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Sanity Claws

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6. I work for a nonprofit

Reply to LuckyTheDog (Reply #5)

Tue May 21, 2013, 12:40 PM

May 2013

that is affiliated with a major organized religion.
I am treated well and they hired me when I had been trying to eke out a living from self-employed consulting and temping.
Please reconsider nonprofits, particularly if you are at the point where you are not getting any interviews from corporate America.

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Laid off 6 months ago -- applied for dozens of jobs. NO interviews. [View all] LuckyTheDog May 2013 OP

Do not give up hope. Discouraged, yes, but plug on. CurtEastPoint May 2013 #1

Are you looking for work only in Detroit? Sanity Claws May 2013 #2

I have applied for jobs all over the country LuckyTheDog May 2013 #3

My understanding Sanity Claws May 2013 #4

PR = Corporate communications in most cases LuckyTheDog May 2013 #5

I work for a nonprofit Sanity Claws May 2013 #6

I have looked into nonprofts LuckyTheDog May 2013 #7