For those affected today, if you are in Illinois, please file for unemployment on the IDES website today or tomorrow. Sears will not block this and in our state you can collect UI while on 'severance'....IDES has a 'waiting week' then after that once you certify after 2 weeks you will begin collecting unemployment benefits. When you sign the severance paperwork the fine print mentions that while 'Sears intends to pay out severance but reserves the right to stop it at any time'....considering the dire situation we have here it's best to protect yourself and file right away. If you get the 'Right management' resume service, use them to polish up your resume then post it right away on Indeed, Dice, Monster, etc websites. The job market is decent and you'll probably find some positions to apply for right away. In some cases you will be called by 'Headhunters' looking to fill jobs for their clients. Log all of these contacts on the IDES contact log that is downloaded from IDES website. I am confident withing a month or two you will have another job. Good luck to all. p.s. This is not a sad time, it's an opportunity to get out of a dying company and work for a profitable and vibrant company.... one that actually gives salary increases , matches a 401k and doesn't charge so much for health insurance......
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