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0 pointsread_wharf14y ago0 comments

I had become almost completely out of touch with my already thin network, and was in essentially your same financial and employment situation. I got my current job because a recruiter was trawling LinkedIn.

Use it, it costs you nothing, and works while you're asleep.

You might try CraigsList, I've heard of people getting decent jobs that way.

Follow through on your unemployment, and any other benefits program you run across. Your job is to keep breathing until your job becomes a job.

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cgoddard14y ago· 1 in thread

Thanks. Your advice is really helpful. I'll see what I can do about making sure my LinkedIn is up-to-date and such.

Craigslist also sounds like a good possibility too!

I don't think I qualified at any point for unemployment since I resigned, or at least that's my understanding. I'll see what I can do about benefits programs, but a lot seem based on income alone, or need paperwork that takes a while to acquire (record of monthly expenses? not sure what would count as a valid record, or birth certificate, which I don't currently have a copy of). Wish there was someone I could meet with in person to work through these things, but I don't know of any walk-in clinics or anything to help people like this.

read_wharfOP14y ago

"I don't think I qualified at any point for unemployment since I resigned"

Maybe. Apply anyway.

As for the paper work and all ... it's your job. Do it.

There's probably web sites for every agency that you want to deal with, start there.

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