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Hope for the Young & Jobless?
6/7/2012

The "Now Hiring” Job Index

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icebreaker1975
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What happened to the old adage....
icebreaker1975   6/7/2012 1:32:22 PM
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of " a job is a job, especially if you don't have one."  And "a check is a check."  If someone gets desperate enough or if they have a family to feed they will take anything just to "get on their feet."

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Not appealing
Noreen Seebacher   6/7/2012 1:10:56 PM
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LOL-agreed. Plenty of CEOs started out on the low rung of the pole

Value Hiker
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Re: Not appealing
Value Hiker   6/7/2012 1:01:56 PM
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@Noreen. That is a different story. For career developement, Angelo's achivement is super, a true story from rags to riches. Of course, he fell miserably at the end. His failure was due to the greed and arrogance, not the bill-collector job.

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Not appealing
Noreen Seebacher   6/7/2012 12:43:59 PM
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Ah but Value Hiker...things didn't end all that well for Angelo, did they?

Value Hiker
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Re: Not appealing
Value Hiker   6/7/2012 12:42:00 PM
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Angelo Mozilo, Country Wide CEO, worked as a bill collector in LA at the early stage of his career. He said he needed to storm inside the debtors' house around 6AM so he could reprocess some assets without being shot by angry men inside.

It doesn't matter where you start with, what matters is where you end up with. 

TelecomFreq
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TelecomFreq   6/7/2012 9:51:15 AM
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I am gald to see entry level telecom jobs on this list. they are a great place for someone who is technicaly minded to grow.

After working entry to mid level IT jobs for a handful of years in the early to mid 2000s i steped into an entry level job in telecom installing equipment. They provided on the job training for 12 weeks to get my whole new hire class trained. By taking advantage of other training that was offered to me through the company, and going back to school, I was able to work my way up to an engineer level postion in just over 5 years, and there is still much growth for me career wise.

It takes time and effort; but there are still jobs out there that people can grow with. I just wish there were more of them.

 

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Not appealing
Noreen Seebacher   6/7/2012 8:29:23 AM
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Yep, realities like that make a lot of jobs look better than you might expect.

cat tail
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Re: Not appealing
cat tail   6/7/2012 8:16:06 AM
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Someone who wants to pay the rent or other monthly bills.

Drivewaygirl
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Not appealing
Drivewaygirl   6/7/2012 8:06:45 AM
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Who really wants to grow up to be a janitor or a bill collector?

Tenacious
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Tenacious   6/7/2012 8:03:39 AM
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It's reassuring to see that someone is at least looking at realistic options for young adults. These jobs may not make anyone rich, but they can get people on the right track.

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