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May 10, 2010
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in town last Friday to speak at a media roundtable organized by the Nevada News Bureau.
Mr. Arpaio has championed a tough new bill in Arizona, which will become law during the summer, that will allow the police to ask people if they are in the country legally. If that individual is here illegally then the individual will be turned over to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be deported back to their home country.
This bill is controversial because a lot of people think it will lead to widespread racial profiling of Hispanic Americans. Others think that this bill is exactly what is needed to stem the tide of illegal aliens pouring over our borders, which in turn will reduce the strain on Social Services and produce jobs for people out of work.
The bill has been written so that a person can only be asked if they are here legally if the police catch or question the person in relation to criminal activity. If you would like to read the bill in full you can do so here.
I would like to know what you all think of the bill. Is there a chance it will come to the great state of Nevada? How will that affect The Strip? Please keep your comments clean regardless of whether you agree or disagree with this bill.
72: Hanging Out on the Las Vegas Strip (and Why Las Vegas Locals Hate Doing So)
November 1, 2009
It’s a surprise to many Las Vegas tourists that a large number of Las Vegas locals hate hanging out on The Strip. We, of course, do not belong to that category of Las Vegans. We like visiting the coolest street in the USA. . .but understand why many locals don’t share our enthusiasm.
In this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we talk about our last couple of visits to The Strip and introduce a new “cast member” to the Living in Las Vegas Podcast! Show notes:
- PHOTOS!
(Halloween at Lavo) - Weather (huh, not too bad) / LiLV Pool (Hey pool, you are dead to me)
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, introducing. . .T.R.
- Playing nice with other Las Vegas podcasts
- Palms, revisited
- Listener Email: Real Estate, CityCenter, a Motivational Shout-Out
- Hanging on the Las Vegas Strip
- Hawaiian Tropic Zone
- Tattoos
- Value/Cost
- CityCenter
- Trash
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Halloween
October 8, 2009
Saw this on the news last night. . .the YMCA of Southern Nevada is doing something very cool. For those Las Vegans who have found themselves out of work, the YMCA is offering a complimentary six-month membership.
With the unemployment rate in Las Vegas at 13.4%, I’m sure there are a lot of folks who would appreciate this offer.
According to what I’ve read, the value of this offer is $470. The YMCA would like those who accept the complimentary membership to make a tax-deductable donation or volunteer with the YMCA (although there is no obligation to do so).
September 8, 2009
Over the course of the last several weeks, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time working on a presentation I’m giving tomorrow for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce’s Business Education Series.
This past Sunday, I was reading the business section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal when I literally stumbled upon a quarter-page ad the Chamber ran for my session! I had no idea! A copy of the advertisement is below. Kudos to the LV Chamber for spreading the word.
If you’re reading this and you’re in Las Vegas, I hope you’ll attend the session. It is going to be packed with a ton of great ideas to help drive more revenue for you and your company.
June 17, 2009
I just read that for the month of May, Nevada unemployment rate rose to 11.2%. The previous high was 10.7% in December of 1982.
In Las Vegas, unemployment went from 10.4% in April to 11.1% in May, according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
There are about 155,000 Nevadans out of work.
66: Learning About the Origins of Las Vegas at Springs Preserve
March 22, 2009
Recorded in front of a LIVE Streaming Video Audience (click to see video)!
For many of us, the search for our origins has translated into thousands of dollars of therapy. And while I’m certainly not one to criticize the need to lay (or is it lie?) on a couch and travel back in time to explore your childhood, allow me to suggest another avenue of discovery. In this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we feature our trip to Springs Preserve, an outstanding place to learn all about your history. . .if by “you” you mean Las Vegas. Show notes:
- PHOTOS!
- Weather (for the love of God, enough with the wind and rain. . .it was beautiful a couple days ago!) / LiLV Pool (full of seat cushions)
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
- Plumbing Crap Brought on by our Builder
- Loft Update
- The Outdoor/RV Show at the Convention Center
- Hanging out in Downtown
- Listener Email: Beaches and Job Descriptions
- Springs Preserve
March 13, 2009
Let me start by apologizing for my absence. I have been ‘beyond’ busy and have neglected my commitment to provide updates on the employment market in Las Vegas. I just found the bottom of my desk and realized I need to get everyone caught up.
