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Originally Posted by ~Christina
Retail jobs hours are always being cut down at different times of the year, but between Thanksgiving and Christmas you will be worked to the bone.
Many lousy companies prefer to have almost all staff be part time so they do not need to offer any benefits, paid days off or sick days.
Honestly I think probably 50% or more of the workforce across the country could lose there job or have hours cut to where a person would need to find a new job or a second job.
I worked in medical my entire life and never had trouble finding a job but a few positions I had were just a dead end and all I had to look forward to were cost of living increase in pay yearly ( useless in my opinion) not really a real raise so I chose to find a better paying position with another Doctor or Clinic , hospital.
I started in retail at age 16 , by age 17 I realized that healthcare would be the best place for me to have a career in, until robots take over there will always be jobs taking care of people.
Try not to let her scare you too much but put some thought into professions that might ensure your likely to have long term well paid employment.
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Back when I got into professional grant writing, and I was full-time employed at an organization as their dedicated grant writer, I went to a conference for grant writing, and I met some people who'd been consulting for years as grant writers, and one of them told me that I would never be out of a job. Organizations always need money and they always want someone else to do it.
I've only been out of work briefly after a restructuring and layoff, and that's when I transitioned to consulting too. And I have more requests to book my time than I can keep up with.
I definitely diversify my skills and also do marketing and work on medical research publications, as well as other types of fundraising. Definitely I keep my eyes on these things and that's why it's good to save and budget, etc. Also always good to explore different ways you can diversify or translate your current skillset to something close to it that's a different job for when your field tanks.
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