For my 6000th post, Please allow me to say that job hunting and unemployment really SUCK!

[HeiressofBickworth]

17. Looking for work sucks

It's such a game. I'm now retired but I remember a time when I was unemployed for over a year. Like everyone else, I even applied for jobs that would not use my level of skills. I developed my "smart" resume and my "dumb" resume. (I didn't name them to be offensive, just descriptive). One resume contained all my education, skills and length of experience, the other was just experience relevant to the job being applied for. Probably the dumbest thing I did was have pencils printed with my name on them. I enclosed them in letters/resumes to a prospective employers asking that they "pencil me in for an appointment". hehehehe I figured a pencil would stand out in their stack of applications. I didn't get a job with this trick so I would be reluctant to suggest it to anyone here. I read all the advice columns on getting jobs, even dyed my hair to remove any grey and never put a date on my resume and never listed jobs more than 15 years ago. So what finally worked, you might ask. The same thing the articles tell you: networking. I became acquainted with someone who knew someone who was looking for someone in my field. So, the post above suggesting that you get out and do something that would bring you in contact with more people seems to be the way to go. GOOD LUCK!!!