I have recently found myself out of work or should I say unemployed. Now many people think both of these terms are one in the same, but I have found this is not the case. Both are very different and I have recently come to to the conclusion, or should I say a theory, on why people can not get off welfare.
First a short explanation as to why I am currently unemployed. My employer was the local certified Premium Apple Service and Repair center. Then in December Apple corporate opened up a store at the local mall across the street from us.
Can you guess what happened next? You got it, since the store was too slow to focus on their highest profit margin of Service (especially out of warranty) and Corporate clients, our business quickly declined so much so that the Owner/Manager had to start cutting the part-time sales floor employees hours. It was a good day if we got a dozen customers and sold one computer. Now working in the service department we had slowed down, but, as much as the sales department and I was expecting to be cut back on hours, instead I was cut completely. Like most companies the Owner panicked and cut the highest earning employee instead of the least productive employees.
This incident has lead to my venture back into the job searching world after 8 years with the same company. I have dusted off and updated my resume with the help of a cousin-in-law, who has been in management for a few years now, and started the unemployment process. Which I have found to be a full time job in itself.
I spent about an hour or so on the phone applying for my unemployment benefits. Another couple hours applying for state/county medical coverage. I now know why most people who are on Welfare or Unemployment can’t get a job, it is because they have to spend most of their time waiting in line or on the phone to argue with the state or county, that pays by the hour no matter how slow you work, for benefits legally owed them. Lucky for me I have a speaker phone and an iPad so I was able to job search while on hold with both in the comfort of my own home; until mortgage runs out. It is a full-time job just trying to get the benefits let alone trying to find a job and fitting interviews in the schedule.
I have taken a deep breath and plowed forward with what needs to be done. Also I have been trying to tell myself the Gods have a plan for me that is better then the path I was on work wise anyway. This leads me to another thought or question, should I take all mention of religious views off the internet? Or should I leave it up and know that the employer who rejects me because of my views is not the right employer for me?
Have you been unemployed as well? Any resources or suggestions on how to make the process more productive?
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