Unemployment Support Group
Recently unemployed or frustrated with the job search? Unemployment can affect more than just the bank account - it has a negative effect on motivation and self-esteem, even sense of identity. This community addresses the challenges associated with unemployment and how to cope.
Can someone give me an idea of how it will go now that I have used the first 6 mos. of unemployment?
It says on the site that the dept. will be sending me something through the mail so that I am able to continue to get benefits, but do I have to reapply, offer my first born, what do I have to do to expedite the process?
How long will I be able to utilize unemployment? I realize the Gov't. has approved UC for 99 - but at what point will they ask me to provide extensive proof of attending job seminars and submitting resumes' etc?
Any information would be helpful. When I read the material they send I cannot help but be frustrated by the way they write. Not to mention what the subconscious thoughts do to me physciologically when I see their letterhead and feel the magnitude of it all.
It says on the site that the dept. will be sending me something through the mail so that I am able to continue to get benefits, but do I have to reapply, offer my first born, what do I have to do to expedite the process?
How long will I be able to utilize unemployment? I realize the Gov't. has approved UC for 99 - but at what point will they ask me to provide extensive proof of attending job seminars and submitting resumes' etc?
Any information would be helpful. When I read the material they send I cannot help but be frustrated by the way they write. Not to mention what the subconscious thoughts do to me physciologically when I see their letterhead and feel the magnitude of it all.
give em a call...tell you exhausted benes and they will do extension
Good luck to you!
As far as proving that you've been looking for a job, I live in California, and they ask "Did you look for work?" on the continued claim form. (California won't go direct deposit and online with UI benefits until this spring). If the box next to the question is checked, you have to write where you've looked for work on the back of the form. I've been out of work for 16 months and and box has never been checked. I assume it's because the state workers who process the benefits claims are swamped, with so many people out of work, so they wouldn't have time to check where we've looked anyway.
I agree that trying to get information about benefits through UI websites can be confusing. It's like trying to read and understand a legal deposition. And, I totally get how you feel about seeing their letterhead. Maybe it's why I felt so empty when I was downsized from my job of 18 years with AT&T in 2002. I put on a good show until I got to my truck that last day, because others were losing their jobs too...but, I cried all the way home. Maybe something in my spirit knew how incredibly difficult the next several years would be.
Sorry you're going through this. Lord knows I know what you're feeling. Sometimes, I wonder if maybe I've already died and I'm in hell.
Janice