Thank you, VerySadAmerican! I know there are some folks that like to just sit on their behinds while the gov’t is handing out the money. But I have to say I have a very good work history and I am in a major metro area, if I am having this hard of a time others must be having it even worse.
And it IS all very discouraging, that was something else I never really understood. Let us face it, rejection always stinks!
Buck up! Things will improve very soon I perceive…these are all positives for business owners! I agree with the “Midway” poster…this is the midway and WE MUST NOT SUCCUMB! Fight on! The threat of the 2014’s and the outcome will open up the coffers..keep the heat on!
Never ever give up.
I can empathize. Especially if one is a professional and past 50, few employers are looking. A lot of people with the option ARE taking early retirement, which helps the U1 unemployment figures, but is deadly to the nation in the long run. Others do just go with the handouts, but I really believe most people would still prefer a good job, if such were available. It truly is, as you say, very discouraging, but you just have to keep hammering away. For those who would disparage others in your situation, I suggest they try walking in your shoes for a while! There’s nothing like actual experience.
In my case I used our limited savings to refire an old “business-on-the-side”, worked like a madman, and am finally profitable — well, probably not this winter, as our Obama-electric-bills and a host of repairs are killing us, plus the Health care insurance too — but if all goes well, later in the year, I project lower middle class status for my family in 2014. The downside is that one can work TOO hard: I’d guess I’ve taken a couple years off my lifespan...
At any rate, keep your head up. You sound like a good employee, and if you keep at it, surely some opportunity will eventually turn up.
Just stepping up here a bit....but I don’t think you are the problem,...... it’s the state of this nation, business, and all under this administration forcing companies to do what they have to do to survive this beast controlling our nation.
Anyone working for someone else right now is on shaky ground even if they are working....the rules have all changed once were a part of our workforce and employment.
I think we should all take Government jobs and wreck havoc within it. Might be exactly why Obamacare isn’t getting fixed.