The Unemployed In The USA Suffer
It's tough losing your job at any time, but as you get older and your skills maybe are older it gets harder to get another job, harder to retrain, and like so many others you could be in a position...
View ArticleAdjusting To Being Unemployed
I have to admit that it was a huge shock when I found out that I had lost my job in mid February, not only because I needed to be employed to ensure I had enough money to cover my living expenses, but...
View ArticleFive Weeks Back In The UK And No Work
Well it’s been five weeks ago today since I left the sunshine of hot and sticky South Florida and returned to the UK to be with Debbie. It’s true that we have had some nice days where the sun has...
View ArticleEight Weeks, No Job, No Benefits
Well after six weeks of extreme frustration of waiting for my job seekers allowance (unemployment benefit in the UK) and in particular the last three weeks when my case was supposed to be sped up, the...
View ArticleWhy Is It So Hard To Get Benefits In The UK?
It was back in the early 80′s when a colleague said to me “there is only one way to get anywhere in this world, and that’s to be a one legged black Jewish lesbian!“. He was right of course! It’s the...
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