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Originally Posted by Wizzo
Yeah, I don't know about the rest of the country but I see help wanted signs all over the place and know that's usually the last ditch effort to try and hire people.
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Correct.
I have tried to hire some worker bees here locally over the past couple of years. You do not need any sort of "skills" to do cut and paste work for updating blogs, BIOS, FHG, links, or alike. However, you can't find anyone decent who has any sort of work ethic, assuming you can get them to work for minimum at all.
My personal favorite, as I have heard it a number of times, goes something like this... "Um yeah, I know I do not have any skills or experience, but I am not going to work for minimum wage. I need $10-12/hour as I've got bills to pay."
There are plenty of other examples from strippers, models, and worker bees that almost have me laugh out loud in their face.
I understand we all "have bills to pay". But the wage and type of work was clearly listed. If you need a $10/hour job, do not apply for a minimum wage data entry monkey job. Especially if you have little experience in the first place.
No one wants to start at the bottom and work their way up. Or show you that they have the skills, and renegotiate later. Everyone wants to start out at MTV Cribs pay because they "expect" to make that. Otherwise, it's not worth their time. I guess being unemployed and working for $0.00 is better than working for minimum wage because that is somehow 'beneath you'.
