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Unemployment |
| Message Name: |
Count your blessings... |
| Date Posted: |
10/02/2004 |
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Thank you all for your responses, words of advice and encouragement. I sometimes think I'm the ONLY one dealing with this because I'm home alone while my spouse gets up and goes to work every morning, pays the bills, etc.
I hate the word termination-I hate writing it on an application and I hate that I'm in this situation now.
I am no longer on umemployment and of course we can't extend it (thank you so much george bush-but i digress). So I've registered with several temp agencies who always have this shocked look on their faces when they see Oliva Russo, MBA (from a top 25 school mind you) on the resume. It runs the gamut from "okay something must be wrong with you" to "you poor little thing-this horrible economy" as they sit back in their plush chairs in their office full of cherry wood furniture. (not that i'm bitter). I would be interested in the statistics of how many MBAs, etc. are out of work and the avg. amount of time between jobs.
I can definitely say that I have learned the true meaning of patience, faith, and OH SO MUCH about my self and how supportive my spouse is. Thanks again for your responses. |
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At least your spouse is supportive. I just finished up arguing with my spouse who is totally unsupportive and antagonistic towards me. We argue frequently to the point where I get physically ill and I get so depressed that I can't function. That makes a difficult situation almost unbearable. To top it all off, she resents having to go out and look for a job to help out with the bills and get some benefits until I can either find a job myself or get my consulting business off the ground.
Unfortunately, BS and MBA degrees don't carry as much weight as they used to. I am finding more and more that prospective employers are tending to require that you now have a PhD and all kinds of exotic qualifications before they will even entertain the notion of calling you up for an interview for jobs that only required a BS degree a few years ago.
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