I made a choice to quit my career a year and a half ago to move with my partner of 4 years, who is in the military, because the military moved us. Because we are not married I don’t qualify for unemployment. In the new place we moved to I have basically hit a brick…
Month: November 2014
5 Interview questions that should be asked, but aren’t
I’ve recently found myself on ‘that’ side of the table. You know the one. The side where you sit alone and face a panel of inquisitors who hold crisp, white sheets of paper with questions that require you to summarize your career in two minute intervals. It’s been over 10 years since I’ve had to…
The Continuing Saga of a Frustrated (Passive) Job Seeker-Ed Tsyitee, Jr. @GreenChileAdict
I am so pleased to have this writer return to continue talking about his unemployment journey. Follow him on Twitter for more! In the last entry, I mentioned how difficult it was to find a great paying job in this area that was not a service sector job. The fact is this area-from Las Cruces…
Why is she unemployed? She did nothing wrong. [An Unemployment Story]
Just a short story and personal experience of a client of mine. Client A as I will refer to her as, was a customer service rep. for a large non-profit organization in Md. She was a 7 year employee with an excellent work history. In late May of 2014 she slipped on a wet step…