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I may not have shared this before but I was fired in September 2008 - literally just at the bottom fell out of everything.
Long months of job searches, resumes, and from time to time an interview. There was virtually nothing out there until March of 2009, but I was always able to actually find 2 jobs a week for which I was qualified. I missed a temp job at Bank of America in the summer of 2009 because I was mowing the yard and didn't hear my cell phone- I called back 45 minutes later and all the spots were taken. I was offered a chance working as a bookkeeper at a strip club but my wife said, "No" as I expected.
I was fortunate to get 8 or so interviews. A couple of those garnered second interviews.
One was a prime job for me. They had 79 applications where they usually have 5 to 8. I got into the pool of 54 initial interviews, made it to the top 5, made it to the top TWO,... and didn't get the job.
I did finally get a job last August. Great job, really love it, but it pays 20% less than I was making. For that job I was one of 35 applicants where they usually have 3 or 5. They plucked me out of thin air on Monster.com. I got the job.
So clearly I at least interview well and have a resume to get me into the interview chair. Look at those numbers again- the only "competition" in this economy is the race to lower wages for anything you can get (I hope that doesn't sound too bitter).
All this bullshit about "GET A JOB" is just that bullshit. I even applied at all the bigbox stores (Walmart, Sears, Staples, JCPenney's, etc.) and got no response of any kind. Too much salary in my history most likely, not that I ever made that much.
I feel for all the people out there and a point that isn't made very often - THEY PAID FOR THE INSURANCE that has to be the lowest return on any kind of insurance in the known world. It ain't much but it comes in handy with the food and daycare and electricity and heat and......
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