Drat.

[poltr1]

Last week, I went to an orientation session on the Workplace Investment Act (WIA) and began the application process. I was pursuing this as an avenue for funding additional training. Yesterday, I completed the application process and provided the requested paperwork. Today, my caseworker presented my case to the board. The board's response? I am marketable with the skill set I have right now.

*sigh*

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[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Did they give you any clues as to WHERE to market?

[poltr1]

Heck no! It was my caseworker at the Job Center (my county's one-stop office of the state Department of Job and Family Services) who presented my case to the board and who told me the results.

[amazon-42.livejournal.com]

It must be the beard.

That's all I can think of.

Because, see, it makes no friggin' sense, so it must be true.

Either that or you are covered in invisible katydids.

[poltr1]

What beard? I shaved it off last month.

[amazon-42.livejournal.com]

Oh. I uh, yeah. I knew that. I was making sure you did.

Honest.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

The board's response? I am marketable with the skill set I have right now.

Good. Tell them to market you, since they were so clear. Have them provide you leads, or agencies and contacts, or have them provide you training. They are public servants; let them serve, dammit.

[poltr1]

I have a hunch they'll just refer me to their Job Bank.

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

The problem is, they're not computer literate. They think that since you know several computer languages you should be able to find work as a programmer. The fact that your skill set is somewhat outdated, is too difficult a concept for them to grasp.
-- Dagonell

[poltr1]

Heh.

I have the same problem explaining the situation to my parents. That think that with 15 years of experience, I should be able to get any computer job I want. But it doesn't work that way. IT is not like a traditional skilled trade, with apprentices, journeymen, and masters. Mostly because the technology changes so much.

[yourmommma.livejournal.com]

Can you touch your toes? That ability got me turned down for disability. Seriously...the disability doc decided that if I can bend over, I can work.