National Service

[Beriallord]

Unemployment figures listed in the US are misleading, because they only count heads who are filed through the unemployment office as unemployed, or are drawing an unemployment check. A large portion of the people out of work are not included in the figures. So they say 8.8% when its actually closer to 20%. There have been people who have completely given up looking for work and have filed for welfare. Its awful discouraging when you have a skill, or an education and are faced with working a low pay menial labor or customer service job. Of course anyone is going to milk their unemployment check for as long as they can instead of apply for jobs which will pay less money than they get from their unemployment checks. I'm more or less in that position currently. Its just not worth it to me to apply for a job that pays less than my monthly unemployment check. I'm certainly not going to jump through hoops to land one of those kinds of jobs.

 

I'm thinking of going back to college and getting an Industrial Engineering degree. I could finish it in 2 years with the credits I already got. I already have a lot of experience with CAD and a decent understanding of industrial processes and machining. I worked in the engineering department at the last company I worked for 5 years. An Engineering degree + my experience in the field, and I probably wouldn't have a hard time finding a job, even if I had to relocate. As it stands right now, my current skill set isn't in high demand. I'm someone who is sorta in the middle. They are either looking for a grunt or an engineer.

 

Every job I've ever had, I've been hired on the spot after 1 interview. If I have an interview and they don't hire me, then I have the mind set that they aren't going to just based on my own personal experiences. So I rarely if ever follow back up.

Edited October 27, 2012 by Beriallord