Marketing Jobs In Los Angeles

By Author: Darren Romcik
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Are you one of the many trying to locate marketing jobs in Los Angeles? Are you finding them hard to get, especially in today's economic climate? Ask any graduating marketing student wanting to work in Los Angeles what they are finding out. Try one of the various unemployed marketing specialists what their luck has been in the job hunt.Even if you do happen to get one of the open marketing jobs in Los Angeles that are out there right now, the cost of living in Los Angeles has gone up to the point that you may find it hard to even survive on that lower salary that's being offered today. Believe me it isn't what it use to be!Marketing jobs in Los Angeles - Let's See What Happens!Anyone who is looking to start a career in this area, or has lost a job in their field of choice knows this routine. Don't get me wrong. If you're a seasoned professional you have great skill. I don't doubt that. You're willing to hang on patiently a few weeks or even a few months to see if "something opens up". You send out the resume and look diligently online for job postings. But the reality soon hits you AND your wallet. As many unemployed folks ...
... have found out, just like I did, that position isn't coming. Weeks turn into months. Months quickly turn into a year and still nothing materializes! Oh man, my unemployment checks are running out or my emergency fund is running out!It's expected that marketing jobs in Los Angeles will be harder to get for some time to come. Now, if you or your family is independently wealthy, then the shortage of marketing jobs in Los Angeles won't bother you or affect you in the least. More than likely though you're part of the 99% of Americans that actually need to work. This is especially true if you are a new college graduate and you are now stuck with student loans that will probably take you the next ten years to pay off. You may be out of luck for some time to come.If you are actively searching for one of the available marketing jobs in Los Angeles, you may be faced with the possibility of taking a position that you don't really want, just to have some work to pay the basic bills. You think "I'll take that assistant position" or worse, that unpaid intern position for a while so at least your in the system. Kind of the opposite of that corner office position you got your degree for, huh? Some of you may not even have that option. I know a chemical engineer who had no choice but to take a retail assistant manager position just to put food on the table. You do what you have to. Believe me this statement is coming from a guy who framed houses to running a warehouse forklift!Here's something to think about. Getting an advanced degree might help open a few doors. At least that's what the colleges and universities and countless online schools want you to believe. Think about it though. What use to make that Master's degree or Doctorate stick out to a potential employer in the past? The fact that only a small percentage of people had them! What's so special about them if most people have them in your particular field? Who's making the money? Not you! You can't even get an interview. The colleges and universities are the ones making the money. Do you really have the time to take those courses? How long is it going to take you to finish and get that degree? One, two years or longer? It's not going to help you now when you need it. Realistically, it's not an option.Another prospect to consider; how about starting your own business? This is an opportunity most people won't choose. It means risk. It means accountability. It means personally answering for the mistakes you make to your clients or customers. The flip side is it also means greater rewards. It means independence from answering to anyone but yourself.Many people will never even think about their own business. They think they can't start one because they don't have much money to invest into it. Or they're missing a idea that they think will be "the one big thing" in terms of something they could sell or offer. If you are one of the out-of-work masses today, you've probably realized that times are definitely tough. Many ex-employees have sworn that they will never again work for a "boss" or another company because they lost all the illusions of security that they once thought they had and this was a very painful reality check that all one really has to rely on is their own skill and that it's not the smartest thing to rely on others, tax dollars, appropriations, or the government for your long-term livelihood. I know! I was laid off twice in one year!!Today there are many home-business opportunities which cost very little to get started and which can be very lucrative and personally rewarding. With the internet available as a instrument for promotion there have never been so many options for making money from home. From affiliate marketing to selling your own products, to online trading, to network marketing for residual income, the possibilities are so many that it's almost overwhelming. The point to take away here is that starting your own home business isn't the nightmare most people think it is and doesn't have quite the sizable barriers that it once did. One thing I've found is that many online home business opportunities put one in a position to build a genuine business on a part-time basis without selling the farm and spending countless hours dedicated to building their own simple home-business. Today, you don't need to compete for the limited number of marketing jobs in Los Angeles.