PJ Fan Needs A Job

Ahnimus

decides2dream wrote:

well you know that's not me, and yet...i am unemployed at the moment too. career change, even if desired and chosen, just isn't always an easy choice....just lucky i can manage it. *fingers crossed* that it all ultimately leads to good things.

good luck to ALL looking!

It is possible to find another job while working at a job you hate. That's what I had to do. It's actually quite easy.

Before that I quit my job to look for work, and relied on my GF's income to survive. She wasn't very happy and I was less motivated to actually look for work.

binauralsounds

Ahnimus wrote:

Didn't Binaural say he was collecting a Unemployment cheque?

I am getting unemployment checks. However, it's not welfare! Having worked for 13 years, my employer like many, must pay into unemployment accounts if an employee is let go with no wrong doing. In this case, the company went out of business. I get what's mine. It's not taxpayer money I am receiving. It's money my employer by law had to contribute during my tenure with the company.
Having said that, I want to get back in the workforce ASAP!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stand stayin home everyday!

Hell, I'll post my resume here if I can get a job! LMAO. maybe somebody needs me. HAHAHAHA

Ahnimus

binauralsounds wrote:

That's the problem. I am where jobs ARE!! I was OFFERED a job recently, accepted over the phone starting at 16 dollars an hour. 24 hours later, they rescind because upper management decided to put a hiring freeze over night. This was after i went thru FOUR interviews with these ppl and got offered a job.
Second job, they called me, wanted me badly, called them back and they never called, so I called them again. The lady said, "oh, so glad you called back, I really want you to come in. So, I say, great... NEVER HEARD BACK!!! Now mind you, SHE CALLED ME and wanted me and then never called again. I am going thru some strange strange shit!!
Last example, job right up the road here, need EXACLTY 100 PERCENT what my qualifications are. I snail mail them my cover letter and resume. A week later, I see the same fuckin job in the newspaper. What the fuck are these people looking for??? They lay out what they need, I have EXACTLY what they need with THIRTEEN YEARS experience.
This is some crazy shit I'm experiencing. I know there is a reason for everything, and that's what is keeping me strong. Sometimes, I just laugh at how I'm not getting offers.
A buddy of mine here in town that's on this board knows of what's goin on and he's never heard of the strange things going on with me getting re-employed.
The jobs are HERE, I have the qualifications, but nobody is grabbing at me.
THEIR LOSS!

Part of it might be that you are over-qualified. Try down playing your experience a bit. Employers tend to want people they can mold, not people who already have an idea of what the job entails. But again that totally depends on the employer. I know my father had a hard time finding work with 15 years management experience in a retail store. You'd think he could get a job at any store managing, but he ended up working for a call center with a bunch of people that have no experience. I think to a certain degree too much experience can be a bad thing.

Ahnimus

binauralsounds wrote:

I am getting unemployment checks. However, it's not welfare! Having worked for 13 years, my employer like many, must pay into unemployment accounts if an employee is let go with no wrong doing. In this case, the company went out of business. I get what's mine.
Having said that, I want to get back in the workforce ASAP!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stand stayin home everyday!

Oh I see, so you were layed-off, that makes more sense then.

Good thing some people know how the system works

binauralsounds

Ahnimus wrote:

Oh I see, so you were layed-off, that makes more sense then.

Good thing some people know how the system works

I don't even know if layed off applies. The company is GONE! lol. 13 years down the tubes. lol

PaperPlates

Ahnimus wrote:

Didn't Binaural say he was collecting a Unemployment cheque?

That he paid in for with his previous earnings, he earned it. Sorry you live in canada, where you pay taxes and get nothing but healthcare out of the deal. We have no problems with using your own tax money. We as a party simply object to people who DONT pitch in constantly draining recources. You guys have been reading to many wack threads about what conservatives believe. Ask us, you'd probably be surprised with what you learn. btw, you need any other reasons that America is better than canada?

binauralsounds

Ahnimus wrote:

Part of it might be that you are over-qualified. Try down playing your experience a bit. Employers tend to want people they can mold, not people who already have an idea of what the job entails. But again that totally depends on the employer. I know my father had a hard time finding work with 15 years management experience in a retail store. You'd think he could get a job at any store managing, but he ended up working for a call center with a bunch of people that have no experience. I think to a certain degree too much experience can be a bad thing.

