Which Is Hard Job Hunting or Leaving a 5 Year Job?

nine years ago, i quit my 6 year old job and even took some years before i got this stable job that i have now. even if that was a long time before this crisis happened, it was already not that easy to look for a good job, especially if we are not professionals. and how could it be more easy to job hunt these days. so i will also not be quitting a job now even if i had it for over 5 years now. i guess, they are both hard to decide or which is easy.

Hi friend, To loose something after having it is always more painful, then not having it at all. So having a job for five years and then loosing it will definitely be mor painful. When you are hunting job there is lawyas a hope of getting one but if you are loosing then you have to start a hunting again. you don't have hope when you are loosing job, to overcomefrom sadness and start searching for job with freshness will take some time. So loosing job willbe mor painful for sure. Atleast for me.

Well, reality bites when you don't have a job anymore so, you just have to find a new job to support such needs that you have to maintain. Even for one who has already worked for a long time in such a company, that would seem more like an advantage for them since they already have working experience compared to new graduates that are just starting to apply for their very first work. When it comes to colleagues, its still okay. The work place is just a venue. Most probably, if they are really close to each other, they have spent some time outside their working environment, perhaps an out of town or a team building activity that most companies would provide. Then again, even when their work has closed down and they would have to look for work on different places, they can still keep in touch which isn't that bad, considering that the technology has pretty much made communication very convenient for anyone who has it. College friends who studied in the same school would be the same for colleagues who spent time together working in the same company.

you say:"the world is facing the economic crisis",so i think job hunting is more hard.though loosing the job that you have been with the company for five years is sad,you can make more friends in new company.why do you think you will losing the true friends when you leaving a 5 year job?how dou you think the true friends?

altough i never had a real job because im stil job hunting i have no experience with loosing one i had for long but i do believe its more painfull and harder to leave a good job u had for so long since u feel at home, u know what u got and u have friends made in the company. Jobhunting is also super hard but ya like some already said if u dont have something its also not hard to loose it since u dont got it

Its so hard to loose your job for 5 years cause you will miss what you do in your everyday life and its so hard to think that you will lose all your effort done

job hunting is hugely depressing because there are just not that many jobs out there. my hubby has been off for 7 months so i know first hand.

rberon1985 for my poor son who has beenout of work for almost a year it was both.being laid off as the company was in financial trouble, then we got behing on our rent so course we were at once evicted, them being homeless so my son worried about me as I am 83 and slightly physically 'handicapped helped to get me into Gold crest,a retirement center thats paid for by my social security and ssi checks. He found gov. sponsored housing for himself in an apartment shared with three other men all still looking for work. my son told me yesterday he now has some applications in for electronic work so maybe the job field in opening up for everyone,.I sure do hope so.

Of course job hunting is more harder now days and leaving a job is easy as 1-2-3. One have just to file resignation letter and that is goodbye job.

I've seen both sides of this coin in my life in the last year. That said, I think that the harder scenario to deal with is to be one that has lost their job that they've had for the past five years. My mother was the one that was in this situation and it seemed like she really lost a part of herself when she lost her old job. Then, as she was seeking a new job, she was far too picky about what kind of job that she wanted and thus she took longer to find another job than it should have taken her.

In my personal employment experiences, i have found it more difficult to find a job than to leave one. Of course it is not always an easy decision to leave a job you have been secure in for some time. Being out on the job market, begging for your chance to be hired, proving your wort. It can all be so taxng to your spirit and state of mind.

For me definitely, it is harder to find a new job. Though the fact of losing our job is very saddening... but I think for me the fact of being part of the unemployed is more serious. I can definitely see those officemate around, maintain my communication with them but having no monthly salary for few months or worst a year or years, is more alarming and threatening. All is expense, no money is coming in... Especially for married women like me. Sometimes companies are looking or prioritizing newly graduates too... They have Fresh new ideas and lower starting salary too ( they cannot demand that much because they don't have any experience yet). Like here in our country, most of the jobs have this "preferably single and not more than 28 years old..." Kinda unfair but what can we do? that is a sad truth...

i would say job hunting is much harder than staying in a job for 5 year.. It is difficult nowadays to look for a job, so better not be picky in choosing one... To work for 5 years is something unusual.. So better stay with your job long and enjoy it..

For me, leaving a 5 year job is much harder coz u have more bondings you share with your officemates that you surely miss. If you leave a 5 year job I think its not that hard enough to find another job since you have such 5 years experienced.

If you lose a job after 5 year of service you will be included on the job hunters. So I guess it is quite connected. But if being hurt is the topic, it is more hurtful if you lose a job that you were for five years. Both are hard, because it is so difficult to find jobs as of today. About true friends, true friends stays even if you are not on the same company when you found another job. But economically speaking its hard to find jobs.

I think the hardest is being a job hunter. I experience being a job hunter and it is really hard compare to the soon-to-be jobless after working for 3 years. My point is, you experienced having a job and I believe that that qualifications can help you find a job again. But what about the newly grad job hunter? They dont have experience and they are the one who are having hard time seeking for a job.