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Mon Feb-02-09 03:57 PM
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If you are collecting unemployment, are you getting any call backs |
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on your job apps, or have you just given up?
I just don't see the point of applying for work anymore.
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Mon Feb-02-09 03:59 PM
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1. Just keep doing it and collecting that unemployment check, do not get discouraged |
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:00 PM
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2. Well you have to keep applying for jobs |
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to keep collecting. And no, I'm not getting any call backs. But, I'll keep trying.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:01 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:07 PM
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7. I live in a black hole where I need to drive 25 miles in either direction |
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to go to work. It's so frustrating.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:06 PM
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5. sending out resumes to anything that looks remotely possible |
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not one call for an interview, not one.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:07 PM
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6. How long have you been out of work? |
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I have twice had periods of two year's duration where I couldn't get arrested, let alone get a job, but I still got up every day and looked for work, mostly by sending my resume.
But I had no choice - I have a family to support. How can one stop looking for work if one has a family to support?
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:25 PM
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I can't even keep track of how many resume's I've sent out. That part I don't mind doing. It's going into a physical place and asking. They look at you like you're insane.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:16 PM
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8. illinois one has to fill out a work search paper |
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which means one grabs a big phone book and write down all the places you`ve been...wink..wink. i`ve been on and off work for about ten times in the last few years and they never asked for my job search. they are way to busy to worry about job searches when there is`t any jobs.
i`m taking my 62 retirement...not much but better than nothing
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:26 PM
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12. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna have to do now. |
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I'll get the same result anyhow. Even the unemployment people told me it's dire out there.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:20 PM
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9. My brother is getting absolutely NO CALL BACKS - but keeps trying. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:21 PM
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10. It's probably mostly inside-track stuff these days. |
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Government and corporate policy often dictates that even if someone is already selected for a scarce job, it must be publicly advertised. My guess a few years back was that even in good times, most job annoucements in the Washington, DC area are crap formalities designed to grease someone in from the inside.
So the trick is to utilize your personal and professional contacts to win the job before anyone knows its going to be offered. Be very, very nice to those folks, for they're likely to be the ones who get you in the door.
I've had pretty good luck running the temporary job circuit. At least in those places you have a chance to see how a place is operating from the inside, and it won't be long before you can tell at a glance which offices are good to work in and which ones are about to fall to pieces. If you don't burn your bridges along the way, you can build up a pretty decent list of contacts to hit up later on.
Good luck. The key to weathering unemployment is patience and perseverence.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:28 PM
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13. Patience, perseverence and starving. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:30 PM
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14. In the last 14 months |
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My wife has been laid off twice., It took her 8 months to replace her first job with one last summer, and then lost that in Sept. She has been looking hard since (though fortunately she worked just long enough at the job last summer to requalify for Unemployment). She has been putting out applications, and has had a couple of interviews, and has had some encouraging preliminary interviews recently.
So my advice - keep looking, don't give up and don't panic.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:47 PM
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15. I'm planning on going back to school in September |
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So I don't want to commit to a full time position. Seems like you can't do what you need for yourself anymore.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:51 PM
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17. Part of the problem is that |
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anyone that has a job right now knows at least 1 or more people that need a job it's all word of mouth at this point.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:56 PM
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18. Yeah, it's inside networking. |
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Here's my situation
All my good contacts are in northern NH I'm staying 45 miles south of there I have to move from my house in April and I'm heading for MA but I have no idea where I'll find a place.
Unemployment does not care about that. They just want you to find work.
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:04 PM
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19. Is there anyone you can stay with at first |
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because even if you move to another state you can still file for unemployment
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:21 PM
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I've got no family left. Kinda on my own...me and the mister.
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:27 PM
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21. I am so sorry graywarrior |
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good luck and I love that stinking duck
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:01 PM
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Edited on Mon Feb-02-09 06:01 PM by graywarrior
Thanks for the support tho. I figure we have two months to figure it out and make something work.
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Mon Feb-02-09 04:50 PM
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16. My state's unemployment department waived the work-search requirement because |
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I'm in school right now. When I graduate, the job I get will pull in substantially more tax revenue than the job I had before.
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:02 PM
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I may talk to them about what I have planned and see what happens
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