Article: The Charleston Gazette, W.Va., Rick Steelhammer Column.

By Rick Steelhammer, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 9--FUTURE JOB MARKET COULD BE SCARY PLACE: In a state where corrections institutions, poultry processing plants, telemarketing call centers, and stock car tracks are actively sought by development officials, one wonders what West Virginia's employment picture will look like in the future.

I've had my own share of mercifully brief unpleasant dead-end jobs -- hammering flounder to death in preparation for the fillet knife; cleaning out hog waste "lagoons," de-beaking chickens and de-horning cattle -- which may explain why I've held my current white-collar, ...

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