$13+/hr Jobs?... (employment, apply, unemployed, degree)

[Truth11]

At my last job I was making $12/hr...where can I search for jobs making upwards of that? I've tried sites like Indeed and Simply Hired and came across this forum in search also that seemed to have some ideas previously...

[arc212]

This is so vague we're going to need a little more detail.

Skills/Qualifications/Degree? Skilled workers don't have much trouble making over that on a regular basis.

[TRC2k11]

I found my job last May thru a Google search for "waterjet jobs" that brought up a job listing here in WA via Worksource.

For fun and to see if the tactic is still viable... I just repeated the process and this turned up.

https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksour...der=Employment

They still have a listing up nearly a year later. I worked for Aerotek for 5 months before getting hired permanent with the client in October. I was a temp at $20 an hour and now make $24 with a nice benefit package as well as regular overtime. I was unemployed living in Georgia and moved out here for the job. It was without a doubt the best decision of my life. The job market in Georgia is horrible... I have a manufacturing background with various manual and CNC machine experience such as mills and lathes as well as saw, plasma and waterjet cutting experience. There is a lot of this type of work in this area mainly for Boeing and their suppliers.

Edit: If you've watched American Chopper you've seen a waterjet in action... if not here's a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jm4_HikMqk Waterjet cutting is how it's done in the aerospace industry due to the fact the jet leaves no HAZ (heat affected zone) in the metal... unlike plasma and lasers. Boeing has hundreds of airplanes to build... contracts that are worth billions of dollars. I like the job security.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by Truth11

At my last job I was making $12/hr...
where can I search for jobs making upwards of that?

Pretty much anywhere.
The straight poop: The first $8-10 per hour of wage allows employers to compete with McDonalds
for the best of the droopy drawer wearing, slack jawed, and generally unqualified for anything
more/better which might apply.

The next $2-4 per hour of wages allows them to tap the quickly diminishing pool of those with any sense
of responsibility. Finding entry level people who will show up on time every day, actually clock 40 hours
and show some capacity to accept training and then of course stick with it... is harder than you might think.

I've tried sites like Indeed and Simply Hired...

This level of work is about face to face with the decision maker impressions.
Ideally at 7AM with your lunch packed and ready to work immediately.

Whatever your interest may be find the companies (nearest to you) in that business or trade.
Haunt the business parks where they have their shops and/or go for materials.

90% of success is just showing up. Do that.
You can NOT do it online.

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by arc212

This is so vague we're going to need a little more detail.

Skills/Qualifications/Degree? Skilled workers don't have much trouble making over that on a regular basis.

I was unlucky enough to pick poor paying careers early on,such as retail and broadcasting...after I got out of that I ended up working pretty much general temp jobs so my skills at this point aren't that specialized.

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by MrRational

The next $2-4 per hour of wages allows them to tap the quickly diminishing pool of those with any sense
of responsibility. Finding entry level people who will show up on time every day, actually clock 40 hours
and show some capacity to accept training and then of course stick with it... is harder than you might think.

I'd most likely fit into that mid category;

[piggyy]

In n out starts at $10 and can be as high as $13 after a couple years...

[andywire]

If you can present yourself as a respectable and reasonably intelligent person at the interview, it's not too hard to ask for a few bucks more. I think employers have had enough of the typical lowball workers and are ready for folks who can actually get the job done, for a reasonable wage of course.

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by piggyy

In n out starts at $10 and can be as high as $13 after a couple years...

What's In n out?...Buddy of mine used to work at Lowes home improvement and claims his was up around there too,not bad for general skills...though I don't know much about home improvement so that wouldn't be fair to the customers.

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by piggyy

In n out starts at $10 and can be as high as $13 after a couple years...

If you're referring to In n Out Burger that is pretty high for a place like that,located out west. Pretty sorry considering here on the east coast was supposedly a prosperous area,jobs like that here would probably be around $8