07-09-2010, 02:01 AM
Like Toronto_Boy mentioned, the US job market is horrendous.
Some extracts from today's article in the New York Times.
http//finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Dream-Is-Elusive-for-nytimes-1858628195.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=
"Mr. Nicholson, 24, a graduate of Colgate University, winner of a deans award for academic excellence, spent his mornings searching corporate Web sites for suitable job openings. When he found one, he mailed off a rsum and cover letter four or five a week, week after week.
Over the last five months, only one job materialized. After several interviews, the Hanover Insurance Group in nearby Worcester offered to hire him as an associate claims adjuster, at $40,000 a year."
"The grandfather has encouraged his unemployed grandson to go abroad "
Some extracts from today's article in the New York Times.
http//finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Dream-Is-Elusive-for-nytimes-1858628195.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=
"Mr. Nicholson, 24, a graduate of Colgate University, winner of a deans award for academic excellence, spent his mornings searching corporate Web sites for suitable job openings. When he found one, he mailed off a rsum and cover letter four or five a week, week after week.
Over the last five months, only one job materialized. After several interviews, the Hanover Insurance Group in nearby Worcester offered to hire him as an associate claims adjuster, at $40,000 a year."
"The grandfather has encouraged his unemployed grandson to go abroad "