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Eliot Rosewater

(32,766 posts) Wed May 16, 2018, 05:23 PM May 2018

Where are you going to get a job if you are 25, just out of college and [View all]

Twitter and Google and Toyota arent hiring? Or you are not going to college at all and just out of high school?

There are not going to be enough jobs no matter what trade policy you adopt.

So unless you care more about the feelings of the rich people, many which dont do jack shit, you will insist on a society more like the ones in the Nordic countries.

I dont see a way around it, do you?

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Where are you going to get a job if you are 25, just out of college and [View all] Eliot Rosewater May 2018 OP

BLS report: Job openings increase to 6.6 million in March; hires and separations little changed mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 #1

Things aren't always what they appear to be. yallerdawg May 2018 #20

We have job openings at my work Horse with no Name May 2018 #23

I hear the White House is hiring.......no resume needed! AJT May 2018 #2

no resume, no scruples, no talent, etc etc FM123 May 2018 #4

But, you do have to be world class stupid. Not every day stupid. The best stupid. Yavin4 May 2018 #11

Those are all temp jobs. /nt tonedevil May 2018 #12

There are plenty of jobs where I live hack89 May 2018 #3

And the sun might be shining there as well but I can promise you it isnt in many places Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #9

it is not complicated hack89 May 2018 #27

Exactly. nt Blue_true May 2018 #32

migrant farm work eShirl May 2018 #5

The problem is there are not enough people to fill all the jobs - and now we only want people with Kirk Lover May 2018 #6

You mean $3 an hour jobs I assume, in the fields? Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #10

I got laid off in 2009 I know what it is really like to have no work available. nt Kirk Lover May 2018 #28

I joined the military right after high school Revanchist May 2018 #7

Food service tazkcmo May 2018 #8

Engineers don't have a problem MichMary May 2018 #13

Most people cant afford the education to be an engineer. or Doctor Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #14

The construction trades are begging for workers pintobean May 2018 #15

We should be paying people to experiment with lifestyles having very low environmental footprints. hunter May 2018 #16

I had no idea that Twitter, Google, and Toyota are the PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #17

Sounds like the situation my two girls found themselves in: 2007 and 2010 DFW May 2018 #18

Pretty much happened to me and I tried joining the military instead ansible May 2018 #19

Entry level jobs now require 3-5 years of experience crazycatlady May 2018 #21

Be a plumber or electrician. trof May 2018 #22

False premise mythology May 2018 #24

Plenty of entry level manufacturing jobs in the Chicago area. former9thward May 2018 #25

And Gas over 3.15 a gallon Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #26

You could always drive a truck inwiththenew May 2018 #29

Go to the Washington DC and its metro area.... Historic NY May 2018 #30

let's just all rownesheck May 2018 #31