I believe that is absolutely true. I've dummed down my resume a tad. I do think being over qualified may be killing me and that's a sad statement. What's worse, it pays me to keep getting unemployment checks as opposed to getting a mediocre paying fulltime job. Now that IS SAD!
And being a VET, I do get my meds I take for 8 dollars a script. Can't beat that!!! And I pay a 15 buck copay per doctor visit just like regular insurance without the premium. Ahh, being a vet is a good thing:)

Ahnimus

PaperPlates wrote:

That he paid in for with his previous earnings, he earned it. Sorry you live in canada, where you pay taxes and get nothing but healthcare out of the deal. We have no problems with using your own tax money. We as a party simply object to people who DONT pitch in constantly draining recources. You guys have been reading to many wack threads about what conservatives believe. Ask us, you'd probably be surprised with what you learn. btw, you need any other reasons that America is better than canada?

No, I pay into UI with my taxes, I've actually collected UI before. But that was because my contract with a company ended. See seasonal workers collect UI on their off-seasons, contract workers can collect UI when they are not on a contract. You can get UI if your company goes under, or if they down-size and you get layed-off. But you can't just get it because you don't like your job.

Ahnimus

binauralsounds wrote:

I believe that is absolutely true. I've dummed down my resume a tad. I do think being over qualified may be killing me and that's a sad statement. What's worse, it pays me to keep getting unemployment checks as opposed to getting a mediocre paying fulltime job. Now that IS SAD!
And being a VET, I do get my meds I take for 8 dollars a script. Can't beat that!!! And I pay a 15 buck copay per doctor visit just like regular insurance without the premium. Ahh, being a vet is a good thing:)

Hehe, I play online war games, namely Day of Defeat, a WW2 game. I usually kill about 5 or 6 people to my 40 deaths. So I would never be a Veteran, I'd die on the battlefield.

PaperPlates

Ahnimus wrote:

Hehe, I play online war games, namely Day of Defeat, a WW2 game. I usually kill about 5 or 6 people to my 40 deaths. So I would never be a Veteran, I'd die on the battlefield.

lol, so you get pwnt alot. Are you a mountie?






















just joshin ya.

binauralsounds

Ahnimus wrote:

Hehe, I play online war games, namely Day of Defeat, a WW2 game. I usually kill about 5 or 6 people to my 40 deaths. So I would never be a Veteran, I'd die on the battlefield.

HA

plates said Mountie. LMAO u guys, i'm out for tonight.

Ahnimus

Ahnimus wrote:

No, I pay into UI with my taxes, I've actually collected UI before. But that was because my contract with a company ended. See seasonal workers collect UI on their off-seasons, contract workers can collect UI when they are not on a contract. You can get UI if your company goes under, or if they down-size and you get layed-off. But you can't just get it because you don't like your job.

I actually have a paystub right here, let's see, hmm, I paid $19.37 this pay. It's probably the same each pay. So, I pay about $500/year into UI at my current job. Shit I paid $175 into federal income tax.

Ahnimus

PaperPlates wrote:

lol, so you get pwnt alot. Are you a mountie?

I prefer to play as Wehrmacht actually. Axis of Evil

PaperPlates

Ahnimus wrote:

I actually have a paystub right here, let's see, hmm, I paid $19.37 this pay. It's probably the same each pay. So, I pay about $500/year into UI at my current job. Shit I paid $175 into federal income tax.

You should move to america, you'd be much better off. Hell, try Maine or Wisconsin, we consider most of those people canadians anway.

Ahnimus

binauralsounds wrote:

HA

plates said Mountie. LMAO u guys, i'm out for tonight.

Mounties kick ass, didn't you guys every see Dudley Doo-right?

Later BS

Ahnimus

PaperPlates wrote:

You should move to america, you'd be much better off. Hell, try Maine or Wisconsin, we consider most of those people canadians anway.

Hell no, you pay more taxes than me. Trust me, I used to work in billing for Nextel.

69charger

PaperPlates wrote:

You should move to america, you'd be much better off. Hell, try Maine or Wisconsin, we consider most of those people canadians anway.

HEY!

We just talk like Canadians, noting else. Minnesota is more Canadian than Wisconsin.

PaperPlates

69charger wrote:

HEY!

We just talk like Canadians, noting else. Minnesota is more Canadian than Wisconsin.

My bad. But if "eh" is part of your vocabulary, you're at least 89% Canadian in my book!

Ahnimus

PaperPlates wrote:

My bad. But if "eh" is part of your vocabulary, you're at least 89% Canadian in my book!

I've noticed Americans are afraid to say "eh" they always say "right" instead.

Canadian: It's a hot day, eh?
American: It's a hot day, right?

OutOfBreath

I'll be looking for a job too soon. Anyone need a sociologist with lots of experience with statistical analysis?

I'm about to deliver my master's now, and poised to start applying for evrything that moves within relevant sectors.

Peace
Dan