I Am Currently Unemployed Stories of Experiences

I am unemployed and very angry.
I have a degree as accountant and Nurse Assistant (ADB here in Italy).
I can't find a f!ucking job in this sh!tty Italy.
I will move away, because I am fed up of being at home all the day, looking for a...

I am a single mother to a teenager who has a learning disability. I am also a LPN. I live in CT and have been unemployed for almost 2 years now. We are also homeless and have been since I lost my job in 2011. It has caused a host of...

I was jobless for 8 months, sending out dozens of resumes a month and wondering why I wasn't getting called in for interviews. Then I got desperate and started doing some research online, and I found an organization in California that...

Regardless of what anyone says; age does matter.

I just found out that I was going to be fired in 2 weeks time. My boss didnt want to tell me but I found out . Now I'm just waiting for the axe to fall on my head.

Throughout the years...

Need Extra Money and Love Helping Others?

After my most recent denial from disability I decided I needed a new avenue for income fast, but being a mother of two I couldn't afford a SCAM! I reconnected with an old friend and she told...

I lost my job about 2 years ago. I suffer from depression off and on because of that amongst other things. It seems like my "luck" has been getting worse and worse. I have applied for what seems like hundreds of jobs (anything) but...

I worked 2 jobs for a while and one after the other, lost them both.
Its sucks but,
Its nice not being tied down :]

thinking of hittin the road for while.

theres nothing better in this world then being free

I just quit my job after being employed by the same employer for 21+ years. My employer is a doctor. He just kept pushing and pushing me. I know he wanted me to quit because he didn't want to fire me. He kept complaining how broke...

I have been without a decent job.

I've had some contracts here and there but nothing to get me started. I live at home and I'm so thankful I have a family that supports me. But unable to find work is slowly killing what SMALL amount of self-esteem I have left. And I...

I am 22 years old fresh out of college with a degree in automotive engineering, I have a passion for everything automotive, have a deep fascination with anything that can move. Its love and passion that made me participate in...

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I'm from Spain, I'm 35 and I can't find a job. I know many people is facing similar situations, but the case is I'm married and I have a son aged 6. Me and my wife lost our jobs almost simultaneously, back in 2009. We tried to run a...

The Unemployed [collective term for state of being, often pejorative]
Those who provide you, me, our children, and everybody we know with the opportunity of work.

I am unemployed after 24 years. I was fired (first time in my life) from the textile company I worked for here in NC. There are several businesses in the area but nobody is hiring. The ones that are hiring are really low wage jobs...

I had the most incredible job two months ago. Working as a high school counselor, I left my office satisfied everyday. My co-workers were amazing! I used to grin when friends and family gripped about their boss or supervisor because...

I got laid off about 3 months ago and have been calling everyone I know to let them know I am looking. It is kinda weird when I go to a seminar or class and have to explain that I am not working since I have never been out of work...

I am trying to finish my dissertation and I need your help! I am studying how people cope with the stress of unemployment.

If you are 18+, live in the US, and are unemployed, please participate in this survey! It's short, anonymous...

I've been unemployed for nearly five months. I'm a journalism graduate. I worked as a teacher abroad for eight months. I'm thinking of leaving the country as all the jobs I want in journalism are unpaid and more importantly the...

It's embarassing as hell. how do you guys deal with it and what do you say to people when they ask where you work?