Nevertheless, as I scanned through to paper I couldn't help but notice only two pages of classified ads, mostly legal notices. I started flipping through the rest of the paper, sure I had missed something. I hadn't. There were maybe 5 Help Wanted Ads. HELLO!
Look, I know many of you do not get the Daily Times any more, so I feel responsible to show you things like the image above to keep you informed. I'm not knocking the Daily Times. If the jobs just aren't out there, well, they just aren't there. So we need to look at statements like what Craig Jahelka from WBOC is saying on their commercial. I know far too many people out of work and far too many businesses struggling to stay afloat, mainly by laying off staff to stay alive.
That being said, when you see 5 help wanted ads throughout the entire Eastern Shore, this is NOT good at all. Good Lord, can you just imagine the volume of calls these companies are getting from the massive amount of unemployed.
I thought, (for a brief second) that maybe people/companies have stopped using the Daily Times as a source to get new employees. I don't believe that's the case. Then again, the classified section is the smallest I have ever seen. I also realized that Sunday is usually the biggest day to advertise such ads but I have also seen the downsize of what they produce on Sunday's and that's not very impressive either.
All in all, I think the Internet is proving to play a stronger role as to what and where the future will bring us. More and more people are getting away from print advertising and we simply need to accept this. The writing is on the wall, (so to speak).
wednesday and sunday papers are the time to look for the classified. most businesses (if theyre smart) dont buy a full week because everyone knows only those two days people will be looking.
ReplyDeleteWe run classifieds for our business in the DT but they cut them back to Wednesday thru Sunday for the same amount of money each month.
ReplyDeleteUsed car ads.
I noticed that there are fewer job openings on Career Builders for this area also. It used to have 10 to 15 pages of local positions posted in the last 30 days but the last time I looked, it only had 3 pages of openings for the last 30 days and only 1 page for the last 7 days.
ReplyDeleteThere are no jobs out their! Obama took care of that.
ReplyDeleteWhy would ANYONE pay for a classified ad in a dying newspaper when you can place one on Craig's list for free?
ReplyDeleteHave you checked the DailySlime ad rates lately??
The demise of that rag can't come soon enough. The area would be better off without it.
ReplyDelete4:32 Why?
ReplyDeleteI do not see how The Daily Times can sustain their present operations much longer.
ReplyDeleteI look for them to fall by the wayside any day now.
Wait... so let me see if I have this right. People who are unemployed, can afford to spend money on the internet to look for jobs? Wow, what a wonderful country we live in where the unemployed can afford luxuries like the internet.
ReplyDelete5:26 you get it at a place called the public library and it's free to anyone with an ID to get the library card.
ReplyDeleteThe One Stop Job Market on Mount Herman Rd. also has plenty of computers to use if you are registered for looking for a job.
ReplyDeleteThere are jobs out there if one wants it bad enough. There is CareerBuilder, SimplyHired and many other options, the key is to really want a job.