| So many people feel guilty or ashamed by the | | | | for you than simply process your claim. |
| need to file for unemployment. They worry that | | | | The unemployment department was created to |
| the unemployment department will be judgmental | | | | help people who have lost their jobs and need |
| or make them feel as though they've done | | | | some assistance to get back on their feet. You |
| something wrong for simply filing for | | | | may have been fired or the company might have |
| unemployment benefits. | | | | downsized or you might have even become too ill |
| With the advent of so much new technology, the | | | | to continue working. |
| markets are changing dramatically and there is | | | | No matter what your circumstances, as long as |
| much corporate restructuring. Employees are | | | | you're no longer working, you are entitled to call |
| being laid off even when they've done nothing | | | | your state unemployment department to ask |
| wrong. | | | | questions about your benefits or even about your |
| If this has happened to you, don't believe it's your | | | | eligibility for unemployment benefits. |
| fault. It is quite normal to be angry and upset. | | | | Many individual state unemployment departments |
| Some people become depressed when they lose | | | | may also be able to help you with job placement |
| their jobs. | | | | and training programs. |
| The unemployment department does more than | | | | Job transitioning is never easy for anyone, so |
| just process your unemployment claim. They can | | | | always remember that there is plenty of help |
| help you to locate and access various resources | | | | available, along with community resources. You |
| designed to help you cope with the stress of | | | | might even be eligible for emergency financial |
| unemployment until you do eventually find a new | | | | assistance if your circumstances have become |
| job. | | | | quite difficult. |
| Unemployment benefits are not a form of | | | | A quick visit to an unemployment department |
| welfare, nor are they free money from the | | | | website will also show you options you might |
| government. The funds were paid into an | | | | have for replacement health care coverage now |
| unemployment account by your former employer | | | | that your former employer is no longer taking |
| to cover you and your income in the event that | | | | care of your health care. |
| you became unemployed. | | | | Call your local unemployment office and discuss |
| As long as you became unemployed through no | | | | your options. You'll be surprised at how willing the |
| fault of your own, you are rightfully entitled to file | | | | staff are to help you get through this time in |
| for unemployment benefits. But there is much | | | | your life. |
| more that the unemployment department can do | | | | |