Retail Jobs Now Available, Anyone Can Apply
Posted: Monday, November 03, 2008
by Mr. Keith
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In today's employment world the sad reality is that more and more "educated" people are ending up in the retail sector. Having been in retail for well over 20 years I have seen a stream of college educated individuals give up on the long and fruitless job search and take a job in a big box retail corporation, at the store level. I have recently just spoken with a person who has years of computer experience and certifications galore and just gave it all up and now is working selling stuff in the retail environment.
Regardless of your political opinion the sad truth is that decent high paying jobs are just becoming more and more scarce. Person after person arrives at the doorstep of retail and says that he was "laid off" because the job went overseas. No matter what you believe the term free world trade has little to do with free fair trade. Where ever your political heart may rest the sad truth is that for the United States to compete with the world labor market and the ever growing hunger for corporate profits, the U.S. has had to lower its standard of living. To be able to get the low prices at Wally World we have sold our job soul to China. Why do we use the term "laid off" when there is no intention of ever being rehired?
If you can find ten items on the shelf today, in ten minutes that are made in the United States it would be an accomplishment. Everywhere you look the U.S. shelf is stuffed with foreign goods. In the United States today not much is manufactured because it is cheaper to just ship it in to the shelf. In the United States we do not make it and soon we will not even deliver it as Mexico is destined to take over our trucking companies with all of the recent legislation. We do not manufacture it and now we will not even ship it. We barely answer our phones anymore and soon we will not even be making the deliveries.
Our jobs have been streaming overseas and retail is a field that still offers employment because the need still exists to "put the junk on the shelf". The job market has slashed the wages of employees over the years and now there is less cash to be spent in the stores because spending is now catching up to wages! When a person loses a job and goes from $100,000 a year to $28,000 a year that equates to $72,000 less spent in the economy. Today the economy is slowing down because there is much less wealth to be spent. If you doubt this just go ask someone in retail if they have enough money to go grocery shopping let alone go on vacation!
- In 2006, the average retail worker in a non-supervisory position worked 30.5 hours per week and made $12.58 per hour.
- The most common job in the retail industry is as a salesperson. Over 4 million people define their job as "retail sales." In 2004 the average earnings for a retail salesperson was $8.98 per hour.
- There are currently over 15 million people working in retail jobs across the country
- Almost 12% of all jobs available are involved in the retail industry.
Mr. Keith $8.98 per hour and 30 hours a week if you are lucky. lets see how can I sum this up in one word. Ok I have many but this one will do Foreclosure. Good job.There are many ways to spell it but I think you spelled it very well.Thanks again!Keith
