Spouses Role in a Job Search, and under 5% Unemployment Rate

Spouses Role in a Job Search, and under 5% Unemployment Rate I just got pinged from a blog post, which included a link to one of my most favorite blog posts.  Joyce is a photographer in Houston, and wrote about her husbands layoff.  Please read this. For all of the politicians celebrating the terrific under 5% unemployment rate, this is the reality of todays world, when a layoff happens: Curve Ball In her post, Joyce links to a post I wrote six years ago, titled The Spouses Role In Your Job Search.  I have 13 points there please read that, too, and share it with people who need to read it. In my comment to Joyce, I wrote: I just read about the super low unemployment rate that everyone in the U.S. should be celebrating… just like had 10 years ago when I was in transition. It felt like everyone was happy about how great the economy was, but in my house, the unemployment rate was 100% A low unemployment rate when I was unemployed meant that there was something wrong with me.  Nothing made sense in that logic, but it didnt help my thinking or attitude. This is why I do what I do.  Because there are real families and relationships and lives impacted. Spouses Role in a Job Search, and under 5% Unemployment Rate I just got pinged from a blog post, which included a link to one of my most favorite blog posts.  Joyce is a photographer in Houston, and wrote about her husbands layoff.  Please read this. For all of the politicians celebrating the terrific under 5% unemployment rate, this is the reality of todays world, when a layoff happens: Curve Ball In her post, Joyce links to a post I wrote six years ago, titled The Spouses Role In Your Job Search.  I have 13 points there please read that, too, and share it with people who need to read it. In my comment to Joyce, I wrote: I just read about the super low unemployment rate that everyone in the U.S. should be celebrating… just like had 10 years ago when I was in transition. It felt like everyone was happy about how great the economy was, but in my house, the unemployment rate was 100% A low unemployment rate when I was unemployed meant that there was something wrong with me.  Nothing made sense in that logic, but it didnt help my thinking or attitude. This is why I do what I do.  Because there are real families and relationships and lives impacted. Spouses Role in a Job Search, and under 5% Unemployment Rate I just got pinged from a blog post, which included a link to one of my most favorite blog posts.  Joyce is a photographer in Houston, and wrote about her husbands layoff.  Please read this. For all of the politicians celebrating the terrific under 5% unemployment rate, this is the reality of todays world, when a layoff happens: Curve Ball In her post, Joyce links to a post I wrote six years ago, titled The Spouses Role In Your Job Search.  I have 13 points there please read that, too, and share it with people who need to read it. In my comment to Joyce, I wrote: I just read about the super low unemployment rate that everyone in the U.S. should be celebrating… just like had 10 years ago when I was in transition. It felt like everyone was happy about how great the economy was, but in my house, the unemployment rate was 100% A low unemployment rate when I was unemployed meant that there was something wrong with me.  Nothing made sense in that logic, but it didnt help my thinking or attitude. This is why I do what I do.  Because there are real families and relationships and lives impacted.