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I'm employed again!
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The only thing worse than going to work is being unemployed.
I've been lucky and found what I love to do in my 20s. Outside of one shit boss I've had a great time being employed. Nearly 50 now so a pretty good run.
Man you are old. I am barely 49. Still a long way to 50.
I have almost figured out what I want to do when I grow up. Right now being self-employed is working out.
I figured out what I want to do when I grow up a long time ago. I just haven't figured out how to get paid for it.
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And love it!
Only 35 more years to go!
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Damn, only eight weeks? I see that the job market is recovering. When I lost my job in November 2024, it took until May 2025 to find employment again!
A year here. AI fucked up so much of what was a flawed but straightforward process.
Took me 6 months to find a job after i got laid off recently. Job market is terrible right now.
A friend has been unemployed for 10 months, I think I just got lucky.
I just passed 13 months
Ouch, celebrating an unemployment birthday doesn't sound like any fun at all...
6 months so far for me. Not a birthday but I was fired the week before Christmas because the CEO was not doing his job, and it was obviously my fault! What do I win? :D
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
And you win a virtual hug 🫂
Thanks a lot! I do work a lot while I'm free: management training because I'm curious, reading a lot of technical books, personal projects... I'm glad I have that free time because it won't (hopefully) last.
That's a good use of your time. I did similar work while trying to get a job. I still "worked" my normal amount of hours.
I'm getting by. The whole application process has become comical a few times. I'm assuming there's just a powerful consortium working against me. I've pondered, almost daily, taking my retirement fund and just finding a quiet and cheap space in Latin America.
My ex father in law did that, Ecuador. He was just over 50 when he did that.
Not that you're looking for advice, but the book Never Search Alone and joining a Job Search Council seems to be the best advice out there.
I've been facilitating a JSC for several weeks now and found it helpful. The biggest thing the book doesn't cover is how to close, otherwise I don't think there is anything better.
The advice is to close in every interview after you've asked your questions. It pretty much asks them to give you the job. My close is something like this "based on the quality of people and the challenges I'll get to help tackle, I want a job offer here."
I also like to ask the gold star question at the beginning of an interview. I say something like "before we get started can I ask one question?" Nobody has ever said no, but if they do move in. Then ask "what do I need to accomplish in order for you (or the hiring manager if it's with HR) to get a gold star at the end of a year?"
First, people LOVE that question every single time. Second they tell you what parts of your experience and background to focus on when answering the rest of the questions. There is so much to you, so much you've accomplished, so much you're capable of, how do you know what is the right thing to share? I find it best just to ask them right up front.
Thoughts on any of that?
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Same-ish, going on 9 months this June. ;-;
Might be that OP is super awesome or just lucky. I'm no sort of authority, but all the layoff headlines I'm seeing lately make things seem so dire.
Maybe a bit of both but more luck
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Congratulations and I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you 🤣
Congratulations dude! Also, fuck these people. They don't know what it's like to be unemployed. Have a great career ahead!
Lol will do!
You're an inspiration to me. I've been unemployed for three and a half months now. I swear some people look at inspirational stories and whine more.
They do for sure, and I don't want to take that from them. It's not my reaction. Mine is "fuck yeah!"
And I wish you the best of luck! It sucks out there.
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Congratulations!
Thank you!!
Hurray!
Please keep posting artwork
Thank you and I will! Just probably not as often. Back to 2 to 3 a week instead of 7+.
Hey, congratulations man! May it be everything you hope it is in a job.
Thank you! That's what I'm hoping for!
Outstanding! Well done!
Thank you!!
My condolences
Disagree, I love what I do!
Congratulations, my dull brother! May us all find something soon!
Hell yeah!! And thank you!
Congratulations!
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/fist pump
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Congrats! Watcha gonna do?
Business analytics executive at a health care adjacent company.
Just speedrun retirement if you can.
No no i want to enjoy all the time I have. Pretty hard to get more.
When I used to work at a food place, they used to let us take food home at the end of the day.
If you're in a healthcare-adjacent company, can't you simply take some extra health home from work every week, thus increasing your lifespan drastically?
(P.s. seriously though, congratulations on the job)
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