This is an anonymous unemployment story submission. I am currently unemployed after about four months. I average about two interviews per month and am constantly on the job hunt, trying to find a role that interests me, that I have a marginal chance of getting, and ones I have experience in. This is HARD. So…
To all you brilliant, yet unemployed people…
I have technically been unemployed since late 2012. I have had some temporary jobs here and there, but nothing I would put on my resume. Those jobs were the sorts of jobs who would hire anybody to do them, and those aren’t usually very good jobs. In fact, all of them were pretty miserable. I…
Waiting for that door to open
Submitted by an anonymous contributor. A little background, I am a single mom of two teenagers living in Atlanta Georgia. The last time I was unemployed was over 24 years ago. I worked for my last employer for 14 years. For reasons unrelated to my job performance, or any wrongdoing on mine or the company’s…
Unemployed but don’t qualify for unemployment
I made a choice to quit my career a year and a half ago to move with my partner of 4 years, who is in the military, because the military moved us. Because we are not married I don’t qualify for unemployment. In the new place we moved to I have basically hit a brick…
5 Interview questions that should be asked, but aren’t
I’ve recently found myself on ‘that’ side of the table. You know the one. The side where you sit alone and face a panel of inquisitors who hold crisp, white sheets of paper with questions that require you to summarize your career in two minute intervals. It’s been over 10 years since I’ve had to…
The Continuing Saga of a Frustrated (Passive) Job Seeker-Ed Tsyitee, Jr. @GreenChileAdict
I am so pleased to have this writer return to continue talking about his unemployment journey. Follow him on Twitter for more! In the last entry, I mentioned how difficult it was to find a great paying job in this area that was not a service sector job. The fact is this area-from Las Cruces…
Why is she unemployed? She did nothing wrong. [An Unemployment Story]
Just a short story and personal experience of a client of mine. Client A as I will refer to her as, was a customer service rep. for a large non-profit organization in Md. She was a 7 year employee with an excellent work history. In late May of 2014 she slipped on a wet step…
What It Feels Like When You Lose It All – An Anonymous Unemployment Story
I encourage all of you to share your unemployment story with me and my readers. Please visit the following link to share your story. Today I am feeling like I do most days, worthless. Today I come to a semi-conclusion that a feeling of worthlessness comes in waves but stays when confirmed by the words and…
Jumping Off Cliffs – YIPPPYYYYY!!! – [A Funny, Inspiring Unemployment Story]
Like a moth drawn to the light, the cliffs have always seductively beckoned me… And I, just like that moth, have typically been oblivious to the “danger” the cliffs held… “Ooooohhh, what a pretty cliff’s edge!…” I’d think… It seemed that the closer I’d get to those edges, everyone around me kept frantically saying,…
Submit Your Unemployment Story
I want to hear your unemployment stories. So, send me an email and tell me your work woes, your struggles, your inspirational moments. I want to hear them. It doesn’t have to be profound. It doesn’t have to be long. I just want to know. I can use your name if you want, but I’m…