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Hello my fellow punatics,
This is Eric S. once again. I have another question. Lets get real (as the kids say these days), and get down to the truth about employment with regard to the white man. As I have previously posted, I am a man in my late 40's with a few good years in me as far as working in the real world. Please let me know if I would have a hard or very hard time finding employment in the Hilo area?
I have some skills from manual labor to office work = a sort of jack of all trades. It would be nice to find employment without breaking my back all day long.
Would I be at the back of the line like the minorities were in the south here on the mainland years ago, or would I find doors opening for myself that would be willing to give me a chance.
Please don't make statements like =
if you have the drive, skills, or talent a job will be found.
give me the real deal about employment. A person can have all the above described skills and still be excluded from a job if there is an underlining current about "haole go home".
Let me have the truth folks. I can handle it............
mahalo in advance,
Eric S.
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Only jobs I have ever seen are minimum and near minimum wage stuff but that's it.
If you are in a hi tech profession there is no work at all.
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give me the real deal about employment.
Approximately 70% of the jobs in East Hawaii are government related, county, state, federal, and military. Of those jobs, realistically, it's difficult though not impossible for a haole to get hired in a county or state position.
If we get into a good real estate market, some construction jobs always become available, at least temporarily.
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If you haven't worked for yourself or have a two million dollar portfolio I would stay where you're at
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I know a well qualified guy that got hired at a local establishment for near minimum with the promise of a raise after a settling in position. He's a friendly guy but the other folks on staff tried to scapegoat him for everything, and give him a hard time. He grinned, beared it, worked hard, and got fired right before the 90 day mark, where they have to start paying benefits. Went to another job and virtually the same thing happened, 90 days.
I think the bottom half of the job market is overloaded with poor suckers, and the businesses know they have a neverending stream of new recruits to use and abuse. Cut them loose before costs go up and get a new one.
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If you are in a hi tech profession there is no work at all.
Unless you can work remotely -- which then requires reliable high-speed internet, power, and phone service, with the persistent risk that your job evaporates and you're left here with nothing.
Government jobs typically require a family connection; it might be possible to "marry in".
Trades are similar: State does not recognize any outside licensure, so you need an apprenticeship, usually not available to haoles. There are some less-regulated trade-ish jobs that merely require permits, and you can sometimes offer services if you're careful not to use any "trade" words. Example: you don't need an electrician's license for "appliance repair" if that appliance can be unplugged ... but then you do need a contractor's license if the repair is over $1000.
Starting your own business sounds like a good idea, but the local government will do its best to bankrupt you before you get your first customer. Renting an "appropriately zoned" location is very expensive, all the commercial real estate is held by a few "prominent landowners" (private or State). People try to work around this by upzoning an existing building (or getting some flavor of Use Permit), but that can take a couple of years while Planning makes up requirements and holds public hearings so the neighbors can object.
The big corporates are more "color-blind", so there's always minimum-wage at Walmart, Safeway, Home Depot, etc.
Otherwise, bring your own money, and plenty of it -- enough to buy some rental real estate to create an income stream.
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If you have a clean record and a high school diploma.. you can always get a job with a security company.. ( there are several).
Pay varies depending on where you get placed. Any where from 10 to 16 dollars an hour or so.
It's a good entry job until you find something better.
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IF you have work experience in Hi TECH, there ARE some jobs, and very well paying jobs.... DH has had 2 here....
But you have to have the training that is needed (DH retired as a PLC tech, we moved here & has had 2 jobs here in PLC.... & retired HERE!) along with PLC, optical techs & comp hardware techs are often requested...
Also small & large engine maintenance, solar techs, auto techs (esp hi tech automotive)
Are they the dream hi 6 figure jobs...heck no!
& there are Fed, State & county jobs of all types...even county pool lifeguards here earn above minimum wage (first place I have ever lived where that is true!)
It seems that some either have never lived here & comment, or have no idea what it is like to live in other very rural agricultural counties...from where we have lived, this county offers a lot of choices.... & at a higher wage...
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"Please don't make statements like =
if you have the drive, skills, or talent a job will be found"
You want honesty, if you don't have the above, you won't get anywhere, anywhere.
There is plenty of work if you are an entrepreneur. Plenty of older retirees here that could use help like yard work, house work, etc. Hawaii is fairly young in the economic sense which means most jobs are created by the job seeker as opposed to jobs provided by someone else.
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there ARE some jobs, and very well paying jobs....
Fed, State & county jobs of all types...
I would add that as far as gov jobs are concerned, if you can get one the pay and benefits are above average.
As far as specific types of jobs, teaching and nursing are generally in demand.
It... lends weight to Goethe's felicitous description of architecture as 'frozen music.' ... Does this, I often wonder, make music 'defrosted architecture?' Listening to Bach's Goldberg variations as I often do on walks when motorway noise and other auditory intrusions preclude the music of silence, it strikes me that it might. - Pub Walks in Underhill Country, Nat Segnit
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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