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Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by tathougies »

sharkweek wrote: post #4

In my early (okay... mid) thirties now. I have been laid off once and left on my own will from three jobs through the last 12 years of my career. Being laid off puts kind of a stink on you, even if slight, that requires a bit of interview time be spent clarifying WHY you got laid off instead of entirely being able to focus on experience, accomplishments etc. When I was moving from one place to another, there seemed t…

Reallt? I just say they didnt have money to pay me and ask the interviewer really pointedly if the company I'm interviewing with has money to pay me.

I feel lay offs are easy to explain. Firing is different.

Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by abc126589 »

sharkweek wrote: post #4

In my early (okay... mid) thirties now. I have been laid off once and left on my own will from three jobs through the last 12 years of my career. Being laid off puts kind of a stink on you, even if slight, that requires a bit of interview time be spent clarifying WHY you got laid off instead of entirely being able to focus on experience, accomplishments etc. When I was moving from one place to another, there seemed t…

Is it required that one disclosure they were laid off vs saying was interested in changing companies?

Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by andimm »

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Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by shams93 »

I'm having the same experience but I keep in mind that the Trump admin lies and also promotes discrimination. I lost my job to an h1b, in a good economy it takes me 2 weeks to find a new job this is anything but a strong economy. Lie with stats how you like but you can't use lies to generate reality the real economy is what it is.

Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by lowercased »

sharkweek wrote: post #4

In my early (okay... mid) thirties now. I have been laid off once and left on my own will from three jobs through the last 12 years of my career. Being laid off puts kind of a stink on you, even if slight, that requires a bit of interview time be spent clarifying WHY you got laid off instead of entirely being able to focus on experience, accomplishments etc. When I was moving from one place to another, there seemed t…

I've always understood there to be a difference between "laid off" and "fired". "Fired" tends to be because of you, "laid off" is more on the company's side.

I was "fired" once (well, twice, in the 90s) because I wasn't pulling my weight. I was 'laid off' once (in the 2000s) because the company was running out of money, and had to lay off around half the company. That wasn't really anything to do with my performance or ability - it was the company's finances.

Explaining "I was part of the 50% of the company laid off due to financial pressures" (or "laid off after a corporate merger") wouldn't generally have the same negative connotation.

Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by sharkweek »

abc126589 wrote: post #12
sharkweek wrote: post #4

In my early (okay... mid) thirties now. I have been laid off once and left on my own will from three jobs through the last 12 years of my career. Being laid off puts kind of a stink on you, even if slight, that requires a bit of interview time be spent clarifying WHY you got laid off instead of entirely being able to focus on experience, accomplishments etc. When I was moving from one place to another, there seemed t…

Is it required that one disclosure they were laid off vs saying was interested in changing companies?

Nah, but I do think it's healthier to be upfront about that stuff.

Re: Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment

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Post by pithymaxim »

>nearly 40 percent of Americans, a Federal Reserve report found, are in such a financially precarious state that they say they would have trouble finding $400 for an unexpected expense like a car repair or a medical bill.

This has got to be the most repeated statistic in reporting on hardship, but the actual responses seem way less dire: https://twitter.com/p_millerd/status/1118071142311288838?lan...

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