Are you adventurous and wanting to take a chance for a high paying job, then you need to head toward North Dakota! Like the gold rush days of California, job seekers are moving north to hopefully find employment and a big paycheck. And like the gold rush days, there will be challenges to overcome before you discover the mother lode of big money.
Not everyone can just up and move to find a job. If you have a family with ties to a community through schools or relatives then it might be terribly difficult to sever that connection. But if you are young and without obligations then moving might be for you, of course if you are older without obligations it would work for you as well.
In the western part of North Dakota oil, two billion gallons in reserve, creates thousands of jobs not only in the oil fields but in the non-oil producing economy. While large numbers of folks have raced to North Dakota to find work they also have found that it is very hard to find a place to live because they small town there are equipped for the number of folks moving in. While there is a housing shortage there is also the problem of overcrowding which leads to a strain on public utilities and traffic jams.
How long will the good times last in North Dakota? No one really knows for sure but it should be around for quite a while but the jobs will probably be filled up a lot faster.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
The reality of retirement jobs
In case you haven’t heard the economy is not doing too well and although there are signs that things are getting a little better a full recovery could take quite a while. And even after that “recovery” things wouldn’t be like they used to. A good many types of jobs that existed 20 or 30 years ago will probably vanish due to either outsourcing or technology changes of course that’s not to say that there wouldn’t be new jobs being created. But with those new jobs comes new skills that need to be learned. If you are retirement age you have also realized that the money that you have saved up probably wouldn’t be enough to live the life that you want to live. So what do you do? Get a retirement job.
When folks talk about retirement jobs that are referring to employment fields that they weren’t in prior to their official retirement, you know jobs where you make a little money without the stress. Retirement jobs don’t have to be full time, in fact if you are on social security you can only work so many hours.
When you consider a retirement job think about what type of job you would like to do. Is it something where you are helping out folks? Maybe a caregiver job would be ideal to make a few extra dollars and you would be helping someone else out at the same time. Or are you interested in meeting new people, working part time in a store whether it is small or large is a great way to meet folks.
You can also try temp services where you wouldn’t be doing the same thing over and over again. The temp services also allow you to work whenever you want.
Another option is to volunteer, although you wouldn’t get paid you will certainly have the benefit of helping others out.
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When folks talk about retirement jobs that are referring to employment fields that they weren’t in prior to their official retirement, you know jobs where you make a little money without the stress. Retirement jobs don’t have to be full time, in fact if you are on social security you can only work so many hours.
When you consider a retirement job think about what type of job you would like to do. Is it something where you are helping out folks? Maybe a caregiver job would be ideal to make a few extra dollars and you would be helping someone else out at the same time. Or are you interested in meeting new people, working part time in a store whether it is small or large is a great way to meet folks.
You can also try temp services where you wouldn’t be doing the same thing over and over again. The temp services also allow you to work whenever you want.
Another option is to volunteer, although you wouldn’t get paid you will certainly have the benefit of helping others out.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Things beyond your control and the unemployment rate
Last week the latest unemployment rate came out and surprised quite a few people. At 8.6 percent it is the lowest that it has been in quite a while. Of course this isn’t cause for celebration because 8.6 percent is still way too high and the number of jobs being filled each month is relatively low.
This recession has been particularly brutal in not only how long it has been going on but also the general feeling of despair that seems to be everywhere in the country. Even though things are getting slightly better nobody is sure that the economy won’t slip back into a recession anytime soon. You have to keep in mind that there are things going on in other parts of the world that having a negative effect on our economy, things that are beyond our control.
Even though you may be working hard to find a job, doing all the right things like networking, researching and studying the job market, you probably will still find it difficult in finding employment. As stated earlier there are things out there such as the financial problems in Europe and business uncertainty over here that have an effect on how long it will take to find a job. It is important to realize these things because you don’t want to think that you are doing something wrong in your job search. Just keep it in mind when you see the unemployment rate going down in the future.
Another thing to remember is that the unemployment rate is an estimate (or guess) of how many folks are actually out of work. So you should take the number with a grain of salt.
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This recession has been particularly brutal in not only how long it has been going on but also the general feeling of despair that seems to be everywhere in the country. Even though things are getting slightly better nobody is sure that the economy won’t slip back into a recession anytime soon. You have to keep in mind that there are things going on in other parts of the world that having a negative effect on our economy, things that are beyond our control.
Even though you may be working hard to find a job, doing all the right things like networking, researching and studying the job market, you probably will still find it difficult in finding employment. As stated earlier there are things out there such as the financial problems in Europe and business uncertainty over here that have an effect on how long it will take to find a job. It is important to realize these things because you don’t want to think that you are doing something wrong in your job search. Just keep it in mind when you see the unemployment rate going down in the future.
Another thing to remember is that the unemployment rate is an estimate (or guess) of how many folks are actually out of work. So you should take the number with a grain of salt.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
What are your career options?
If you are unemployed or even if you are employed but looking for a new job take the time to research what exactly you want to do. Whether you think so or not you do have career options. You first need to develop a methodical plan that starts with you assessing your skills and your desires and eventually plotting a detailed plan on how to get that job.
What are the marketable skills that you possess is something that folks at times overlook. Whether you know it or not you probably have more skills than you think you do and it isn’t just technical skills. People and communication skills are sometimes just as important as anything else that you can do. Write down the list and don’t leave anything out.
Finding out exactly what you want to do in the way of a job and career can be frustrating and if you are an older worker than it probably is worse because you may think that you are too old to start in a different direction. Of course that’s false; it is never too late no matter what you age is to enter a new field. You probably have a few ideas of things that interest you. Now is the time to research those ideas and come up with a few more things that you might want to try.
One of the best places for information on careers is the government website careerinfonet.org. Click on the occupation that you are interested in and then click on occupation profile. After that you will choose the state that you want to live in. the occupational profile will cover everything from training to salaries. It will also offer quite a few links where you can find additional information.
Before making any determination on what you want to pursue, think about how long it takes to become trained and also what is the job market of this career in the near future. But probably the most important thing to think about is whether you want to do this type of job full time.
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What are the marketable skills that you possess is something that folks at times overlook. Whether you know it or not you probably have more skills than you think you do and it isn’t just technical skills. People and communication skills are sometimes just as important as anything else that you can do. Write down the list and don’t leave anything out.
Finding out exactly what you want to do in the way of a job and career can be frustrating and if you are an older worker than it probably is worse because you may think that you are too old to start in a different direction. Of course that’s false; it is never too late no matter what you age is to enter a new field. You probably have a few ideas of things that interest you. Now is the time to research those ideas and come up with a few more things that you might want to try.
One of the best places for information on careers is the government website careerinfonet.org. Click on the occupation that you are interested in and then click on occupation profile. After that you will choose the state that you want to live in. the occupational profile will cover everything from training to salaries. It will also offer quite a few links where you can find additional information.
Before making any determination on what you want to pursue, think about how long it takes to become trained and also what is the job market of this career in the near future. But probably the most important thing to think about is whether you want to do this type of job full time.
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