Guest Post, Author at Welcome to Unemploymentville https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/author/jobless/ Useful Ideas for Unemployed or Unemployed Folks - Unemployment can be a beast. Don't go it alone. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:23:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Unemployment, Depression and Animals https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unemployment-depression-and-animals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unemployment-depression-and-animals https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unemployment-depression-and-animals/#respond Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:32:57 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2015 Three Keys to Cutting Costs While Waiting for a ‘REAL JOB’ You tear open the envelope and stare down at your horse boarding bill for the month. Your eyes widen, the envelope flutters to the ground, and you put your face in your hands. You haven’t had the strength to announce to the world that you’ve just lost your job, and if you don’t hustle, you’re soon going to lose your horse. This is exactly what I experienced when I...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unemployment-depression-and-animals/feed/ 0 When Your Friends Call, Answer https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/when-your-friends-call-answer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-your-friends-call-answer https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/when-your-friends-call-answer/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2024 11:58:55 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2074 When I decided to quit my job in October 2016, I knew I had some tough times ahead. I knew I’d have to hustle to pay my rent, my bills and my student loans. I knew I had to throw out my current budget, create a much leaner one and preserve the little bit of cash reserves I had on hand. BUT… the hopelessness of watching your savings account dwindle isn’t the worst part of being unemployed. I wasn’t prepared...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/when-your-friends-call-answer/feed/ 3 The Professional Student – How To Earn While You Learn https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/the-professional-student-how-to-earn-while-you-learn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-professional-student-how-to-earn-while-you-learn https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/the-professional-student-how-to-earn-while-you-learn/#respond Sun, 14 Jan 2024 11:49:12 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2041 I was 17 years old when my son was born. I was also broke, jobless and had a little man relying on me. To be fair, I was just a child, but very quickly realized I was getting nowhere fast. Daycare was too expensive, so working was out of the question. The only option left for me was college, but that was an expense I could not afford. So I found a different way. I received ALL of my schooling...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/the-professional-student-how-to-earn-while-you-learn/feed/ 0 Why I Started Saying Yes and Why You Should, Too https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/why-i-started-saying-yes-and-why-you-should-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-i-started-saying-yes-and-why-you-should-too https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/why-i-started-saying-yes-and-why-you-should-too/#respond Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:15:19 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2059 As a kid, I was taught a lot of things. For example, to entertain myself, respect my elders, and not to drop ping pong balls on Grandpa’s head from the loft (which is another story for another day).  I also picked up on a lesson that I think too many of us learn – the art of politely saying no when someone offers you something.  After all, you don’t want to be a bother and should be able to take...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/why-i-started-saying-yes-and-why-you-should-too/feed/ 0 Surviving Marriage Without A Job https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/surviving-marriage-without-a-job/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surviving-marriage-without-a-job https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/surviving-marriage-without-a-job/#respond Sat, 13 Jan 2024 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2108 I’ve been unemployed for the entire duration of my marriage. If that sounds harsh, it’s even harsher to write it down. These past six months have been long, longer than I care to remember. Some days my spirits were up, while other days they’d seemed to have disappeared completely.  But no matter how ashamed I’ve felt, how hopeless or frustrated, there hasn’t been a time that I’ve let it get in the way of my marriage. My wife makes all...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/surviving-marriage-without-a-job/feed/ 0 Can Some Degrees Make You Unemployable? https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/can-some-degrees-make-you-unemployable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-some-degrees-make-you-unemployable https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/can-some-degrees-make-you-unemployable/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:26:06 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2090 I always wanted to be a university English professor but by my senior year of college, the unemployment rate in the field was 99%. The words a Dean said to me a few years before came back to haunt me. It was at a freshman “Meet Your Professors” event where I introduced myself to the Dean of Arts and Sciences. I told him my major and he replied laughingly that I would be “Highly unemployable!” I thought he was rude...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/can-some-degrees-make-you-unemployable/feed/ 1 How a Dysfunctional Unemployment Support Group Led to a New Job Search Network https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unemployment-support-group-or-job-network/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unemployment-support-group-or-job-network https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unemployment-support-group-or-job-network/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:19:22 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2137 Below is an excerpt of John Fugazzie’s interview for Out-of-Work to Making Money, 21 Comeback Stories Every Job Seeker Should Hear: As I kept applying for jobs, we have what we call the black hole where you just send resumes and you never hear back from anybody. Basically, as I was finding it more and more difficult, I really started to try and figure out what’s different and what is the solution. I went to a networking group. Some lady had...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unemployment-support-group-or-job-network/feed/ 1 Unable to Work, Battling Depression… My Story https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unable-to-work-battling-depression-my-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unable-to-work-battling-depression-my-story https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unable-to-work-battling-depression-my-story/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:04:18 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2133 Throughout my working life, becoming unemployed had always been one of my biggest fears, and one that fear turned into reality when I was forced to give work up due to ill health. When it happened, it couldn’t have been at a worse time. With declining health and mobility, and my doctor saying a firm “No” to going out to work, getting another job seemed impossible. All I could see was a lifetime ahead of me of claiming benefits, and...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/unable-to-work-battling-depression-my-story/feed/ 1 Hate Cold Calling? What You Might Be Missing – One Writer’s Story https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/hate-cold-calling-what-you-might-be-missing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hate-cold-calling-what-you-might-be-missing https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/hate-cold-calling-what-you-might-be-missing/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:17:47 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2122 A doctor’s note ended my career as a professional guitarist and informed me that I could lift nothing heavier than a bottle of milk. The same month, a note from my father cut me off from his medical aid and left me and my family hanging in the balance. Now what the hell were we supposed to do? “Write again.” was my wife’s answer. It had been at least five years since I’d last picked up a pen and most...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/hate-cold-calling-what-you-might-be-missing/feed/ 2 How Losing My Job Cost Me My Marriage – Why It Was The Best Thing https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/how-losing-my-job-cost-me-my-marriage-why-it-was-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-losing-my-job-cost-me-my-marriage-why-it-was-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/how-losing-my-job-cost-me-my-marriage-why-it-was-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2024 02:25:32 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2201 134 days after I got married, I lost my job.  134 days is a very short amount of time before being forced to deal with the harsh realities of the real world.  That line in your vows – “for richer or poorer” – was quickly put to the test. Spoiler alert: we failed.  However, losing my job wasn’t the main reason why my marriage failed.  I will say, that although it may seem as though this is not a happy...

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