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I think people will keep immigrating from developing world to developed countries, no matter what even if there are zero jobs. Because it's not just jobs people look for, but a range of other life enhancing things that I have mentioned in my earlier posts. Sometimes a job is far from being a top...

And all the while retirement age keeps increasing, and I see a lot of old people forced to work even after the late retirement age, because they can't live on soc. sec. payoffs (many don't have pensions anymore nor investments to keep up with expenses). So, what factors they are taking in when...

they are literally throwing the population out of the labor force, and then say "we have reduced unemployment", the statistics you brought up clearly show it. Carefully look at columns , from top to bottom, from left to right. What more do you need to see what is going on? As to jobs created...

As a matter of fact, since economy tanked we had this talk of "networking" going viral in US. At some point , like 2 years ago, I remember everyone saying how important it is to network. Although it's much different here from what it is in Canada , meaning you have a fair chance of landing a job...

Another barometer (one which is not controlled by mass media and not subject to clever manipulation) is a job site , such as careerbuilder dot com. They have a useful feature called metrics. Site measures number of people who apply for the specific job you applied to, whether those who apply are...

That's why I said there were days. Meaning those days are gone now.

If you are a rocket scientist you can easily get job in US, just as a crane operator can easily get a job in Canada. if you apply in a field where true shortage of skilled workers exist you will get hired, no matter what the economy is. But that's an exception, not a rule. You can't speak of...

Things can go wrong anywhere when economy sucks

There were days when minimum wage could support family of three (a single parent with two kids). As late as in 1990's minimum wage was paying for all the necessities. And it was only $4.75/hr or less (can't remember the exact figure now).

The only reason they have illusions about US job market is that US doesn't let them in. When you get the door shut in front of your face your desire to get inside becomes emotionally aroused (feeling of rejection,hurt pride, similar to what happens when you go after a girl who won't go out with...

Indeed, very excellent post! We should all be going to elementary school, college and University after we arrive to Canada on FSW. Even those of us who have PhD from back home must start with Canadian elementary school. all over again. Once you do that and complete full course of study you can...

Yes, Polara69, I was banned for a day. Because Devil got into me and I was impudent and dared to challenge Big Bosses. But then God had mercy on me, I was exorcised, Devil was kicked out of me so now I am very smart man, and as you can see I am happy now, got a job, occasionally cooking barbecue...

I personally do not believe in freedom of expression, that is all silly games people in West play and don't even believe it themselves. I think we live in a SM world, where Boss is Boss. The harder kicks I get from my Boss the bigger Boss I know he is. And I know what to do when you get hard...

Flute , this is probably my last post here. I got banned here yesterday after being a subject to a barrage of personal attacks by several posters (which I tried to keep cool and ignore their attempts to make it a personal issue as much as possible, but which never ended until I started to...

The easiest way is to look at statistics. the last time I checked US median household income was around $50000 per year. We have 330 million people. How many can afford a house for $5mil dollars? We used to have all these expensive and fancy houses, as well as buyers for them, and no one cared...

One of my legal classes was a "US Constitution" and it was about Constitutional Rights (in Canada there is Charter of Rights). While US law has less restrictions (for example First Amendment has no "reasonable limits" clause and, subsequently, there is no degree of free speech that can be...

One of the biggest problems new settlers in Canada face is lack of skilled jobs , which forces them to take survival jobs in order to be able to eat and pay for a roof over their heads. The problems are as following: 1. Extreme scarcity of white collar jobs. This often results in hundreds of...

As old saying goes "you can kick a person out of "banana republic", but you can't kick "banana republic" out of the person". This goes to anyone who doesn't understand concept of freedom of political speech and who resorts to personal attacks in lieu of disputing the points of the opponent on...

"Country" is not a "Person". Not since we have Republic , instead of God-like Emperors who personified a State. I have every right to be critical of any country in the world, its' practices or policies, as I choose. This is my Fundamental Right to a Political Speech. No one can ever challenge...

Third world countries are total disaster, government there is an indisputably corrupted vile "boss" and people are still pretty much owned, intimidated , harassed and coerced into silence. This, unfortunately, is a direct consequence of being a proverbial "banana republic". Luckily, here in the...