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Ok, but how old is your parents??? Wife/I are in our early 60's and both of us are having an extremely hard time finding full-time permanent jobs. Another thing to PLEASE remember, not everyone who is looking for a job can go to different States for interviews. A lot of unemployed people definitely don't have the finances to cover that. I've collected both UI benefits and State Disability benefits before......no problem to me. It was money that I definitely needed. Wife was laid-off from a job of $62k a year and collect UI for a few weeks.......that didn't bother her.
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Originally Posted by SouthBound47
One of my parents was unemployed, got laid off, found a job in 6 weeks... And he refused to claim unemployment because he, like I think it's a form of welfare and opwould have compelled him not to work.
In a perfect world, hiring managers would have to serve a year on unemployment so they understand how hard it is to find a job in these times. Fortunately, voters can sentence their U.S. representatives, and some Senators, to unemployment in the next election.
I don't mean to be rude, but (as someone that hasn't been unemployed in this market but knows many who are) I think you're being awfully presumptuous by assuming that you're circumstances are universal for all unemployed/underemployed persons seeking employment right now. It's great that you're getting job offers and your work is paying off, but you have to take into consideration all of the different factors that play into becoming gainfully employed. Geography is huge. Age discrimination is alive and well- some employers target recent college grads while screening out *seasoned veterans* because they think recent college grads are on average going to be cheaper or work for a lot less vs. their erroneous views that persons with years/decades of experience are going to want a lot more pay, not be as motivated, and/or have some type of chip on their shoulder (esp. if they're moving down several pay grades). That's just one example of dozens- although not likely to ever admit it and/or be conscious of it, many employers are much more likely to hire persons with certain personality and/or appearance traits that they subjectively find to be more appealing over hiring the best qualified candidate for the position. And discrimination against protected classes and other groups is a very well-documented and well-studied/proven phenomenon in this country.
So, again, I don't mean to be rude- but if one of your parents lost a job right now, do you think it would be as easy for them to become re-employed right now as it has been for you?
While many of your points are valid I think the OP was just trying to give people some hope and perhaps encouragement. From what I read on the forum as well as news reports etc. it seems to me that it is just a difficult for the recent grad to land a job as anyone else regardless of pay requirements, age or ability to relocate. I think the OP has gone above and beyond to land a decent job but is still keeping his/her head up and encouraging others to do the same.
While many of your points are valid I think the OP was just trying to give people some hope and perhaps encouragement. From what I read on the forum as well as news reports etc. it seems to me that it is just a difficult for the recent grad to land a job as anyone else regardless of pay requirements, age or ability to relocate. I think the OP has gone above and beyond to land a decent job but is still keeping his/her head up and encouraging others to do the same.
Not to be rude but the OP has had nothing but disparaging remarks towards the unemployed. You need to go read some of his work before you read into what he posted here. You may have a hard time finding them as many have been deleted.
One of my parents was unemployed, got laid off, found a job in 6 weeks... And he refused to claim unemployment because he, like I think it's a form of welfare and opwould have compelled him not to work.
So your point fails spectacularly.
I must say something about unemployment it is not welfare many people have put a goodly number of years into the employment system and in my opinion UE is deserved. UE was developed to help people over the rough spots during unemployment. If not for UE a great many people would have lost everything and living in tent city. It is great if a person can find employment immediately after a job loss but sometimes that is not possible and those people still need some kind of income to at least survive. To consider UE as some type of welfare in my opinion is wrong. For the record I have never collected UE but if I needed to I sure would not hesitate.
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