By Catherine Haig Editor/writer for www.bonjublog.com
It has been five months since POTUS Obama was reelected for his 2nd term in office, and still, nothing has been done about the millions of people unemployed in America. In the Greater NYC area where I live you can see house after house empty, silent and longing for maintenance with its people long gone leaving the property unattended. Other “for sale” signs line the routes, boulevards and streets of NJ, NYC and it’s five boroughs mostly because the unemployed have now been abandoned by employment recruiters and prospective employers because they have been out of work for so long their skills have dimmed.
In February I went to a NJ employment company and met with a guy name Michael who told me to redo my resume. I did and sent the redo to him that evening. I never heard from him again and I called several times to inquire about positions. The last time I did so was on Friday and he wasn’t even in the office. I spoke to the Office Manager who belittled me, tore apart my resume which is now apparent to me that it was the first and not the redo, and then this same woman ridiculed my “attitude” as “negative” when I objected to her line of reasoning.
If this is how recruiters are treating candidates for jobs today; I hope they all lose their place of employment. This same woman told me that “I have nothing to lose by being truthful with you” which meant she can say anything because she has no vested interest in my finding work. In other words; this was a queen bitch I was speaking to. I did not say much to her after that but I did write her up on my blog especially since she then took at look at my LINKED IN profile which I found interesting. I looked at hers and saw that she had been working at this employment agency for only 4 years and some months.
I took it upon myself to write to the CEO of this agency to report her for the treatment I received at her hands. I’ll update this when I receive an answer but don’t expect too much because when recruiters start giving you trouble; you know the employment section is sucking out big time.
Here’s the truth about Obama and this economy and I voted for the dude in 2012 and I’m disappointed in his performance thus far. He is the weakest president since Jimmy Carter and really deserved only 1 term as POTUS however Obama was up against a tyrant in the form of MITT ROMNEY and as bad off as America was with Obama as POTUS; we would have died with Romney at the helm. I chose the lesser of two evils and still lost out.
Unemployment Insurance has run out on many unemployed people in America. When you hear that Unemployment Insurance claims have gone down that is what is happening in America. It’s not that people have found jobs; in reality they are still unemployed but they cannot receive any more benefits and so the numbers drop. Obama uses this as FACT that his “no plan” of action is working but it’s a false positive. Unemployment Insurance also does not take into effect the millions of self-employed people like me who own their own businesses and are not working. Some of us work periodically and others not at all, while some have been unemployed for a long long time having given up looking or posting ads. I still post ads and work periodically however I’m not making the money I used make and that pisses me off. As well it should.
American companies are petrified today and want to get a worker who will work 9-10 hours a day at a low pay. I refuse to do that. I started my own business because I wanted to work 2-3 days a week and have money coming into my business so I can do other things. I can’t seem to make that work today because clients are totally insane and are nitpicking and micromanaging me and others to the point where I’d rather teach them how to do what I do and leave. I’m not willing to take the crap verbal abuse from every Tom, Dick and Harriett because I have a skill and it’s specific and can help people and companies but they have to want my help. I wouldn’t mind working as a Contract to Hire or Contract worker that works a job 3-4 days a week but really 9 hours a day at a lower pay is a lot to ask of people. There has to be compromise between employers and workers but unfortunately there are too many unemployed people that are willing to take crap money in order to work. In my opinion; if I work for less than what I am worth I will not make the money I need to pay monthly expenses. There is no point to working at a lower salary while the boss makes millions.
This year is finishing the 1st quarter and it’s not looking good as the Republicans step all over Obama and his administration who are dropping from his ranks like flies. They may not be POTUS but they are running the country and that sucks because Republicans are dictating to a POTUS who really now cares only about the legacy he will leave.
Perhaps Obama and Bush can get together and form a presidential library called DUMB AND DUMBER. I can only hope that the economy gets better but I sincerely think it’s only going to get worse. It’s not a negative but this is my comment at the moment and it’s as positive as I can get right now.
