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In reply to the discussion: Should there be a limit on how long one can receive unemployment benefits? [View all]Kennah
(14,400 posts)Wasn't asking for money, just wanted to be able to focus on the school for those weeks I was in class. Paperwork went nowhere, so I just had to go to class and job hunt at the same time.
It proved an impossible task to try to explain to people who are not application programmers that all application programming gigs are not the same.
"Apply for this job."
"That requires X. I do Y."
"But it's still computer programming. It's the same thing."
I don't blame Employment Security. They are just following the rules. Still it was challenging, but I think it also pointed to a weakness in the system that believes, "Professionals can find work on their own. We don't need to bother with them."
As such, retraining was often the training of someone with few skills, rather than retraining someone with one skillset into another skillset.
I would and have been willing to retrain, but the reality is one can take all the classes you want and it don't matter shit unless and until a company is willing to give a person a chance. Companies don't need to give anyone a chance in a tight economy, and they can just pick and choose and be as demanding as they want.