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dickthegrouch

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11. Ask them "Where?"

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 02:23 PM

Nov 2013

Make them listen to the tales of the hundreds of applications submitted with nary a response.

I am a highly trained computer security expert who has been out of work now for 6 months. Not only can I not get a job, I can't even get a response to my applications. I just splurged on a professional resume rewrite in the hopes that I can land something when new year budgets are available.

Ask them where these jobs are piled up that we can get so easily?

Ask them what the hell we are supposed to do when our 6 month cushion evaporates? State unemployment will evaporate at the same time and they keep telling me there are no federal extensions available. It wouldn't even cover my mortgage anyway, far less any food or healthcare.

It looks like I'm going to have to take the 10% penalty for using retirement funds early.

And people wonder why I'm grouchy.

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