Northwest Members - Some Career Advise needed

Hey guys, as some of you know I've got some medical issues I'm living with.
I've got a good job and I'm making pretty good money right now. But my work is very physical, and there's alot of time away from the family on 12hr night shifts. I know physically I won't be able to do this kind of work forever. I've been looking at going to school but I don't want to get a 4 yr degree and not be able to find a job. Was looking at pharm, but all the info I'm getting says that the market is oversaturated with Pharmd grads. Was looking at radiation therapist, but I've yet so see anyone hiring one. I planned on retiring from the military because I loved my job, obviously that didn't happen. These schools seem to try to sell you on these degrees, not telling you the condition of the job market of these fields. So I'd like to hear you guys thoughts.

That's the major problem at the moment. The economy has been bad for about 3 years now and everyone that lost their jobs at that time, jumped into fields that were in need. Now those fields are over saturated and not very many employers are hiring in any fields. It's a really tough market right now and I'm still trying to get back into Civil Design, or anything with CAD. There's work out there, but most of the employers are so scared to make a full commitment that you'll see a lot of 'temp' jobs, or temp agencies because they happen to busy 'at the moment'. Now that our wonderful president has let our countries credit go to shambles with the downgraded rating, it's no telling when everything will calm down to a point where business' feel comfortable hiring full-time people again. I keep telling myself, "it'll get better eventually", but seriously, 3 years waiting to get back into a career field? WTF?

This lady brings up some great points. I think she should run for President! LOL....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkOExn3A62Q&feature=related


Mike

That's the major problem at the moment. The economy has been bad for about 3 years now and everyone that lost their jobs at that time, jumped into fields that were in need. Now those fields are over saturated and not very many employers are hiring in any fields. It's a really tough market right now and I'm still trying to get back into Civil Design, or anything with CAD. There's work out there, but most of the employers are so scared to make a full commitment that you'll see a lot of 'temp' jobs, or temp agencies because they happen to busy 'at the moment'. Now that our wonderful president has let our countries credit go to shambles with the downgraded rating, it's no telling when everything will calm down to a point where business' feel comfortable hiring full-time people again. I keep telling myself, "it'll get better eventually", but seriously, 3 years waiting to get back into a career field? WTF?

This lady brings up some great points. I think she should run for President! LOL....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkOExn3A62Q&feature=related


Mike

yup true that. Obama and his party of dumb shits is running this country in the ground.

There are piles of high paying jobs that don't require a degree - plenty that are always going to be in high demand that need short degree lengths (associate or similar) as well.

msn always has interesting articles about high paying jobs that are in demand that don't require long term degrees.

I'm lucky to work in the tech field and learned basically everything on the job over the years and do pretty decently for my age, no degree and it's never hindered me.

Find something you enjoy doing that everyone else doesn't enjoy doing (jobs that everyone want never pay well, supply and demand at it's best)

That's the major problem at the moment. The economy has been bad for about 3 years now and everyone that lost their jobs at that time, jumped into fields that were in need. Now those fields are over saturated and not very many employers are hiring in any fields. It's a really tough market right now and I'm still trying to get back into Civil Design, or anything with CAD. There's work out there, but most of the employers are so scared to make a full commitment that you'll see a lot of 'temp' jobs, or temp agencies because they happen to busy 'at the moment'. Now that our wonderful president has let our countries credit go to shambles with the downgraded rating, it's no telling when everything will calm down to a point where business' feel comfortable hiring full-time people again. I keep telling myself, "it'll get better eventually", but seriously, 3 years waiting to get back into a career field? WTF?

This lady brings up some great points. I think she should run for President! LOL....


Mike

Holly nugget! I like that girl! She got me fired up! :usa:

I really don't think it would have mattered who the President was, or is during Obama's time in office. Our country is far beyond repair and would take an act of GOD to get things back into the right direction. We are at a stage in time, where something dramatic will probably soon take place in the few years to come and unemployment and debt will no longer matter to anyone.

Could not agree more

I would have to disagree with u todd. Obama has put us in a shit load more debt and unemployment is just as bad as when he took office.

^there was no winning last round, or hell, the round before that, it was a race between bad and worse - turk got it right, spending money on one special interest or the other doesn't make the change that is required to fix the debt that we as a nation have come to run on since the last time the federal govt didn't run on a deficit for more than a few months of questionable math

I would have to disagree with u todd. Obama has put us in a shit load more debt and unemployment is just as bad as when he took office.

