I am the uncounted

[bhikkhu]

17. In my neck of the woods the jobs situation is pretty good

I got a better job in the beginning of this year, and the shop I left had a very hard time finding anybody to replace me. The big shop I went to has hired another dozen people since I started.

My daughter has been looking for a summer job, put out numerous resumes and interviewed twice. She hasn't gotten a job, but then she just discovered that her phone isn't working (fine for texting, but won't receive incoming calls). Living at home still and enrolled in college next term, she's not too worried, but I wish she'd just square things away and get some kind of job.

But I can see how all that means nothing if you can't relocate. In the recession I was similarly stuck - I had a job that barely paid the bills, but to find better one would have meant moving. I couldn't move without selling my house, and there were no buyers. Now that things have picked up I don't need to sell or move.