how is the job market where everyone lives?

[HappyGilmore]

Depends the type of job one is looking for. 

Lower paying jobs in retail (K-Mart, Wal-mart) and food service (Applebee's, McDonalds, any restaurant) are hit and miss.  Especially the food jobs.  I work in a restaurant, and I've seen the business go down for a while due to the economy.  Even though we're reasonably priced, it's hard to take the entire family out when one has limited funds.  I've seen lots of my friends and co-workers lose their jobs/lose hours due to management being unable to afford paying them.  Luckily, I've been there a while, and can run two or three stations at once, so they keep me around.  Plus, I speak a little Spanish, and can communicate with some of our employees.  I've also learned how to do other jobs, so I can help the managers when needed, unlike some co-workers, who only do one thing and therefore get fired.

[lester1/2jr]

luckily we get to pay boom era prices for gas during all this. thanks so much Federal Reserve

[Frank81]

It's been sliding all the way to China since  in te mid-90's last century. NYC, always has jobs, but, they have less benefits for  more so-called 'temp' work, while, 'perm'  positions  are filled by those who give you their work as they take days off and fly to Aruba, or China, to see how  the  Communist slave labor  works with Capital.

[bob]

Depends the type of job one is looking for. 

Lower paying jobs in retail (K-Mart, Wal-mart) and food service (Applebee's, McDonalds, any restaurant) are hit and miss.  Especially the food jobs.  I work in a restaurant, and I've seen the business go down for a while due to the economy.  Even though we're reasonably priced, it's hard to take the entire family out when one has limited funds.  I've seen lots of my friends and co-workers lose their jobs/lose hours due to management being unable to afford paying them.  Luckily, I've been there a while, and can run two or three stations at once, so they keep me around.  Plus, I speak a little Spanish, and can communicate with some of our employees.  I've also learned how to do other jobs, so I can help the managers when needed, unlike some co-workers, who only do one thing and therefore get fired.

no food service or retails jobs available in my neck of the woods......yeah the economy is craptastic

[retrorussell]

Not particularly great in Portland.  There are jobs but not a lot of well-paying ones unless you take classes (and PSU is a pretty good university).  A lot of people do cullinary classes around here.  I make an okay buck doing government work.  If you're a war veteran you can find some good, steady employment with ridiculous benefits.  If you're not keen on putting your resume at a hundred different places within a few weeks (I wasn't), you can go through one of MANY temp agencies in the area(which has definitely helped me get back on my feet).  Strange that we have so many homeless people with all the temp agencies around, so they don't really get my sympathy.