Nobody’s mentioned how, if you accept the premise that more and more of these jobs are going overseas to stay, because people over there will work for a pittance, many of those currently unemployed will be permanently out of luck.
What I’d like to know is what are these business executives thinking when they lay off their people and hand their jobs to foreigners in low-wage countries? Sure, it will save them beaucoup bux and enable them to beat the competition. Their customers will love the low prices, and all they care about are the customers. But…who are their customers? They’re people who live in the US, who have to work for a living and depend on a First World income to be able to afford to be customers, if you follow me. You need to be able to afford to buy that computer game, Fender Stratocaster, or whatever. If too many middle-class Americans wind up among the working-poor or unemployed, then who the f*** is going to be able to buy these products?
Fuck this is depressing…
June 29th will be one year for me. In that time I have had exactly 4 interviews: 1 required relocation to a small agricultural community in the NW part of my state, 1 went great and they were going to schedule the 2nd interviews and I never heard a word again, 1 was the aforementioned 100% commission tech sales job scam and the last I am still fighting tooth-and-nail to get further consideration.
For the position I am currently interviewing for, I am trying more “unorthodox” methods. The position is a bit more senior than my experience on my resume. As a result, I am trying to force a focus shift from “What I’ve done…” that is applicable to the job to “What I’m going to do…” once I am selected. To that end, I had researched and worked for 3 weeks and wrote a proposal that outlined a structured process for the first 12 months of a 3-5 year relationship management engagement with their top clients. Purpose, Process, and Payoff of hiring me. I seriously doubt any other candidate went to this level of effort. What happened, you ask?
Nothing. I’ve not gotten an acknowledgement to my proposal, my follow-up emails and voice-mails, nothing. At the end of each day I take a deep breath and try to find the patience to remain optimistic.
MeanJoe