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w100jmi

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April 24, 2018

Approaching one year of unemployment after being laid off, it's not getting any easier

I've applied to over 160 jobs, interviewed for dozen positions, and 1 short-term contract that lasted for two months.. Where are the jobs that are supposed to be created by the tax cuts? It is not spurring job growth. All of the positions that I've interviewed, were vacant because a worker quit or was fired. None of the jobs was because of growth or expansion. And I haven't had an interview for awhile and i believe its not going to get any easier while Dump is president. I have never been without a job in my life and never struggled like this in finding one.

We don't have any debt other than our mortgage, which thankfully we don't have to pay for 2 years with the assistance we receive. I considered going back to school, but the only way I can afford it is with loans and I don't want massive student loan debt. I worked hard for 8 years to payoff my student loans. There are no programs that WIOA will pay that is considered suitable for my BA in psychology, other than Nursing, which I wouldn't make a very good nurse.

So, I am at crossroads of my next step. I work with talent specialists at the unemployment office and they're not helping. All they push is factory work with no stable work schedule. Our son is disabled, so my wife and I must coordinate our schedules around his therapies. My wife has always been stay-at-home to care for him and we were financially well-off before being laid-off. Thankfully my wife's friend offered her a job at a daycare until I can find something, but that barely nets $400 bi-weekly. So in the meantime, I'm caring for our son and I'm pretty much exhausted from applying to jobs. I have ideas for home-based businesses and invented a product but all of that takes so much capital, I will still need a job before that can take off.

I simply don't know how things can get better. I even do various volunteer work on a weekly basis. None of that matters to employers, I guess they are skeptic of the future. I have thought about taking time away from job hunting this year and just help democratic candidates in the November elections.

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