How do you feel "few days without any job?"....

Hi Remo! Touchy discussion for me. I have been unemployed now for 17 months. I have been working since I was 11 years old and for the first time in my life I have not job and not able to obtain a new one to date. I as you know have considered moving out of state and starting a new life somewhere else because 17 months is a very long time of efforts. I am not giving up on efforts but 17 months clearly it is not going to happen here again. It is hard for me to be constructive with this subject because I have tried everything imaginable and it is not working for me, so I do not feel I can help anyone with hypocritically saying I have done that too. It is the worse feeling in the world as if one is not worth anything. Actually I can't discuss it further as it brings me to tears.

of course that would be sad for me because being jobless is really hard to live and survive to our daily needs in our life,and aside from that being jobless for many days will stress us to think ways on how to earn or where to get money.

all ya can do is keep tryin if loose job look for another one soon work hard and get ahead all ya can do

No one likes to be without a job. Alot of people feel kind of bummy when they dont have one. But theres two categories of joblessness lol 1) unfortunate people who are currently unemployed that want to be employed. That have alot of skills and dont want to settle for a job making half the amount of money that they can potentially make if they waited a little longer for a different oppurtunity just for the sake of saying they have a job. 2) unemployed who enjoy not working. Who live off of other people or welfare or child support. They have no ambition TO ever get a job because they dont like to have to be instructed by others and find their means of income right now gets them by so why try for better. A good example of scenario number one is my mother. She ended up having to leave a job as it was unfair treatment and they were having her work over time and not paying her overtime every week. She kind of burnt out so she had to take sick leave. She had an unbelivable amount of skills but being that the economy is not the best (work places are hiring younger staff as they dont mind working for less money). If she would have just taken any job (fast food or whatever) shed make significantly less than what unemployment gives where as if she looks a month or so longer then a way better oppurtunity will pop up. As for scenario number 2, in the city i live in right now there is unfortunately way to many people that live off the system as they dont feel like doing anything else. They dont want to work so they apply for welfare. They have 7 kids and more on the way and cant afford the kids but keeps having them and living off the system. Every city has their issues. Its one thing for someone to be on welfare because theyve fallen on hard times and need help, its a whole new ballgame when its by choice and they dont do anything to fix it. Alot of cities have some sort of programs to help them out though. We have a jobzone that helps unemployed find new jobs and offers free training for certain courses that may help them in finding a new one (typing classes, health and safety courses) so that way they can try to help out as many unemployed find jobs as they can

To a person who has been working all her life few days without any job could either be relaxing or distressing. It all depends on the person and the situation. But as for me few days without a job is okay. It gives me the opportunity to rest and to find time for myself but of course I would not want that few days to turn into months and more so years. That is already stressful and disappointing. Of course I want be productive so I'd do my best to find a new job again.

so much boring, and i cant buy i want because i need to thrifty my money, beside its hard to find a work for me. Specially im not finished my study.Im to shy also to my paents they support until now.

Well right now if you have been following any of my discussions what I have been experiencing for the last 2 months or so, many people would say I almost would have been better off without a job. But personally these have been Learning experiences for me, and something I would not trade. Because back when I was unemployed it was hard to be able to keep positive, but if people just remember to put god first in everything they do usually everything continues to always turn out OK.

It's pretty rough to be w/out a job. The best thing any of u that can still work put back some money every week just in case something happens . That could carry u through till u find another job. I had a stroke 6 years ago & couldn't go back to work so i know the scary feeling of not having any money coming in.

The longest time I've ever been jobless in my adult life was when my family decided to move to a newer city. I went almost three months without a job and at first it felt really good not to have to work. I can stay home and relax and do various things. But I started feeling it a month in. Money wasn't coming in and I started fretting about whether I'd be able to hold on with what I had. I also started worrying about whether or not I'd be able to find another job easily. I was in a new city and I didn't really know anyone who could help. It got really stressful. My mom helped to calm me down. She said to take it slow and for me not to try to jump into the big things first. I basically had to work my way up by finding whatever job I could then going from there.

