information about going on welfare

[mr.kev84]

is there anywhere i can live on welfare checks?

i recently graduated from college, and I can’t get a job in the field I want. i’ve went through several interviews, and I have no luck.

i feel like a loser mooching off of family and friends, but I don’t want to settle for working somewhere like applebee’s or McDonald’s. too much work for too little money.

i would like to relocate. in your experience, which states have the best welfare benefits? i would move anywhere, but i prefer it to be warm year round and not too rainy.

[Phimuteach]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

is there anywhere i can live on welfare checks?

i feel like a loser mooching off of family and friends, but I don’t want to settle for working somewhere like applebee’s or McDonald’s. too much work for too little money.

You're too proud to work in food service or retail, yet you want to take welfare benefits? Personally, I would feel guilty taking welfare when there are people out there that truly need it. Put that college-educated brain to use and find something. Try temping if you can't find anything else.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

is there anywhere i can live on welfare checks?

i recently graduated from college, and I can’t get a job in the field I want. i’ve went through several interviews, and I have no luck.

i feel like a loser mooching off of family and friends, but I don’t want to settle for working somewhere like applebee’s or McDonald’s. too much work for too little money.

i would like to relocate. in your experience, which states have the best welfare benefits? i would move anywhere, but i prefer it to be warm year round and not too rainy.

DITY?

[Sugar08]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

DITY?

Ok, lol!

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

DITY?

LOL

Read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. Basically, there is nowhere you could live and get by on a welfare check or 1 minimum wage job. Good luck buddy.

[mr.kev84]

Originally Posted by Phimuteach

You're too proud to work in food service or retail, yet you want to take welfare benefits? Personally, I would feel guilty taking welfare when there are people out there that truly need it. Put that college-educated brain to use and find something. Try temping if you can't find anything else.

do you know how much temping sucks?

it's not my fault there's too many people and not enough jobs. what the hell am i supposed to do? just starve? my college education costed me thousands of dollars, and you think i should just settle for a crappy temp, food service, or retail job? i should have not went to college in the first place, if that's the case.

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

do you know how much temping sucks?

it's not my fault there's too many people and not enough jobs. what the hell am i supposed to do? just starve? my college education costed me thousands of dollars, and you think i should just settle for a crappy temp, food service, or retail job? i should have not went to college in the first place, if that's the case.

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

You're right. You shouldn't have "went" to college. I mean, it's not like it did you any good. Obviously.

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

do you know how much temping sucks?

it's not my fault there's too many people and not enough jobs. what the hell am i supposed to do? just starve? my college education costed me thousands of dollars, and you think i should just settle for a crappy temp, food service, or retail job? i should have not went to college in the first place, if that's the case.

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

There are plenty of college graduates who work for "crappy" jobs while they look for better jobs. Heck, it pays the bills right? What makes you so super special that you're too good to work those jobs?

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

do you know how much temping sucks?

it's not my fault there's too many people and not enough jobs. what the hell am i supposed to do? just starve? my college education costed me thousands of dollars, and you think i should just settle for a crappy temp, food service, or retail job? i should have not went to college in the first place, if that's the case.

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

"You can't always get what you want; But if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need."

Yes you should settle for that for now. Find a job in a store where you can earn comission and spend your free time or lunch breaks interviewing for jobs in your field. Eventually you'll find one. I'm certainly not an employer but I think if I were I would hands down pick the person who was willing to work hard at a crappy job to get to me than the one who sat back and took welfare. The first person will work their BUTT off to get what they want and isn't that what an employer wants to see? The second one just shows me they are too proud and too lazy...which makes me think they will have issues with my authority or with starting at the bottom like everyone else and won't give me 110% either.

The system is already overloaded paying for single parents who have no other options, for people on disability, for people who have legitmate reasons that they CANNOT work. You can. So you should. You won't starve if you start looking for a temporary job now. Go be a salesman somewhere, for instance. That will pay your bills while you continue to search for a job in your field.

Damn I'm an undergrad and even I know this much. You better believe I'll take Mickey D's over welfare if I can't get a job in my field when I graduate. You can't always get the deluxe cable package.

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

sometimes life sucks, and you have to do things you don't want to do - if not, deal with the consequences (starve, or continue to feel like a loser for mooching). besides, it's not that you cannot work, you're making the choice not to work. many people don't have that opportunity, and by making that choice because of your pride, you have only yourself to blame if you feel life sucks.

random sidenote: wth is with all the random questions being asked these days in this forum - is there something in the air? seriously.

[tld221]

word, temping does suck - but do what you gotta do right?

and trust me, having been on welfare before - you dont wanna go there if you dont have to. no one on welfare wants to be it in the first place.

youre jus not trying hard enough.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by mystikchick

sometimes life sucks, and you have to do things you don't want to do - if not, deal with the consequences (starve, or continue to feel like a loser for mooching). besides, it's not that you cannot work, you're making the choice not to work. many people don't have that opportunity, and by making that choice because of your pride, you have only yourself to blame if you feel life sucks.

random sidenote: wth is with all the random questions being asked these days in this forum - is there something in the air? seriously.

Is it even pride? I mean shouldn't being on welfare without a legitmate reason make you feel worse than working in McDonald's? Maybe it's just being lazy?

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

DITY?

LMAOOOOO I JUST figured out what this means!

[Reds6]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

do you know how much temping sucks?

it's not my fault there's too many people and not enough jobs. what the hell am i supposed to do? just starve? my college education costed me thousands of dollars, and you think i should just settle for a crappy temp, food service, or retail job? i should have not went to college in the first place, if that's the case.

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

My advice would be to re-evaluate your interviewing skills. Maybe it's not the economy but how you are presenting yourself in your interviews. Do a mock interview with a close friend or family member and ask for pointers and feedback.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by mr.kev84

do you know how much temping sucks?

it's not my fault there's too many people and not enough jobs. what the hell am i supposed to do? just starve? my college education costed me thousands of dollars, and you think i should just settle for a crappy temp, food service, or retail job? i should have not went to college in the first place, if that's the case.

the system screwed up the economy, making it hard to get good jobs. the same system should pay for those who cannot work.

My younger brother had the same problem. He was trying to find a job in the OKC area in the marketing/sales field.

NO ONE has their sales office in OKC unless that someone happens to be a cold call sales force that goes door to door (probably not what any college grad is interested in doing). He's either going to end up working in oil and gas (as a land man) or he'll be smart and go down to Dallas to find work.

Have you left your comfort zone as far as places you're applying are concerned? Have you applied for jobs in other cities?