What are people supposed to be doing when the get laid off. The unemployment is now 12% in my city.?
People are not doing anything, and the unemployment keeps rising. Are we going to have to create a bread and circus like Rome did just to avoid people from becoming criminals. ‘Idle hands are the Devil’s tools."
It isn’t a one response fits all type of deal. People have varying amounts of savings and/or investments (i.e., a house) that can be leveraged until finding another job, retraining for in-demand jobs, starting a small business or nonprofit firm, etc. Other factors also impact a decision, i.e. marital status, parenting obligations, age & flexibility to move to a new city or to survive on a lesser or part-time income until finding a full-time job. People with numerous years experience might find a government job or temporarily move to another city where they can more quickly find work and maybe stay with a friend/family member there until restabilizing either back in your hometown, or in the new location. The trick is to be flexible, strategic and to think creatively about ways to generate income during the transition. Everybody has the ability to capitalize on whatever strengths/assets you have and generate a little income. For instance, if you have a car, offer to run errands – put up flyers in places where large #s of folks don’t have cars, i.e. college campuses, seniors living environments. Or, offer to do project work by computer for folks who don’t have computer skills or time to do it themselves. Offer to walk dogs, babysit, clean houses, wash cars, tutor, teach a skill, etc. Look around your house for things you no longer use/need and list them for sale on craigslist, in your local paper, Ebay, etc. Sign up with all the local temp agencies. Network, network, network…. and network – get involved in activities that bring you in contact with new groups of people, and ask friends/family to pass along your resume to people who they know.
Well, if I lived in a place with 12% unemployment, I would try to find a city that was not dying. Houston’s economy is BOOMING!
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all i hear is apply online apply online its a crock I have loooked at over 300 places and not one interview even subway wants a college degree to make sandwiches I’ve looked at fast food places to no job nowere
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I got laid off, too. I’m trying to make a living online.
But there are always some jobs around – as waiters or lawn mowers or construction hands if people really want them.
But I agree, it’s not good to have people sitting around doing nothing and needing money.
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It isn’t a one response fits all type of deal. People have varying amounts of savings and/or investments (i.e., a house) that can be leveraged until finding another job, retraining for in-demand jobs, starting a small business or nonprofit firm, etc. Other factors also impact a decision, i.e. marital status, parenting obligations, age & flexibility to move to a new city or to survive on a lesser or part-time income until finding a full-time job. People with numerous years experience might find a government job or temporarily move to another city where they can more quickly find work and maybe stay with a friend/family member there until restabilizing either back in your hometown, or in the new location. The trick is to be flexible, strategic and to think creatively about ways to generate income during the transition. Everybody has the ability to capitalize on whatever strengths/assets you have and generate a little income. For instance, if you have a car, offer to run errands – put up flyers in places where large #s of folks don’t have cars, i.e. college campuses, seniors living environments. Or, offer to do project work by computer for folks who don’t have computer skills or time to do it themselves. Offer to walk dogs, babysit, clean houses, wash cars, tutor, teach a skill, etc. Look around your house for things you no longer use/need and list them for sale on craigslist, in your local paper, Ebay, etc. Sign up with all the local temp agencies. Network, network, network…. and network – get involved in activities that bring you in contact with new groups of people, and ask friends/family to pass along your resume to people who they know.
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