Karen,
Here are my responses (and some opinions) to your questions:
>
> However, I have been turned down, becasue according to the EDD,
> "There is an adequate labor market for your existing skills of
> Circuit Board Designer".
*The EDD are a bunch of clueless, uneducated morons that don't even know
what a PCB Layout designer IS, let alone whether or not there is 'an
adequate labor market...' The EDD runs on heresay and hyperbole and
does NOT have ANY poll, or reference, or information on adequate labor
market numbers.
When the government tells us there is a 5% unemployment rate, it is
actually a lie because they aren't including the numbers of unemployed
who are re-applying for unemployment, or whose unemployment has run out
and are STILL unemployed. They only look at the new applications. My
hunch is that the national unemployment rate is closer to 10-12% rather
than 5% (or whatever). Again, this is just my opinion/hunch.
I personally wouldn't even bother fighting with these people (EDD), and
rather go back to your original company and have THEM pay for your
schooling or whatever you are planning on doing.
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> I am planning to appeal the decision.
>
> What I need to know is:
>
> 1 - Do most designers know of atleast one or more designers
> that are currently out of work?
*YES! ME!!! I was laid off in November - just before THanksgiving.
****
> 2 - Of those that are out of work, have any of them lost their
> jobs to design departments outside of the United States?
*I would say that I lost my job more because of the current economic
collapse rather than foreign design departments. I was one of 5 laid
off from my previous employer (out of the original 14).
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> 3 - Do you believe that there are currently less design
> positions now than one year ago?
> two years ago?
> three years ago?
*I believe that there are less, because companies are trying to pull
more work out of their existing staff. Even though, as far as I can
tell, there is just as much actual WORK/projects (at least in the
industries I'm involved in), there are not as many positions. THis has
changed drastically (from my experience) over the last year. In the two
years prior there was a rampup of positions required to fill all the
work requirements of my previous employer (and other companies in the
same industry).
Good luck,
Greg
(also in California)
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>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Karen Anne Cardwell CID
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