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29. I finally got a job.

Sun Apr 14, 2013, 04:43 PM

Apr 2013

I was doing like someone else suggested above. I was in business for myself. I'm in my 50's and we updated my résumé so that it didn't show the years (joined the army in '79 - do the math). I didn't actually make any money in my business; I had business cards made and handed them out and contacted folks looking for work.

I'm not making as much as I was before I got laid off, but I enjoy what I'm doing so far. We could probably scrape by on what my wife makes, but we weren't moving in the right direction and I was concerned that if I didn't get back into the game, I wouldn't be able to later.

We still really need some kind of infrastructure spending bill in order to keep busy in the years to come. I'm working for a firm that designs subdivisions again. We could do sewage treatment plants and extend water lines and lift stations and sidewalks and roads and street improvements, but the government needs some skin in the game. If our government spent on these things instead of war, there would be plenty of work to go around.

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The Terrifying Reality of Long-Term Unemployment [View all] xchrom Apr 2013 OP

Very interesting. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Apr 2013 #1

It is absolutely essential to make it look as though you were employed dickthegrouch Apr 2013 #2

exactly. DCBob Apr 2013 #27

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #3

Government has to take the lead on this but they won't unless we all act-- Christmas day 2015 nightscanner59 Apr 2013 #4

But the DOW is up! progressoid Apr 2013 #5

With all the rigged sources of information, how can we be sure that the DOW reports are accurate? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #17

The DOW Purplehazed Apr 2013 #28

That's meaningless. Are you unaware of the LIBOR was rigged by some banksters? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #31

The homeless are happy too. L0oniX Apr 2013 #22

Time to get really pissed Milliesmom Apr 2013 #6

+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #30

"We can do better..." ProSense Apr 2013 #7

That's why you should try to be SELF-employed. ErikJ Apr 2013 #8

Except when your business dries up, there's NO unemployment. snot Apr 2013 #9

No you can pay into unemployment same as you would under truedelphi Apr 2013 #12

In PA if you are self - employed you must pay in but you cannot collect. nessa Apr 2013 #33

Well, that totally sucks. truedelphi Apr 2013 #38

My solution supernova Apr 2013 #10

Hello Fabulous! xchrom Apr 2013 #11

Hey you!! supernova Apr 2013 #13

We gotta fix that. xchrom Apr 2013 #15

I heartily agree supernova Apr 2013 #19

I was in business for seven years hfojvt Apr 2013 #32

I use my clients as references. (nt) nessa Apr 2013 #34

in retail hfojvt Apr 2013 #35

That does make it tougher. (nt). nessa Apr 2013 #36

Society needs to come to terms with a world where there are never enough jobs to go around. reformist2 Apr 2013 #14

Bizarro! I hope you just forgot the sarcasm tag. L0oniX Apr 2013 #21

I'm actually serious. Rapidly improving technology is making unemployment a global problem. reformist2 Apr 2013 #25

Well then why work at all "demanding a basic income from the government". L0oniX Apr 2013 #26

at the very least, unemployment compensation should be handled differently wyldwolf Apr 2013 #24

K&R 99Forever Apr 2013 #16

The representatives of the rich and the super-rich will come up with a shiny object AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #18

Anyone who wants to work should have a job. Politicians should be working on jobs not war. L0oniX Apr 2013 #20

I proved this for myself wyldwolf Apr 2013 #23

Since businesses are not people, you owe them no expression of honesty, morality, ethics, Occulus Apr 2013 #37

I finally got a job. Blanks Apr 2013 #29