This is what it has come to?
I was talking to my friend last night. She's been unemployed and steadily looking since Christmas. Yesterday she had her (weekly?) discussion with her unemployment counselor. He advised her to remove her Master's degree from her resume.I understand that it screams Overqualified and Expensive, but how sad is it that she has to remove mention of something she worked hard and paid good money for? An asset has now become a liability in the job market.
After this conversation, we moved on to discuss her boyfriend of five years. Apparently, he sits in her house watching TV while she works outside mowing the lawn and raking leaves and doing other yard work. I think this is a bad sign. I wouldn't expect him to come over and do the work for her, but why wouldn't he help out if he's there? If they worked together, maybe they could get it done faster and spend more time together. This inaction on the boyfriend's part? Not a one time occurrence. I'm now even more heavily on the dump A bandwagon.
posted by E @5:44 PM