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I'll do a phone interview for a position I'll know I wouldn't take. Sometimes I'll even do an in person interview. I think it is a good idea to keep the skills fresh and when I do an interview I for a position I don't want I'm not stressed and will use it as a learning tool. Interviewing for a position you want is stressful and you can be overly eager to the point of making lots of mistakes. Keeping up on your interviewing skills is a good practice in my opinion. If they offer you the position you can price yourself out of it. Say your current employer countered. Stay professional and res

I'm really starting to wonder about you... Several years back your posts appeared to have some level of thought placed behind them. Now they're simply silly at best. Are you so bitter you're willing to accept the things you read without even considering the truths behind them? Re-read that sentence above and really think about it. Then think back about how you as a business wrote off your losses even going as far as telling someone else they're not getting as many breaks as possible with the system. This is so typical of the left and why I have trouble giving them any respect. You gu

There is a lot more to it than a college education/couple of training courses, modem, internet and computer skills. Many of the jobs that can be performed completely remote aren't bringing good money any longer. Those are the ones that have been outsourced for the most part. Someone trying to enter the IT field not has a tough road ahead of them. 10 years ago you were considered and expert if you could type your name on a computer. Now you must have specific in depth skills to be marketable. Those that have them have several opportunities. Those that don’t aren’t hurting. You could no

Look at his face. How could they not!

There are many IT fields that took a hit. Many were outsourced. There are still some strong fields hiring like crazy though. I get hit up weekly by recruiters. It really comes down to what field you’re in and at what experience level. I wouldn’t contract out at $90 – $110 an hour because full time stable full time work with good benefits can be found with similar compensation.

Good for you. Now you just need to learn respect for another’s choice in business/employment and all will be well.

That is Awesome! I want to know who the fighter is.

This... Sears and CME Group threaten to leave Illinois Those that can move will move. Those that can't will be less able to compete in the market.

Maybe in your field. Maybe you picked the wrong field to consult in? Are you going to work 40 hours every week of the year with no time off for vacation, sick days and misc. errands? What about benefits, the extra you’re paying in payroll taxes, and the hassles of invoicing the client? $115 an hour drops quickly when you start to include everything and then add in contracts can normally be dropped by either party any time they’d like… I’m also curious how you plan to not pay any US taxes living abroad for less than a year. Even if you incorporate something outside the states you’ll still

Buying or building a business that has a purchase price the same as yearly gross profits is not a bad deal unless it is losing lots of money. Even then it might be worth it if you can float it long enough. Add to that it is something that can be worked part time without any employees with very low overhead and it looks very good. I wouldn't take contract work paying what you claim. Too much risk with not enough reward…

Make sure the TV has audio outputs.

What you will pay for bottom line decent speakers these days will buy an outstanding pair of vintage speakers. Stay away from the small "component" systems. What they make up for in space you'll loose in sound qality.

It’s being required to contribute. If you are not working I fail to see why an able bodied person cannot contribute 24 hours week to something productive for the money they are receiving for being out of work. Let’s be realistic here... You keep bringing up not being able to meet the CEO of fortune 100 companies at this event. That is a BS argument. The fact is many directors, managers and other who know of open positions do volunteer at many, many places. VP's on down the chain do at my current company. Thinking that sitting at home or associating with the same people day in and day out

I don't think the majority look at the unemployed that way. The bad are what we hear about though. The process will never be perfect and there will have to be limitations on what is expected from some. The beauty of this program as people who want to work, take pride in their work and are dependable will have the opportunity to show case those attributes. Networking with others is the single most important piece to finding a new job. This will give people the ability to meet people they wouldn’t have. I’m from Indiana also. The southern part where there are actual hills!

I feel your signature fits well with this discussion...

■1,653,963 Georgia residents volunteered 219.1 million hours of service through or for a nonprofit or community organization in 2010. Looks like Georgians volunteered more than twice your needed hours on average each month for 2010. We have now proven that this issue is a non-issue... You can stop worrying now.

I provided 30,000 opportunities from 3 organizations in the metro area. Your number is state wide. Your number would drop if this is put in place. Do you really think you couldn’t find enough non-profits and government agencies state wide? Your issue could be worked around in several different ways. Hours could be dropped from 24 to 16 if the need arose and cut the requirement by 33% for example. That was really hard wasn’t it?? What other issue do you have that would prevent this from being implemented? This one could be fixed if by some remote chance there weren’t enough oppor

Have you ever worked with the program before? You apply to be a CS option and then someone is sent to you. You have a limited say on who you'll accept. They are not closely monitored and are free to come and go as they please. The only real control someone has over a CS workers if signing their time card and complaining if they don't show up. They overhead is minimal for those that follow the rules. For those that require additional management you could kick out of the program after x amount of problems. Again all of this could be handled by the CS workers … If the children a

Habitat for Humanity Atlanta has between 12,000 and 15,000 volunteers each year. The Atlanta Food Bank has more than 15,000 volunteers each year. More than 1,400 have volunteers at the Atlanta Red Cross yearly. We're at 30,000 volunteer opportunities there and haven't even scratched the surface! How many of those 480,000 would stop their UE if this went in to law? You would see a drop... My vision is most of the work running the program would be done by those on UE. There are many, many skill sets out there that could be used with little needed training.

More than you would sitting at home... You're ignoring all of the potential benefits that could come from this and on focusing on the "I don't want to do something I don't feel like doing". Other than someone not wanting to do it, what real reason do you have against it? Keeping things the way they aren't isn't doing a thing but keeping people on EU. The gov cannot supply paying jobs to these people and outside a couple of legitimate isolated instances there is no reason why all of these people shouldn't be helping out in some way. With the amount of people unemployed you could find th

I am sure there are plenty of people on UE with enough skills to pull this off. Therefore they are already being paid for the position under this plan so no additional "revenue" would be needed. This could easily be self-sustainable with current expenditures if done correctly.

I feel for folks as well and honestly think this would be good for those who truly want to find another job. The networking opportunities could be huge. The ability to learn a new marketable skill is worth how much? They’d gain a new reference for future interviews. There are many upsides to this for those willing to make the effort.

You can "what if" anything to death and I am not going to play that game. You’re trying to make an argument for an issue that doesn’t even exist… For this to be realistic the 24 hours would be assigned by a caseworker, not picked by the unemployed. Roles would be decided by field workers using a resume or skills survey at the time of enrollment.

I do consider myself fortunate. That does not have anything to do with why people shouldn't be expected to contribute something. You've turned this in to a personal issue in an attempt to skate around the real question here.

Care to explain why you shouldn't be expected to contribute something in exchange for the money received from the state? I'd rather be compensated for some kind of work I performed instead of receiving a handout. Maybe it’s just me that feels this way?? I do find it pretty ironic seeing some of these comments coming from people who have posted negatively in the past on entitlement programs....