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Full-time jobs hard to find

With unemployment on the rise, some job hunters rely on part-time work to make ends meet

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke this week said it’s possible the U.S. may be heading into a recession. But millions of Americans believe that we are already there. Why? Because of the job picture, tens of thousands of people have been losing work, last month 80,000 jobs lost. We are here at an employment center in New Jersey, the state of New Jersey. And Over here, people come to try to find work. Here’s a list of demand occupations in New Jersey, nurses, accountants, teachers, these are some areas where there are companies hiring but it's still not very easy. Let’s have a talk over here with one of the job seekers. His name is Wahid, and Wahid is actually a veteran, he served in Iraq. Wahid, what did you do ah, / in Iraq with the army?

I was both a solider linguist for one year and then later for about eighteen months a contract/ linguist.

And so now you are looking for work once again?

Yes, I am looking for a full time job as an Arabic linguist.

I would think that’s a very in-demand position?

That’s absolutely right, but most of those positions has to do with money that is allocated by Uncle Sam. So when the money becomes available that’s when I can get the job.

But to find something with a private company, you haven’t found a full-time position?

I am doing part time translation jobs, till I get the part time, till I get the translation job that will elevate my career.

And is that providing enough money or you are doing something else as well?

Actually the main income that I have right now is from day trading, because you can not really tell when the money will be allocated for those jobs. So I have to day trade and then do some, few, of few jobs for translation to the market of ....

Day trading in stocks?

Day trading in stocks…

Tough right now,

Very tough very risky, but I need at least five hours a day to be able to choose the stocks I buy.

Very well, well, good luck with that, Wahid. As you can see this is an economy that it is very difficult for people to find employment, Wahid / even turning to day trading in order to provide income in a very tough market. Tough market not only for employment but also for stock traders as well. For CNN money.com, I am Allen Chernoff.

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由于失业率上升，求职者不得不寻找兼职工作来养家糊口。

美联储主席Ben Bernanke本周表示，美国有可能进入衰退期。但是数百万美国人认为我们已经进入衰退期了。为什么呢？因为就业市场上，千千万万人失业，上个月新增失业人口为80，000。我们现在在新泽西的就业中心。人们试图在那里找到工作。这里是新泽西一些有需求的职位，护士，会计，教师，这些领域有些公司在招聘，但是要想找到工作仍非易事。让我们采访一下其中的一位求职者。他的名字叫Wahid，Wahid是一个老兵，过去在伊拉克服役。Wahid，你在伊拉克部队中做什么工作呢？

我做了一年的固定语言学家，之后做了18个月的合约语言学家。

那么，现在你又要找工作了？

是的，我想找一份阿拉伯语语言学的全职工作。

这应该是一个需求量比较高的职位吧？

当然是，但是大部分职位都和美国政府的拨款有关。什么时候拨款到位了，我也能找到工作了。

但是在私人企业里面你也没有找到合适的全职职位吗？

我在做兼职的翻译工作，这种状态会一直持续到我平安度过这段时间，直到我找到能够提升我的职业生涯的翻译工作。

那份兼职工作能不能赚到足够的钱呢？你有没有在做其他的工作呢？

实际上我的主要收入来源是股票交易，因为你不知道做兼职工作什么时候能够赚到钱。我必须每天进行股票交易，空闲时间做一点翻译的工作。

股票的每日交易？

股票的每日交易……

目前形势非常糟糕。

是的，形势非常不利，风险很大，但是我每天至少花费五个小时的时间来挑选股票。

很好，很好，祝你好运，Wahid。你知道，在如今的经济形势下，要找工作非常困难。在如此艰难的市场中，Wahid不得不每天进行股票交易来赚取生活费。不仅就业市场形势严峻，对股票交易人员来说，形势也非常艰难。