-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 13-May-2015 13:21 <=-   
      
    NB>> Volunteering might serve the purpose of social interaction just fine...   
    NB>> possibly even better than an entry-level job... especially if the job in   
    NB>> your field gives you enough hours and pay to make it possible... :)   
    DAG> Yeah I've done a couple of shifts at Free Geek here, which kind of   
    DAG> ensures that I'll have things in common with the people that I'm   
    DAG> meeting.  I'm setting up another one right now, since the last one   
    DAG> didn't work out due to rescheduling that had to take place.    
      
   That sounds like a good fit.  :)   
      
    DAG> I was looking into some rehabilitation groups through the VA, too,   
    DAG> but after an introductory session there, I think I'll just leave that   
    DAG> to the people that need it a whole lot more.    
      
   Those can have a focus that isn't necessarily what you need... although   
   that might be a possibility for socializing if you thought your input   
   might be helpful to others, even if you don't think you really need it.   
      
    DAG> Regardless, with the hours   
    DAG> going up on the contract work I should be able to have the liberty to   
    DAG> choose what I'm doing fairly easily at this point. :)    
      
   And that is a good thing... :)  Promising, too... :)   
      
    NB>> I hear you.  Similar happening here, where there are so many people   
    NB>> trying for even those jobs that it's by no means guaranteed that just   
    NB>> because someone wants to work that they can get a job...   
    DAG> There's only one other area where I spent a decent amount of time   
    DAG> that had this kind of labor situation.  Well, actually it was a whole   
    DAG> lot worse.  I was there for around 6 months and never did get any   
    DAG> employment at all.  I don't know if the stats that I heard were correct   
    DAG> but it was allegedly around 28% at that recession peak (before they   
    DAG> started fudging the numbers) then.  It was in Yuma, AZ, as I've   
    DAG> mentioned before, and people were fighting tooth & nail to hold onto   
    DAG> fast food jobs or whatever else they could get.  In a situation like   
    DAG> that I'm guessing that management gets pretty used to getting whatever   
    DAG> they want, much like here.  It's all kind of foreign to me, when I'm   
    DAG> used to a location where I can walk out and start searching and usually   
    DAG> land something in less than a month or even two weeks.  They treat   
    DAG> their people a lot better in that area, too, at least at the   
    DAG> entry-level tier.    
      
   True...  the dynamic changes some when one HAS to keep the job... vs   
   when one can walk and find something better...   
      
    NB>> Definitely sounds promising... :)   Hope it truly pans out well...  :)   
    DAG> Things are still looking promising on the contract labor front.  I'm   
    DAG> getting held up a little bit by things outside of my control, but I'm   
    DAG> chomping at the bit and the work is there to be done.  I've got high   
    DAG> hopes.  :)  *thinks helplessly of the Pink Floyd song*   
      
   Or the Sinatra song... high apple-pie in the Sky-y-y-y hopes      
   Whoops there goes another rubbertree plant... ;)   Things should work   
   out just fine... :)   
      
    DAG>> I'll find something to do for the social situations.  I did have a   
    DAG>> good date day before yesterday here.  :)   
    NB>> :)   
    DAG> Had a second one that went well yesterday, too!  Taking everything   
    DAG> nice & slow, too.  Not going to get involved in a situation that's   
    DAG> going to tear me up again if I can help it.  :)   
      
   Good for you.  :)   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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