If you lose your job these days, it's worth scrambling to find a new one fast. After six months of unemployment, your chances of landing work dwindle.
The proportion of people jobless for six months or more has accelerated in the past year and now makes up 46 percent of the unemployed. That's the highest percentage on records dating to 1948. By late summer or early fall, they are expected to make up half of all jobless Americans.
Economists say those out of work for six months or more risk becoming less and less employable. Their skills can erode, their confidence falter, their contacts dry up. Their growing ranks also will keep pressure on Congress to keep extending jobless benefits, which now run for up to 99 weeks.
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Martinez, 40, a salesman in Washington, D.C., says he's logged more than 200 interviews in the past three years. Decked out in a dark navy suit and Burberry tie, Martinez projects drive and a zest for deal-making. And yet the most urgent deal of his career – finding a job – eludes him.
"You have days where you feel motivated and hopeful and optimistic," he says. "Then there are other days, you really lose the faith and think, `I'm never going to get another job. Ever.'"
200 interviews in the past three years.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the same boat. looking for a good tent.
Any suggestons?
You can live in and sell out of a van or small RV. There are plenty of flea markets around the country. My local flea market on Sundays costs $20 for a space plus $5 for a temporary sales license. It's all cash transactions so no one has to know what you earn.
ReplyDelete925 tried the RV thing last lear. A spot at any RV park costs nearly as much as an apartment.
ReplyDeleteI found there was lttle savings. I don't know how thy get away with charging so much for an electrical hook up and a hole in the ground but they do. Oh, and your trated like trailer trash even if your RV is brand fucking new.
Okay, an RV is out. I never owned one so I can't speak about them. But I just bought a van with a bed, a propane grill, and a porto-potty. I plan to sell at flea markets and shows without paying for a motel.
ReplyDeleteI've sold various things at flea markets, pow-wows, and new age shows and usually make money. I find my stuff at yard sales and other flea markets and then resell it; it's not that hard if you teach yourself about the merchandise. You can also talk to other vendors for advice.
I've been joking that in the new economy the future jobs will be junk dealer and thrift shop owner. With all the people failing to find regular employment, I may be right.
25 years ago a man could get a van and live on the road. Take showers at the YMCA. Exist on the road, live under the radar, enjoy a low-income but free lifestyle. All that is gone.
ReplyDeleteThe government wants the sheep at a permanent address so you can be looked up at any time.
Look for subtle ways to screw up their radar. Be less visible. It will be a good thing.
You are to be married, categorized, neutered.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, try getting off the grid;park your RV or van on Gov land oreven a church parking lot and you will get ran off by the pigs I mean Police. Been there tried that. Now I'm renting a house with an "association" Forget about planting a garden. They don't give a shit if your chidren are hungry.The lawn police has measured my grass and it was 3/4 of an inch too high. I had to pay a 50.00 fine. It's fucked up.
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