people are idiots
I saw on the news yesterday that the governor was expected to sign another bill to extend unemployment benefits another 20 weeks. This came as good news to me, as out of the dozens, maybe hundreds of resumes or applications I've sent out since August, I could count the number of replies on one hand. Only one real interview so far, and it was for
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I haven't technically done any engineering, but if I were to start, my degree is in Electrical. See, I had a job I really enjoyed doing 3D modeling of houses at the time I graduated, and I kept getting promotions and really liked where I worked. So I stayed with it after school was done, and then the housing market crashed and it all went to hell. But my experience at my job grew to that of a project manager, and those are skills that should transfer to any field pretty easily. Except people in this economy only want project managers who've gotten certified in project management and that costs thousands of dollars for the required courses to complete the tests and get certified. It's all terribly aggravating.
The other really annoying thing during my job hunt is that I keep getting a result locally, like 2 miles down the road, for a job doing essentially the same thing I was doing before, but for large, city project type building. The problem is that the ad says "for future openings," so they are just collecting resumes and applications in case they ever decide to start hiring again. *sigh*
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