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    Default Can I Collect Unemployment if Job Interviewed for is Not Job Given

    My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Massachusetts

    I recently was let go from a temp position for a major Financial Service company. I was let go due to cuts to the department. My work and performance had nothing to do with the decision. I was offered to interview for another position in the company. A job and industry I was very interested in. The interviewers told me about the position and described a completely different position to what I was told my first day on the job.

    Its basically another short term job with no opportunity for perm. This company is outsourcing like crazy and minimizing its work force.

    My question is would I be able to collect if I leave under those circumstances to actually take the time and search for a permanent job.

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    Default Re: Can I Collect Unemployment if Job Interviewed for is Not Job Given

    No, quitting because the job does not have permanent options will not qualify you for unemployment in MA (or any other state that I know of, but definitely not in MA). It is also to your benefit, at least in MA, to take temporary jobs when offered even if they do not have the option of going permanent. If you should exhaust your current claim without finding another job, you will be glad to have as many temporary jobs as you can have on your record; they will stand you in good stead when it comes to calculating a second claim.

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    Default Re: Can I Collect Unemployment if Job Interviewed for is Not Job Given

    Well its no only that the job isnt permanent. But the job I interviewed for was not the job I got hired for.

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    Default Re: Can I Collect Unemployment if Job Interviewed for is Not Job Given

    Since it's only a temp job anyway, it's likely not to make any difference. Millions of people look for a job while they still have one.

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    Default Re: Can I Collect Unemployment if Job Interviewed for is Not Job Given

    Doesn't change the answer one whit. You STILL can't quit and expect the DUA to approve a claim.

    I have more than a little experience with the MA DUA from both sides of the desk. You are FAR better off taking the job and looking for work after hours or when it ends. The chances that you will be able to collect if you quit are so small I don't have equipment capable of measuring it since I left the genetics lab.

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    If it's suitable work (i.e. work that you are qualified and able to do), then you can't quit without risk of losing your benefits. So, even though it's not the job you thought it would be, if you can do the work, then your UI office would deny you if you quit.

    However, if you can't do the job or are not qualified, and the company lays you off because of it, you have a good chance of getting benefits. So, your best bet is to keep this job unless the employer says otherwise.

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