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Today I Opened My Last Unemployment Check (Without a job in sight)
The Atlantic ^
| 09/16/2011
| John Douglas Marshall
Posted on 09/16/2011 1:33:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: cuban leaf
Well done! If someone with so little post-HS education can do technical writing... there is hope for this economy!
What kind of technical writing do you do?
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posted on
09/16/2011 1:56:33 PM PDT
by
mwilli20
(BO. Making communists proud all over the world.)
To: Nervous Tick
Visualize unemployed propagandists
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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posted on
09/16/2011 1:58:23 PM PDT
by
Blue Ink
To: ShasheMac
Nice of you to be so compassionate. No where does the author say all his applications were for writing work, just that he does seek out work in a field in which he feels competent. Perhaps he has applied for jobs that dont require a pencil.
30 months. 400 applications. Less than 15 a month. One every other day. If I was unemployed I would be putting out 15 a day. I guess that is why I have never lost my job. I am willing to work.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:00:37 PM PDT
by
John D
To: SeekAndFind
Skilled auto body technicians are always in demand.
At least that’s what Mr. TV tells me. Maybe you were made to weld.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:02:24 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Midnite Rat-boy.)
To: bert
I was at Walmart last night. The guy that checked me out used to own a successful business that employed 30 people. He closed it due to regulations etc and is a much happier guy working at Walmart.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:02:33 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Come with me if you want to live!)
To: SeekAndFind
Lower your standards, get out of the field you can’t find a job in and the door to a job will open quickly for you. When I dicided I needed a full time job to support my business and family (hopefully temporarly) I made 3 phone calls and was working the next day. I was hired by a company I never worked for before.
The only requirements of the job where a car (or van) and a drivers license with a clean record (last 3 years). My first check was 1400 dollars.
If I can do it, anyone can.
Today on craigs list there are 5-10 courier jobs posted. Some even provide the van for you!
To: mwilli20
IT.
I use a lot of Viso, Word, Excel, etc. I was downloading some after market stencils just today, actually.
None of this stuff is rocket science and it is easy to self teach, especially with samples of other people’s work and the internet. Then you bring samples of your work to interviews and that’s about it...
Well, I was a pretty good salesman back in the day and that skill actually helps quite a bit. I tell every young person looking for a job that the skills necessary to do the job are the price of admission. But if you want to actually get hired you have to leave them with the impression that you are a person they would enjoy working with. Otherwise, fuggetaboutit.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:04:34 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: SeekAndFind
4% unemployment was enough to keep the story front and center in the news cycle during Bushs' tenure. Now the author says the story of Zero's 9+ unemployment was “muscled off” the news by...uprisings around the world. Nope. Sorry, bub. Your former colleagues keep unemployment buried for obozo’s sake. Take it like a man for the side and shut up
48
posted on
09/16/2011 2:04:43 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
( Evil doesn't have a day job.)
To: mwilli20
IOW, Attitude is everything.
49
posted on
09/16/2011 2:05:08 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: cableguymn
The difference is you were willing to work. Mamy are not.
50
posted on
09/16/2011 2:05:46 PM PDT
by
John D
To: 30Moves
52K annually? That’s a heck of a nice salary. Good for your sister.
51
posted on
09/16/2011 2:07:05 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
To: Patrsup
Well, she needs to look at moving perhaps? North Dakota is hiring any live person, because unemployment is so low. She needs to make herself employable.
52
posted on
09/16/2011 2:08:06 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: cuban leaf
But if you want to actually get hired you have to leave them with the impression that you are a person they would enjoy working with.
Or, more to the point, convince them that you are a solution rather than a problem. Too many people look at jobs like an entitlement—what can they do for me, rather than vise versa.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:08:55 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: SeekAndFind
Do the math. He sent out 3 applications a week.
Booo Hooo.
And for that he apparently got $527 / wk, normally.
Why do we bother working?
To: SeekAndFind
My uncle had an unemployed guy show up looking for job. He told my uncle that he would not work for him unless he was paid ‘X’ amount of dollars. My uncle quickly showed the door!
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:10:39 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Pessimist
I could easily live $527 per week, even with my house mortgage to pay. Do these people on unemployment get free medical care and/or food stamps?
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:15:17 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Raycpa
The number of applications struck me, too. He obviously only sent to newspapers/magazines. I knew college students about to graduate when the economy was flying who sent out double that amount of applications in their final semester alone.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:15:52 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
( Jimmy McMillan '12: because RENT'S TOO DAMN HIGH)
To: SeekAndFind
Get security guard card....(assuming you don't have any recent felony convictions...DUI's etc)...pays around $10.00 an hour.
Better yet....get a job as a truck loader with UPS or FedEx....pays a bit less but you will get fit.
And the grand prize.....Get a job just before Christmas with UPS as a "driver helper" then sign on for another 99 unemployment when laid off on December 26th.
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:17:25 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(Obamas approval ratings are so low, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the USA.)
To: SeekAndFind
When I googled this a-hole he is listed as "a book critic for the Daily Beast." On his website he has a whole list of books he has reviewed there. Doesn't look unemployed to me, unless they don't pay you at the Daily Beast (aka Newsweak).
To: rbg81
So true.
Actually, if one can role play - get into the head of the interviewer - one can accomplish a lot. You can’t know everything about their needs, nor should you sound like you do. but the salt and pepper of humility and self confidence, with “meaningful” questions is huge.
And even though there may be some stuff I would really like, like showers for bike commuting, I’m sure as heck not gonna bring it up in the interview - unless the guy I’m interviewing with has a bike in his office and bike commutes. ;->
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posted on
09/16/2011 2:18:21 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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