[Rathji]

A few years ago when financial reasons made me move into working full time and school part time, I was in this position.

I wanted a job in a tech field but I really didn't care what it was at the time. I applied for everything, programming gigs, Tech support for Shaw and Telus call centers, whatever came up, but no one was willing to take a chance on a guy with 3 years university with no related experience in the field. A few of the places I knew I was overqualified for (like the Shaw TSR) but they wouldn't even take a look at me.

I ended up going to work at Cargill Foods in High River, a job I worked for a few years when I was younger. Pretty much the worst job ever, but I needed to pay the bills.

If EI was an option for me, I probably would have tried it, because even 6 months working there until I got a job in my field caused me injury that I have yet to fully recover from (hand issues + carpal tunnel). I knew that it would happen going in, since I had previously worked cutting meat for almost 10 years full time, but I really didn't have an option.

I don't know where that puts me in terms of if I support this move. Sure people should be willing to take any job, but the reality is that not everyone is suited for every job so it is really just kind of wasting everyone's time and companies money to force them to take crappy jobs in the mean time.