gone, with the demise of the dot-com boom. unless you're looking for seasonal employment, or high turnover entry level jobs you're going to have a tough time. the last time i went to blockbuster, the guy behind the counter was a software engineer with four years experience, but blockbuster was the only gig he could find.

 

i am seriosuly thinking of moving to a different state. And of course displacing local works with less experiance.

 

i haven't looked at out of state employment options since i bought my house about two years ago. however, given the current economic situation, i don't know that things would be better elsewhere. it's certainly cheaper to live somewhere else though!

 

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

 

Im going back to target for another summer of hard labor...

 

.. Well, In-N-Out's base pay is something like $9.75-$10.00 an hour, and managers have been known to make higher double digit figures.

What about Home Depot? I heard their base pay starts out quite high too - close to that of In-N-Out's.

Sorry if these suggestions are kind of low, it's just what came to mind.

 

The beginning of college work season is soon upon us, so start checking out around the malls. when I worked at Best Buy they were always dying to get people who could work as a Sup. Something about people not showing up consistently. I worked there for about 6 months before they offered me a sup position. I didn't take it because I didn't have the time.

Moral of the story:
retail sucks. however, if you put in a little time, don't skim the till, show a good work ethic, show up, and ask, you can get a somewhat-decent paying entry level job.

At Best Buy, by the time I left college (2 years) they were pushing me to go to work for them full-time with benefits. One of my coworkers picked up a salaried job at corporate (Minneapolis) with a little more time in.

Otherwise, the Army is ALWAYS looking for linguists. $8k bonus and job security (minus the whole getting shot thing ) for 5 years. College grads start at E-4. Not a bad deal if you can follow seemingly (or really) senseless orders.

-Etch

 

Well, I'd like fries w/ that. Oh crap, wrong thread!

 

corner of broadway and columbus...

have you tried monster.com?

 

www.cityvibe.com/tommah_4_cheap.htm

 

Actually I had a friend that used to work at Home Depot (in the doors/windows dept.) and he started off making like $15/hr, and we worked his *** off and within about a month he was bumped up to $17-$18/hr, and after another month was next inline to become a manager making around $60K-$70K.....keep in mind, he had to work his *** off to move up that fast, but it CAN BE DONE!

He then quit Home Dumpo, and was offered a position at BEST BUY, selling appliances.....he again was promoted like 2-3 times in about 3-4 months....I think he is currently making roughly $18-$20/hr maybe more.....



-Ted