OT Rolling The Dice On Jobs
- From: Don Tiberone <s_knight8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:29:39 -0800 (PST)
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/03/rolling-dice-on-jobs.html
Rolling The Dice On Jobs
In the wake of yet another miserable jobs report comes news that Ohio
school gets 700 applicants for janitorial job.
MASSILON, Ohio - Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up
at an Ohio school which has nearly 700 applications for one open
janitorial job.
Officials at Perry Local Schools near Canton in northeast Ohio say
they've extended the deadline until Monday to accommodate the
overwhelming response to the week-old posting.
The full-time position at Edison Junior High School pays $15 to
$16 an hour plus benefits. Superintendent John Richard says many
applicants are laid-off workers with heart-wrenching stories about the
tough economic times.
Perhaps they should reduce the pay to $7 an hour and put two people to
work. I am quite certain there will still be 700 applicants. The odds
of getting lucky become 1:350 instead of 1:700. Of course applications
are still flowing in. The odds will change by Monday.
800 Apply for Water Meter Reader Job
In Tacoma, More than 800 show up for one Water Meter Reader Job.
More than 800 people showed up to take a test for a job as a
Tacoma, Wash., water meter reader. One job.
Tacoma Public Utilities spokeswoman Sonja Hall says 1,400
applications were received when the position was advertised. Typically
the utility receives about 300 to 400 applications for such a job.
About 1,300 of the hopefuls were invited to take an 88-question test.
On Wednesday, some 807 showed up. The job pays $17.76 to $23.56
per hour.
Reading meters is a job that requires essentially no skills yet pays
up to $23.56 per hour. People would be lining up to take it for $8.00
per hour.
1,200 Apply For 40 Jobs
In Rhode Island 1,200 apply for 40 jobs to clear unemployment backlog.
More than 1,200 people have applied to fill 40 new jobs at the
state Department of Labor and Training to help process claims for
unemployment benefits, Sandra M. Powell, the department director, said
yesterday.
There are so many candidates for the $19-an-hour jobs, the agency
will need help from another state department just to sort through the
applications and begin hiring.
Meanwhile, legislators grilled Powell at a State House hearing
yesterday, expressing frustration that the agency is not working
quickly enough on a backlog of calls and e-mails from people who have
lost their jobs — and are still looking for their first payment of
unemployment benefits.
Rep. Steven M. Costantino, chairman of the House Finance
Committee, said, “We have a crisis here. ... People are waiting weeks
and weeks and weeks” to obtain their benefits.
Rhode Island has a 10 percent unemployment rate, the highest level
in more than 30 years — and one of the highest in the nation.
Good Lord. These are the last kind of jobs I would hope we would be
creating. Moreover, such jobs do not require a lot of skills. They
could hire twice as many applicants for $8.00 per hour and serve the
public far better for cheaper.
20,000 Apply For 'Best Job In World'
In Australia 20,000 Apply For 'Best Job In World', Caretaker of the
Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.
"20,000 people from over 180 countries have so far applied for the
role of Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef in what has
become arguably the most talked-about job vacancy in the world".
The promotion gained worldwide attention when it launched in
January, offering a six-month gig in which the successful applicant
will live in a luxury Hamilton Island villa, explore the reef, its
islands and wildlife, swim, snorkel and blog about it.
Just two days after the launch of the campaign the site was
flooded by hundreds of thousands of hits, sending it into meltdown.
Applicants' 60-second video clips uploaded to the competition's
website show eager job hunters from Mongolia, Romania, Turkey, Brazil,
Canada and the Vatican bragging, begging and singing for the job.
Sorry folks, applications are closed. The winner will be announced on
May 6th.
Place Your Bets
Meanwhile back in the US, CNN Living says Unemployed place their bets
on casino jobs.
Sometimes the best way to roll with the punches is to roll the
dice. That's Jerry Goldsmith's attitude. The Colorado man lost his
engineering job of 29 years -- and the six-figure salary that went
with it -- and is now applying for a casino job dealing craps,
blackjack, roulette and poker.
"I was angry. I think everyone gets angry," says Goldsmith, 60,
recalling his New Year's Day firing. "It's 'Why me?' But after a while
I just learned: One door closed, but many more just opened.
Goldsmith was one of 750 people who showed up Wednesday to apply
for casino dealer jobs near Denver. Another 550 applied on Thursday.
The applicants were going after 90 spots in dealer school.
In a November referendum, Colorado voters approved a measure to
expand betting limits at casinos in Colorado from $5 to $100 and to
add the games of roulette and craps. The new rules will also allow the
casinos to stay open 24 hours a day. They currently close at 2 a.m.
and open at 8 a.m.
The state hopes to benefit from the increased tax dollars, a
portion of which will help fund community colleges, but before the
first new tax dollar goes into state coffers, the casinos need to
staff up.
"Twenty-four-hour gaming adds a whole extra shift every day, seven
days a week. You're adding an extra shift in every department of the
casino," says Jef Bauer, who runs three casinos in Black Hawk,
Colorado, for Golden Gaming: the Golden Mardi Gras, Golden Gates and
Golden Gulch.
Before the hiring event even started, more than 100 people were
lined up, waiting for an interview outside of a bar in Golden,
Colorado. The would-be croupiers filed in, filled out applications and
were assigned a number. They were photographed and then sat down for a
3-minute job interview.
No experience was necessary for the casino jobs. The jobs pay
between $40,000 and $80,000 a year, depending on tips.
Quite A Deal
$40,000 to $80,000 a year for jobs that require no experience and a
mere 3-minute interview is quite a good deal. Of course I do not see
how our economy can improve by shrinking manufacturing jobs and adding
a 2:00AM to 8:00AM shift at casinos.
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