If You Are Job Hunting: There Is Still Work Out There - Business

If you check the latest unemployment figures, it can be a bit disheartening. It's now hovering up around 10% which is high. Even though if stop and think about it, even in the best of times the unemployment rate was still averaging around 5%. So really it's only about 5% higher than it normally should be. So the fact is that there is still work out there and employees are still hiring. It's just that the jobs are 5% harder find.

Now if you're among the many long-term unemployed who are having trouble finding work, you should know that there are business sectors that have been relatively unaffected by the recession. Areas of the economy were you can still find companies operating as if nothing has changed so they're still hiring on a daily basis. What you need to do is research to identify just what these businesses are.

Take the petroleum industry for instance. Now if you've been watching the news and checking out the latest job figures it may have slipped right by you that the price of gasoline only continues to rise. It's all due to demand and consumption which really is the fuel behind job growth. This doesn't mean that you have to go look for a job at your local gas station either. Rather that place to look, is where they buy their product from.

Where you need to look, is in states like Wyoming, Texas, and Louisiana. Particularly in Texas and Louisiana where if you can pass a drug test and a basic physical, major oil refining companies are hiring right now, with jobs starting at around $15 an hour. Then if you have specialized skills like welding, electronics, or hydraulics the jobs in these places can start in at between $25 and $30 an hour. They go up from there too.

Then if you're looking for real big money, would you believe that their are jobs right now in the commercial fishing industry in Alaska that pay up to $20,000 a month? Well you can believe it because it's true. However, you need to know the work on a commercial fishing boat is one of the toughest jobs you can find. Working conditions are hazardous, the weather's freezing cold at times, and commercial fishermen often work 20 hour shifts.

These are just two examples and there are others, but to find them they all require basically one thing out of you. That is that you need to shift gears and take a different strategy in your search for work. For example you might have to look beyond your local community which means you may have to travel or relocate. It also means you may have to come to terms with the fact the you'll be working at a job that's not your chosen profession.

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