Comments on: Unemployment Prevention Starter Kit http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/ Personal Thoughts Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Survival Insight http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Survival Insight Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:54:30 +0000 http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/#comment-374 Some good points. Obviously if you have just found yourself to be laid off, the first thing to do is file for unemployment compensation. This can help to build on or preserve your emergency funds Some good points. Obviously if you have just found yourself to be laid off, the first thing to do is file for unemployment compensation. This can help to build on or preserve your emergency funds

]]> By: Jack http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:15:17 +0000 http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/#comment-241 So, you are minimum wage and if I read it right, you are unhappy about it. Probably rightfully so. My question is why are you at minimum wage? Even as a high school student, I showed up for work, did the job as well as I could, and in just a matter of weeks, I was making more than minimum wage - and this is at a grocery store. Once you are above minimum wage, the other choices become possibilities. It may not be easy. For lower paying jobs, training could be substituted by education. You can always build from where you are at now. So, you are minimum wage and if I read it right, you are unhappy about it. Probably rightfully so. My question is why are you at minimum wage?

Even as a high school student, I showed up for work, did the job as well as I could, and in just a matter of weeks, I was making more than minimum wage – and this is at a grocery store.

Once you are above minimum wage, the other choices become possibilities. It may not be easy. For lower paying jobs, training could be substituted by education.

You can always build from where you are at now.

]]> By: Minimum Wage http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Minimum Wage Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:17:07 +0000 http://www.exjackly.com/archives/2007/unemployment-prevention-starter-kit/#comment-240 Emergency fund? I earn minimum wage, can't afford one. Burget? Sure, I have one, no slack. Career goals? What use are they if you have no way to achieve them? Resume? I haqve one but it's useless. I have no career-related experience and there is a disconnect between my skills and my experience. Networking? With no hope and a bunch of minimum wage co-workers, I am sulking behind my keyboard. Training? Sounds great, where do I sign up? Where to live? Minimum wage jobs are plentiful everywhere and there are no "hot spots". Emergency fund? I earn minimum wage, can’t afford one.

Burget? Sure, I have one, no slack.

Career goals? What use are they if you have no way to achieve them?

Resume? I haqve one but it’s useless. I have no career-related experience and there is a disconnect between my skills and my experience.

Networking? With no hope and a bunch of minimum wage co-workers, I am sulking behind my keyboard.

Training? Sounds great, where do I sign up?

Where to live? Minimum wage jobs are plentiful everywhere and there are no “hot spots”.

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