My husband turned in his resume for the government job.
According to HR, he was one of over 1,000 applicants for that position.
I am confident in his abilities and his references but I’m not expecting him to get the job.
I knew the job market was bad in San Diego… I just didn’t know how bad.
I am more thankful now than ever that we are both employed.
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Wow. About 2-3 months ago there was job fair in the Boston area. They had to close it down after 2 hours because far more people turned out than expected and they couldn’t handle the numbers.
we lived in San Diego from 1997 to 2005 and I totally understand what you are saying, such a huge city and so few jobs to go around. When my husband graduated from college in 2004, he was unable to find full-time work in his field (system administrator) and after a year of temp work, we moved up the coast. surprisingly, for a rural area, he found work here within three weeks and has been there (also a government job)since Oct 2005. I wish your husband the best of luck – government jobs are still great to have, annoying sometimes, but still stable.
There’s a lot of jobs out here on the East coast. They’re a little harder to get into unless you know someone, though.
Well I wish him good luck. The market is tough. Even here in DC. There must be 10,000 applicants for 1000 positions. But have faith. We’ll be hoping for you!
i’m betting he gets it. handsome, hard working, and great genes.
Try living in Michigan. 14.2% unemployment in the Grand Rapids area.
I have a friend who’s been unemployed for the first time in her life (she’s in her 50s) for the past six months, I believe. For every job she applies for, there are about 500 applicants. My gosh, things are really bad. I’m thankful for my husband’s job.