ripit
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- Apr 19, 2014
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Just a word of caution regarding the white collar work available in Edmonton. There have been a tonne of people move to Edmonton...often because one person is here for a lucrative blue collar job (men for the most part). Their wive's of course tag along and typically they have admin type jobs. Well now what you have is still a shortage of blue collar types, but a massive oversupply of alot of other things.
I'm in a hiring position and when I put ad up for financial analyst position I get upwards of 100 responses. I've been job hunting for a senior financial position (I have one now, but looking to move on) and hiring person on a recent application replied saying thanks for the resume, but we received over 100 highly qualified responses and you are not one of the ones chosen for an interview. Have a friend laid off by gov't (marketing position). Took her six months to find another marketing job at 30K less than before. I know in the position I am in, the salaries have essentially stagnated since about the year 2000 due to oversupply. It's not the land of riches if you are an office worker. Way too many people graduating universities today and not enough getting their journeymen tickets.
I'm in a hiring position and when I put ad up for financial analyst position I get upwards of 100 responses. I've been job hunting for a senior financial position (I have one now, but looking to move on) and hiring person on a recent application replied saying thanks for the resume, but we received over 100 highly qualified responses and you are not one of the ones chosen for an interview. Have a friend laid off by gov't (marketing position). Took her six months to find another marketing job at 30K less than before. I know in the position I am in, the salaries have essentially stagnated since about the year 2000 due to oversupply. It's not the land of riches if you are an office worker. Way too many people graduating universities today and not enough getting their journeymen tickets.