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Since you've personalized this thread by referring to your particular situation, I'm curious what skills you have to offer? One thing this economy isn't doing well at is generating jobs for lesser skilled persons. I'm wondering if that's the trap you're in. Do you cook food for a living? That doesn't sound like something that's ever been much of a path to riches.

Or are you highly skilled and something else is holding you back?

As far as the decrease in newspaper ads you're seeing, newspapers are struggling from competition from other advertising media, largely the internet. Employers simply don't have to pay for classified ads anymore, and many don't. Frankly, if I was a job seeker, I doubt I'd even bother cracking open a printed paper.

"As far as the decrease in newspaper ads you're seeing, newspapers are struggling from competition from other advertising media, largely the internet. Employers simply don't have to pay for classified ads anymore, and many don't. Frankly, if I was a job seeker, I doubt I'd even bother cracking open a printed paper. "

Once in a while there is a rare occasion that I agree with Chilcoot.

Monster.com is the major player in the internet arena. You can even post your resume. Indeed.com is a search engine that searches for jobs based on criteria that you input & it goes thru numerous job posting sites (including companies), thus saving a lot of search time.

Linkedin.com is a social networking site where you can list your qualifications and resume. It also enables you to connect with people you may have known in previous lives (and forgotten about) that could help you now.

"I've put out more than 50 resumes and so far I've heard back from 2 folks and one of them was a head hunter. "

Sadly that is the norm now. Companies rarely respond unless they want you for an interview & they rarely contact you after an interview to let you know that you are out of the running. I have gotten down to the final 2, a few times and then the company suddenly can't find my phone number or email to provide the courtesy of thanks but no thanks.

DonDiego is a Pinsetter.

He hasn't been able to work since the Appalachian Bowl closed down a few months ago.

I happen to be in IT and have been for more than 25 years.

If you haven't looked for a job recently, feel very lucky as 99% is done on line with NO contact person, NO salary information, NO benefit information, and of course SOME notice that they have received your resume. There are some folks that still use the paper to advertise job openings, although very few of them. However it is a resource employers do use because they don't have people to post it on the web.

In case you forgot or were unaware, we are only ONE generation out of the birth of the computer age so to speak. The first home computer was back in the early to mid 1970's, folks older than 40 may not be that proficient with computers as they really didn't start using them until the 1990's.

Also as you may or may not be aware, there are quite a few folks my age and older that are unemployed. We are talking about folks that have Masters and PHD degrees, who haven't been without a job since after they got out of college.

I think the total of job sites I am listed on is at least 10 or more depending upon who links with whom as one job is typically posted on more than 5 or 10 sites at a time. Yes, I do belong to Linkedin and Monster as well as Careerbuilder and 8 or 9 others. I just found Indeed.com the other day through one of the job sites I belong to so we will see where that leads.

Well you sound like you got it together, but there are no jobs.

This thread is now officially hijacked

Educated people are very employable in this economy.



It's uneducated persons who this economy is failing.

What you write about people with Masters and PhDs is false.

WTF does salary have to do with being unemployeed?

J

You're kidding, right?