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Just thought I would let the board know I've been laid off from my job today. The main office told my manager to lay off 20% of the workers and the others to take a 10% paycut. what a crappy day...

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It's horrible when that happens. Good luck with the search for something else -- please let us know as well once you are settled again.

Yeah, Good Luck guy, Don't waste time here or crunching even, Do what You need to do, We'll be here waiting for You when You're ready to come back.

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Sad to read that. I hope all the best for you.

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It is not the end of the world, even though it feels that way right now.

Good luck with finding a new job.

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Sorry to hear, man

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We're so sorry to hear about your bad luck.

Fondly,
Angela & Eric

Bad news indeed.

I wish you all the best.

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Sorry to here about your layoff. You will find something better.
When a door closes, another one is opened. Things will work out for the best.
Keep us updated on your search my friend.

your friend Tom

Hey All
Just thought I would let the board know I've been laid off from my job today. The main office told my manager to lay off 20% of the workers and the others to take a 10% paycut. what a crappy day...

yeah been there three times my self feels like you've been kicked somewhere painful but look on the brightside(wha'do you mean there aint no bright side)
good luck in the job hunt I hope its short.

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Just thought I would let the board know I've been laid off from my job today. The main office told my manager to lay off 20% of the workers and the others to take a 10% paycut. what a crappy day...

Ouch... been there, wrecked that......

My first ever job lasted over 26 years -- not counting my part-time job where I worked about 8 hours per week on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.

When I got laid off, I went online and beat the cr*p out of a bunch of monsters in an RPG just to vent some emotional issues. Hey, it's better than going up in a clock tower ...

Needless to say my interviewing skills were non-existent when I became a line-item that had to be cut from the DoE budget.

However, now I make about twice what I was making then.

Hope you find your own bonanza too.

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just a update on me. after dropping close to 25 resumes off i only got 2 callbacks. the first one was delivering newspapers at 7.50 a hour and a cement mixing truck at 18 a hour. you can probably guess which one i took. at least i can work on my tan.

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heyall
just a update on me. after dropping close to 25 resumes off i only got 2 callbacks. the first one was delivering newspapers at 7.50 a hour and a cement mixing truck at 18 a hour. you can probably guess which one i took. at least i can work on my tan.

> excellent sgic - hope everything else works out for you as well Sir

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heyall
just a update on me. after dropping close to 25 resumes off i only got 2 callbacks. the first one was delivering newspapers at 7.50 a hour and a cement mixing truck at 18 a hour. you can probably guess which one i took. at least i can work on my tan.

I do hope it was the one paying $18 but you can never tell with some folk congrats

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He congrats on the new job.

hey all
just a update on me. after dropping close to 25 resumes off i only got 2 callbacks. the first one was delivering newspapers at 7.50 a hour and a cement mixing truck at 18 a hour. you can probably guess which one i took. at least i can work on my tan.

I do hope it was the one paying $18 but you can never tell with some folk congrats

I know which I wouldn't take, The Newspaper job as I can't stand the smell of newsprint(ink) anymore as I used to deliver newspapers before I was 18.

Oh and Congrats to the OP on landing the job.

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Told ya that you would find something better.
Congrats on your new job.

heyall
just a update on me. after dropping close to 25 resumes off i only got 2 callbacks. the first one was delivering newspapers at 7.50 a hour and a cement mixing truck at 18 a hour. you can probably guess which one i took. at least i can work on my tan.

What no one realizes is that job hunting is essentially a direct-mail campaign, and direct mail marketers plan on a response rate of maybe 1 in 200.

Based on that standard, two callbacks out of 25 resumes is phenomenally good.

... and there are a million reasons that you might not get a callback right away (or at all) that have nothing to do with you.

Most people send out 25 resumes and get depressed when they aren't instantly hired. My experience is that you can easily get 250 resumes out per week, and keep doing it until you get a job.

If you measure by direct mail standards, and get more than 0.5% response, then you'll feel very good about yourself.

Congratulations on the new job, and the astounding callback rate.

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heyall
just a update on me. after dropping close to 25 resumes off i only got 2 callbacks. the first one was delivering newspapers at 7.50 a hour and a cement mixing truck at 18 a hour. you can probably guess which one i took. at least i can work on my tan.

Just make certain that you don't roll the thing. They are extremely top heavy, and construction zones have some very soft areas. I have seen one get stuck and another flop onto its side.

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