It is sometimes hard to believe that I've been unemployed this long. I never expected it to last. I kind of hoped that I would have something by now. I am in a lull, as I shift through the information I uncovered through my research in the history field. At times it is frustrating as well. There is just so much information out there ripe for the picking, but no way to really sort it all intelligently.
I do get depressed when I realize what time I spent just trying fruitlessly to find work. It can be all consuming and frustrating at the same time. You want to wear that sign that says "Hire me!"....yet you are still reluctant to expose yourself to the world. Everyone tells you that you have to expose yourself in order to gain employment.
I did read with some interest that now employers will know all about your health because you will be required to take health assessment tests before you are gainfully employed. I don't know how true this is or what it really means to the average employee. To me, however, it seems to imply that the employer can now discriminate by your health status, your looks and what race you belong to (even though they don't usually do this due to laws on the books.) Yet I can't help thinking that in order to be employed, you have to run through a battery of tests that determine your weight and health status. I feel that this really "smacks" of socialism and takes away a freedom that should be our right to hold....That is the freedom of privacy in regards to healthcare status. No one needs to know about my health status, and I refuse to let them have that information. Maybe I'm being a bit melodramatic here about what I'm beginning to see happening here, or maybe I'm right on target with it as being yet another barrier to employment.
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