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Does collecting unemployment go on your permanent record?

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Ilikepiedoyou

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I am currently an architecture and engineering student and I still have a year and a half left of school. I have been working at an architecture firm or a little over a year and a half as an intern. The firm specializes in high end residential work, and over the past few months, there has been a significant slow down in work coming in.

I have been paying my way through school, and I was considering filing for unemployment to help get some cash for the time being. I have another internship this coming summer, so I would only need the cash to help pay for tuition, books, .... this coming semester.

Have any of you done this? Does it go on your permanent record? I am worried that if it does, it won't look good to future employers.
 
There are rules to filing for unemployment... are you sure you CAN collect just because you lost your income from an internship?
 
Did they lay you off? Are you a full time employee?

You're probably not going to get anything considering you're a student and were only an intern.
 
Originally posted by: Ilikepiedoyou
I am worried that if it does, it won't look good to future employers.
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i am not aware of employers having access to previous unemployment filings or being able to use such information in the hiring process

p.s. i do like pie
 
As others have mentioned, students don't get unemployment.

Companies don't care if have collected unemployment in the past. They only care about your work history...ie if you've been fired or not, have a criminal history or not, etc. They generally are understanding if you were laid off.
 
I heard if you make it to retirement without going on unemployment you receive 5 gold stars in your permanent record. It might be an urban legend though.
 
This thread wins! The only record of you taking unemployment are those at the unemployment office and those at the IRS. You need to be laid off in order to collect. Rawr!
 
Thanks, no I am not sure if I am even qualified. Two summers ago I was taken on as a summer intern, but business was good, and he asked me stay through the year, gave me vacation time, IRA, offered health care.... so maybe it would qualify as more than just an internship. However, being a student, might be what will hold me back.
 
Why would students be ineligible for unemployment? If they are available for full-time work, they should be eligible.
 
I think it depends on if it is a real job or not

"intern" might just be a title for a real job
or
"intern" might really be a an unpaid student learning thing in which case you can't get unemployment

it depends on how the employer classifies the position and if they paid unemployment ins. for the position

i think
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Why would students be ineligible for unemployment? If they are available for full-time work, they should be eligible.
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Because it would be abused. Going to school is considered your job. So you're not really unemployed.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Why would students be ineligible for unemployment? If they are available for full-time work, they should be eligible.
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Yeah, I don't get it. 😕

If he had a full time, tax-paying job, he should be able to get unemployment.

It certainly won't hurt anything to try, in any case. The worst that will happen is they will deny your claim.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: kranky
Why would students be ineligible for unemployment? If they are available for full-time work, they should be eligible.
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Because it would be abused. Going to school is considered your job. So you're not really unemployed.
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How would it be any more abused than the current system?

And that's crap. Going to school is considered your job? Well going to school isn't paying for my tuition, food, or rent. My FT job is my job.
 
"So, you interview the new candidates?"
"Yeah, Mick didn't do so well in the interview...and worse, he has three felonies on record."
"Well, Sam was looking likely...he totally aced the interview, knows everything about the company and the potential job, and is all around a nice guy...but apparently he collected unemployment for a couple months three years ago:Q"

"OMGWTFBBQ! I'll give Mick the call RIGHT away! We really dodged a bullet there!"

Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: kranky
Why would students be ineligible for unemployment? If they are available for full-time work, they should be eligible.
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Because it would be abused. Going to school is considered your job. So you're not really unemployed.
Click to expand...

How would it be any more abused than the current system?

And that's crap. Going to school is considered your job? Well going to school isn't paying for my tuition, food, or rent. My FT job is my job.
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Maybe you should work while you're going to school, like all us regular jackoffs did.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Why would students be ineligible for unemployment? If they are available for full-time work, they should be eligible.
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Because a full-time student is obviously not available for full-time work.
 
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