On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:29:35 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> On 17/09/2012 04:52 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> You've got a severance package, don't wait for it to run out.  Start
>> now and don't give up.
> 
> Now? I started several weeks ago. :-P (I've already been to 2 interviews
> this summer, remember? That equals my previous record of 2 interviews
> this human lifetime...)

The outplacement service I was given access to with the layoff said that 
one should be doing 4-5 interviews a week IIRC, and sending 20-30 CVs a 
week.  It's all about numbers.

Now, myself, I haven't done that kind of volume myself.  And 16 months 
later, I'm still looking for a full-time position.  But I'm also being 
very picky about who I even apply to - and since I have contract work 
bringing in income, I can afford to be a little more picky.

>> If I break a leg or am in an auto accident, I'm pretty much screwed.
> 
> Uh, yeah. It must be great living in a country where if you have a
> health problem but you're not rich enough to pay a doctor, they just
> leave you to die... (What is this, the 5th century or something?!)

Well, no, they don't leave you to die (though there are some who would be 
perfectly happy to do so).  You go to the emergency room and get the 
minimum care necessary to keep you alive - and then you end up paying for 
anything else until you go bankrupt.

Fortunately, the new health care law addresses part of that problem - 
along with lifetime maximum coverage (without which, even people with 
coverage can/have gone bankrupt if they contract something that requires 
a lifetime of expensive meds and treatments).

Jim

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