-=> Quoting Maestro #144 @1504003*1 to Captain K #260 @1504003*1 <=-

 M#@> HUNDREDS of jobs out there for anyone willing to work.  Remember, ALL
 M#@> unemployment is ultimately by choice. Hope this helps.  Go get 'em!

Wrong answer, Maestro!  Spent 18 months unemployed like this.  Have 45 versions
of a terrific resume to prove it.  Worked my butt off at it.  But I could not
take one of those hundreds of jobs at minimum wage with less than full time
hours and still support a family.

So how did I finally get a job?  I got several companies fax numbers and set
up my computer to fax particular resumes to those companies overnight with
my puter.  That clicked.

Also happened to be helping a secretary I know understand an engineering
inspection report and was dictating a report to her.  The guy that owned the
company was standing behind me and I did not know it.  He talked to me.  After
I had fixed a couple of problems with his new computer that he was getting
frustrated with he saw I had talents elsewhere.  Now I work for him at a nice
price.

It boils down to two things:  The luck to be in the right place at the right
time or just pure NEPOTISM.

... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.
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