re: #832 NJDhockeyfan

Last year the local Hershey plant opened two lines and were hiring 120 people. They took applications for three days for those jobs which were simply factory jobs on an assembly line making candy bars. I showed up the first day, along with 3000 others who wanted a job. I met everything from fast food workers & maids to professionals in suits & former business owners, all vying for the same assembly jobs. Right now Americans are willing to do any jobs.

It’s almost like everyone’s moving down a notch in this recesion, or at least stepping sideways. I see so many applications from people who majored in some field that they can’t find work in, or who have had their specialized careers end for some reason, and haven’t been able to get back on track. And g-d help the unskilled laborers, having to compete with illegals who are paid birdseed by unscrupulous contractors.