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Article #7097Re: My unemployment problem
From: ricok987
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:28
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:28
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I heard this story before: "The Ant and the Grasshopper" "Richard Fangnail" <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message news:1177520340.303409.73630@u32g2000prd.googlegroups.com... >I had a good job as a tech writer but got laid off in 2001. Foolishly > I did very little to find employment until 2005. I basically took > classes and lived off savings and my folks. I went to work as a temp > in 2005-6 but that has dried up. > > You know the main problem? When asked for references, I have nothing > recent. And on my resume, people always ask why I haven't worked for > so long. I should have started working as a temp right away, in 2001. > > What can I do? I don't know very many people because that's my > nature. My tech skills are way behind the times and I can only do so > much to catch up. Plus, learning the skills isn't the same as having > a job using the skills. > > Very depressing - and I have enough money to live but just barely. >
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X-Google-Thread: 107518,156c2ef4cb413e25 X-Google-Thread: f824f,156c2ef4cb413e25 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,gidf824f,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!out03b.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in02.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe12.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "ricok987" <ricok987@optonline.net> Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ba.general References: <1177520340.303409.73630@u32g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: My unemployment problem Lines: 21 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: <qKPXh.678$a52.321@newsfe12.lga> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:28:50 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.83.70.1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net X-Trace: newsfe12.lga 1177536534 67.83.70.1 (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:28:54 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:28:54 MST Organization: Optimum Online