I'm a collegr student working in the tech industry part time and was asked if I'd like to submit a resignation so it will "look better for me" vs getting fired on my last day. I am being letgo because the current job I was in charge of is no longer needed and they could not find me a new position after an internal interview, so they are choosing to let me go. I've done some basic googling and it seems that quitting will result in me being unable to receive unemployment while I search for a new job? I'm afraid that due to me being a student, and summer already having started it'd be pretty hard to find a developer job at this point. I'd still prefer to look for a developer position first, so I was wondering if I would be eligible to be terminated and collect unemployment while i apply and interview for these positions, or if I should just apply to something like retail temporarily and start my job search there.
I mostly want to know 1) Should I resign so it will "look better"? Or will that not really matter in the eyes of the companies looking to hire me? Can I simply state "I was let go because they closed the lab I was working in" or something like that?
2) If I want to collect and am eligible to collect unemployment (am i?), should I just be asked to be terminated?
3) I have phone bills and CC debt I'm worried about if I stay unemployed/can't find a proper job for too long, is there anything I can do for these? I've heard of people paying off cc debt with 0% CCs temporarily while working on paying it off, and I don't need a loan anytime soon, so this wouldn't ve a bad option for me as far as emergency plans go, right?
If I'm misunderstanding anything or if I missed anything, or you have any other advice, please let me know, thanks.
Edit: thank you everyone for the replies. Ive been busy reading Virginia employment laws and such that I've gotten various links to. Thank you so much for guiding me. I've stated that I wouldn't resign and the employer has notified me in writing that it is indeed layoff from lack of work and I'll be getting that in writing when I turn in my badge.
Submitted May 28, 2019 at 12:18PM by throwaway12038291 http://bit.ly/2VYdCga
