still looking for work...

[Lerkfish]

just wanted a check in for all DUers still unemployed and looking for work, like me.

We're trying to sell our house so we can live on the tiny profit for a few months longer ... but so far no offers on the house.


sigh.

[Sebass1271]

1. I am still looking for work as well.

[graywarrior]

2. Same here

If I can crawl out of the state of depression I'm in.

[Lerkfish]

3. hang in there... I know I struggle with depression and frustration

my wife is making me take daily doses of St. John's Wort, which, in spite of my healthy skepticism, seems to actually help a little.
you might give it a try.

[graywarrior]

7. I have 3 jobs on the line

The bureaucracy of waiting to hear from each of them is agony. They all want to hire me, they're just waiting for the ok for funding.

[BonnieJW]

9. Try fish oil.

My daughter suffers from chronic depression and takes 6 each day. They keep her off prozac. Very cheap at Costco.

[pleah]

4. Me, too.

I wish everyone good luck on their search.

[marimour]

5. i am too

[tridim]

6. Checking in..

See my post right above yours.

I'm starting to get some good response to my resume again, it started kicking in about 2 weeks ago. Seems like the stimulus might be working, if just a little bit.

[kojak]

8. 1.5 years and counting

I don't expect it to change soon either. Overeducated and underexperienced people get put at the end of the line.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

10. All the more reason to implement single-payer

I read this may have actually saved the auto industry.

My heart goes out to everyone who is looking for work...a friend of mine just rented out a spare bedroom for $600/month. Would that be a (temporary) option?

[northernlights]

11. I look off and on

When you get rejected by a gas station convenience store and dunkin' donuts, it's pretty hard to keep looking. And when you're mid-50s and overqualified and overeducated for everything, it truly sucks.

I'm trying to sell my house too, but there hasn't been a single showing since I put in on the market in early June.

Failing that, I'll be taking out private student loans to live on...I'm halfway through the med lab tech program. I would have been 3/4s of the way through if the advisor hadn't told me a string of blatant lies at the outset.