My wife just quitted her job last week as well. She's roaming around town right now, enjoying her freedom as well. I think (I hope) that she'll come to her sense soon enough and get a job again. Why did you quit your position? What about it that you didn't like? HR management books said that most people quit their job because they don't like their boss....
The book you read gives a reason very fit. This is also the reason accounted for a large proportion of my decision. My corporate governance is different from my CEOs, I have been here for over 2 years and have 4 CEOs but things have not changed. :( And I do not think the 5th CEO will be different.
As far as I know, that unemployment is a big problem for people living in USA. And if it's a problem for you, an encouragement for her to have the spirit of work is necessary.
In Vietnam is other, if I leave Nghe An, I will get a professional job and higher salary. But I decided to live here. This position, although I was promised a 50% increase in salary but I really do not want to work anymore.
You read about human resources management, I'm curious what your main job is?
The unemployment rate in the USA is low, only 3.7% (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf). It's a lot higher for people who don't have higher education degree. For many older Vietnamese people who immigrated to the United States and are working in blue-collar (factory) jobs, that is a problem. It's because those jobs are shifting to countries like China, Vietnam, and India. Workers in those countries have a higher level of education and can work for lower wages. It is difficult for someone in the USA to work one job and have a side business as another. There are many challenges and obstacles preventing people from setting up shop as a would-be business owner. Just the act of renting space presents itself as a problem. You have to find the necessary permit and can only rent in a zoned commercial area. For someone testing the water with limited resources, it is a significant challenge.
oh 3,7% numbers are quite impressive. In Vietnam it is lower, more than 2%, but I have never believed in the number provided by the government. Moreover, in Vietnam there are many people who do not work full time, concentrated in the countryside, they work seasonally or only 3-4 hours a day, and still be counted as not unemployed.
I find that Trump is doing very well in bringing jobs back to USD. I'm sure things will be a little easier with search for a job. Moreover, consumption spending in the USA increased this year, It is unclear whether this helps to increase the job with low level.
Laws in the USA are more detailed, more number & law enforcement is also better compared with VN, So I can understand the difficulty of a job as a side business. This explains that unemployment in the US is a problem :( It is living in places too many law also takes too much freedom. :(