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Soylent Brice

(8,308 posts)
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 05:52 PM Mar 2012

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) Soylent Brice Mar 2012 OP
Try not to take it personally (hard, I know) and don't feel bad about taking unemployment comp... Scuba Mar 2012 #1
thank you very much Soylent Brice Mar 2012 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #6
Woah! rbnyc Mar 2012 #3
Focus on what you have to offer your new employer DaveJ Mar 2012 #4
I know.... Somewhereinbetween Apr 2012 #5
Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #7
In almost the same boat since last week. bikebloke Oct 2014 #8
 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
1. Try not to take it personally (hard, I know) and don't feel bad about taking unemployment comp...
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 06:16 PM
Mar 2012

... you earned that while you were working.



Good luck in your search.

Soylent Brice

(8,308 posts)
2. thank you very much
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 06:44 PM
Mar 2012

for the words of encouragement.

i'm trying not to take it personally, but my firing was TOTALLY personal.
i do feel bad about taking unemployment but i will if only to make sure my bills get paid and that my kids are taken care of.
thank you for putting unemployment comp into perspective.

Response to Soylent Brice (Reply #2)

rbnyc

(17,045 posts)
3. Woah!
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 06:57 PM
Mar 2012

I wish I had wonderful advice, but right now all I can say is that that seems truly unjust. I believe there will be a better opportunity waiting for you - but ugh! I'll come back when I think of something better to say, but I just wanted to let you know - I read every word of your post and that's just not right. I'm so sorry you're going through this.

DaveJ

(5,023 posts)
4. Focus on what you have to offer your new employer
Fri Mar 9, 2012, 02:00 PM
Mar 2012

Depending on what you do, and what you're applying for. Most private sector jobs want to know what you have to offer, and unfortunately do not usually care about anyone's record of accomplishment. After I got my Master's degree, I found that simply describing what I did came off as arrogant to others. I know it's counter-intuitive, and it made me very angry for years, but that's how it works, unfortunately. Look to the future, not the past. What skills do you have that nobody else has, and can it make the business money? That's all they care about.

I do not know much about university jobs. If you apply at a university again, I supposed your record of accomplishment would be more important. I've heard politics are tough in education.

5. I know....
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 07:53 PM
Apr 2012

I know how you feel minus the divorce and kids.... I was recently fired because I screwed up, because they overworked me and allowed my other coworkers to take complete advantage of me being there... I had moved away from my parents home, to a city an hour and half away. I can always move home, but the truth is there isn't a whole lot of jobs back home. So I decided to stay and took a job that pay minimum wage, and hoping to move up soon. Truth is there is no trick, just perseverance. I have a B.S in Psychology which is a BS degree due to you can't do jack with it, without getting graduate degrees... Keep your head up, don't be afraid to take the lower paying job it may work out to where you move up faster. In today's America you have to take what you can get or just let the world take you over. I hope the best for you, don't give up... Good Luck!!

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bikebloke

(5,262 posts)
8. In almost the same boat since last week.
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:32 AM
Oct 2014

I've been so stressed and sleep deprived, I can barely update my resume - last opened two computers ago (14 years). At least I have till year's end, so holy-shit panic is postponed.

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