Comments on: Where The Jobs Aren’t- Retail Edition http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/ Getting Things Done, Getting Ahead, Getting Through The Day Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly O http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-575 Kelly O Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:25:29 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-575 I can attest to the difficulty in finding a part-time (after your 8-5) job these days. It seems like fewer places are hiring, even though we have new construction in our city. @Brian - Fabulous point about the housing thing. Foreclosures are going through the roof, and even people trying to sell are spending less. My mom and stepdad have had their house on and off the market for two years now and are loathe to spend more than absolutely necessary since they've dropped the price significantly. I can attest to the difficulty in finding a part-time (after your 8-5) job these days. It seems like fewer places are hiring, even though we have new construction in our city.

@Brian – Fabulous point about the housing thing. Foreclosures are going through the roof, and even people trying to sell are spending less. My mom and stepdad have had their house on and off the market for two years now and are loathe to spend more than absolutely necessary since they’ve dropped the price significantly.

]]> By: Brian http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-517 Brian Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:55:10 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-517 AND... if the anecdotal data is true... tons and tons of people are NOT actually fixing up their homes... they're just walking away from them and letting them go into foreclosure instead of throwing good money after bad. After all, if your home is now worth $75,000 less than what you still owe on it, what are you gonna do, throw $25k more into improvements? AND… if the anecdotal data is true… tons and tons of people are NOT actually fixing up their homes… they’re just walking away from them and letting them go into foreclosure instead of throwing good money after bad. After all, if your home is now worth $75,000 less than what you still owe on it, what are you gonna do, throw $25k more into improvements?

]]> By: Dee http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-514 Dee Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:18:43 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-514 I did a stint in retail over the holidays and was surprised by how slow traffic was. Christmas Eve was one of the easiest days I worked! People just really weren't shopping that much. Also, about the home improvement stores, many people were fixing up their homes with money from HELOCs that they now can't get because the value of their homes has decreased so they have less equity. At least that's my theory. Why pump more money into a house that's losing value daily? I did a stint in retail over the holidays and was surprised by how slow traffic was. Christmas Eve was one of the easiest days I worked! People just really weren’t shopping that much.
Also, about the home improvement stores, many people were fixing up their homes with money from HELOCs that they now can’t get because the value of their homes has decreased so they have less equity. At least that’s my theory. Why pump more money into a house that’s losing value daily?

]]> By: Brian http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-513 Brian Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:20:10 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-513 Yeah, but they've spent the last 5 years living off the fat of the biggest housing boom in history. Something tells me that home refurbishing on the handful of houses that are selling can only make up for that loss in sales volume fractionally. People might be fixing up their homes, but that is nothing compared to the materials needed to BUILD homes. Yeah, but they’ve spent the last 5 years living off the fat of the biggest housing boom in history. Something tells me that home refurbishing on the handful of houses that are selling can only make up for that loss in sales volume fractionally.

People might be fixing up their homes, but that is nothing compared to the materials needed to BUILD homes.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-512 Lauren Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:09:40 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/where-the-jobs-arent-retail-edition_461/#comment-512 I would almost expect Lowes and Home Depot to be doing well - it seems like if you want to sell your house in this market you'd want to as much as possible to make it sellable, including updating and renovating. But then again, perhaps the money isn't there to do it. I would almost expect Lowes and Home Depot to be doing well – it seems like if you want to sell your house in this market you’d want to as much as possible to make it sellable, including updating and renovating. But then again, perhaps the money isn’t there to do it.

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