OT: Job market
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Why don’t you break it down what he says is incorrect
Who needs to pay for prem when you can post all the CE here. Hope OP’s friend’s son find something fast. In my field, companies are still hesitant to hire. We got out to a fast start but slammed on the brakes after the tariff news causing market volatility in the bond market.
Same clown car as the Dementia guy rode in when fake Dr. Jill & Crackhead Hunter were in Washington?
Thanks for all the Political BS folks. How about a connection for a potential job?
Recruiters
Indeed
Friends
Social connections (clubs/fraternity, etc.)
These options have always been beneficial for me
There are multiple posts on this. I provided two. Didn't get reply or even get a like to fuel an endorphin rush. Will take my prescription instead.
Had asked if the individual is wedded to NJ. If so, that makes it tougher for him. Way, way, way back, fresh out of law school in the 1990s, the job market sucked. We won't review which party was in party and who we can blame for that terrible economy, but as we do here, I digress. We took the only reasonable job offered in Cincinnati, OH. We hated there. A lot. My better half was terribly homesick. But I leveraged that job to get a great job in NYC paying big bucks-the type of job every attorney dreams of. And I hated that life more than I hated life in Cincinnati. I don't know how people who commute on a daily basis 1 -1.5 hours each way to NYC do it. Quit that job in a little over a year.
The point, if there is one, is sometimes a short term move to keep your resume from having long gaps can be worthwhile. If the person has a home, family, children, that is not easy. My moves early on were before we had children.
But your post raises a good point-this board is a cesspool, which is why I and many others stopped posting on a regular basis. I'm back for a little bit, but the continued derailing of threads into politics, finger pointing, gaslighting, ball busting is terrible here. Have been much happier since cutting back on my time posting here.
These are good suggestions. Especially the social connections and LinkedIn.
We have found good candidates through ZipRecruiter, maybe worth posting there.
One other suggestion. Have him consider taking the the USPTO patent agent exam. The patent field is fairly recession proof, contrary to what I said above. Once you have a few years under your belt, you are very marketable. Patent agents/attorneys with EE backgrounds are always in extremely high demand.
We have a PhD working for us now going to school at night at Seton Hall. Loves what she is doing. Bright future ahead. We can't find enough good people to handle the work we have.
Have a relative that was laid off by a large software development company/marketing company in Feb ‘23. Just finally got a job in November ‘24 in state govt IT department. They can’t believe how behind the times the department is, the lack of productivity, the lack of efficiency and when my relative tries to bring up suggestions on how to make improvements they get “that’s not how we do it here”. Definitely not their dream job.
I read your post to someone working for our small LLC who relocated to Dallas a little over a year ago. We were scratching our heads and laughing hard at your statement: "Also the Dallas area is garbage, narcissistic consumerism America at its worst. Would never live there." For like ten minutes, we were like WTAF. This guy, his wife and young child LOVE Dallas. No state income tax. Booming economy. Beautiful suburbs. Maybe you have some boots on the ground experience, maybe not. But hard for you to judge, living a Pittsburgh of all places. Not a knock on Pittsburgh. I think it is a cool city. Hoped my one kid was going to go to CMU. But c'mon, taking a shot at other cities from Pittsburgh?
As @newell138 pointed out, there are many reasons why people and corporations are fleeing NJ in droves. It is not a business friendly state. This is nothing political. As just one small example of how ridiculous NJ is when it comes to business-we have run out of room on our small break room walls to post all the nonsensical crap NJ requires to be posted to inform employees of "their rights." Each new posting includes a warning that if we don't post it, we will be fined heavily and/or thrown into Rahway State prison (that's a joke) for life. I get it. Employee rights are important. We treat our people well. We have very few people leave because we treat them well. But c'mon, we are a professional office. Do we really need to post a poster on child trafficking and child labor?
Whenever I log onto the MyNJ website to check my firefighting credentials, I laugh, thinking - are they running this site on DOS 0.5?
Lol, when all you have are lame whataboutisms.
Like when Hunter had his phony charity **** down?
As I said, clown car.
Zip is also very good
Part of the issue, like mentioned on here previously, is that AI automatically filters out certain qualified candidates
While AI is good in a lot of aspects, there's a human side that cannot be correlated to the computer which is lost when AI is prevalent
I assume resume writing services will now be in demand a lot more in order to go to the top of the "AI line" when submitting resumes
Sometimes. With tariffs, it's clear. Are there some tactical maneuvering and pivoting as he tests the waters? Sure. I also forgot to mention, another motivation, as if it was needed, is China's poisoning of Americans with fentanyl. There is no doubt this is intentional. Every move the CCP makes is well orchestrated. This is no doubt part of their payback for the humiliation of the opium wars.
