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US owns Canada(World baseball classic thread)
Sofa_King_Awesome:
USA sonning Venezuela 11-5 after 6 8)
herpes:
It's so good to be watching Baseball again.
Primo:
--- Quote from: 187Proof on March 08, 2009, 03:49:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: McSwagger on March 08, 2009, 03:37:15 PM ---When you are in a job market with the state with highest unemployment rate is the highest (i live on the Rhode Island border) There is a lot of competition for vacant spots. I was doing finance when I got laid off. In the meantime I have been looking for any type of work possible and even the low end jobs are drying up.
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I'm not hating or trying to be all "big brother'ish" or whatever because I know it's not the same for everyone, but I know fast food (McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King, etc) has a VERY high rate of turnover for their employees, have you tried these types of establishments yet? Janitorial work? Graveyard roadcrews out here are ALWAYS trying to hire new people (I think they start at $18/hr as well), etc.
It might not be as good as what you were doing before, and the job may just downright suck, but it's a hell of a lot better (IMO) than just being unemployed. Sure, you could be collecting unemployment checks, but.....
When I am doing an interview with a potential employee the very 1st thing I always ask is "Are you working right now?". About 75% of them say "No." & I always follow it up with "Why?".
If someonen is working at McDonalds right now but is just trying to move on to a different job I have a lot more respect for them than I have for someone who's application/resume states his/her last job was back in September 2008, and they answer my "Why?" question with "There just hasn't been any job openings out there.".
But like I said, a lot of it has to do with preference, because no matter how bad someone is doing financially, there's just some people out there that say they will never workin fast food, etc. So I guess that's up to them (not saying that's your case, but just mentioning what I've found from experience).
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Your a year older than me no need to give advice. I was making 75k a year in my last job do you think i would really go work at McDonalds. Hmm I can keep collecting my $643 unemployment check a week or I could just go work for 7$ an hour and make 200 a week.
J.D. Wykid, Esq.:
how the fuck did this turn into an economy thread? LOL
anyway, USA fucking ANNIHILATED Venezuela today. :bandit:
187Proof:
--- Quote from: McSwagger on March 08, 2009, 08:59:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: 187Proof on March 08, 2009, 03:49:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: McSwagger on March 08, 2009, 03:37:15 PM ---When you are in a job market with the state with highest unemployment rate is the highest (i live on the Rhode Island border) There is a lot of competition for vacant spots. I was doing finance when I got laid off. In the meantime I have been looking for any type of work possible and even the low end jobs are drying up.
--- End quote ---
I'm not hating or trying to be all "big brother'ish" or whatever because I know it's not the same for everyone, but I know fast food (McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King, etc) has a VERY high rate of turnover for their employees, have you tried these types of establishments yet? Janitorial work? Graveyard roadcrews out here are ALWAYS trying to hire new people (I think they start at $18/hr as well), etc.
It might not be as good as what you were doing before, and the job may just downright suck, but it's a hell of a lot better (IMO) than just being unemployed. Sure, you could be collecting unemployment checks, but.....
When I am doing an interview with a potential employee the very 1st thing I always ask is "Are you working right now?". About 75% of them say "No." & I always follow it up with "Why?".
If someonen is working at McDonalds right now but is just trying to move on to a different job I have a lot more respect for them than I have for someone who's application/resume states his/her last job was back in September 2008, and they answer my "Why?" question with "There just hasn't been any job openings out there.".
But like I said, a lot of it has to do with preference, because no matter how bad someone is doing financially, there's just some people out there that say they will never workin fast food, etc. So I guess that's up to them (not saying that's your case, but just mentioning what I've found from experience).
--- End quote ---
Your a year older than me no need to give advice. I was making 75k a year in my last job do you think i would really go work at McDonalds. Hmm I can keep collecting my $643 unemployment check a week or I could just go work for 7$ an hour and make 200 a week.
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Hahaha.....wasn't trying to "give you advice", but just throwing my two cents out there as it relates to the whole situation.
--- Quote from: McSwagger on March 08, 2009, 03:37:15 PM ---Hmm I can keep collecting my $643 unemployment check a week or I could just go work for 7$ an hour and make 200 a week.
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And thank you for proving the point I tried getting across which was "It's a person's choice/preference/etc not to work right now.". Hopefully you have found a good job to make up for that unemployment check by the time your unemployment term ends.
Sorry to everyone for turning this in the economical direction lol. Back to baseball...... :)
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