When Yahoo posted their list of best companies to work for in 2009, I had to laugh, thinking maybe they were kidding. Who wrote this stuff? Surely they can’t be serious. On their top 10 picks were: 1. Kaiser Permanente. You click on the “search for jobs” at that site and get a notice that they are migrating their system. If you’re a senior business analyst and live in Oakland, Alameda or East Bay San Francisco, by all means apply. The number 2. top company was the Army National Guard. All you displaced middle age moms are looking for a career in the National Guard, aren’t you? Oops, there’s just a few problems about qualifying. It’s never too late jump out of helicopters and learn other such skills for close to minimum wage, if you pass the tests. 3. Lab Corp of America has one job in California in Los Angeles as a Lab Technician. That’s quite promising– if you’re a lab technician. An employee of a company confided in us that their online application process gets up to 1000 applicants for most jobs, and in general, you’re lucky to get a rejection email if the company uses the current mail software to let you know they didn’t really look at your application. They selected a friend they knew, but they had to post the job on these boards. 4. UPS offers two jobs in California–in Inglewood. 5. Johnson & Johnson has a job in Irvine, Calif. You only need a degree in engineering, 8 years experience, and 3 years experience in project management. Our favorite is AT&T (#12). How many friends do I have in California that just received their 60 day notice to find another job at AT&T? Quite a few, sadly. As I looked to see if their jobs were being replaced, I noticed that there weren’t any jobs in California on this list. So there you have it.
Yahoo has some great writers who are creative, at minimum. Advertising driven, perhaps. Beyond that, buyers or job hunters, you know the truth about the job market right now.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:14 pm I have applied for 200 jobs on these internet sites and only heard back from several that if I don’t go in there and do something on their site, they will drop me from the application process for government jobs. Kind of joke, trying to find a government job in this climate, yet, I need to work. I have a college degree and 20 years experience in my field. I am a “has been.” I am not sure how our family is going to make ends meet. We’re all trying to find jobs.