The Economy Series Top 5

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Rule #1 one when applying for unemployment - Don't wait to apply.  

As soon as your favorite boss says you're fired - snatch up that phone & file for unemployment.  Use the internet too if your state of residence is up to speed.

Hopefully you didn't do anything stupid to get fired...like say maybe,  getting caught updating your Facebook status telling everyone how awesome your vacation is when you are supposed to be out sick.  Duh.

Rule #2 - DENY, DENY, DENY - unless you are from the Lone Star state, the truth doesn't come easy.  You know you downloaded that porn on your company PC but meh, everyone uses your PC so it could be anyone, right?

Rule #3 - Don't trust your employer when he tells you to quit instead of being fired.  If you quit in lieu of termination, you have to explain to your next employer why you were going to be terminated anyway.  Explaining to a prospective employer that you really didn't steal the bank deposit but accidentally took it home because the bank was closed, really doesn't fly.

Rule #4 - Despite popular belief, employees don't pay unemployment insurance tax - the employer does.  So, if you are currently being paid under the table and have been for the last 5 years, you can go ahead and put a claim in but  your prospects are slim in that area.  Find another job.

Rule #5 - NEVER, EVER, EVER admit to or sign anything your employer puts in front of you.  Even if they threaten to call the police.  Let them.  If they had evidence that you stole that leftover produce slated to be destroyed or trashed, they would have called the poe-lease from jump.