My husband ended up taking a job May 2009 after being on unemployment for 5 months for 1/4 of the pay he was making before. But hey he’s not on unemployment anymore. We just don’t do vacations, savings, no eating out, just sit at home and do nothing anymore. I guess thats what our government wanted. Went through our savings and everything. Fun life. Hope our Government is happy they’ve created this mess.
My husband delivered newspapers when he retired from the Navy and couldnt’ find a job. He did it for almost 2 years. He hated it but it got us through until he was able to get a good job. He told a friend who lost his job that he could deliver papers as well. The friend has 5 kids and refused. It was beneath him. My husband is a proud man but taking a handout when he can actually work is what is ‘beneath’ him.
I would say they are trying to continue sending out cash to keep hordes of people from walking into a ‘Safeway or Kroger’ and taking what they want. People aren’t going to sit on the curb like the last Depression hoping for better days.
A friend of mine with her Masters just started work as a part time receptionist - she’s very grateful she is now working.
Unemployment benefits --
the NEW Welfare.
That’s easy for Glenn to say. Some people live in areas where there are no jobs to be had. My daughter is one. She has apps all over the place and nothing. Nobody is hiring.
The English comic character “Andy Capps” coms to mind. These guys are just on the dole and want to stay there.
There are no Fabrication Jobs here in ohio and im a master Fabricator and Piper {not a plumber} Jobs in Ohio are scarce at best guess i’ll move my Family into a cardboard box and eat out of the Dumpster for awhile
Unemployment Sucks almost as bad as Obama
He'll take a buck to say anything, apparently.
As for applying for a job you are overqualified for, if you can, leave off some of the information on your application/resume. It's one thing to lie and say you've never been to prison or purchased a fake degree. But honestly, no one at McDonald's has to know (or cares) if you have a Master's degree in XXX. Sometimes less is more with those types of job applications.
I’ve never been unemployed for more than 9 days since graduating high school.
There were times I didn’t work for someone else, but I hit the pavement and did contracting work. I didn’t even have a pickup truck, but I built decks, mowed lawns, dug fence posts, cleaned pools, drove trash trucks and septic tank pumpers, you know, whatever it takes to feed the babies.
Two years is plenty of time to get certified as a truck driver. Seems around here people are always looking for truck drivers.