Unemployment is very high here, and even those with jobs often make less
than $7 an hour. The competition for good jobs is fierce, because even
university grads often can't find a job paying even a basic living wage. A
few yrs ago, a steel mill opened close to where I live, and they announced
that they were going to hire 100 workers. The jobs paid $20 an hour. A
middle class income here, but not really a huge amount of money. 25,000
people applied for those 100 jobs! That's how bad it is. Those were
blue-collar factory jobs, but even white collar jobs requiring education are
often seeing hundreds of applicants for each opening.
Because of this, companies here are very, very selective and credential
crazy, requiring specialized degrees from entry-level employees.
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Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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On 6/30/08 1:09 AM, "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The trading houses in the City of London recruit among the graduates
> of the arts. They're looking for aptitude, not the graduate's subject.
>
> Chris
>
> On 29 Jun 2008, at 23:29, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>>
>> And I read a story about a computer corporation in the UK which was
>> hiring Classics graduates on the ground that they had the right kind
>> of brain - they had studied logic and ancient languages and were used
>> to analytical thinking. The company claimed that it could teach them
>> all they needed to know about programming in six months and that they
>> were MUCH better at problem solving than IT graduates.
>> No, I can't remember who - nice idea but.
>> #1 son ended up as a financial journalist not because he had any
>> background in the area at all but because he's bright and can write.
>> Much more important.
>
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