So here's my frustration. I have been unemployed for two months now after being with a company I loved but because of budget cuts, my position was the first to go. Now I'm in search of employment but the problem is according to all the interviewers I'm either over qualified or not qualified enough. I've literally applied to over 200 jobs and I've had over 100 interviews. What is wrong with me? I'm really starting to feel like I'm not good enough. Money is tight with only my husband working and I'm going to lose my home if something doesn't change very soon.

It is very unfortunate that some jobs require you to have good credit when the job has NOTHING to do with currency, working in a financial institution, Wall Street, etc. I saw a opening and it was a Data Entry position and it was requiring you to "Maintain a clean credit history (no past due/collections on credit report)". I am working in a data entry position right now and has been since July 2018 and I have the best boss EVER, but the pay isn't what I can move ahead on so I am still seeking a better salary and also a permanent offer. Most individuals I know who has been out of work, or temping have this issue and it is unfair for employers to require this if you are not in a financial institution, working with currency, etc. I get doing a background check on individuals, but to require you to have a clean credit history is beyond me especially with a data entry position. First of all if individuals had not falling on hard times they wouldn't have low credit rating and we shouldn't be PUNISHED for falling on hard times, it is just like aging, you are PUNISHED for being over 50 and seeking employment regardless of your experience, these two are UNJUST and a PUNISHMENT whomever is seeking a good job and trying to rebuild their credit history. I am sure they know if you have no steady reliable income, your credit history will take a FALL, so why not look at the individual work experience/history and give them a CHANCE to rebuild what that person has lost. IJS

Billionaire Robert F. Smith was commencement speaker at Morehouse College's graduation exercises this weekend. He surprised the graduates by announcing he would pay their student loan debt! An amazing gift to the young men that will total $40 million! https://www.ajc.com/news/just-morehouse-commencement-speaker-pay-off-class-2019-student-loans/XvMHlS1SVyJiG3mRp1WOWL/

The economy is booming right? Well, yes and no I think. Yes the metrics are all good. Yes its as good as it gets... at the moment. But the structure and distribution is out of balance. We know that most households don't have enough savings to cover an unexpected $500 expense. This article I read today underscores how tight most households run.

So what to do? Now is the time to adjust expenses and start getting ahead of this. As tough as it might be, this might be as good as it gets for awhile. So now is the time to stock away some savings in case things get dislocated. I know thats really tough. But its also really important. I'll be sharing more on this theme over coming weeks, but this article prompted me to start the thought today.

What about you? What do you think? Does this article resonate with you?

#Savings #prepare

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/half-of-americans-are-just-one-paycheck-away-from-financial-disaster-2019-05-16

I was at my last job for a year and a half. I was promoted to night shift supervisor after only 8 months. My pay increased up to $5 an hour in just 8 months. The guy that quit the position that I was promoted to came back after a little over 6 months of being gone. Unfortunately for me, the day shift supervisor (my boss technically) and this guy are best friends. I came back into work one day and seen him walking around like a lost puppy. Wearing a supervisor shirt. After I clocked into work I was pulled into the office and was demoted and my pay was dropped. The day shift supervisor hired his best friend to take back the night shift supervisor position. He had quit his job again because he didn’t like all the hard work from his other job. So he asked his friend (my boss) if he could come back and have his old position. And he gave it to him. He didn’t earn it. Every person on my shift was trained and taught by me. No one ever got hurt. No equipment ever got damaged. I worked with them all night instead of sitting on my ass and watching them work like I could have. I cared for my job and the guys on my shift. And in one day I had it all stripped away from me. His friend was basically handed a fully loaded Cadillac. He didn’t have to train them or teach them anything. It was a slap in the face to me. It was upsetting to walk out that office and have to hand over everything I worked so hard for to a man that did over $8,000 worth of damage in one night the last time he was there. So I realized that I wouldn’t be given the chance to be supervisor in that dept for a very long time. Not much room to move up unless you have a college degree. So after that day, I came in the next and cleaned out my work locker and handed over the key to the office. I couldn’t seem to want to work for someone like that. Plus it would have been very hard to come in and take orders from someone that was “given” the position I worked so hard for. So now I’m looking for a job. Again.

So I taught I had finally had the job that would work for me & my daughter turns out I was wrong so here I am single mother the source of income that we have no job, getting up everyday putting in applications everyday going on interviews but job never goes anyway are the hours are not working for me. I don't understand why I continue to have to fight I constantly having to fight it's never easy for me. I just need for things go right for once because I'm tired of fighting when I look around its easy for everyone but I have to continue to fight why is my life this hard

A while back I was unemployed and broke and struggling after my former employer went under but I ended up becoming a manager at Dollar General. I feel like they really took a chance on me. It was up to me to learn a whole new system but I got a good rep with my store and even though managing a store can sometimes be tough I got the hang of it. After a while I’m now on track to move up to the district level. I always will remember Dollar General as where I turned around that awful rut.

A lot of people think that Walmart employees must hate there jobs but its not like that for me. I really got an opportunity I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else because of my disability. I am grateful for my job because it allows me to be able to save money and feel like I’m contributing.

I am a manager at a store right now we hire well over the minimum wage and the workers just don't want to do the job. They just want to be there to start drama. And collect a paycheck. Things are not what they used to be in the work field. In my opinion some people just want to start at the top not knowing what it means to earn the spot. Never getting their hands dirty. Or knowing the stressfulness of working doubles because someone calls off. Nor wanting to work weekends because the sign up for monday thru Friday 9to5. But still want the overtime pay. No willing to make the sacrifice to get the big money.

Sorry had to edit my post have a lot of spelling police that don't want to read the post just want to pick out the bad spelling.

I recently started a new job in my field which is cooking. Well a few week's ago a friend asked if I'd come in and help her out on my day's off because they needed another cook. I worked 1 day and management approaches me & offers me $4.00 more an hour to quit my job. I though about it & had decided that I was going to take it,I mean who could pass up an extra 4.00 an hour? So I gave my notice and explained why I was leaving hoping that they'd offer me more money. Well they didn't,so I gave my 2 week's notice. Now with 3 days left of my 2 week's my boss approached me and offered me $3.00 more an hour. So I've decided that I'm going to stay with them,I really like it where I am even though the new place was more money and 5 minutes from my home. Do you think I made the right choice & how do I tell the other place that I now can't take their offer?!? #adviceplease #foodservice #cook/eggflipper