How long you have been Unemployed....

For at least 10 hours ;) i just resigned from my work but frankly i even feel good bout it. Ive been working there for almost 6 years and yet there was no instance that my salary went up. Cost of living 6 years ago is far less than now thats why i need to do something about it already. Right now im starting to miss most of my comrades there how i wish i will be able to see them sometime soon too

i guess i have never been unemployed since i started working after the graduation. maybe i am just so lucky. even after i quit my second job, i was able to get another job though it was only a part-time or sideline job. eventually, that the third job became a second job when i got my present job. my first job was being a technician in manila. second was almost the same field and a technician too, but with higher responsibilities. third is the part-time job which was a computer technician/programmer. fourth (my present) is with the government. but simultaneously, i held third job until almost 5 years while working with the fourth job. so i can say, i have never been unemployed, all my life. and i hope it will not happen to me. good luck again to your candidates... and hopefully, you will get a good job. sooner even before the elections. it feels better to earn from our own striving (offline) and not depend on with our parents, especially now that they are finished with their responsibilities to us, the children.

I've never been unemployed that much long. I guess 4 years is really that long being unemployed. I have been unemployed for only about 1 year without a job then I found a job after that. Now I am 9 years working already and I try my best not to be in that space again.

Don’t feel low about yourself! It’s hard out there right now. I just started a job 2 weeks ago but was out of work for almost exactly a year. I used to get so down on myself and I think that’s the worst thing you can do because it’s not you. It’s just the economy. It’s not that your not good enough or you can’t do that job. There just aren’t enough jobs out there! Stay positive and believe in yourself, things in my area are starting to get better as with everywhere. Something will come along. So many people are in your shoes, you’re not alone!

i haven't worked for 5 years due to ill health,i know how you feel not working,coz i hate it,,your time will come,just stay positive

Hi Letran, I am blessed that i never had the experience of being unemployed. since i graduated college and started working i never had any lull moments for work. i enve have extra/part-time jobs. it's really hard this time to be unemployed. we really have to be creative and innovative enough to earn for a living even without our employers. good luck friend. let's hope and pray for a positive result of the election.

Too darned long I left my last job, over four years ago now, when my boss retired and since then I have been struggling to get another job. At my age and my physical state, it's highly unlikely I will ever gt another job.

I've been unemployed for the past 13 years now (or is it closer to 14 years? LOL) Anyway, I gave up having a paying job shortly after I found out I was pregnant with my oldest. I have been a stay at home mom ever since. I do get the itch to go back to work every now and then and have even sent out some job applications not all that long ago. It just hasn't happened yet. I guess it's just as well as I have to stay home at the moment anyway with my husband being laid up and all. Though once he heals all up I may just start putting out more applications again. However, with me not having much work experience I'm not going to be holding my breath. Good luck! Happy mylotting!

I have not been in the workforce for many years now when I voluntarily call it quits to enter into business. Did I regret? Yes and no. I would have sit comfortably in an aircond office and getting handsome salary every month end without pain. But I was lured to the business world where I have to sweat for the income. Not so pleasant for a person who has no experience then. But now, it is well worth the decision I made to be pensioned off early. I am sorry to hear that you have been jobless for a number of years. Another way to get a job is to be less concerned about what it is. Look around and you'll see work. It may not be what you want, but it's a start. Many famous and wealthy people began as bus boys, cooks and taxi drivers.

hello letran, well its almost five years now since the last time i have a job! i miss those days that i am working but nothing i can do since this is the life i choose. i am no longer working only because i am no longer allowed to. my husband line of work requires me to be a stay at home housewife coz working might result some conflict of interest. anyway, on your part, i wish you could land on a good job this year...its really difficult to be unemployed these days. well just be patient 7 don't forget to pray asking for His help & guidance! wish you all the best letran and also good luck to your chosen candidate for this election.

I have been unemployed since I finshed my education in november, and I can allready now feel the presure from my own self about not getting a regular income and beeing able to take 100% care of myself, I hate depending on others. Im constantly trying to look for jobs but beeing newly educated you dont have 10years+ experience as most companies seem to want.

I have been unemployed for almost three months now.Still I don't have job. Searching for the job which gives me satisfaction.I left my previous job because of the stress it is giving me. I cannot bear the pressure in the office.. SO I have to leave that job.I want a job in the public sector which is peaceful. Still not finding this peaceful job.Hope I get one in this month.

Don't be disheartened Letran. I know how hard it is to not have a job, but you just have to go on looking for a job until you find one. For now maybe you can just focus on earning online. Who knows, maybe you'll find a really good way to make money online so that you won't have to find work anymore.

I have not been employed since I came back to school last two years ago. I want to focus on my studies for now because I'm not getting any younger. It's really hard to find a suitable job nowadays. I hope after graduation my luck picks up. Don't give up Letran, I know you will be finding the very best job suited for you soon