It's right on point, and exposes your lame political hypocrisy as usual ragu.Lol, when all you have are lame whataboutisms.
Like when Hunter had his phony charity **** down?
As I said, clown car.
In fairness, Hunter is an inspiration for many
Rich kid who never worked and leveraged his last name for political gain and profit
Plus, by all accounts, he appears to be quite the artist !!
Al I also saw the Ray Dalio interview and his thoughts/comments were very concerning.
Don't want to get into a political debate about this subject (stock market, inflation, recession) because the actual results will take some time to manifest itself and then it will be clear to everyone.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, passed in 1930 and signed by President Hoover, significantly increased tariffs in the US, sparking a global trade war and exacerbating the great depression. It was primarily intended to protect American Farmers and Manufactures from foreign competition but it utimately back fired leading to a sharp decline in international trade.
Hoping Smoot-Hawley 2 works out better.
Some parts of the US economy will be impacted immediately and will take a few months to show up. For example tourism, I am reading many citizens from many Europeans countries and Canada are cancelling vacations to the US (particularly Canadians who are also not buying US cars, booze and other US products).
As another poster pointed out the US carries a lot of debt and relies on many countries to finance the debt (bonds,treasuries etc).
If countries refuse or limit future consumption/buying of US debt it will also have a significant affect on the US economy.
Again don't want to be a part of a political debate but some concern for the US economy going forward.
Hope for the best.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
Its NJ for now. Wife has great job and her family is here so can't move right now
Smoot-Hawley in the 1930s is about as relevant to today's global economic conditions as the buggy whip is to Tesla.
The net results will not be determined by you or me but will be manifested in the next year or so by the performance of US Economy.
Hope for the best.
Stay tuned.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
I hear that (sans the great job part, excluding benefits & job security)
Best advice is to keep at it - great part about living in NJ is there's a plethora of opportunities within a 90-mile radius - key like always though is to find the best option
Would try the aforementioned ideas, as well as reach out to your network of previous colleagues/co workers
Often times, opportunities arise when you least expect them
CIP, I was in a job I didn't care for when our daughter was born
While in the hospital, in between her naps and feeding time, on a whim (and tired AF), I reached out to an old buddy I knew for 30 years re. his company
It took me nearly a decade, but finally, I was able to work for him, at that very same company, all b/c of a simple late-night email that I only really wrote b/c I was sleep deprived and figured "what the hell"
Agreed, there are significant risks to economy going forward, especially when the final decision is taken on tariffs.
what part of NJ do they live? Seems like an EE shouldn't have a problem finding something. something to consider would be the Merck site in Rahway. I know more than a few folks who went in as a lower level job, chemical operator, site services, etc then once you're in much easier to find openings that suit your degree. I know a few folks who started out that way, some going to school at night and worked their way up through upper levels of management.
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Coming from Merck (I was there for 6 years), I'm sure you would know that Pharma sites take a while to complete and this was not due to the current administration. The Durham site broke ground in 2004 and planning for this latest expansion probably started 10 years ago. Permits/Approval (across various global reg agencies), Construction, Equipment Installation & Validation activities, GMP Validation/Regulatory activities, Testing etc.
Also the recent cuts in the FDA may end up working against attempts at more rapid deployment of Pharma Manufacturing in the US (bringing Pharma Mfg to the US is something that is being advanced by the administration as they have discussed soon removing the Pharma tariff exclusion). As an example I'm waiting to work with a new site in Maryland which was supposed to have FDA inspection/GMP certification in February. It's been continually delayed since then with the EMA (Europe) and PMDA (Japan) beating the FDA to the punch in completing.
As you have referenced a number of people have issued concerns about the possibility of the US Economy going into a Recession.
Although I have referenced the Smoot-Hawley Act (History), I am not implying we will have the same results but some negative consequences could result in pushing the economy toward a recession.
History has shown that if the US Economy goes into a recession unemployment will significantly increase and it will take many years to come out of it. To date we have been very fortunate with rather low unemployment numbers in the range of 3.6%.
