I don’t see the hiring, at least not hiring of people that won’t jump at a better opportunity at first chance. We better figure it out because nothing destabilizes a society quicker than young men with nothing to do and no prospects.
HAve you looked? I can't think of a single business that isn't hiring. The trouble is that everyone is "holding out for management" or some stupid thing like that
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From my angle, there are so many shitty workers out there that you don't want to invest in them until you know they can at least do a serviceable job. Plus, we seem to be increasingly hamstrung from letting people go by wrongful termination threats (real or perceived), which means I really don't want to offer you anything so that if it doesn't work out, maybe you'll leave on your own accord.
Yep.
I’m not sure what to think of the local employment situation.
This came up at work the other day. I see this as only true in certain lines of work. Professional Services isn't one of them. So much of the job is based on integrating into your new company, their clients, and learning how to start bringing in your own work. Therefore, no one even comes in above where they were. As an employer, you basically have to convince them that if they "work out" the pay will follow. If you want to look around, you have to hope that the quality of life/work is simply better and be able to handle a decrease in payment in the short-term.
Getting payed over scale use to be almost unheard of. Not anymore and that's after record breaking contracts as of late on top of it. Some of the help we are getting is really good but a lot of it would've never made it a week without getting let go 20 years ago. Now they hardly let anybody go because they simply can't get anyone else. Definitely different times than when I entered the workforce.
They must be building data centers your way. LOL. There is not much around here. Much less than a couple of years ago. There is hiring in healthcare, but that industry is a mess so I can't tell what is real and what is fishing. Everything else is gig economy. If you want to cut grass, make sandwiches, bag groceries or something similar you could probably find a job. Have experience and a college degree in a specific field? good luck.
Are you pretty rural there? There's a lot more going on here other than data centers.
No, not rural. Largest urban center between Seattle and Minneapolis at 750,000ish people. We have plenty of data centers but they are nearer the dams for the electricity. It's pretty representative of the overall economy - hiring in Healthcare and Government, while business growth is lackluster. Prices are starting to have an impact on spending. Nationwide, AI theme is driving the nation's economic bus.
Here's just one firm:
There are job openings in all environments. You selected two companies highly dependent on government funds. Spokane is still working on a northbound highway that I read the work is slated to ramp up over the summer. Hospitals are hospitals. But compared to a few years ago, hiring is not anywhere close. And like other large HC providers, Providence (SH) has had a hiring freeze for non-clinical staff for a year because it is losing money after medicaid cuts and trying to find ways to get back in the black under the "new normal" in HC. There are openings, but hiring is slow unless you are a specialty Dr they need. And even they can expect a tough negotiation.
If you have this much student debt with only a BA or Masters this is entirely you're own fault.
You’re way off on costs. BA’s aren’t nearly that expensive unless you’re in a top 10 school. Companies like to pay for master degrees. GM paid for my MBA.
