so much for job market improvements

If you have been drinking the Kool-aid, for the past few months, then you probably are under the impression that job market is on the up tick. Unfortunately, the data suggests otherwise...so much for the job market improvement projections huh. This seems especially disappointing considering all the hoopla around the job market report for November, which was purported as the lowest decline in jobless claims since the recession began. If you recall, the job seeker blog cautioned at getting on-board that train, since typically hiring or better stated - firing and layoffs are delayed until after the New Year. Why? Well perhaps it's a little hard to enjoy the Thanksgiving and/or Christmas Day dinner when you just got a pink slip. So let's chalk that up as the job market expressing a little compassion --- even if just for a hot minute.

So what's on the horizon for job seekers in the very near future. Well that's the million dollar question. Most likely anyone that can answer that would like get stampeded by the barrage of job seekers looking to get in the know as far as concrete job leads are concerned. Anyway, there is the President's Green Jobs Initiative which has a big bucket of cash behind it. What else? Then there are construction related jobs i.e. infrastructure upgrades to roads, bridges and highways as well as new development of roads, bridges and highways. What else? Well from there that's where things start to get a little hazy. At one point, it looked like the healthcare industry was poised to provide an economic boost with the President's Universal HealthCare Initiative. Unfortunately, that now isn't looking too good with the loss of Senator Kennedy's seat in Massachusetts to a virtually unknown Senator, Brown, who is promising to make a name for himself by blocking the President's healthcare agenda. Oh well, so much for job market improvement projections. Of course, you could apply for a job at SAS in Raleigh. SAS is listed as one of the top 100 employers. Everyone working for SAS is head over heals with their job and oblivious to the job market woes. If you're one of the lucky ones to land a job at SAS you won't likely have to deal with this job market mess for many years to come if ever at all. Go for it.