Dot Com Loss Means Tough Times for CA Residents Trish Regan, CBS MarketWatch Will and Stephanie Cannel of Mill Valley, both in their early 30s, were set to remodel their kitchen when they got the news. We got this great loan and this great refinance. Will, an internet editor and writer, had been at his company just six months before its collapse. Now, with a wife and two children to support, he's pounding the pavement in search of another job.
Interviews are few and far between.
That s more than half in the Bay Area. With the average price of a Bay area home now at nearly half a million dollars and energy costs on the rise, these layoffs couldn't have come at a worse time. Temping for now, Boots finds her youth and previous high tech experience are not enough to get her the kind of job she wants. 30,000 more jobs could be wiped out. A big change from this time last year when employers couldn't offer enough to prospective employees.