Job and soon to be school less

I have been collecting Unemployment since I lost my job in March of 2009. I searched high and low for another job with no luck. After sitting home for several months I decided to go back to school to enhance my skills and provide myself with better opportunities.

I just received a letter that my unemployment is no more because I have maxed out.

I was just informed that you can still collect unemployment while you are attending school.

If I am not eligible for any more benefits, not only haven’t I found a job yet, but I may have to drop out of school as well cause I have no more finances to get to school or books.

Financial aide isn’t always enough from one semester to the next.

Comments anyone?

Comments for Job and soon to be school less

Mar 02, 2011

You dodged a “bullet”

by: Anonymous

Read Chris’ column on the left hand side of this web page, “School & Benefits.”

Appears you have managed to attend school for a year and a half without notifying the unemployment department. Does the claim form for your state or whatever method is used to report a weekly claim, ask if you had started or were enrolled in school? Most do.

For now, looks like you may have dodged a “bullet,” but shot yourself in the foot. You have no work, no source to pay for the essentials of life.

Good luck.