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01-22-09, 11:02 PM
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15a. If your healthplan will be going away or expiring with unemployment, get that expensive
medical or dental work done while you are still covered!
medical or dental work done while you are still covered!
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01-23-09, 10:55 AM
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1. Suggestion - put this in Foo
2. Fata - have you ever read "Bait & Switch" by Barbara Erenreich? Good book about trying to find a white-collar job using all the ideas you mention.
2. Fata - have you ever read "Bait & Switch" by Barbara Erenreich? Good book about trying to find a white-collar job using all the ideas you mention.
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wow, fatso gets a sticky thread
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Originally Posted by FatA**
15a. If your healthplan will be going away or expiring with unemployment, get that expensive
medical or dental work done while you are still covered!
medical or dental work done while you are still covered!
01-23-09, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by randya
wow, fatso gets a sticky thread
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
01-27-09, 01:49 PM
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I think this thread may be more useful outside the insular little world of P&R.
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
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Originally Posted by Lithuania
scary thread
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01-27-09, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by randya
wow, fatso gets a sticky thread
Jealousy becomes you!
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Originally Posted by TuckertonRR
1. Suggestion - put this in Foo
2. Fata - have you ever read "Bait & Switch" by Barbara Erenreich? Good book about trying to find a white-collar job using all the ideas you mention.
2. Fata - have you ever read "Bait & Switch" by Barbara Erenreich? Good book about trying to find a white-collar job using all the ideas you mention.
like me. Once you are in the HR biz for any period of time, it all readily becomes apparent how to best
work the system.
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I see two groups of resumes:
1) From HR, the endless stream of fresh-outs and professionals looking for work, and
2) The occasional one with a note from someone above saying "we need to find a spot for this person"
Networking gets you in the second group, and that's where you want to be.
Good chance I'll be trying to get on that second list soon.
1) From HR, the endless stream of fresh-outs and professionals looking for work, and
2) The occasional one with a note from someone above saying "we need to find a spot for this person"
Networking gets you in the second group, and that's where you want to be.
Good chance I'll be trying to get on that second list soon.
01-28-09, 06:54 AM
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Those of you that are willing to take some time and review resumes, and suggest improvements, etc, chime in here in this thread....it'd be a nice way to help out our members that are on the hunt. We are a community, after all.
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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
01-28-09, 08:40 AM
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Remember that out of all the applicants out there, there has to be a reason why they should hire you over the next person. Make sure that reason is used to the fullest.
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Definitely convinced me to re-enlist when eligible next month.
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I'd like to add this:
Make finding a job your job. 9-5, M-F.
Make finding a job your job. 9-5, M-F.
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01-28-09, 07:42 PM
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another thought is consider 'the underground economy' if need be.
own a good pressure washer? offer to do peoples houses and driveways for CASH.
know a restaurant owner? offer to clean his range and hood to new quality for CASH.
got a pickup, offer to do junk hauls to the dump for CASH.
etc...
etc...
own a good pressure washer? offer to do peoples houses and driveways for CASH.
know a restaurant owner? offer to clean his range and hood to new quality for CASH.
got a pickup, offer to do junk hauls to the dump for CASH.
etc...
etc...
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Originally Posted by Mr. Markets
another thought is consider 'the underground economy' if need be.
own a good pressure washer? offer to do peoples houses and driveways for CASH.
know a restaurant owner? offer to clean his range and hood to new quality for CASH.
got a pickup, offer to do junk hauls to the dump for CASH.
etc...
etc...
own a good pressure washer? offer to do peoples houses and driveways for CASH.
know a restaurant owner? offer to clean his range and hood to new quality for CASH.
got a pickup, offer to do junk hauls to the dump for CASH.
etc...
etc...
Err, sorry. Foo reflex.
But seriously, thanks for the helpful thread.
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Mom got laid off. Damn.
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My feeling is that this might be the time to consider taking the chance of moving to another city/state/country. Take some time to learn a language, maybe teach English, maybe find a better job than you deserve (which is kind of how I feel about mine).
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I personally believe the 'new world order' will eventually be based around four countries:
USA
China
Brazil
India
The most useful languages in the future will be English, Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish --
not necessarily in that order. I have a personal bias for Brazil's future if thier next President can do
as well as the current one has done when his term is up. Brazil is like the US in the 30's, lots of
cheap labor, lots of arable land, plenty of natural resources, and lots of energy. In fact, it is the
ONLY country in the world so positioned at present.
USA
China
Brazil
India
The most useful languages in the future will be English, Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish --
not necessarily in that order. I have a personal bias for Brazil's future if thier next President can do
as well as the current one has done when his term is up. Brazil is like the US in the 30's, lots of
cheap labor, lots of arable land, plenty of natural resources, and lots of energy. In fact, it is the
ONLY country in the world so positioned at present.
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Brazil's problem, as I see it, is the level of crime. But then again, the USA was pretty bad at certain times, perhaps it comes with having frontiers.
Nicaragua has a huge amount of resources, if their government would ever get their act together.
Nicaragua has a huge amount of resources, if their government would ever get their act together.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Markets
I personally believe the 'new world order' will eventually be based around four countries:
USA
China
Brazil
India
The most useful languages in the future will be English, Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish --
not necessarily in that order. I have a personal bias for Brazil's future if thier next President can do
as well as the current one has done when his term is up. Brazil is like the US in the 30's, lots of
cheap labor, lots of arable land, plenty of natural resources, and lots of energy. In fact, it is the
ONLY country in the world so positioned at present.
USA
China
Brazil
India
The most useful languages in the future will be English, Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish --
not necessarily in that order. I have a personal bias for Brazil's future if thier next President can do
as well as the current one has done when his term is up. Brazil is like the US in the 30's, lots of
cheap labor, lots of arable land, plenty of natural resources, and lots of energy. In fact, it is the
ONLY country in the world so positioned at present.
Speaking of poverty, Brazil also has absolutely gut-wrenching, abject poverty and illiteracy. Seriously - it is enough to make a grown man cry. Trust me. Some other things that will impede the growth of Brazil in the future are the sky-high taxes, corruption, and influence from its neighbors who do not want to see Brazil's individual citizens become successful.
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Very, very, scary thread 
I hope that no one looses their jobs 
I truly do 
I hope that no one looses their jobs I truly do
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
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I don't know about everyone else, but I quit stressing about it after the first round of layoffs happened. If it happens, we'll find a way to deal with it.
