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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 371174" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>After sleeping on it, I have a few more thoughts about all this.</p><p></p><p>1) I now question whether or not the job I applied for was a valid job to begin with or a scam by this staffing agency to get temp people working for them. I found the ad online and responded to it, along with a few others. The responses I got from the others were clearly scams- trying to get me to send money or fill out applications with CC #s without showing any valid company name. This staffing agency is a real company, however it dawned on me that DSS is normally required to advertise their open positions on a government website. I checked this morning and they have no open position like what was advertised. It's possible that they are allowed to use a staffing agency under circumstances, maybe, but I'm not sure. </p><p></p><p>But when they lady from the agency called yesterday she first said that DSS had decided to close the position for now. I knew that didn't sound right so I politely said "oh, it sounds like they just decided to eliminate me as a candidate" and she then said "well, yes". I asked why and she told me I was over -qualified, they thought I'd get bored, and they were concerned about the cause of separation from last employment. I bought that at the time and just said I understood. Then she told me to call in any Monday morning if I was available for clerical work that week and they might be able to get me temp work doing that. I asked if that would require being able to type 60wpm or something like that, she said probably, and I said I can't do that. I have no ability at all in that area.</p><p></p><p>2) I've decided to only apply to ads for part-time jobs or part-time leading to full time work, at least for now. Once school is back in session and IF difficult child is behaving, I'll go for full time. This will cut down time away from work for appts and make it easier if the school calls and says I need to pick up difficult child- they might just have to wait a few more hours. If I'm working all day, I have no choice but to leave early to go pick him up.</p><p></p><p>3) It REALLY peeves me that if I was a foster parent of difficult child, none of the county people in any agency would be taking the "it's your problem" attitude and I could get financial help, help supervising difficult child, etc. But they don't offer that for people who are raising their bio child. Obviously that goes back to blaming the parent. And yes EB, difficult child has played it to the hilt knowing I'd get more blame than him in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 371174, member: 3699"] After sleeping on it, I have a few more thoughts about all this. 1) I now question whether or not the job I applied for was a valid job to begin with or a scam by this staffing agency to get temp people working for them. I found the ad online and responded to it, along with a few others. The responses I got from the others were clearly scams- trying to get me to send money or fill out applications with CC #s without showing any valid company name. This staffing agency is a real company, however it dawned on me that DSS is normally required to advertise their open positions on a government website. I checked this morning and they have no open position like what was advertised. It's possible that they are allowed to use a staffing agency under circumstances, maybe, but I'm not sure. But when they lady from the agency called yesterday she first said that DSS had decided to close the position for now. I knew that didn't sound right so I politely said "oh, it sounds like they just decided to eliminate me as a candidate" and she then said "well, yes". I asked why and she told me I was over -qualified, they thought I'd get bored, and they were concerned about the cause of separation from last employment. I bought that at the time and just said I understood. Then she told me to call in any Monday morning if I was available for clerical work that week and they might be able to get me temp work doing that. I asked if that would require being able to type 60wpm or something like that, she said probably, and I said I can't do that. I have no ability at all in that area. 2) I've decided to only apply to ads for part-time jobs or part-time leading to full time work, at least for now. Once school is back in session and IF difficult child is behaving, I'll go for full time. This will cut down time away from work for appts and make it easier if the school calls and says I need to pick up difficult child- they might just have to wait a few more hours. If I'm working all day, I have no choice but to leave early to go pick him up. 3) It REALLY peeves me that if I was a foster parent of difficult child, none of the county people in any agency would be taking the "it's your problem" attitude and I could get financial help, help supervising difficult child, etc. But they don't offer that for people who are raising their bio child. Obviously that goes back to blaming the parent. And yes EB, difficult child has played it to the hilt knowing I'd get more blame than him in the past. [/QUOTE]
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