No job for years and still looking

Tell me about it:




The dumb shit "recruiter" in the video blames the job seeker and not companies or the economy for the job seeker's plight. What an idiot she is. Her "advice" in blaming the job seeker for a shitty economy is worthless.


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2001. Work in animation and entertainment had been bleeding away for years, off shored to save money. But with 2D animation disappearing as Warners, then Dreamworks and finally even Disney giving up on the art form in favor of 3D animation they have lost their jobs permanently, struggling to get by on odd freelance jobs that provide no health care or benefits and are few and far between. Live action work has gone to Vancouver and New Zealand where tax incentives attract studios looking to save money and employees cost less because those countries have real health care. My brother worked as a set construction coordinator for over a decade, but in 2004 his work finally dried up to the point where he could no longer support his family. He moved back east where he makes custom furniture. It still isn't enough to support his family. So his wife has gone to work. They get their health care through her job as a teacher...yet another profession under attack.

I feel for those in the financial industry who lost their job. But where was their concern while every other industry was devastated due to the policies of wall street and globalization? He's one of the last to join the long line of people who have already been victimized by 30 years of Reaganomics.

but there are so many applicants for the most menial jobs it's almost a waste of time.

That "recruiter" in the video was so offensive and clueless. This "recession" isn't like any previous one--it's a depression.

I think no one wants to believe that though. I hope you find work soon. A good job with benefits! :hug:

it took me 2 years to get a job slingin pizzas at pizza hut.
There WERE NO JOBS to be had. Not even shovelling shit at local dairy farms at that time.

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to go into business for yourself. I got laid off in 2006 and opened my own business and Ive seen revenue growth of 30% plus for each of the years since then. Sometimes we have to just realize that big business isn't the answer to getting us jobs and go out there and so it ourself.

I discovered long ago that self-employment was not for me. What is your solution for such people?

But no customers.

If people don't have money to spend on your product, or don't want it, you could start a zillion small businesses and not make a cryin' dime.


I have a BA in biology and a Juris Doctor (law degree).
Neither of them has ever gotten me even the crappiest job. I'm overqualified and too old.

BFD. I said screw it, and retired!!

I've pretty much given up looking for a 'straight' job, but I've found ways to survive, even amid cessation of unemployment benefits. I think it's gonna take 25 years of Democratic leadership to get us out of the mess that started with Raygun. We have to live and fight to make sure that happens! Living well indeed is the best revenge!

Tell me about i've been looking for work for a couple of months now and their is no one hiring here in Cleveland. (their never is any jobs in cleveland, the city is dying) And im in the IT field, a field that is suppose to be "recession" proof. And yet our government is still invested millions to Iraq (they have a surplus economy) and corporate bail outs instead of education and job growth. We don't need trickle down economics. We need trickle UP economics