Comments on: Welcome Back, Bob / Roberto the Builder! (More Jobs for Peruvians?) http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-612 I'll post again when I learn more about the program's specifics, Cecilia. It's easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals. I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the "empleos" section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it "mattress reconditioning," which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren't many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects. What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it. I haven't seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately. I’ll post again when I learn more about the program’s specifics, Cecilia. It’s easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals.

I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the “empleos” section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it “mattress reconditioning,” which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren’t many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects.

What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it.

I haven’t seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-609 It will be great to have more information about the subject. I've been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I've been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives. Regarding the elections I'll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible! It will be great to have more information about the subject. I’ve been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I’ve been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives.
Regarding the elections I’ll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Barb Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:42 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-587 No, I don't think Bob the Builder's real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain's fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children's TV character just to give a "face" to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program. Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals. Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I'm not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :) No, I don’t think Bob the Builder’s real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain’s fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children’s TV character just to give a “face” to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program.

Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals.

Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I’m not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :)

]]> By: "el kibitzer" http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comments on: Welcome Back, Bob / Roberto the Builder! (More Jobs for Peruvians?) http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-612 I'll post again when I learn more about the program's specifics, Cecilia. It's easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals. I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the "empleos" section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it "mattress reconditioning," which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren't many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects. What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it. I haven't seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately. I’ll post again when I learn more about the program’s specifics, Cecilia. It’s easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals.

I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the “empleos” section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it “mattress reconditioning,” which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren’t many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects.

What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it.

I haven’t seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-609 It will be great to have more information about the subject. I've been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I've been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives. Regarding the elections I'll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible! It will be great to have more information about the subject. I’ve been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I’ve been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives.
Regarding the elections I’ll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Barb Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:42 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-587 No, I don't think Bob the Builder's real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain's fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children's TV character just to give a "face" to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program. Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals. Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I'm not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :) No, I don’t think Bob the Builder’s real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain’s fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children’s TV character just to give a “face” to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program.

Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals.

Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I’m not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :)

]]> By: "el kibitzer" http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-612 I'll post again when I learn more about the program's specifics, Cecilia. It's easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals. I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the "empleos" section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it "mattress reconditioning," which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren't many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects. What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it. I haven't seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately. I’ll post again when I learn more about the program’s specifics, Cecilia. It’s easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals.

I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the “empleos” section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it “mattress reconditioning,” which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren’t many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects.

What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it.

I haven’t seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately.

]]> Comments on: Welcome Back, Bob / Roberto the Builder! (More Jobs for Peruvians?) http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-612 I'll post again when I learn more about the program's specifics, Cecilia. It's easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals. I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the "empleos" section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it "mattress reconditioning," which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren't many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects. What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it. I haven't seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately. I’ll post again when I learn more about the program’s specifics, Cecilia. It’s easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals.

I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the “empleos” section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it “mattress reconditioning,” which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren’t many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects.

What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it.

I haven’t seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-609 It will be great to have more information about the subject. I've been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I've been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives. Regarding the elections I'll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible! It will be great to have more information about the subject. I’ve been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I’ve been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives.
Regarding the elections I’ll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Barb Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:42 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-587 No, I don't think Bob the Builder's real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain's fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children's TV character just to give a "face" to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program. Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals. Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I'm not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :) No, I don’t think Bob the Builder’s real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain’s fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children’s TV character just to give a “face” to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program.

Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals.

Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I’m not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :)

]]> By: "el kibitzer" http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-609 It will be great to have more information about the subject. I've been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I've been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives. Regarding the elections I'll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible! It will be great to have more information about the subject. I’ve been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I’ve been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives.
Regarding the elections I’ll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible!

]]> Comments on: Welcome Back, Bob / Roberto the Builder! (More Jobs for Peruvians?) http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-612 I'll post again when I learn more about the program's specifics, Cecilia. It's easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals. I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the "empleos" section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it "mattress reconditioning," which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren't many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects. What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it. I haven't seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately. I’ll post again when I learn more about the program’s specifics, Cecilia. It’s easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals.

