With so many people being laid off over the past two years, a lot of them are trying to find any type of jobs that they can even though they are usually significantly overqualified. The number of people applying for low paying jobs has shocked many people with hundreds of applicants showing up for a minimum wage seasonal jobs that used to be reserved for high school teenagers. This article describes a few examples of people who are qualified in one area such as a former computer technician and consultant that are working odd jobs doing ipod screen repair or iphone screen repair to make ends meet.

The home building and construction business has hit rock bottom with the real estate market at an all time low. People are not buying homes but losing them instead and this has significantly hurt those in the home building business. It is not unusual to see a high level construction builder of custom homes turning to do any type of handyman jobs just to be able to pay the bills. A lot of them are simply trying to get work by going door to door seeing if anyone needs anything fixed with their home.

Another example of this is the amount of cutbacks school districts have had to make reagarding its teaching staff. What was once considered a secure reliable job has now resulted in tenured teachers without a place to teach for the first time in their careers. Teachers that have masters degrees and a lot of experience are now let go because their salary requirements are too high for the district to be able to pay and this is causing some of them to be paid minimum wage taking care of infants at a child care instead of teaching in their specific area of education.

Americans that used to work in the car industry have also been strongly affected by the economy with many of their offices closing down and thousands of lay offs occuring. Some of these employees were longtime managers of a dealership for a couple of decades making a nice living for themselves and their families and now they are left trying to find the most simple, lowest of paying jobs that may be available. It is not uncommon to see former car industry executives now serving tables at a restaurant or as the check out person at a retail store to make some money.

Because there are so such a large number of people applying for every single job opportunity, that has made it quite difficult for the younger generation of workers to find any kind of employment. What used to be considered jobs for high school teenagers or recent college grads are now being taken by applicants with more education and experience taking away the opportunity to work for the younger people. One example of this is at the hiring day for seasonal jobs working at King’s Island amusement park in Cincinnati, there were thousands of applicants there applying for low paying seasonal jobs that once attracted mostly teenagers and college students.