Comments on: Salary smackdown: blue- vs. white-collar jobs http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/ GO columnist Georgette Braun is curious about a lot of things. She'll answer your questions, pose some of her own, and comment on everything from entertainment to life and death. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Susan Kennedy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/#comment-273 Susan Kennedy Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:50:44 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/#comment-273 Unemployment stats are depressing but there are still many high paying jobs posted on employment sites i.e. http://www.realmatch.com http://www.monster.com http://www.simplyhired.com There still seems to be a strong demand for professional talent. This is actually contradictory to many of the stats in the media. Unemployment stats are depressing but there are still many high paying jobs posted on employment sites i.e.

http://www.realmatch.com
http://www.monster.com
http://www.simplyhired.com

There still seems to be a strong demand for professional talent. This is actually contradictory to many of the stats in the media.

]]> By: Georgette Braun http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/#comment-171 Georgette Braun Wed, 28 May 2008 16:27:12 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/#comment-171 hokumboy: Great observation on the union angle. Thanks for words of encouragement about my son's safety via his coworkers. I want so much to believe that. hokumboy: Great observation on the union angle. Thanks for words of encouragement about my son’s safety via his coworkers. I want so much to believe that.

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/#comment-170 hokumboy Wed, 28 May 2008 16:03:05 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/05/28/salary-smackdown-blue-vs-white-collar-jobs/#comment-170 Did you notice how many of those good jobs were Union . Another argument for the value of Union Labor. Something to toss around the office? By the way, don't worry too much about your son's safety on the job. His union brothers/sisters will watch out for him. That's what they do. Did you notice how many of those good jobs were Union . Another argument for the value of Union Labor. Something to toss around the office?
By the way, don’t worry too much about your son’s safety on the job.
His union brothers/sisters will watch out for him. That’s what they do.

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