I am traveling down a few roads right now. We have this job seeking place in my County that I have been going to. They give tests to see what you are good at. They have counselors that kind of help you. And they have classes on Resume writhing, self esteem, self assessments, exploring Careers, "the hidden job market.... The problem is there are so many people unemployed in my area that the classes are booked a week in advance and I am only able to go to one class a week. These classes are at no charge There is a program called TAA (Trade Adjustment Act) that helps people whose jobs were lost because of production going overseas. This program is the “Cadillac” of programs giving you $10,000.00 training expenses and extends your unemployment to two years. I kind of lost my job this way but it is hard to prove. What happened is that someone else s job went overseas so they bumped me. This way the company can say nobody lost their job because it went overseas. My counselor told me to file anyway because you never know. I need to get the names of two other people that I worked with that were also laid off to put on the form. I am waiting for them to respond back to me. Then there is WIA (Workforce Investment Act). You need to be a Low income adult. (Which I was not…. low income that is) OR Dislocated worker lay off from a company. This program pays $2500.00 towards training. And last but not least is through State Disability which is hard for me because even though I lost my leg in a car accident I do not consider myself disabled. But if that is what I need to do so be it. All three of these programs have you jumping though hoops.. You need to do the self assessment to see what you are good at (I’ve done) then you need to do “Career Exploration” (my next class)I need to find careers in my area that I am interested in. Do informational interviews, Prove that they are reasonable for me to achieve. (I can’t say I want to be a Brain surgeon) and then write a proposal to be accepted into the programs…. It would be so easy to just go out and find a low paying job and don’t get me wrong I do not think I am too good to work at one of these and I will if necessary. It’s just that I see this as an opportunity to find a job that I can’t wait to get to in the morning. Something I really like to do not just do something just because I am good at it.
Side note…. Wife’s back is really bad. She can hardly bend at all. I told her to go back to her regular doctor she really liked. (My insurance does not cover him) that I have that money the company gave me when I left. I think she was happy to hear that. I do want to get wife better so I can continue this journey because it is hard to flirt and make passes at someone who is in pain. I am keeping positive. Kind of funny today wife went into her room and when I passed she had her door half closed I said I was leaving to go work on my firewood and she did not answer. I said it again and then she opened her door and said she was just adjusting her back support belt. (Remember I watched a baby come out of this woman and now she did not want me to see her back?) Anyway she opened the door and proceeded to adjust her belt. In the past she would have closed the door again So see we are getting closer. She later told me that it feel good to have the belt on but when she takes if off if feel good too like her taking off her bra or how I must feel when I take off my leg. I told her ya I know how good that feels…. my leg that is I don’t wear a bra. Then I said I probably could wear n A cup and she said maybe a double A and then she laughed. I tell you she would get mad If I saw her underwear in the hamper a year ago and now here we are talking about me wearing a bra…….I did asked her if she needed any help and she said no she can do it…..
And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
