"Frank" wrote


I was a professional too and exempt from the labor laws.
Never considered it a disadvantage as non-exempts did not make anywhere
near as much even with a lot of overtime.

But, this is not true for girl in question and she is in a quandary at
minimum wage without overtime but will be unemployed if she turns in
employer. Bad deal, but maybe she should just go along with it for a
while if she needs the money. This is just a starter job that most people
would not want to remain in. I'm hearing today that college graduates are
taking jobs like this just to make a little money and keep busy until
something better develops.

And I heard today that the hardest to find workers were #1, machinist, and
down the line, truck driver. It seems like there is little demand for the
ancient Greek sculpture graduates, and other crafts that people devoted
years of study and thousands of dollars to. If their life planning skills
is as good as their educational planning skills, they are going to have an
uphill battle.

I think "attitude development" might be something to consider. A guy can
drive to North Dakota RIGHT NOW, and probably be working in a week. Ya
gotta do what you gotta do. You don't always get to be pitcher in the ball
game of life.

Many of today's young truly cannot grasp why they can't jump from college
frat rat to CEO with a piece of paper and a mortar board, yet essentially
have the social and life skills they had when they entered college. Or they
want to wear their frat sweater along with piercings and tattoos to the
interview.

To them, it's a conspiracy by right wing fanatics and ex prez Bush.

Steve