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Posted by Christ_empowered on July 28, 2011, at 11:18:34
How do I do it? I plan on going back to school soon, but in the meantime I'd really like to make some $$$ so I'm not entirely dependent on my parents. I've just been out of work for so long, and I didn't have a good work history to begin with.
Posted by Phillipa on July 28, 2011, at 11:30:37
In reply to Getting a job after long-term unemployment, posted by Christ_empowered on July 28, 2011, at 11:18:34
CE if this fall isn't that about now that the people are starting back? Phillipa
Posted by Christ_empowered on July 28, 2011, at 13:09:41
In reply to Re: Getting a job after long-term unemployment » Christ_empowered, posted by Phillipa on July 28, 2011, at 11:30:37
Yeah, but I just moved back to my hometown, so I'm not a state resident :-(
It looks like 1 more freakin' year out of school. At least when I go back I'll be eager to learn and do my work and everything. I could still do an online program, but I'd have to have bunches of tests proctored, and that seems like more trouble than its worth. If I wait 1 year I can go to school for very little money and do the same program in 2-3 years, largely online.
Posted by emmanuel98 on July 28, 2011, at 22:19:26
In reply to Re: Getting a job after long-term unemployment, posted by Christ_empowered on July 28, 2011, at 13:09:41
Good luck. I just got a job after being out of work for nearly a year. A friend of mine just got a job after being out since November. Blind luck. That's all it is. We are going out for dinner next week to celebrate.
Posted by Phillipa on July 28, 2011, at 22:24:16
In reply to Re: Getting a job after long-term unemployment, posted by Christ_empowered on July 28, 2011, at 13:09:41
CE I don't know if can do online it will keep your mind busy I do know school helped me. But it's your decision. Any advise from parents? Phillipa
Posted by floatingbridge on July 29, 2011, at 0:03:08
In reply to Getting a job after long-term unemployment, posted by Christ_empowered on July 28, 2011, at 11:18:34
CE, what you thinking of studying in school? Anyway you can work some towards your field of interest? Or work some and volunteer towards your interests?
Phillipa has some good practical advice about keeping some intellectual stimulation going....IMO.
I always thought you were Canadian, but you mention out of state tuition. That can be exorbitant.
Posted by floatingbridge on July 29, 2011, at 0:03:52
In reply to Re: Getting a job after long-term unemployment, posted by emmanuel98 on July 28, 2011, at 22:19:26
> Good luck. I just got a job after being out of work for nearly a year. A friend of mine just got a job after being out since November. Blind luck. That's all it is. We are going out for dinner next week to celebrate.
Congratulations, e!
Posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2011, at 11:57:07
In reply to Re: Getting a job after long-term unemployment, posted by floatingbridge on July 29, 2011, at 0:03:52
I shouldn't complain so much. At least I have parents who are able and willing to support me until I can support myself.
As for school..I just don't know. My parents want me to focus on a job and then do school; I'm thinking what if, with my very little work experience and huge gaps in work history, I can't get a job. What then? Another year just hanging out, letting my brain go to rot? On the downside, the online program I'm looking at in Health Information Technology (its through a state school, so its non-profit and relatively affordable) requires proctored exams, so I'd have to find a proctor for every single exam. That kinda sucks.
If I wait a year, a more local tech school (the tech schools here are inexpensive and quite good) offers a HIT program largely online, but they have a testing center I can go to, so I wouldn't have to find a proctor and work out scheduling and payment for testing fees.
I thought about asking my parents for some fund$ for the in-state program right now, even though tuition would be higher (and you can't borrow for tech school). I don't think that would work...they're not convinced that this is the right time for school, and they're buying another house for me to live in, so that would be asking a bit too much, I think.
Ugh. I just want to get some forward momentum going, but its so difficult.
Posted by floatingbridge on July 29, 2011, at 13:07:32
In reply to Thanks, everyone, posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2011, at 11:57:07
> I shouldn't complain so much.
Why not? Besides, I read you discussing real world problems. The idea of wanting a job and not getting one is a reasonable concern.
>At least I have parents who are able and willing to support me until I can support myself.Life is less than ideal for many of us, but you have counted your blessings before. It's okay CE. I'm glad you have family.
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> As for school..I just don't know. My parents want me to focus on a job and then do school; I'm thinking what if, with my very little work experience and huge gaps in work history, I can't get a job. What then? Another year just hanging out, letting my brain go to rot? On the downside, the only program I'm looking at in Health Information Technology (its
through a state school, so its non-profit and relatively affordable) requires proctored exams, so I'd have to find a proctor for every single exam.>That kinda sucks.
It also sounds stressful. My best advice to just about everything is reduce stressors whenever possible because there is no avoiding all of them, and mental illness, even the non-dx'd kind is often triggered by stress. By non-dx'd I refer to all the people who feel the need to tail gate me at 60 miles per hour or flip other people off on the freeway. That is a stress induced altered state IMO.
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> If I wait a year, a more local tech school (the tech schools here are inexpensive and quite good) offers a HIT program largely online, but they have a testing center I can go to, so I wouldn't have to find a proctor and work out scheduling and payment for testing fees.
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> I thought about asking my parents for some fund$ for the in-state program right now, even though tuition would be higher (and you can't borrow for tech school). I don't think that would work...they're not convinced that this is the right time for school, and they're buying another house for me to live in,
so that would be asking a bit too much, I think.
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> Ugh. I just want to get some forward momentum going, but its so difficult.You'll get there. Yeah, that slow chugging back into forward momentum I find personally excruciating. What field of science governs that? Mechanical physics? Inertia, bodies at rest? You'll be back on your game and maybe all the wiser? Can you find some volunteer/ work related to the health field so your mind and body do not fall fallow?
Very best to you CE.
Posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2011, at 15:59:14
In reply to Re: Thanks, everyone, posted by floatingbridge on July 29, 2011, at 13:07:32
thanks, fb. I think I'm going to take one more year out, look for work, enjoy my new place (assuming we get it--so far it, the negotiations are going fine), and then start school next fall, when I'm a state resident again.
Posted by Phillipa on July 29, 2011, at 20:06:03
In reply to Re: Thanks, everyone, posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2011, at 15:59:14
CE too bad you didn't have your mail forwarded to you from your address of parents as not that far away that way you wouldn't have lost the state residency requirement. Things there foreclosing left and right like here? Phillipa
Posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2011, at 20:43:46
In reply to Re: Thanks, everyone » Christ_empowered, posted by Phillipa on July 29, 2011, at 20:06:03
Hey. Yeah, foreclosures are big here, but I think its slowed down a bit. Lots of foreclosures hit this one local, middle-to upper-middle class subdivision and it was a big deal.
The foreclosed houses are selling like mad. People are even paying cash for houses, its crazy. Before we looked at this house, my parents and I looked at another one. It was a foreclosure. The next day, when my parents called to make a bid, they found out it had already sold--somebody called up and said they'd pay cash. Crazy, huh?
Posted by Phillipa on July 29, 2011, at 22:58:47
In reply to Re: Thanks, everyone, posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2011, at 20:43:46
We live pretty close. I read Arizona and Orlando area the worst. You will find a great home!! Phillipa
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