I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the “empleos” section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it “mattress reconditioning,” which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren’t many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects.

What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it.

I haven’t seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-609 It will be great to have more information about the subject. I've been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I've been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives. Regarding the elections I'll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible! It will be great to have more information about the subject. I’ve been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I’ve been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives.
Regarding the elections I’ll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Barb Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:42 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-587 No, I don't think Bob the Builder's real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain's fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children's TV character just to give a "face" to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program. Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals. Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I'm not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :) No, I don’t think Bob the Builder’s real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain’s fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children’s TV character just to give a “face” to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program.

Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals.

Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I’m not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :)

]]> By: "el kibitzer" http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Barb Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:42 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-587 No, I don't think Bob the Builder's real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain's fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children's TV character just to give a "face" to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program. Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals. Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I'm not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :) No, I don’t think Bob the Builder’s real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain’s fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children’s TV character just to give a “face” to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program.

Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals.

Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I’m not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :)

]]> Comments on: Welcome Back, Bob / Roberto the Builder! (More Jobs for Peruvians?) http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-612 I'll post again when I learn more about the program's specifics, Cecilia. It's easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals. I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the "empleos" section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it "mattress reconditioning," which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren't many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects. What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it. I haven't seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately. I’ll post again when I learn more about the program’s specifics, Cecilia. It’s easy for politicians to make announcements, but far harder to implement programs that really achieve their stated goals.

I will say that Peru in 2008 is vastly different than the Peru I first visited in 1995. Back then, the “empleos” section of El Comercio was a sad, thin affair, just a few pages. I remember seeing large advertisements for training programs that promised to teach people how to become mattress stuffers, as a way to earn a good living. I think they called it “mattress reconditioning,” which means that they took old mattresses and put new coils and fluff in them. The ads made this sounds like a wonderful career. It was so sad because there weren’t many other career options offered then. I could imagine being a young person in Lima then and seeing this ad and feeling depressed about my job prospects.

What difference today. There is a 50-page want ad section with jobs advertised for chefs, marketing reps, delivery people, teachers. Salaries are lower than those in the US, of course, but the sheer abundance of jobs advertised shows that there is work for people who want it.

I haven’t seen those ads for mattress stuffers lately.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-609 It will be great to have more information about the subject. I've been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I've been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives. Regarding the elections I'll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible! It will be great to have more information about the subject. I’ve been living in Miami for the past 15 years and it is extremely sad to see the USA like this. Going back is an idea that I’ve been considering for many months already. Please keep us posted if you have more information about the incentives.
Regarding the elections I’ll vote this week(my 1st time), by the way, the ballot looks like the Bible!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Barb Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:42 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-587 No, I don't think Bob the Builder's real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain's fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children's TV character just to give a "face" to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program. Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals. Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I'm not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :) No, I don’t think Bob the Builder’s real-life Latino counterparts in the US are related to McCain’s fictious Joe the Plumber. I referenced the children’s TV character just to give a “face” to the expatriated Peruvians whom the Peruvian government is targeting with this new program.

Following some links on your site and on Hispanic Tips, I found numerous articles about how huge numbers of Hispanics in the United States are out of work now that demand for new housing has plummeted. Some of the unemployed workers are traveling to other parts of the US seeking work; others are returning to their countries of origin; others are being caught up in raids of illegals.

Yes, of course, I remembered to vote! I want the US to change for the better, and I’m not falling for this Joe the Plumber nonsense. :)

]]> By: "el kibitzer" http://americaninlima.com/2008/10/22/welcome-back-bob-roberto-the-builder-more-jobs-for-peruvians/comment-page-1/#comment-582 "el kibitzer" Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:04:55 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=667#comment-582 barb, you're such a prolific writer, my blog can't keep up with yours. anyway, i hope that "bob the builder" is not related to "joe the plumber" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4994619.ece don't forget to vote! barb,
you’re such a prolific writer, my blog can’t keep up with yours. anyway, i hope that “bob the builder” is not related to “joe the plumber”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4994619.ece
don’t forget to vote!

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