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December 1, 2011|Interesting Facts| No comments yet
Most of us have seen “The Office” or the movie “Office Space.”Scenes of the daily-dridgery fill the screen and give a comedic look at boring jobs in boring locations. If you think these representations are bad, imagine having to work the actual boring jobs that inspired such cinematic satires. Flag-person Constructions typically pays a good, solid living wage. There are some construction jobs that pay well but come with the high price of supreme boringness. Flag-persons stand in one location for up to 10 - 12 hours per day, turning a sign back and forth, helping to regulate traffic through…
July 13, 2011|Interesting Facts| No comments yet
The economy is rough right now, and many people are grateful to find any employment at all, even if it is work that barely pays the bills. With national minimum wage currently set at just $7.25 an hour, many people struggle to stay afloat. Below are five of the lowest paying jobs in the United States today. As of 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, each of these jobs earns an average salary of under $20,000 per year. Farmworkers and Day Laborers Some of the hardest work out there is done by some of the most poorly paid…
June 19, 2011|How to find a job| No comments yet
When people were children, their mothers always told them if they took a job in, let’s say, the automotive industry, they would always have work. To a certain extent, Mom was right. Nowadays, however, the logistics have changed, in that IT, programming and marketing are the careers in which people will always have a job. On the other hand, why are there so many empty buildings that once housed thriving corporations? The answer is that the corporations have moved into the 21st century, outsourcing their work, cutting overhead to nothing in hopes of making a profit. What this means for…
June 8, 2011|Employers| No comments yet
Virtually everyone needs a job, and there are some places that come to mind right away when in high employment need. The top five employers in the country employ 3,354,000 people in the United States alone – more than the populations of San Francisco, California and Houston, Texas combined. Wal-Mart Providing jobs to nearly two million people in the U.S., Wal-Mart is the largest employer in the country. Employees are given the advantage of a large number of benefits. Their health plan provides coverage for employees’ dependents up to the age of 26. They also provide accident, critical illness, short-…