To start off, I lost my job four months ago, and have yet been hired by anyone. Mentally, I didn't think it would take this long to find work, nor have such difficulty. The last time I lost my job, I had another one lined up, and I lost it due to a folding business. At first, it is a blow, but there is a slight sense of optimism that it shouldn't be hard to find another job. But where I live, despite what is being told and what the numbers say, unemployment is still bad. It is depressing here, with such high unemployment, and economic stress. I'm quite sure other places have this problem too, but things have been so bad for so long here, and I am tired of it. I would love to move, but I am in school and cannot transfer due to some crazy policy between my school, financial aid, and the unemployment office. Apparently, if I have got this right, the unemployment does not want people to collect and go to school. I was working and going to school full-time before being let go. To try and maintain my sanity, I set my own schedule to go on a job hunt, literally staying in a library for hours researching jobs, and companies, and applying to anyone who was taking applications. I have revised my resume twice, and sent out close to 200 applications. The focus here is bringing high paying medical and engineering jobs to the area, which is fine, but it does not help the people who are in need of work, and are dealing with policies that discourage going back to school to get one of those jobs. I am not one for living off the system, because it is hard, and they are tighten it even more. I have also tried some work on the side, but I wasn't making enough money and traveling around this city without a car is barely possible. Right now, school is starting again, so I am concentrating on that (I would come out but they have made it extremely hard to go back or transfer, plus I have taken on a lot of debt for this degree), and on of my other projects of writing short stories to try and make some money off of them. I always to keep in mind that there has to be hope, even when it seems that there is no hope.

I actually jobless for about 3 months now. At times I feel bored but I also enjoy it at the same time. My previous job is so stressful and I feel like I was able to have a freedom already after I resigned from my job. Although I really need to work to support our expenses, I'm still happy about everything. I don't want to stay working in that company but I'm not happy at all. I'm hoping I will be able to find a job that I will enjoy and love at the same time.

i've experienced this twice in my job life. After i finish my studies, i was jobless for 6 months. That period makes me lazy. Thats all. But after i lose my job i cannot spent even 2 months. It was hell. I tried hard and compromised all like my salary expectation and got the job immediately. :)

i've experienced this twice in my job life. After i finish my studies, i was jobless for 6 months. That period makes me lazy. Thats all. But after i lose my job i cannot spent even 2 months. It was hell. I tried hard and compromised all like my salary expectation and got the job immediately. :)

we do need a job .. but beside the job we need to find it out the other alternative sources from which we can pay our light bill , phone bill , water bills and many more .. just u need to be active with the people who does the side business or they work from home from them we do get new opportunity i have done this know i have to do lots of things ... will come up with the new post how to make the smart moves ..i am doing my research on it Good Luck

I think that losing a job can be a good thing in a way. It can give us the opportunity to reaccess what our value in the work place actually is. What do we have to offer? What are our good points? It can be alittle scarey but can definitely give us time to pause and reacess ourselves.

I can't afford to miss a day with my job because I earn just enough. If I miss one, maybe I won't be able to pay the electric bill.

life without any job is very boring..and also the people around us would look at us with a cynical

it will be really bad..man. no money..no income..due to no job..thats bad.. having a job or a money making opportunity is important to sustain good survival..especially in a very demanding city..

Being without a job is one of the big stresses many feel now. It is a time to reevaluate spending and cut down to the bare minimum. Hopefully when they do get a job they will remember and keep some of the frugal practices and save more. One never knows when things will take a turn for the worse and extra money is needed. Besides that if a someone else needs help they could be in a position to give another a helping hand, having been through hard times themselves. That is one of the best feelings in the world. It is truly a blessing to be about to help another.

To be honest, I currently do not have a job for a couple of days now. It will last for a week or two because I am still waiting to start on my new company. Having no job at the moment is a good thing for me to rest but is a bad thing because I get bored easily. Bumming is never fun especially if you got to much of it. Also, having no money to squander around makes me dull in the spaces of my home. But still, I am lucky that I won't be jobless for long. As for those who are jobless for a long time now, I do feel that it will be hard for them especially with the rough and tough times like now. It pays to look for different earning methods and techniques like online money making and some part time jobs. If I don't have a job for a long time now, I will feel low and it will surely affect my self esteem, but I will try my best to look for one while doing some alternative while not having one.