning I received a call that I no longer needed to come in for the interview as the position had been filled. She said they were amazed at the sheer volume of well-qualified people who had applied and interviewed for this job. She would keep my resume on file in case things didn't work out though ...

    The advertised job was a Shipping / Receiving Clerk paying $12-$15 /hr.

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  2. 03-02-2010, 11:51 AM #2
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    It's going quick. Jobs open and the employers are looking at the first good one to start.

    Been unemployed since October. Job interview next week!
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    I finally got off the Unemployment line, I totally lucked out and the job I have is much closer and higher paying than my last. Good Luck on the searches guys!
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    Amen to that. I scored well on the census test and am at the top of the list in my area. They said they will start calling ppl in the next 2 weeks for training and jobs. I hope to be back to work full time by the end of the month!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tedski View Post
    ... in my local area seems to be reaching a very critical stage (getting almost scary).

    Case in point: I submitted an application for a job last Friday with a small local company. Yesterday (Monday) at 10:30am I received a call from them asking if I could come in for an interview at 12:30pm. I said I already had an appointment at that time, but would be free all day Tuesday. She said OK, please come in at 12:30 on Tuesday.

    This morning I received a call that I no longer needed to come in for the interview as the position had been filled. She said they were amazed at the sheer volume of well-qualified people who had applied and interviewed for this job. She would keep my resume on file in case things didn't work out though ...

    The advertised job was a Shipping / Receiving Clerk paying $12-$15 /hr.



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  6. 03-02-2010, 02:35 PM #6
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    Hope you find a good paying job soon.
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    Not sure of your exact local but my wife talks with people in the Central Offices around California and AT&T is still hiring in a lot of locations. She's retired but still talks with the ladies she knows in IT and Planning and they are the first to get information of job openings. Never hurts to put in the application and resume' there. Once in there there are a lot of different roads to take.
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  8. 03-02-2010, 03:28 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by terrantheman View Post
    What were you doing before?
    In my last position, I was a Business Analyst / Project Mgr / Logistics Applications Support ... but I've worked at everything from Material Handler to Shipping/Receiving Mgr to Unix Administrator at one point or another over the past 30 years.
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  9. 03-02-2010, 03:40 PM #9
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    You can work at my brewery tedski. I just have to open it first
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  10. 03-02-2010, 04:56 PM #10
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    Ted I wish you tons of luck, we gotta do what we gotta do in this mess!
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    Yeah it's amazing...I was unemployed for three months and seen the rate hit over 12 percent before I left Michigan. It's absolutely ridiculous out there..I wish all you job seeking brothers luck!!!
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