<prompt> Human: I have been unemployed and searching for work since January. My previous job was in construction at a salary of 50k. My unemployment comes to 481 per week. I recently started to get desperate and began applying to basic laborer jobs, thinking getting back to work at all would be better than staying unemployed. One of those positions wants to hire me 13hr immediately, but as I think about it more now it seems like this short-term position could hurt more than help. In the event that I dont find better work before the laborer job ends, would my new unemployment recalculate based on the 13hr? This position is not at a big company so there is no chance of moving up there, only finding something elsewhere.Im torn between really wanting to get back to work, but at the same time not wanting to hurt myself financially. I have student loans to pay and do not have the option of moving home various reasons. Does anyone have any suggestionsadvice? This feels like quite a pickle.  <response>: Replied with this to someone else, but in summary:You could either work 0 hours for 24k, or work 2000 hours for 26k. Thats 2000 hours for 2000 more dollars.This is equivalent to 1hour. 