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How Much Does Unemployment Pay? – Costly – I Lost My Job

By on Monday, May 11th, 2009 | No Comments

How Much Does Unemployment Pay? - Costly – I Lost My Job

I lost my job. Don’t feel sorry for me. I was in the technology sector and was underpaid for the amount of skills that I have. I worked hard. I was never late to work and I was employee of the month in less than a year at the company. When State laws were effecting my industry, I helped the owner of the company get signatures on petitions to get an issue on the ballot. I knocked on doors, went to other businesses and busted my but to help out the company. I thought I would grow with this company. We had a great relationship. I loved them and they loved me. I had outstanding productivity. 

Jobless

Jobless

I developed ideas and strategies for the business. As time went on, the business stopped listening to its employees (their most valuable resource.) They hired consultants. After they hired consultants, I was hanging on for a year.

I knew I was going to get laid off. It was a matter of time. Especially when the HR guy calls you into his office and tells you straight to your face that “You’re not going anywhere in this company.”

(Yes, I was told that 8 months prior to getting laid off.) See, I’m not an ignorant person. I knew all about the business I was in and I surrounded myself with any and all information about the sector.

Well last Tuesday the HR guy walks in the room and calls me and two other fellow co-workers into a conference room. I knew why were called in the conference room. I was mad and happy at the same time when we were told we were losing our jobs. Mad because I was saying to myself “How could they do this to me? I’m an outstanding worker.” Iwas happy because when they said that they were giving up on thier VOD project, I was saying, “I told you so, I know you should have listened to me.”

Getting laid off was kind of a relief. I knew it was coming. It was just a matter of when. I really did not want to be at that place anymore after the HR guy told me to my face that I’ll never advance in the company. When I was insulted in HR’s office, I prepared myself and built a bunch of websites…from blogs to social networks. (I belong to over 40 social networks and I actually created one of these networks.)

How Much Does Unemployment Pay? 

I’m getting 210 dollars a week from unemployment. That’s 840 a month. My cobra insurance is 704 a month. Wouldn’t you think that if you are not working, that insurance would be cheaper. Not! Let’s say that I do get COBRA..how do I pay my bills, rent, feed my kid, put gas in my car…ect?

We’ll I grew  up in an enviroment where when one door closes another door opens. So far the “other” door is ajar.

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10 Ways Social Media Sites Can Help You Find A Job

By on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | No Comments

10 Ways Social Media Sites Can Help You Find A Job

1. Post a bulliten that you are looking for a job.
-Swallow your pride when times get tough. Someone on your friend’s list or one of your Twitter followers could actually know of a place that needs your skills.

2. Join Linkedin.
-You can network and join groups pertaining to your line of work.

3. Create a Facebook Fan Page to help you find a job.
-You can make a free online resume using a facebook fan page. Highlight your skills and even get other people who are in the same boat to join your page.

4. Post a Youtube video (video resume) don’t be afraid to let the world know that you are seeking work.

5. Do a twitter search http://search.twitter.com for business that are looking to hire.

6. Use myspace to find a job. There is even a section called “myspace jobs.” You can find great employment using this feature.

7. Follow a company on Twitter that is hiring. You can get some great background information before the interview.

8. If you are a new mom, there are plenty of social networks out there on ning.com that can help you find a legit work from home business.

9. Clean up your social networking sites or make them private. Potential employers will Google search your name to find anything they can about you. So if you have tweets or posts that tell about your wild drunken nights with a strange animal, CLEAN IT UP.

10. Retweet this article so that other people can use social networks to find a job.

10 Ways Social Media Sites Can Help You Find A Job

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Auto Bailout Will Put Automakers Out of Business

By on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment

The U.A.W. could have helped the auto industry. Instead, the auto industry went to Washington to get a bailout at the taxpayers expense. I don’t want my taxes going to help a business that was poorly managed and that has a greedy union. Because the auto industry is getting 15 billion of our tax dollars, I’m sure that Americans are going to retaliate.

How are Americans going to retaliate against the automakers and the autoworkers? That’s easy to answer. They’ll never buy another car made by these guys. When people go to the lot to buy a new car, they are going to make their choice based this bailout.

YOU CAN GIVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD TO THE AUTOMAKERS, BUT THAT WILL NOT GET ANYONE TO BUY A CAR.

That 15 billions should have gone to the taxpayers so that we could buy GM or American cars.  Who is going to really buy a car from a company that is mismanaged? GM has been loosing money for two reasons. 1. Nobody want to buy their cars. 2. The greed of the union squeezes every nickel they can out of the corporation

I have a strong feeling that GM is going to go under. They are eventually going to either file bankruptcy or close it’s doors forever unless the union takes a cut.  75 dollars an hour to put a screw into a bumper on the assembly line is ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to make that kind of money for that kind of job but I wouldn’t want the company that I work for to go under because I’m making too much money.

I just don’t get it. If I have bad credit, I can’t get a loan, especially from the government. Why should these automakers get a huge loan when they are about to fail, go under and close up the shop.

I really don’t want anyone to loose their jobs, but if our government is going to bailout company after failing company, why don’t they fork over the cash to the American people and we’ll buy the cars, houses, TV, and any thing else we can to stimulate our economy.

If the answer is too easy, our government won’t see it.

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I Want To Marry A Millionare

By on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Is that a fat wallet in your pocket or are you happy to see me? (Talk about taking advantage of a slow economy…)

“I want to marry a millionare.” “I should have married a millionaire.” You hear these statements everyday from men and women at your job or office. Since we are facing tough economic times all over the country and especially in , it seems that they only way to make easy money would be to date a millionaire. So how do you go about finding that special someone with fat pockets?  That’s easy! Check out MillionaireMate

MillionaireMate is the pioneering personals site that revolutionized online dating, with nearly four million members from every country. MillionaireMate features a friend network, blogs, chatrooms, and much more.

Times are getting tougher and that gas bill is getting hard to pay. So why not really find yourself a million dollar man or million dollar woman.

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Should I Withdraw My 401k? – So You Ask.

By on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | No Comments

Should you withdraw your 401k during the turbulent time in the stock market? The answer is no!

You might be looking at your 401k statement and panicking. Don’t panic. Don’t even look at that statement. Throw it out. When the stock market is is down like it is now, you should contribute MORE money to your 401k. Stock will be at an all-time low and you’ll be getting stocks at a steal. This is your time to take advantage of the low stock prices.

Believe me, I started to look at my 401k statement but then before I could really examine it, I tossed it. See, I’m a lower middle class guy. I don’t have millions of dollars invested in my 401k.

The people who are really going to take a hit from the stock market are the big guys who have millions in the stock market bought on margin. Margin trading is when you borrow money from a broker to buy stock in hopes it will go up. If you buy on margin and the stock drops there are two big losers. The big losers are the banks that loaned the investor the money to buy stocks and the investor who lost money on the the stock plunged. If the investor is unable to pay back the money that he was loaned that is a double whammy. This is one of the factors that may have contributed to the great depression. There were too many borrowers and nobody was able to pay back the loans they go to either invest in the market.

If you are middle class, like me, you don’t buy stocks on margin. Your 401k is managed by a brokerage firm. Their job is make the best deals to make your funds grow.

But you can do your part, increase the amount you contribute to your 401k. Sure the stock market might even drop further, when it does, contribute more to your 401k again. When the market increases and gets back on its feet, you’ll thank yourself.

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