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that's all well and good for a student or someone just out of school. most people can't afford to run around to a job they aren't getting paid to be at.
i'm also not sure if it affects unemployment insurance at all...
grown ups shouldn't have to be slave labor.
I was thinking in terms that the individual was geting Unemployment Insurance at the time. But if it comes to sitting at home or being productive, and possibly showing your skills, I would be better off doing the latter.
i know. i saw where you were going with it.
when i was in college and law school, i did my time interning. no one will higher an older person who works for free. they'd take their free labor and then send them on their way.
finding a job is a full time job, imo. and companies shouldn't be encouraged to suck the life out of people for free. in my experience, companies don't pay when they get things for free.
Indeed, finding a job IS a full time job, and a successful search might include demonstrating knowledge and skills. How is a demonstration, "sucking the life out of people?"
If it takes a 80 hour week of free labor to demonstrate you know how to do anything, then whatever you're doing probably isn't worth very much.