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Originally Posted by alkytrio666
Go to some popular restaraunts and bars in your area and ask them if you can hang your ad there. It's what people do over here. I live in a small town, however.
Good luck Rayne!
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Thanks...That's a good idea...I was really hoping to find something on the 'net because I need to reach as many people as possible
The problem is:
We have SO many jobs available here, people can pick and choose...
We have a LOT of 'job hoppers', in case you don't know what that means, they're people who change jobs frequently either because they don't like the job they have, they find a job that pays more, or they just want to try something new...
The employers have a difficult time enticing employees, simply BECAUSE there is so much to choose from here...Which is why fast food restaurants and other places that are considered to be 'low paying jobs', pay an average of $10 an hour here, with health benefits, 401k, vacation pay, etcetera...
This also creates lazy workers who don't take their jobs seriously...They know that if they get fired, they can just get another job...It's too easy for them...
The only excuse NOT to have a job here, is just severe laziness...Dustin has been here for 2 years, and even HE has had 3 jobs, each time he switched to make more money, or to try something he liked better...He was very surprised by how easy it was to find a job here...
It's a gold mine for someone looking for work...It's a dry well for someone looking for a worker...
Most of the people around here (like the kinda people I'd probably reach with a notice at a local restaurant, bar, etcetera) most likely aready HAVE jobs...That's why I need to reach a LOT of people in a hurry, hoping to catch at least ONE good candidate in between jobs, before he snags up his next one...
We always took this 'easy to find jobs' thing for granted when someone WANTED a job...Now, it's biting us in the ass, because we're on the other side...Employees are a much more valuable commodity than employers here...
Everything I have found online so far, where I could actually post this job offer, requires payment to do so...Fuck that...I'm not paying for a year of shit just to fill one position, one time...
Hmm, but actually...One of the other drivers is a terrible slacker, too...He always gets caught goofing off and sleeping in between runs, and is often difficult to locate (even though he has a company cell phone on him)...
That's actually how Dustin got in a wreck on Halloween...One of the guys called in sick, so Dustin tried to get ahold of the guy who was ALREADY at work to see if he could stay a little longer, to cover the guy who called off, so that Dustin could go trick-or-treating with the kids, then Dustin would take over and finish the shift AFTER trick-or-treating...
Well, he couldn't reach the guy, even though the guy was there and had a company cell phone on him...So, Dustin had to actually drive there to physically search for him...
He found him hanging out in one of the rooms, sitting on his ass...He told Dustin, "Oh I didn't know you tried to reach me, I think this thing is turned off":rolleyes: Yet, he's supposed to be waiting near the van, ready to take off whenever there's a shuttle call...And this guy gets paid overtime every week, and doesn't actually WORK half of the hours that he's there....
Anyway, it was on the way back from finding the guy and telling him to stay over for a couple of hours, when Dustin got in a wreck...He wasn't even planning on going ANYWHERE that day, he was just about to put on his costume...And, it was his day off, too...
Sorry for the super long post...But, I wanted you to see how difficult it's going to be to locate a good worker, and why we need to reach as many people as possible...