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Give me an IT job (jobless rant)

Zaximus

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I've been jobless since Feb and haven't had much luck. About to get my first unemployment extension. I'm dieing of boredom here. Anyone else rotting away like me? Starting to wonder if I should just go back to college for a different career and hopefully the market is better when I finish. Any suggestions on a good field, if any right now? I see news on Observer that the jobless rate is down, but I think people are just running out of benefits, and it annoys me.

Anyway, if anyone around Charlotte area, Matthews, etc, knows of any opportunities I'd appreciate it.

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IT is rough right now. I got in at the right before the cut down in 2000. A year ago, I was hiring a desktop support guy for a 6 month contract and posted it on monster.com (Greensboro only). I received 200 resumes in 5 days! Most of which were WAY over qualified. You're lucky just even get your resume read these days, much less get the interview/job.

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Sorry it is rough out there. I finally got a job in June after being laid off for 9 months. Just takes time I saw that is takes 9 months for the average person to find a new job. As far as career changes I can think of one field that is expanding. Health care used to always hire and they are even cutting back.

If you can swing it getting more education never hurts. Just plan on having a job and set your classes up so that you can still take them after you get one.

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I handled t1/t2 support at a medical company and in-house IT. My company got bought out a year before I lost my job by an Indian owned company and they told me the first day everyone is overpaid. I guess it finally caught up to me, got fired 2 days after I asked for a raise. Trying to find a support job or general IT admin, would love to get on a team somehow. I'm sure something will come my way eventually.

How does one go about their first unemployment extension? Do you have to call or show up in person and how much do they ask about how much you've been trying to get a job? Most of my resumes get send to craigslist adds where I don't know the company and they get removed after they are filled or 45 days,etc.

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I handled t1/t2 support at a medical company and in-house IT. My company got bought out a year before I lost my job by an Indian owned company and they told me the first day everyone is overpaid. I guess it finally caught up to me, got fired 2 days after I asked for a raise. Trying to find a support job or general IT admin, would love to get on a team somehow. I'm sure something will come my way eventually.

How does one go about their first unemployment extension? Do you have to call or show up in person and how much do they ask about how much you've been trying to get a job? Most of my resumes get send to craigslist adds where I don't know the company and they get removed after they are filled or 45 days,etc.

For the first extension all you have to do is keep filing. Just keep a track of the jobs you applied too. To help your search try indeed.com they catch most of the job openings out there. You really need to have the companies name to claim them.

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For the first extension all you have to do is keep filing. Just keep a track of the jobs you applied too. To help your search try indeed.com they catch most of the job openings out there. You really need to have the companies name to claim them.

Ah, the site just reflected that my Extended is active. Thanks. Was about to freak. I've never been on unemployment before.

Thanks for the info.

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