Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Unemployment Sucks

Being unemployed sucks big time. The one nice thing is my former employer allowed me to work from home for the last 3 weeks. They had no problems with me applying for jobs and interviewing for jobs while still being paid by them. They were both upset that they had to lay me off and are still trying to help me. I have over 200 resumes/applications out. I have had 8 interviews out of those 200 resumes. The large majority don't even respond to my application. I'm currently waiting to hear back from an interview I had on Monday the 21st. She said she was interviewing 8 people and would make a decision by the end of this week. I also am getting my unemployment checks from California which will end July 28th. After that time, I get the thrills of applying with Colorado and their pay is less. It seems that I'm over qualified for most mortgage jobs i've applied for. Two employment agencies told me that they couldn't get me clerical jobs because they couldn't prove I had the skills (WTF). I currently have 4 different employment agencies working to find me a job and no luck.