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richardhutnik on 10 July 2010
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mrstickball said:
richardhutnik said:
mrstickball said:

IF the government gives out any unemployment benefits, it should be simple:

Use a few hundred million dollars to help these people find new jobs. Nothing more.

Maybe, just maybe, some people are in the wrong careers in the wrong areas, and need to find employment somewhere else in the USA. I wonder if Richard could find a job with his masters somewhere that isn't Rochester NY.

If the jobs aren't here, then hard to get trained for them.  I am also not in Rochester.  I am near Poughkeepsie.  I am currently lining up part time office cleaning work.  That is how my Masters is being put to use.  The reality is there isn't any good place to get a job in IT now at all.  And I have no clue what ever to target.  If I were to get certification in SQL Server, does that mean I get a job? They say, if you haven't worked in the IT industry in over 6 months, your career is over. As of now, the amount of money I would bring in would leave me less than $200 a month total, after paying student loans.

In regards to "help people find new jobs", they do that.  They have employment centers.  Microsoft is giving people Windows XP certification training.  Answer me how that is going to count in the IT industry.

...Have you given your resume to any companies outside of Poughkeepsie? How about the IT jobs for the state of New York via civil service examinations?

Somehow, I doubt with a state as large as NY, there are "0" IT jobs.

Did a search for you:

http://jobsearch.monster.com/PowerSearch.aspx?tjt=IT&where=New York&rad=20&rad_units=miles&tm=60&dv=

How many jobs have you applied for, here?

I could dump on you pages and pages lists of places I have applied to over the past few years.  Actually far more than that.  Calculate an average of 3 jobs a week over the past 3 years, and you have an idea of how many I have applied to.  I am actually a sales rep for a company, and I can gtet $10 a month for signing clients up.  No benefits or anything.  I found the service doesn't make sense to people at all, and those that it does, they seek alternatives.  It isn't something that makes sense at all as a lead product.  I have received multiple rejection letters from local banks and the power company to, for a customer service rep position.

As far as state jobs, I am in the system, and had multiple interviews.  Nothing came through.  They likely went with local candidates or people with fresher experience.  And, to be blunt, indeed.com is superior to Monster.  It enables you to fail faster and get on with your life.

I have done it all.  No one can explain what I haven't done.  It is just the way it is.  I know it is easy to think that it is a snap and totally someone else's fault.  Ok, consider this case of someone I know:

Director level experience, and managed help desk divisions for casinos.  Has ideal experience, decades.  Is in Vegas, but interviewed for a position in Florida he would be ideal for.  He didn't get it (I would of got a position if it had happened.  You know what he is doing now?  Helpdesk for less than $10/hr. taking phone calls.  Yes, that is him.  So, those who have this Libertarian mindset and believe that the rugged individuals can pull of everything by themselves, seriously need to stuff it, because they don't know what they are talking about.  You can get screwed in life.  It happens.