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Pt314 · Senior Member

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arbilad · Head Chef

It's good to try to influence things. And I hope you find work. There are so many good people without work right now. I'm very blessed to still be employed despite the current economy, but I realize that I haven't earned that blessing in any way, that the Lord has merely chosen that path for me and my family.
Still, though, I feel your pain because I did go through a period of unemployment last year.

Pt314 · Senior Member

Thanks for the support.

Now back to finding work or something. :)

Pt314 · Senior Member

Still unemployed, still searching. I expanded my search to any tech or math jobs in Utah, I then expanded it to across the USA. Things haven't gotten any better in 14 months, so now I am thinking of applying for jobs in Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia.

I feel like giving up trying. There are days where I don't see any reason to get out of bed. My councilor that I've been meeting with at LDS Family Services for a few months has helped though.

Furthermore it turns out I will never get the money I am owed at my last job at sensory sweep. I story came out about that fairly recently Sensory Sweep Shortchange

Since I felt like I wasn't doing anything i applied to an online college for another degree. However it still doesn't feel right given that I already have a bachelors degree, and I will have to pay the loan on this one off later anyway. Classes are going to be starting soon.

historian · Senior Member

Don't take it personally, PT.

Here's a snippet about the state of our union.

In a powerful essay in The Atlantic, Don Peck reports that last November nearly a fifth of all men between 25 and 54 did not have jobs, the highest figure since the labor bureau began counting in 1948. We are either at or about to reach a historical marker: for the first time there will be more women in the work force than men...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/opinion/16brooks.html

Roper · Senior Bucketkeeper

Hey PT, have you considered teaching high school math? There's a nationwide shortage of advanced math teachers. In Texas, since you already have a B.S. in math, you can do an intensive summer-long program for teacher cert and then begin teaching in the fall. Don't know if other states have similar programs. At the big urban schools in TX, teachers start at around $40K. Plus, there are government programs for student loan repayment for math and science teachers.

Pt314 · Senior Member

Things have just started to get better. I have two phone interviews this week. One for a job here in Utah, and another in Florida. We will see where this goes.

Thanks Roper for the heads up on the teaching opportunities. It seemed like everything I looked at required at least a masters. Perhaps I was looking in the wrong spots.