Why More Mature, Better Educated And More Experienced Applicants Are Getting All Of The Jobs That Used To Be Available For The Younger Generation
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With so many people being laid off over the past two years, a lot of them are trying to find any type of jobs that they can even though they are often very overqualified. The number of people applying for low paying jobs has amazed a lot of people with thousands of applicants showing up for a minimum wage seasonal work that used to be reserved for high school teenagers. This article describes a few examples of people who are qualified in one area such as a former computer technician and consultant that are working odd jobs doing Ipod screen repair or iphone screen repair to pay the bills.
The home building and construction business has hit an all time low with the real estate market being the worst off it has ever been. People are not purchasing properties but losing them instead and this has significantly hurt those in the home building business. It is not unusual to see a high level construction builder of custom homes turning to do any type of handyman jobs just to be able to pay the bills. Many are just trying to get work by going door to door seeing if anyone needs anything fixed with their home.
Another example of this is the amount of cutbacks school districts have had to make for teachers. What was once considered a secure reliable job has now left many longtime teachers without jobs for the first time in their lives. Teachers that have masters degrees and years of experience are now let go because their salary requirements are too high for the district to afford and this is causing some of them to be paid minimum wage taking care of infants at a child care rather than teaching in their specific area of education.
Americans that were once employed by the automobile industry have also been strongly affected by the economy with many of their offices shutting down and thousands of lay offs happening. Some of these employees were longtime managers of a dealership for over twenty years making a comfortable salary for themselves and their families and today are left trying to find the most simple, lowest of paying jobs that are available. It is not uncommon to see former automobile industry executives now serving tables at a restaurant or as the check out person at a retail store to make some money.
Because there are so such a large number of people applying for every single job opportunity, that has made it very hard for the younger generation of workers to be hired for any type of employment. What used to be considered jobs for high school students or recent college grads are now being taken by people with more education and experience taking away the opportunity to work for the younger people. One example of this is at the application event for seasonal jobs working at King’s Island amusement park in Cincinnati, there were thousands of applicants there applying for low paying summertime work that once drew mainly teenagers and college kids.
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