By now, most of you have heard that Nevada’s unemployment level jumped again, with Las Vegas’ level now over 10 percent. With one out of every ten people in Las Vegas unemployed, this is the highest we have seen since 1983. Job losses have occurred in nearly every industry.
But let me say this. . .“There still are jobs available in Las Vegas.” They are just much harder to find. Many of these jobs are not being advertised because the employers do not have the human resources to field all of the applicants. So how do you find these jobs? Tap your social network.
No, I am not just talking about Facebook and LinkedIn. Tap your entire social network…your friends, family and past colleagues. Go to networking events. Attend professional association meetings. Get talking!! The more people you meet and share your desire to work and expertise your will bring to an organization, the more likely you will be to find one of those ‘hidden’ jobs.
These hidden jobs will not be advertised. Sophisticated employers are deploying their best resource to find talent right now….their current workforce. They are tapping their best employees to find more people like them. So when a job opening occurs, the hiring manager is able to interview 10 of the most qualified applicants that their own team has recommended, rather than 100 potentially unqualified applicants that bombarded their email box from ad posted in print or online.
In my last post, I mentioned the job creation that is expected with President Obama’s stimulus package. Here is a website that will allow you to track where this job creation will begin: http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state/NV. It will be up to you to track down who will be hiring for these jobs. Most of the projects are transportation related. The project will start with the Department of Transportation, but job creation will occur with all of the subcontractors hired to get the job done. That means engineering, project management, general labor, administrative, purchasing and accounting jobs will need to be filled. These jobs will more than likely be advertised unlike the others mentioned earlier. Check out websites such as RecruitingNevada.com, CareerBuilder.com and even look at the Sunday classified section.
Good luck in your search!
January 30, 2009
The Las Vegas job market continue to be challenging for those out of work. The State of Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) released reports on December 2008 unemployment levels on Monday this week. Nevada’s unemployment level jumped to 9.1% unemployment. This is the highest it has been in over 25 years.
To shed more light on the matter…. if you take into consideration the 5,200 jobs that Wynn Encore added in December, the situation looks even more bleak. If you remove that job creation, Nevada would be over 10%. So…… it is pretty bad folks.
However, there is some hope on the horizon. It appears President Obama’s stimulus package will improve the employment outlook in Nevada. Nearly $1 trillion will be pushed out to the states to stimulate the economy. A large portion of that is dedicated to job creation. The areas where you will see growth will be in Public Works project such as roadways, bridges, telecommunication infrastructure, health care and education.
Nevada supposedly has some 300+ ’shovel ready’ projects that will be presented for funding. These projects will create many new jobs in Nevada. The money will flow from the feds to the states and then down to the counties and agencies performing the work. I anticipate the majority of the initial work will be outsourced so there will be a substantial amount of job creation in the private sectors as well as the public.�
January 8, 2009
The largest private job creation in the history of the United States is happening right here in Las Vegas. CityCenter, owned by MGM Mirage, will be opening in December 2009 with over 12,000 new Las Vegas jobs.
CityCenter will be making its first live appearance at the Opportunity Boulevard Career Fair today (January 8th) at Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa and Casino. You can get VIP access and register for the event at www.OpportunityBoulevard.com.
Be sure to be dressed to impress and have plenty of resumes! The event will go from 12:30 (12 if you pre-register) to 4:00 p.m.
January 6, 2009
Wow, what a great privilege it is to be a contributing writer for the Living in Las Vegas Podcast & Blog. I have admired Scott’s work on this website for a few years now and am humbled by the fact that he would ask me to be a contributing writer.
Scott has asked me to write about jobs in Las Vegas. Employment in Las Vegas is an area that is near and dear to my heart. I have been intimately involved in the jobs market in Las Vegas for over 15 years, dating back to when I was a jobseeker in 1993. As with most, I moved to Las Vegas, the land of opportunity, for what I thought would be a temporary lay-over to make some money until I figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up.
Fifteen years later (I guess I have not grown up), you cannot drag me out of Las Vegas. Las Vegas is now my home and I cannot imagine living anywhere else. Las Vegas has been, and continues to be, very good to me. And for the past 15 years, I have invested all of my time and energy, sharing the knowledge I have to assist other job seekers in realizing their dreams by moving to, and Living in Las Vegas.
I look forward to sharing the insider knowledge I have about the Las Vegas job market to help you. If you have a particular topic you would like me to discuss, please feel free to email me at doug[at]livinginlv.com.
Until my next post….Cheers and Happy Job Hunting.