Correct, he has put us further into debt and unemployment is still sky high. Point I was trying to make was, there wasn't another person or individual running for office that would have got us back to where we where 6,7,8, years ago. Being in Obama's spot would be hard for the smartest and saviest of people. To blame one individual is nonsense....it took more then Obama to get us to the current situation we are in.

well its funny how they blame bush for everything and now that Obama's term is almost over and we are in a worse hole then when he got into office. My point is that he doesn't have what it takes to run a country successfully economically or any of his administration.

I agree with some points and disagree with others. I believe Obama could have done a lot more to help this countries unemployment issues. Our country has been in economic turmoil in the past and had presidents that turned it around.

1930's Great Depression, Roosevelts "The New Deal" program.
1980 Bad Recession Era, Reagans "Reaganomics" program.

1990's, Clinton didn't have a "named" plan, but when he spoke, people listened and believed in him. He got the country to economic heights that other presidents could only dream of, including reducing the countries debt by over 350 BILLION dollars!. The guy had some personal issues but he will be in the history books as one of the top accomplishing presidents to date.

All of these programs above had flaws, and all future plans will as well, but you know what? All of those presidents instilled confidence with a "plan" to the American people and got them spending and creating jobs again. If a president does not stimulate confidence in the American people then we will never get out of this crisis. Obama does the opposite of this by downgrading the countries credit rating and scaring the shit out of investors around the world. Like the woman above said in the video, he needed to come up with a plan!

Obama's time as president is quickly expiring. It's now time for a change!

My .02.

Mike

he doesn't have what it takes to run a country successfully economically or any of his administration.

I agree 100%.

Unfortunately Obama has just added to the pile of rubbish that was left for him by Bush. Presidential candidates can talk all they want about what they will do for our country and have all kinds of great changes and solutions written down on paper... but once they actually take on the roll of president is when we really see what ones capable of and I don't foresee any 1 person being capable of turning things around in a timely manor or bringing our nation back to it's feet. That's why "we the people" need to prepare for worst case senario and not bank on our government for help.

What a load of horseshit. The recession, which was much closer to a full depression started in 2007. Bush had already tried two stimulus to help the economy. If you look at the causes of why this happened it goes back years to many major industries going overseas, absolute disrespect for sound financial decisions by banks and lending firms, and the end of the housing boom. America is now considered a mature society which is a nice way of saying the train has left the depot. If you want to invest in countries that have growth potential, look at China, Brazil, or India. Obama got this warm turd handed to him. The economic efforts he put in place were the same type Bush used because the Fed and leading economists recommended them.

As far as jobs go, there are a number of technical jobs available. One with regional demand is Airframe maintenance and repair. Run over to PCC's rock creek campus and discuss your situation with a councilor.

What a load of horseshit.

What are you referring to?

Mike

Oh no here we go..lol...
2 things I don't talk about

1: politics

2: religion.

It always ends up in a argument..but I do like to watch.:D

What are you referring to?

Mike

Probably my statements :)

Oh no here we go..lol...
2 things I don't talk about

1: politics

2: religion.

It always ends up in a argument..but I do like to watch.:D

I know...it usually opens up a huge can of worms. That's why I never really say much....especially over the internet.

BTW, bbq/horseshoes your place soon!

Lol you got it Todd!! Let me do some figuring out and I'll put a thread up.

Forget wine, don't mix cars and politics lol

What a load of horseshit. The recession, which was much closer to a full depression started in 2007. Bush had already tried two stimulus to help the economy. If you look at the causes of why this happened it goes back years to many major industries going overseas, absolute disrespect for sound financial decisions by banks and lending firms, and the end of the housing boom. America is now considered a mature society which is a nice way of saying the train has left the depot. If you want to invest in countries that have growth potential, look at China, Brazil, or India. Obama got this warm turd handed to him. The economic efforts he put in place were the same type Bush used because the Fed and leading economists recommended them.

As far as jobs go, there are a number of technical jobs available. One with regional demand is Airframe maintenance and repair. Run over to PCC's rock creek campus and discuss your situation with a councilor.

Yeah, I know their's plenty tech jobs, I've got one now, and know of many hiring. I just won't be able to do the job physically forever. I need something thats low stress on my body. Long story short I now park in handicapped spots and had 100% disability rating, which is now 90% disabled because I refused to not work.