The Write Woman Kicks Unemployment in the Head with 351 Days to Go

This post deals with a critical thinking topic that most Americans can relate to—finding employment. As individualized as the world has become with computers, Ipods, and everything starting with “I,” relationships may take a seat behind entertainment. Don’t be fooled by thinking you can take on the world by yourself, unless you’re a direct descendent of Bill Gates or Donald Trump. Merit should count for more.

Once you’re out of the workforce for six months, forget it. Every job application you submit with your social security number has the ability of demoting your credit score a ding or two. The lower your score, the less likely you are to be hired and your score lowers, making your next effort even less likely. This mad maze of surrendering yourself to nothingness continues at the speed of light. The obvious choice would be to mark up a piece of cardboard, telling the world how desperate you are, at the corner of WallyWorld and Humble Street. But for those individuals who refuse to quit without a battle, that isn’t an option. It’d be called, “Hiring on Merit.”  (And no, Merit is not the name of your second uncle on your mother’s side.)

A long time ago, before you and I were even a jest toward the planet, people bartered with words as a bond. “But,” I hear you say, “this is when people were still honest!” Bullsnickety! People were no more honest then than they are now. Lynch mobs used to throw people into bogs and watch them release air bubbles on the way down. People have always been a bit twisted, we just hear about it more with our friendly Internet. But Farmer Bob would trade bushels of corn for a cow from the ranch down the road. If the trade satisfied both sides, trading would continue. That’s exactly what Hiring on Merit would do. Check it out.

Take someone who has been a student for a long time, but because of necessities at home, isn’t employed. After graduation, what is this person supposed to do? “Oooo, ooo, I know, Mr. Kotter. Be hired on merit!” This is when an individual agrees to work for a company for a few days to a week for no charge. After the pre-arranged time is met, the hiring agency determines to keep the employee for pay or not. A week’s time is generally enough to establish the functionality of an individual in a business environment, but doing this over and over again won’t benefit the company much. Meanwhile, the person hired on merit may gain or improve a skill and time wouldn’t really be lost. At least in this manner there is a chance a job has been located. What do you think about this idea? If you don’t like it, what is another suggestion for combating the horrific dilemma of unemployment?

Meanwhile, I think I’ll jump back into the shower to see if the pulsating water can drum any more useful information up. Do you have any employment ideas for a free writer and/or movie professional?