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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Lynn, I don't know how you do it, but there has to be a way for someone with 
your credentials to get a "distance" job; proofreading; research, etc.  Maybe 
someone like Marie could advise you?  ......................

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--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] 'A 'Sign" of the times
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:26 PM
> I can feel for him. I've been looking for a job for over
> a year now. I apply 
> for every minimum wage job within about 10 miles. I've
> applied at the Dollar 
> Bazaar 3 times, and they won't even interview me. They
> hire young men who 
> disappear after a month or two, so the sign is back out. On
> the advice of 
> the gov. employment agency I'm registered with,
> I've dumbed down my resume 
> (taken my BA and MLS off...just a high school graduate now)
>  Being 52 
> (almost 53) and having been a stay-at-home mom for 17 years
> really hurts my 
> chances of even getting a dishwashing job (didn't get
> and interview for 
> that, either). I've also applied for better jobs, but
> they come along once 
> in a blue moon.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co, PA
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 2:09 PM
> Subject: [Homestead] 'A 'Sign" of the times
> 
> 
> Wow, I just saw this on CNN about an ex-executive wearing a
> sandwich board 
> begging for a job - he was laid off earlier this year,
> after almost 40 years 
> employment-
> 
> he is not just doing this as a gimmick, if you read the
> article, he is in a 
> bad way
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
>    Wearing 'almost homeless' sign, ex-executive
> seeks workStory Highlights
> Paul Nawrocki worked in toy industry for 36 years before
> February layoff
> After unsuccessful initial job hunt, Nawrocki started
> wearing sign in New 
> York
> Sign says: "Almost homeless. Looking for
> employment"
> 
> 
> Nawrocki is running out of money; partially disabled wife
> on 15 medications
> 
> 
> 
> 
> NEW YORK (CNN) -- Paul Nawrocki says he's beyond the
> point where he cares 
> about humiliation.
> 
> 
> Paul Nawracki, jobless since February, stands on New York
> corners with a 
> sign announcing his job search.
> 
>  1 of 3  That's why he weekly takes a 90-minute train
> ride to New York, 
> where he walks the streets wearing a sandwich board that
> advertises his 
> plight: The former toy-industry executive needs a job.
> 
> "Almost homeless," reads the sign. "Looking
> for employment. Very experienced 
> operations and administration manager."
> 
> Wearing a suit and tie under the sign, Nawrocki -- who was
> in the toy 
> industry 36 years before being laid off in February --
> stands on Manhattan 
> corners for hours, hoping to pass resumes to interested
> passers-by.
> 
> "When you're out of work and you face having
> nothing -- I mean, having no 
> income -- pride doesn't mean anything," Nawrocki
> said. "You need to find 
> work. I have to take care of my family." iReport.com:
> Have you lost your 
> job? Tell us your story.
> 
> People look but don't often stop. A woman in the
> jewelry business paused as 
> Nawrocki stood with his sign outside Grand Central Station
> recently.
> 
> "I feel sorry for him. I wish I could help him,"
> she said. "I'll pray for 
> him. I'll give him a prayer card."
> 
> 
> Nawrocki will take the prayers. His wife is partially
> disabled and on 15 
> medications, his daughter has student loans, and he's
> running out of money, 
> he says.
> 
> He tried more traditional approaches at looking for work,
> but nothing came 
> through. His daughter eventually suggested handing out
> résumés on the 
> street.
> 
> "We started talking, and she actually came up with the
> suggestion of putting 
> on the sign board. I thought, 'That's not a bad
> idea.' So, here I am," he 
> said.  Watch Nawrocki explain why he's using the sign
> »
> 
> Getting the right person's attention is tough.
> Competing with him for the 
> eyes of passers-by are charity groups and homeless people
> seeking donations.
> 
> But there was one hopeful moment as CNN was interviewing
> him. A man 
> identifying himself as the head of a New York executive
> recruiting firm took 
> one of Nawrocki's résumés.
> 
> The man, Steve Warren, was asked whether employers are
> looking for people 
> with Nawrocki's expertise.
> 
> "It's very difficult," Warren said. "The
> operations pieces are all exported 
> to overseas, and the problem that we face is, guys like Mr.
> Nawrocki have a 
> problem finding work here."
> 
> Warren was asked whether someone could find a job using
> Nawrocki's 
> walking-the-streets tactic.
> 
> "Well, I found his résumé here, so I'm going to
> try to find him 
> [something]," he said.
> 
> Nawrocki has plenty of competition. The U.S. government
> said 533,000 jobs in 
> the country were lost in November, and more than 1.9
> million jobs have been 
> lost in 2008.
> 
> 
> But he retains hope that he and his sign will attract the
> right opportunity.
> 
> "There has got to be a job out there, and hopefully
> there's one for me," he 
> said.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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