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Oct 15, 2006 | 09:42 PM

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mikebon08

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From: Wichita, KS

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Originally Posted by lariat97

I agree with moving to where the work is located.I stayed poor trying to live near the place I grewup. I moved to a place with a better economy & have prospered.

Same here. Wichita is up and down (aircraft) but the downs are still better than the ups where I lived at before. There's just some places where good jobs cannot be found, and if you're in one of them, you either leave or tough it out. I personally don't like toughing it out.

Oct 16, 2006 | 08:46 AM

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NH-Hottie

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Do you have a FedEx or UPS warehouse nearby? They are always looking for people. I have a friend who started out in the warehouse at FedEx, just to get himself out of a pinch, and years later he is now driving a truck and loves it.
I hope you get lucky soon.

Oct 16, 2006 | 12:26 PM

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Yup...try your local warehouses. They are always hiring. I applied at UPS's wh, Orvis' wh, and Coca-Cola, and got a phone call, and interview from all three! I took the job at Coke because they paid the most, and offered the best hours, with the opportunity to move up. I had no work experience prior to this, other than my volunteer work in the summers.

To be fair, I also applied at Barns&Noble, Books-a-Million, Advance Auto (3 stores), Lowes, and a couple of other similar places, with not one phone call back to me.

Oct 19, 2006 | 07:46 AM

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chipmunck

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i just got a part time job installing outdoor forneces, the guy calls me when he needs me. it money and i get to be outside.

pat

Oct 19, 2006 | 09:52 PM

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CAFordDude

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From: Sunny SOCAL!

Pyrobob from this thread said his company is looking for help if you got the skills it needs.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...-jealousy.html

Oct 31, 2006 | 10:35 PM

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ckrichard

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From: Conroe, TX

As Texas Outlaw said, down here in Texas business cannot find enough people to hire. I am currently going to school for an engineering degree and have been talking to people in the field and they say they cannot hire enough people. This goes from the people sweeping the floors to the engineers, and even higher ups. I just talked to someone last week that said one local welding shop couldn't hire enough welders. The shop is now hiring anyone that can pass the drug test and training them to be welders. Every one in this area is hiring people with little or no experence. With as much work as this area is doing, there has to be a huge need for people in the accounting department.

Chris

Nov 1, 2006 | 08:26 PM

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jake00

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Any word on the hunt?

Nov 2, 2006 | 07:27 AM

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Steamir

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Originally Posted by Krochus

Try dying your hair black, learn spanish and get a good tan. Then you'll be able to get hired anywhere.

.....and you won't have to pay for hospital visits or educating your children.
Us tax payers will handle it for you.

Seriously though. When you get a job just to get cash flowing, try signing up for a simple class in something that you'd be interested in that you can take while you are working. Example: Truck driving school. There's a huge demand for truck drivers and they make a decent living. Also, welders. There's a huge demand for Coded welders too. If you practice enough and become certified you can make between 20-25 bucks an hour. Maybe more elsewhere. In fact, if you apply at a Manufacturing plant that does welding, as a helper, you could learn while you work and get paid altogether.
There's plenty of work out there, you just have to want to do it. and maybe be willing to change careers.