May 20
Just a brief entry to thank everyone who has donated to my Unemployed Again bleg. The money really is helping!
One more note: we’re finally getting some rain here in Central Florida. Yesterday there was a cloudburst, which seemed to vanish before it hit the ground — today a bit more.
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May 20th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Uh, not to pick nits or anything, but under what circumstances does money NOT help?
May 20th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Good question, Skubie…maybe when there’s so much to lift it throws your back out? Can’t see that that as a possibility, really.
As to our lovely NEFlorida weather, it’s windy & dry. Love the wind & I don’t hate dry, I’m from eastern Montana–but humidity today is less than my cousin’s house in Cheyenne, Wyoming! THIS is unheard of.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
It goes terrible with pasta. Too chewy.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:47 am
I repeat, Andrea, migrate to Australia where you’ll be employed as an IT expert. Even if you’re not, you’ll have lots of us as mates anyway!
May 21st, 2008 at 12:40 pm
You need to shred it fine and sprinkle it on top, like Parmesan. Lots of fiber!
May 21st, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Andrea, have you tried law firms in your job search? Typically they desperately need people who can read and write WELL, and computer literacy + competency on they intarwebs would also be a plus. Downside: lawyers are often slugs, but it’s inside work and no heavy lifting. I don’t know any Florida firms, unfortunately, but if you haven’t given that line of work some thought it could be worth considering. Law is moving rapidly into computerization and internet communications; skills in those areas might give you an entree. just a thought.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I’ve tried anything “clerical, office, typing, administrative assistant,” etc. Most law firms here, though, are small and want someone with paralegal experience, which in Florida means a degree. It’s all credentials here — people are so transient that experience counts for almost nothing.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Yes, smaller offices are going to try to cut corners by making their paralegals do secretarial work and vice versa. My suggestion, FWIW: look at any available larger firm (say, 8 lawyers and up), which should have a clearer dividing line between the god-like beings who do the legal and quasi-legal work || and the staff who do the support work. When I was hiring our office staff I looked a lot harder at experience and skills than at documents, but then that was long ago, & in a galaxy far, far away, & alas no help to you. Wish you the best, though, I know how tough it is.