Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
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Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
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Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#2Hey, will your mate take an English speaker with no intention of working legally, who doesn't want to pay tax, with no intention of staying longer than a year?
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#3Hmmm, nope.
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#4This highlights the fact that there are quality, good paying jobs in the US. A good portion of the unemployed are unemployed because they overvalue their skills or aren't willing to make changes necessary to become employed.
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#5Maybe pay someone to hand out cards to homeless people on the streets of big cities. A google-like bus shuttle to get people to/from every month or two, since you will likely cycle through people rather than retain them for a year.
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#6This highlights the fact that there are quality, good paying jobs in the US. A good portion of the unemployed are unemployed because they overvalue their skills or aren't willing to make changes necessary to become employed.
I find this article to be interesting in light of your comment. It's about 20-somethings scrimping, working crappy jobs, lots of sacrifices, just so they can live in NYC:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/nyregion/25scrimp.html
I'm sure that it's a quality job, but most people are more interested in a quality career, and they generally perceive that not too many quality careers happen in rural Kansas. Not that aren't any, but there are probably exponentially fewer than in the nearest large city.
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#7Could you outline his attempts at finding applicants? Where has he advertised this open position? I find it hard to believe there's nobody in this small town, or a neighboring county/state that is interested.
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#8According to Craig, he has advertised with the local workforce centers who attend nearly all the job fairs in cities within driving distance. Not to mention the online job boards, farming magazines, etc. I just thought we all might be interested in a middle America, ie farming dilemma right now, in light of all the woe is me talk on the media. The one person is right...there are jobs,maybe not where you want or need them. It could be a great life for someone.
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#9Could you outline his attempts at finding applicants? Where has he advertised this open position? I find it hard to believe there's nobody in this small town, or a neighboring county/state that is interested.
yea i think he needs to improve his applicant finding skills
its not like people don't live in small towns anymore... there are thousands of people working in mcdonalds in tiny highway towns that would kill to get paid 80k a year
Re: Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
#10Can't be the wages? I bet there is a price for which many would consider it. For example, if he paid 2000000$ per year, I would consider it (for a while).