Unemployed to Underemployed: Better or Worse?

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Tuesday November 22, 2011 · 9:16 AM PST

2011/11/22 · 09:16

If anyone has read any of my previous entries, I was a part of the long term unemployed. Luckily, I landed a job at the beginning of this year. Finally! Gainful employment! JOY! Truth is, I was overjoyed. I decided to start over and get an entry level position in an industry I had previously worked with on the policy side. I couldn't fix congress, so I could fix a computer. I started over in IT.

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Thursday January 20, 2011 · 2:37 PM PST

2011/01/20 · 14:37

Today, I wait.

As previously noted, I have been unemployed for going on 2 years. this past week I landed an interview. I've sent out thousands of resumes. In two years, I have had a grand total of four interviews. In two years...FOUR interviews, none of which yielded a job. My fate is in the hands of a total stranger. So I wait. I wait for a Job that will give me money, benefits and piece of mind.

Lockedupspirit

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Tuesday December 28, 2010 · 8:40 AM PST

2010/12/28 · 08:40

On January 5, 2011 it will exactly 2 years I've been without steady employment. I have taken a few odd jobs people have offered me everywhere from Bartending to Photography to helping a friend maintain an office while she pounded pavement to gain clients for her start up business. I continue to network, update my resume, and apply for various jobs. I, however, am on the brink of losing it completely.

Lockedupspirit

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Friday November 12, 2010 · 11:18 AM PST

2010/11/12 · 11:18

I've been jobless for about a year and a half now. For seven long, agonizing months, my husband was, too. Luckily, he managed to land a decent job with a slight income increase. We're not great by any means. We've suffered the loss of just about every asset--our savings, 401K house and car. We live still with no healthcare, no savings and looming debt. I see a Chapter 7 on the horizon...

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Friday July 16, 2010 · 11:41 AM PDT

2010/07/16 · 11:41

I've been unemployed for nearly a year and seven months, My husband was unemployed for seven months. I said was...yes, that is correct--he was gainfully employed as of YESTERDAY. He had lost his UI benefits two weeks previous. We had no idea how we were going to pay our rent, car payment or purchase food. We were terrified. Someone finally saw his worth and hired him. I wish I can say the same for myself, but I am simply thankful for the small victories. However, I have learned A LOT from this experience. This experience has given me insight into a mindset that I had thought long buried, especially in this age of excess. Since our dear leaders are so concerned with our consumer based economy, they need to pay attention to this. I believe there are many more who may share my new found views.

Lockedupspirit

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Monday June 28, 2010 · 9:28 AM PDT

2010/06/28 · 09:28

I've been largely absent from any political discussion for nearly a year, possibly longer. After 8 years of working in Washington DC at various places, some high profile, I was laid off in January 2009. After years of commuting for 20 hours weekly, I was happy to have more time to spend with my family. What I was worried about was my prospects of finding gainful employment. I remember cracking a smile and asking why they were laying me off in the middle of the worst recession the country had seen in a while. The Fat Cats that laid me off happily stated that I would find employment within three months.

I'm still unemployed. To make this all worse, in Dec of 2009 my husband lost his job. In two weeks his benefits will run out. What will we do?

Lockedupspirit

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 9:40 AM PDT

2008/06/05 · 09:40

The contest is over and now we need to start presenting a untied front against the GOP machine that is prepared to do anything and everything to smear Senator Barack Obama. Right now, we, as Democrats need to stop bickering and start talking to each other in order to mend the rift that has opened during the primary season. In a few discussions with Clinton supporters, I found that we can begin to talk about what issues are important to Obama supporters and what issues are key to Clinton Supporters. I'll start by telling you what my most passionate issues are below the fold.

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Thursday November 15, 2007 · 11:23 AM PST

2007/11/15 · 11:23

When I ordered our Turkey for Thanksgiving, the guy who runs the stand said, "27lbs, that's a big turkey. You do realize that turkeys will be costing nearly $2.25 a lb this year." I responded that I knew the cost of feed and fuel had impacted prices we were paying. We agreed that the price of stuff just keeps going up.

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Wednesday October 10, 2007 · 1:08 PM PDT

2007/10/10 · 13:08

It seems the assholeosphere has been leading the attack on the young boy who delivered the Democratic radio address concerning SCHIP and it's benefits to a family struggling to make ends meet. The wingnuts got all up in arms about a family taking a gasp government handout that they went as far as to post the Frosts address on the website.

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Thursday August 02, 2007 · 11:25 AM PDT

2007/08/02 · 11:25

I often visit a local Baltimore blog called "Assclownopolis" for several reasons. tfg, the author of the blog, is a pretty astute blogger with a snarky edge on politics/world events and humor. I enjoy his humor and commentary quite often. tfg at Assclownopolis brings us some interesting observations.

More below the fold.

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Friday April 27, 2007 · 12:54 PM PDT

2007/04/27 · 12:54

Dad would have been 57 years old on Monday, April 30, 2007. Except he passed away on October 30, 2006 from complications due to Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer. I was saddend to hear that Kossack Ktakki's father passed on earlier this week and his moving euology inspired me to write some thoughts about dealing with cancer, Stem Cell research, dealing with the Government and ultimately, the saddness of missing my dad. I'm posting this today because I'll be away from the computer on Monday--Celebrating My Father's life in my own way.

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Tuesday April 24, 2007 · 8:02 AM PDT

2007/04/24 · 08:02

Back in 2003 I was an employee of the now defunct Worldcom. (yes...THAT Worldcom!) I worked in their legal department as a paralegal assisting where ever I was needed.

One of the only profitable subsidaries of Worldcom was UUNET--a very large part of the backbone of the internet. basically, most of that internet traffic you often hear about goes through this large room in Northern Virginia that looks like mission control. It's pretty insane.

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