I keep hearing how bad the economy is and we are still needing about 20 more men to man our dredges for up coming work. Or low paid guy is right at 23 bucks and we pay operators and engineers around 30. Anybody looking go to norfolkdredging.com and check it out. The crew schedule is 2 weeks on 1 week off. It's shift work and 12 hr. Shifts. It's a good chance to make some money.
The mistake you are making is the word "work". I own a software co. and we have an employment testing system with thousands of clients. There are a lot of decent jobs out there but no one really wants to work anymore or the requirements for the job are far above what the job really needs.
Another area is our schools have let us down. We have an IQ test and you would not believe the low scores coming in. Our IQ test is a measure of common sense and general knowledge. A lot of people fail in this respect. If you have little common sense then you will make bad decisions and blame everyone else for your failures and probably won't hold a job very long.
Another area is a lot of businesses aren't paying what you are. If you make $10 and hr. and work a 40 hr week you will take home less than $20k a year which you can't live on if you have a family. So these people can't buy extra goods which means the retailers hire less and pay less and it snowballs into every business.
How many times have we seen people living from pay check to pay check and then go out and buy a new car, truck, boat or bike on credit knowing they can never pay for it? I just picked up a 2007 Fatboy that the guy was losing and all I had to do was pay off the bank. The internet and papers are full of these buys.
You sound like you have a good opportunity for someone to make some good money but it will require hard work and there are few working people today that will take you up on your offer or if they do won't last long. It's really sad. Sorry for the rant but I live with this issue everyday...