just got laid off

[Agmen of Eladesor]

Don't know what your qualifications for work are, but ...

When I moved down here (to Oklahoma), my wife and I figured it would take me a while to find a job. I had quit my job in Indiana the end of October so I could actually move us down here, as that took a LONG time packing everything up and simply hauling it all down here. (800 miles one way, took me five trips - twice in very large Penske rental trucks. NOT a fun mode of transport, but a lot cheaper than hiring a moving company)

I was officially moved down here by the middle of February. I updated my resume', and I was hitting all the online sites, putting in applications, and staying busy around the house. There was a job fair the week after I got moved down here, and I went (as did a few hundred other people).

Ended up with two interviews out of that job fair the next week, and a job offer (as in, go pee in the cup and if you're clean, you start Monday) by that Friday. So ... three weeks total from actually starting to seriously look for a job to until I was hired.

Was it really what I wanted to do, or thought I would end up doing? Not hardly. At the same time, by the end of the year I'll have made right at $48,000 since the middle of March, and I'll probably make between $75,000 to $100,000 next year.

Don't take time off, per se. Get out there and start looking now. The longer you are off work, the more likely you are to not ever find work. Don't be too proud to flip burgers if that's what it takes to get some income coming in. If it's at ALL possible, stay OFF of unemployment. Is it there? Yes. Does it end up sucking the soul and life from you? Oh, yes. (And yes, I've been there in the past myself.)

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.