For example, for the past 20 odd years, various employers I have worked for have paid unemployment for me in various capacities I have worked in. Getting laid off during the Clinton Administration I applied for unemployment, but never submitted for a check. So I never used it. All that my employers paid in unemployment benefits for me went to someone else. It’s a typical Socialist program.

Now, to add insult to injury (for business) – if I were to file claim now – the employer ends up paying a higher rate for a few years.

I know someone who recently lost her job, but who’s husband makes enough to support them. She applied for unemployment and got it for 6 months as long as she applies to two jobs per week. She wasn’t in a hurry to get a new job. In fact, she said that she had some job applications ready, but she was holding onto them because she had already met her quota for the week. She’s perfectly happy taking the unemployment check while she does some freelance work on the side (apparently that’s totally legal) and waits for a good opportunity to come along. And I don’t blame her.

When I think of that story, I can’t help but think there’s something wrong with our unemployment system. I’m not opposed to expanding the benefits to people who really need it during hard economic times, but when you’re giving the benefit to people who don’t need it, or giving people so much that there is no motivation to get a job, there’s a problem.

http://www.linkedin.com (networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated lists)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you to jobs)

Whole Top 10 list here:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblistings/tp/jobbanks.htm