Comments on: Punk Rock HR Question: Laid Off and Pessimistic

By: Networking Sucks. Do It Anyway. | Punk Rock Human Resources

Networking Sucks. Do It Anyway. | Punk Rock Human Resources — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:41:11 +0000

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By: Jeev

Jeev — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:03:35 +0000

@ Mary Sue

Thanks for the “reality” look at substitute teaching, although it seems exaggerated. From your description, it doesn’t really seem any more difficult than a challenging Management gig. The bottom line is that if you are a good manager with good people skills, a substitute teaching job should not pose a problem.

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HRM Today - Blog Archive » PRHR Letters: Sad — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:43:23 +0000

[...] replied privately to the readers, but I wanted to reiterate that I don

By: PRHR Letters: Sad « Punk Rock Human Resources

PRHR Letters: Sad « Punk Rock Human Resources — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:46:33 +0000

[...] replied privately to the readers, but I wanted to reiterate that I don’t have special answers on how to find a Human Resources job. I believe in taking your skills and applying in other professions. Go into health care [...]

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Networking Sucks. Do It Anyway. « Punk Rock Human Resources — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:31:32 +0000

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By: Kelly O

Kelly O — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:52:03 +0000

@Ernie

I don’t know exactly how to frame what seems wrong in my mind about your post without going into a rant that is completely inappropriate for this forum.

However, what I will say is that there are decided, clear, and unavoidable negative contexts to being unemployed. It’s fabulous for you that you were able to save lots of money, make investments, and so on and so forth so periods of unemployment do not affect you in the way they do others. That’s swell.

But I am a reasonably responsible adult, not overly shallow (and face it, we’re all a little shallow in some way – it’s called being human.) The things I’ve dealt with in my life are different than yours, and I think it would be much more productive to focus a little less on talking down to and adding more guilt on those who have not had the same situations, opportunities, or whatever.

Hi, my name is Kelly and I am a responsible adult who is unemployed and has a real problem with that.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:07:06 +0000

@Seiden: “You can channel the compartmentalized stress into productive, self-directed change.”

Yep. This is what I meant by kicking over the table and channeling your anger — I can see now that I view the metaphor differently than others and should have made it more clear.

I disagree, though, about anger being the least useful emotion to drive change. Anger, when directed into determination, endurance, and constructive activities, is very powerful and is the source of a lot of positive, transformative change — not just on a societal level, but and individual one as well. You’re right that you can’t go around thinking the world owes you anything and that you can’t let it show. I think we’re actually on the same page here, just wording it differently.

By: Ernie Zelinski

Ernie Zelinski — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:27:00 +0000

SO WHAT’S WRONG WITH UNEMPLOYMENT?

Even though I have an Electrical Engineeering Degree and an MBA, I have been unemployed for over half my adult life. I am now 59 years old – 60 in June. Being unemployed all those years helped me a lot.

Whenever friends or acquaintances tell me that they have either got fired or laid off their jobs, my response is,

By: kimberly m

kimberly m — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:27 +0000

for some, the job market after 9/11 was very difficult. It was hell for me….newly arrived in the USA. I had to completely change my direction in order to get a job. And for years afterward people questioned my move from marketing to business development. What I have learned along the way is that the best thing that you can do for yourself is to spend a little time each day learning about the area of business that you are applying for. Or become more of an expert in your area of expertise. Ask yourself how you can add more value than someone else. I know things are tougher this time, and a lot of people who are struggling were luckily not effected during the last downturn…so they are panicked, rightfully so. Being angry won’t help – unless you can turn that into “drive”. Good luck. and remember “we must be the change we wish to see in the world.” – gahndi

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:44:51 +0000

It’s tough to hear “overqualified” because the truth is you just want the job and its like if you don’t care that you’re overqualified why should they?