Depression level unemployment...here's what JJ Luna writes:
THE FASTEST WAY TO FIND A OTHER JOB
In the late summer of 1988, I met Eduardo Garza-Aldape. He had just arrived from the Mexican state of Chiapas. Unlike an American looking for a job, Eduardo had two strikes against him: he could speak only a few hundred words of English, and he had no legal permission to work. Our conversation was in Spanish. Translated:
“Since you don’t have a job yet Eduardo, I’d like to come by about
2:00 p.m. and—”
“No, I work from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.”
“I thought you didn’t have a job yet.”
“My job is to find a job. I go out every day and stop by places where they might need some help. Some days I walk maybe six miles or more but the bosses, they get to see me every week. They see I am trying hard. And when a job comes up, they will remember me when I stop by again.”
Two weeks later, Eduardo was given a job by a home builder. He cleaned up the debris left at each of the builder’s projects. His was not an atypical case.
My wife and I are currently involved in volunteer work with Hispanics, and we see this again and again. Some relative arrives from Chiapas, Oaxaca, or Guadalajara and within weeks he finds a job. Not the kind of job you would take perhaps, but he does find a JOB. So what can you learn from the above?
Until you find employment, your job will be to head out every morning and talk to the owners or managers of places where you think you might possibly qualify. Unlike Eduardo, you will almost certainly have a vehicle so spread out in ever-widening circles, perhaps up to an hour’s commute from where you live.
Dress for the sort of job you are applying for, or dress a little better. If you are a man: shoes shined, fresh haircut, no beard. If a woman: modest dress, no perfume, subdued makeup. Have a card printed up, preferably with your picture, and leave it everywhere you stop.
An older single man who lives in a truck (and has more cash at the end of the month than many of his peers do) has this to say about finding work:
“I use Craigslist to both look for work, and to offer my services.
There are a lot of work opportunities among home owners for a skilled craftsman and Craigslist is the way to find them! One thing that's hard for people with real houses to understand is that living in a truck, I can cut nearly all of my monthly bills out so I don't have to work 40 hour weeks, 50 weeks a year. Without the pressure, work seems to come along when I need it.”
CRAIGSLIST
If you haven’t yet tried Craigslist, now is the time to start. Craigslist is a website offering free classified advertisements for jobs, housing, for sale/barter/wanted, and has forums sorted by various topics. The site receives over 500,000 new job listings each month, making it one of the top job boards in the world.
A better solution however, may be to go into business for yourself.
There are two ways to pick up some cash within 12 to 24 hours: Either you borrow it or you sell something. I have intimate experience with both.
Pawn something Never mind that you’ll only get about 15 percent of what the pawn shop can sell the item for. The main thing is that there is no penalty if you do not pay. They just keep whatever you pawned. (On average, three out of every four loans are repaid.) Typical loans average
between $70 and $100 although they can be as small as $20 or as high as several thousand dollars (depending on the value of the collateral).
In 1950, when I was selling health and accident insurance to farmers in Montana, I met a band leader from California named Chuck Berry (not the Chuck Berry). His doctor had ordered him to get out of the music business before he died from alcohol and drugs. Chuck had driven up to Montana
to fish the Madison and he’d brought some extra band instruments along. I purchased a 1944 Martin tenor guitar from him for $40. Whenever sales were slow I pawned the guitar but then I worked even harder to make sure I got it back. I no longer play the guitar but I still have that Martin and I’ve added an upscale Taylor as well. The two guitars are a friendly reminder that if our cash ever runs short, I can still get a loan at the pawn shop!
In the late summer of 1988, I met Eduardo Garza-Aldape. He had just arrived from the Mexican state of Chiapas. Unlike an American looking for a job, Eduardo had two strikes against him: he could speak only a few hundred words of English, and he had no legal permission to work. Our conversation was in Spanish. Translated:
“Since you don’t have a job yet Eduardo, I’d like to come by about
2:00 p.m. and—”
“No, I work from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.”
“I thought you didn’t have a job yet.”
“My job is to find a job. I go out every day and stop by places where they might need some help. Some days I walk maybe six miles or more but the bosses, they get to see me every week. They see I am trying hard. And when a job comes up, they will remember me when I stop by again.”
Two weeks later, Eduardo was given a job by a home builder. He cleaned up the debris left at each of the builder’s projects. His was not an atypical case.
My wife and I are currently involved in volunteer work with Hispanics, and we see this again and again. Some relative arrives from Chiapas, Oaxaca, or Guadalajara and within weeks he finds a job. Not the kind of job you would take perhaps, but he does find a JOB. So what can you learn from the above?
Until you find employment, your job will be to head out every morning and talk to the owners or managers of places where you think you might possibly qualify. Unlike Eduardo, you will almost certainly have a vehicle so spread out in ever-widening circles, perhaps up to an hour’s commute from where you live.
Dress for the sort of job you are applying for, or dress a little better. If you are a man: shoes shined, fresh haircut, no beard. If a woman: modest dress, no perfume, subdued makeup. Have a card printed up, preferably with your picture, and leave it everywhere you stop.
An older single man who lives in a truck (and has more cash at the end of the month than many of his peers do) has this to say about finding work:
“I use Craigslist to both look for work, and to offer my services.
There are a lot of work opportunities among home owners for a skilled craftsman and Craigslist is the way to find them! One thing that's hard for people with real houses to understand is that living in a truck, I can cut nearly all of my monthly bills out so I don't have to work 40 hour weeks, 50 weeks a year. Without the pressure, work seems to come along when I need it.”
CRAIGSLIST
If you haven’t yet tried Craigslist, now is the time to start. Craigslist is a website offering free classified advertisements for jobs, housing, for sale/barter/wanted, and has forums sorted by various topics. The site receives over 500,000 new job listings each month, making it one of the top job boards in the world.
A better solution however, may be to go into business for yourself.
There are two ways to pick up some cash within 12 to 24 hours: Either you borrow it or you sell something. I have intimate experience with both.
Pawn something Never mind that you’ll only get about 15 percent of what the pawn shop can sell the item for. The main thing is that there is no penalty if you do not pay. They just keep whatever you pawned. (On average, three out of every four loans are repaid.) Typical loans average
between $70 and $100 although they can be as small as $20 or as high as several thousand dollars (depending on the value of the collateral).
In 1950, when I was selling health and accident insurance to farmers in Montana, I met a band leader from California named Chuck Berry (not the Chuck Berry). His doctor had ordered him to get out of the music business before he died from alcohol and drugs. Chuck had driven up to Montana
to fish the Madison and he’d brought some extra band instruments along. I purchased a 1944 Martin tenor guitar from him for $40. Whenever sales were slow I pawned the guitar but then I worked even harder to make sure I got it back. I no longer play the guitar but I still have that Martin and I’ve added an upscale Taylor as well. The two guitars are a friendly reminder that if our cash ever runs short, I can still get a loan at the pawn shop!
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