There's bad news, but then there's good news.
Bad:
The unemployment rate among young adults in Anchorage, as reported recently by the local newspaper, is about 24 percent*.
Good:
My grown daughter finally landed a job interview today, and was offered a job on the spot. She starts tomorrow. Happy happy!
* It's the only segment of the workforce that's so bad; the rest are fairly flat - not a lot of new jobs, but no major lay-offs, either. We're reasonably well insulated from the Lower 48 market in that regard. A local economist likened it to being in a boat, off-shore, watching the coastline burn. Rather graphic, that, but fairly accurate.
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
4 comments:
Well of course she did. With parents like you two, I imagine she was savvy, articulate and has a great work ethic.
That's rarer now than you think with parents thinking buying kids "things" and relaxing the rules so they can be "friends" turns out a good adult.
You deserve to be proud.
Real-life success stories are out there in the midst of seriously depressing statistics. Good for her.
Cool! Congratulations!
Well done, y'all!
Good for her!
I was going to make a comment about Alaska being so insulated from the lower forty-eight that I'll need a passport to get in and out of the state, but then realized that, since I'm arriving by land, that's true!
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