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robotech_master) wrote2010-02-12 05:17 pm
robotech_master) wrote2010-02-12 05:17 pm
Looking back on a year of unemployment
So here I am. February 12th, 2010. One year to the day after my supervisors called me into their office and told me they were laying me off due to the economy.
I still don't have a job. At least, not a full-time one. However, I have been writing some freelance articles for the Springfield Business Journal, which has been nice; it looks good on my resume and supplements my unemployment income with a little much-needed extra cash.
And today I signed and faxed in some papers to the new owner of TeleRead.org, the e-book blog for which I've been writing as a semi-hobby. They're largely a formality, but they cement my official status as Senior Writer for the blog and payment of a monthly amount that, while fairly small by the measure of a freelance writer, nonetheless represents a little extra help in getting by. Not to mention a nice acknowledgement of my professional status.
The full-time job outlook remains uncertain. I'm hoping by the end of the month to hear more from my former Team Media boss about a new venture he's going into, a venture for which he hopes he can hire me (and 29 other people!). It would be nice to have that steady income, not to mention the car my Mom & Dad are holding for me 'til I get a job.
I'm tired of sitting around. I want to work again!
I still don't have a job. At least, not a full-time one. However, I have been writing some freelance articles for the Springfield Business Journal, which has been nice; it looks good on my resume and supplements my unemployment income with a little much-needed extra cash.
And today I signed and faxed in some papers to the new owner of TeleRead.org, the e-book blog for which I've been writing as a semi-hobby. They're largely a formality, but they cement my official status as Senior Writer for the blog and payment of a monthly amount that, while fairly small by the measure of a freelance writer, nonetheless represents a little extra help in getting by. Not to mention a nice acknowledgement of my professional status.
The full-time job outlook remains uncertain. I'm hoping by the end of the month to hear more from my former Team Media boss about a new venture he's going into, a venture for which he hopes he can hire me (and 29 other people!). It would be nice to have that steady income, not to mention the car my Mom & Dad are holding for me 'til I get a job.
I'm tired of sitting around. I want to work again!