Jobless on Shine

Love life or lack of one

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My first and only girlfriend was a woman who had asked me for directions to a classroom at a college campus, I later ran into her, struck up some conversation, and in time we started seeing one another more often. Those were great time’s I really enjoyed her company and loved talking to her…

Thoughts on jobs in IL

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I don't know about you but finding a job with or without experience is very difficult in 2009 period. I have applied at many websites; including indeed, yahoo hot jobs, i hire legal, monster and not one has called, emailed me. No response require you…

Being Homeless

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What better way to find out who your real friends and real Christians are than to lose your job and become homeless? There has to be a way to get these hypocrites attention after all you have done for them when you were up and on your feet. And after all they did for you when you were up and…

Free Viagra For Unemployed Men??!!

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What the heck? I just heard this on the news. Do you think this makes good sense?

One Day at a time.

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Well, the weekend is almost over. And it has been the first weekend I have had off in about two years, other than the one I toke during vacation. And I must say it wasnt all that enjoyable. Tomorrow is the first Monday that I will be jobless. So I will be spending it job…

Are you a Mac or a PC?

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If you work for one or the other, right now you’d rather be a Mac. Yesterday, Microsoft made official its intention of laying off 5,000 employees, including 1,400 who lost their jobs yesterday. The stock market responded instantly with Microsoft stock falling 8.5%....

Was I had by homeless fraud?

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Last weekend I was out shopping, not something I’ve done a whole lot of lately. But one of my nephews has just had a baby, the first of the next generation for our family, and I ventured into the world of commerce to buy a gift to welcome the arrival of this new life. Just before...

P00 on you! Pedestal kicker overs!!

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I've been watching the news and reading the papers. Yet I never really thought my job would be in danger with this recession mess. I work at a BodyShop through a auto dealership. GM to be specific. My co-worker came in today and told me that if work in the shop did not start picking up that...

And what's NOT on my list

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So my list of resolutions got me thinking of a few goals I've had in the past year that I realize in looking back are insane. Here's what they were and what they taught me.

Life after the company Christmas party

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With two different holiday parties to attend this past weekend, I got to thinking about the party I wasn’t invited to this season. I was sacked the week before my company held their annual holiday soiree. To be honest, my days of delighting in corporate parties -- or embarrassing myself at them -- are behind me. There’s something about not remembering how I found my way home that I’ve outgrown. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to be invited. It’s like being the kid in the class who didn’t get invited to the cool kid’s birthday party. Even if you didn’t especially like that cool kid, no way did you want to be the one left out. Everyone knows school is a powerful social setting for kids and teenagers. So is work for grown-ups. We might think we work for a paycheck, or to feel a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment, but how many of us talk about the people we work with as ranking high on our workplace checklist?