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Originally Posted by SadNJNY
Wow, I can really relate to this statement! I've been in so many corporate situations where people have allowed their jobs to somehow "validate" themselves. And I've also caught myself doing it at one point.
There is absolutely an attitude towards the unemployed, especially from people with jobs who rarely, imho, understand just how difficult the job market in the US is right now. I have a friend constantly telling me to "just take anything for now." She certainly means well, but having been in her own job for over 20 years, she really has no idea how difficult it is to even find "anything for now."
This is a very good thread, thank you.
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It kills my mom that I left my job without having another one. I took a month off and then took a work from home job without benefits and way less money, to keep my sanity.
When I told my mom, first of all, she reacted like I'd been out of work for a year, not a month...and this was with my husband telling her it was fine for me not to work, totally supportive...I think she just really liked saying, "My daughter works for _______"
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Originally Posted by Deborah35
So true SadNY/NJ I've heard people tell me that too, take anything, at least it's something coming in. That's fine, but the question I ask myself "Will that "anything" job pay the bills. I can't believe how things have changed say since the early 90's when a staffing agency could find me another job quick if another assignment ended. Now, all I get is if your skills match something in our system we'll call you. Well, isn't that their job to assist you in finding a job? If they have nothing, why are they there? You have to wait for them to call you they tell me. I can't even go there and register first like it used to be, it sucks. I call in at least once a week like they say to do, why do they keep telling me the same thing over & over, I don't get it. I really don't prefer staffing agencies for a variety of reasons though.
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Unfortunately staffing agencies aren't what they once were because the job market isn't what i used to be. This is actually what i do for a living - I started in staffing agencies back in the 90s, when there were tons of jobs and we could just call someone and place them.
Now, one job opens and literally hundreds of people will apply for 1 job. Many of them will be qualified too.
I don't work in staffing anymore, but even in the corporate world it is the same thing. Whether it's a entry level or a senior level person, a lot of people apply - there are just so many more people looking.
Stay at home moms are starting to look because their husbands lost their jobs. Retirees are coming back out of retirement because they lost their retirement money in the stock market. Plus there's the millions of people who were laid off in the past 3-5 years who still haven't found a job.
I talk to people all day long who have been out of work for so long...i want to help all of them.