Past recession US National Unemployment rates:
!974: 7.2%
1975: 8.2%
1976: 7.8%
1977: 6.4%
1980: 7.2%
1981: 8.5%
1983: 10.8%
1984: 8.3%
1984: 7.3%
1985: 7.0%
Hope for the best going forward.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
No one said the Durham Site had anything to do with any administration Obviously that type of facility takes years and years. My point was there was a reason they picked NC as opposed to upgrading the Rahway site which has plenty of room for expansion
Really? Here on Planet Earth, the candidate that does not want to bomb Mexico, attack Canada, send legal residents to gulags and pick fights with Vietnam over sewing Nikes is the better one.
If only the loud minority knew what a tariff was before, and didn't get their "news" from a guy best known for a TV show about eating tarantulas.
Yeah the record high stock market and record low unemployment was very difficult, but now things are rectified!
Those penguins are going to pay tariffs.
Ecuador, whose sole currency is the US dollar, has been declared a currency manipulator.
And finally, we're going to grow bananas here at home and Shein is going to open a factory in Alabama.
Yet, with all of that going on, and multiple "indictments," you still sent out arguably the worst candidate in any of our lifetimes
Who, in case you missed it, not only lost, but proceeded to get her **** kicked in, losing both the electoral & popular votes, while completing the trifecta of losing all 7 swing states
Sure. Literally everyone with a brain, including hardcore conservative Republicans like Rand Paul say tariffs are moronic. This is 5th grade civics stuff.
It's a tax. And a dumb tax at that.
Literally NO ONE wants to work, or their child to work, on jobs that are currently housed in developing countries.
And, there are many products we can't make in the US just because of climate. Bananas. Coffee beans.
And, we're in the midst of a housing shortage picking a battle with our closest ally where most of the lumber comes from.
And, no one believes Canada, Lesotho, Madagascar, the EU and islands full of penguins are enemies but our best pals are Russia and Belarus.
This isn't even a debate.
Oh wow, Mr. Wonderful- a citizen of Canada and Ireland- has hot takes on American politics. Oh boy, let's get Ron Vara to weigh in. Is he any relation to Peter Navarro? Couldn't be!
You and the others defend it as a reflex. This is what happens when you voted for someone who literally called for Joe Paterno to be brought back. In for a penny, in for a pound, taking the world economy down with you because you believe literal propaganda and support a political party like it's a sports franchise.
I didn't send out anyone.
What I did do- in contrast to the other side- was understand what I learned in 5th grade social studies. I guess I had the luck of going to a public school and learning things like separation of powers, Congress has the power of the purse, courts must be abided by, etc. A stroke of luck in a deep purple district, I guess.
You know, versus, what a fishstick heir has to say.
You can't argue tariffs because it's an absolute loser of an argument. Everyone knows it. So you want to talk about the propaganda from before the election. As if ANYTHING could justify plunging the American economy and Constitution into the toilet, Barstool bros hot takes on women sure ain't one.
But as to me, my conscience will be clear, I have another passport and the skills to survive, certainly not needing to hope I can luck out and maybe Temu will open a NJ factory for me.
I did see a dementia guy in a car.
He said "I love Tesler" and "everything's computer" as a South African crackhead illegal immigrant showed off his plummeting brand. His nude model illegal immigrant wife wasn't there though. You know, the one he cheated on with a porn star as she sat home with a newborn and became a felon for. After E Jean Carroll, who a federal judge determined he raped. Or as you would say, those Christian values.
That after claiming George Washington took the airports.
Oh...and he under oath confused the woman he raped with his ex wife.
But it's others with dementia? LOL.
You guys project so much next you'll be excusing the destruction of classified documents and hitting our beloved boys in blue with the American flag...OH WAIT!!!
Annnndddd.... none of it worked
The American people spoke - rather loudly - and decided enough was enough
But hey, don't let me talk any sense into you
Keep up w/the same old playbook
4 years could turn into 8
Which could turn into 12
I'm happy
My family's happy
And a lot of other Americans are happy
Yeah it was one of those "loud" elections where no one won a majority decided by 2 points.
What I do think is good is now you guys are out of the closet about the Constitution. I'm glad you no longer pretend like law and order matters. A burden lifted.
No doubt, a shrinking minority of people are happy.
Some people don't have 401ks, don't buy goods or don't care about basic values like democracy or not having gulags.
Eventually though it will come to an end and it's going to be the felon and his cult on their way to Guantanamo. And that's going to spark real joy with a majority.