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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Home health aide!! There are so many old people who want to age in their homes and not move to assisted living, and that number is only going to increase in the future. [/quote]

+1! We have been searching for this for my mom. So many home health care agencies hire illegal immigrants because most citizens don’t want to do this job [b][u]for the pay[/u][/b]. It’s a mess![/quote]

Fixed it for you. For the right money, I'd happily take care of your mom, and I'd be great at it. But it's hard work, often with odd hours, and anybody you'd trust is also qualified to do something else that pays at least as well.[/quote]

We were paying $35 an hour, legal, for home health caregivers for Mom on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  They drove her around, prepared meals, and walked with her (several miles a day.)[/quote]

I assume you are paying that to a company, I bet the actual worker is getting $20 per hour or less.[/quote]

They might be getting that rate of pay, but they are employed, which puts them way ahead anyone who is unemployed, no matter how credentialed they are.

This is the core of the issue - jobs most definitely exist, but many people won't deign to take them because of the lack of WFH, the low pay, the lack of prestige, or the perceived/real onerous character of the work.  But preferring to be unemployed to feeling underemployed is a choice, and does not mean jobs are not there.  [b]Choosing unemployment over underemployment is not at all the same as "but there are no jobs!".[/b]  You may be able to say you can't find a job you want or like, but that's different.  [/quote]

A job that comes nowhere near paying my bills is not a viable option. Let's say, just as an extreme example, that I work 8 hours a day for $1. Is it really better to be "employed" than unemployed in that case? There are other things I can do with my time, including take care of my kids, try to start a business, go back to school, move to a completely new area. All of those would be better than a job that takes up all of my time but doesn't pay enough for rent and groceries.

And yes, these jobs you have in mind pay more than a dollar a day, but people are making the same calculus when they decide whether to waste their time. [/quote]

So, you prefer no income to a low income?  That's fine, but that's also your choice, and forms no basis for claiming "there are no jobs".  [/quote]

Looking for a job is a full time job. Spending time making the same as unemployment pays or less is counter productive. If prospective employers want a full job history, you have to list it and it puts the smell of desperation on you.

It would probably be better to sell your house and move somewhere cheaper, and use the proceeds as income.  [/quote]

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