There must be a sense of urgency when you lose your job. Some people (I find this hard to believe) actually like being laid off and collecting unemployment benefits for awhile. Time off for good behavior seems to be their attitude. These are the ones who are losing out in this new evironment. I have held job since I was thirteen years old. I cannot fathom unemployment for any length of time at all. Yes I have a lost a few jobs along the way...but I had part time work...to help me get through until I found a full time job. When I was in between full time jobs, I had a HUGE sense of urgency....Getting up early every morning, putting on a suit and tie and pounding the pavement. Even if I had no interviews scheduled on a particular day, I pounded the pavement anyways....knocking on doors, filling out applications, walking into job placement agencies, I left no stone unturned. This must be the mindset for everyone who values work and having a job. A job is a precious commodity in this pathetic anti-business evironment of obamanation.
That’s exactly the truth - businesses have no agenda but to hire the best person for the job in most cases - simply because survival is too difficult to factor in any other issue. While there are exceptions to every rule, in general, someone who was willing to do some kind of stinky part time work is a much better candidate for a good job than someone who laid out for six months. That’s just common sense and human nature.
Anyone who will be honest with themselves will acknowledge this. Hiring managers and business owners already have.
I hear it all the time in my line of work, “Yep I got laid off in 2011 and wanted to take some time off before I looked for another job.” Or the more honest that tell me, “I didn’t start looking for work until my unemployment ran out.”
The lazy know how to game the system. They do the bare ‘job search minimum’ so they can keep the bennies rolling in. Or they’ll work for 10 weeks to become eligible for UI, then quit and head right to the OET to fill out a claim.
If ive seen it once ive seen it a hundred times.
Always easier to find a job, when you already have one.