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FirstLight

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4. I can tell you what my experience is..

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 03:09 PM

Sep 4

It's all bullshit. And now the scams have gotten enmeshed in all of the online applications so that if you go to go apply for something you end up getting 10 spam emails saying oh we've got you we want you and it's all just bullshit. I am so sick and tired of the job market! I'm going back to school there seems to be nothing else left to do

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What's the over under on the job numbers tomorrow? [View all] JMCKUSICK Sep 4 OP

We can't trust the official numbers anymore Walleye Sep 4 #1

See post #19 Wiz Imp Sep 4 #22

wonder how reliable it will be? rurallib Sep 4 #2

No prediction, but I'm confident it will be legit. Wiz Imp Sep 4 #19

Thanks! rurallib Sep 4 #28

It will be 100% fake newdeal2 Sep 4 #3

Nope.. See post #19 Wiz Imp Sep 4 #20

I can tell you what my experience is.. FirstLight Sep 4 #4

Better to apply directly on a company's website BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 4 #8

Yup... róisín_dubh Sep 4 #23

If there is any appearance of manipulating numbers, podcasters and economists will be very critical. Can't wait. Silent Type Sep 4 #5

I don't do economics per se, it has me wondering JMCKUSICK Sep 4 #13

I've watched that a little. I've seen recent months where ADP showed job loses, but not Labor, and vice versa. Silent Type Sep 4 #15

Thank you Silent Type JMCKUSICK Sep 4 #16

Minus 750,000 MichMan Sep 4 #6

+5,000,000 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 4 #7

We are all employed and all of us are getting rich! Captain Zero Sep 4 #30

They'll lie. greatauntoftriplets Sep 4 #9

Nope. See post #19 Wiz Imp Sep 4 #21

🎵🎶 Happy days are here again! The skies above are clear again, Let us sing a song of cheer again, sop Sep 4 #10

buc, buc, buc onethatcares Sep 4 #18

+250,000 Prairie Gates Sep 4 #11

I think you might be into something.....lol JMCKUSICK Sep 4 #12

Just use that sharpie to turn a negative number positive... haele Sep 4 #14

Lol JMCKUSICK Sep 4 #17

+1 brazillion 0rganism Sep 4 #24

Is that just in the female undergarments sector? JMCKUSICK Sep 4 #25

Some call it the Greatest Jobs Report Ever! 0rganism Sep 4 #26

If the number is high, it's lower. If it's low, Hassler Sep 4 #27

Wall Street has been betting low Johonny Sep 4 #29