Since I have the joy of being unemployed again, I decided to express a moment of optimism and log on to a national job board website to take a peek. A friend of mine claims she actually had some luck on one of them. After narrowing it down to Reno, the site said it had 436 job listings for the area ... which is depressing enough ... but you can also post your resume on the site. And there were a whopping 86,000 local resumes posted!! I suck at math, but I think the ratio of 436 jobs to 86,000 job seekers comes out to be fucked %. Plus, I used to work for a temp agency, and the recruiters are told to post fake job ads on a weekly basis, just to get people calling into the agency to sign up. Posts like, "Warehouse Position, Full-Time, $12/hr" ... with a really general job description are probably not real jobs. If there's no company name, no specific email address or phone number to contact, and it refers you to an employment agency, don't get excited.
Oh, and for all of you who think unemployment checks just come "forever" and you can suck the government's tit while you chill ... I'm here to tell you that's not true. For example, in 2 weeks, my unemployment runs out. I was let go from my job as a News Producer 10 months ago. Since then, I worked a seasonal job for 4 1/2 months ... and my unemployment was only good for 19 weeks. So, now I have to apply for an extension, which can't be done online, so I have to do it by phone initially (the wait can be up to 6 hours) ... and then if I qualify, claims are done through the mail. Every week, I have to fill out an application listing all the jobs and companies I have applied to and send it off through snail mail. And even if I qualify for an extension, it is only good for 20 weeks. So, I have 5 more months before I am completely screwed. I keep hearing people say that some lazy asses have been on unemployment for 2 years, but I just don't see how that works. If I'm lucky, I will get a total of 10 months of unemployment benefits from the state of Nevada ... where I have worked for 5 years. In the meantime, the only jobs I've even seen posted are for forklift operators and casino cocktail waitresses. Honestly, I'd rather lift palettes than wear nude pantyhose and ingest cigarette smoke at 10 in the morning. At this rate, my annual income continues to be less than my student loan balance.
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