How the Long-Term Unemployed Can Find Work

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i do not have good feelings. no job no uenplyment help. no food no money no medecines. no dr app, no dreams. no for everything. no what am i doing here?

nona of CO 11:25AM May 19, 2012

In this era of unstability and uncertainity nobody wants to hire someone who's really capable and smart. Those dummies who have the jobs don't deserve them and are lazy and ill-equipped to do the job, so they go to the boss and say, I need to hire more help.
So they get the approval and begin the interview process. They want you to do the grunt work while they take all the credit to make themselves look as if they're capable, and if you try to aspire your ambitions to get ahead in any way, you will be fired!
Smart people really do finish last, good-looking/attractive people will always be hired first. And No, its not that you've been out of work so long nobody will hire you, nobody will hire someone that's too smart, for the threat is very real!
And its hard to prove you're still as qualified and then dumb-it-down to not intimidate the interviewer.
As far as contract work goes, having any job is better than no job - Hell my resume has been consulting for 15 years because you can interview today and start Monday, whereas permanent jobs can take two-three months or more - if any still exists.
Outsourcing was designed to cut salaries while still getting educated drones to do US work for 1/4 the salary, until they discover what a US worker makes and now, they've taken our jobs as a result! The top 500 Corporations have stockpiled millions by abusing 3rd world labor and our Gov't needs to put a stop to it.
Same thing with Bank Foreclosures - Who's gonna "MAKE" them do the right thing by US citizens???
I say, we vote the entire Congress out of office and get Integrity back into Serving the very people who voted them into office!! And let me add, its not Obama's fault, he inherited this mess from Republicans - 10 Trillion in 8 years... We should not be using Tax $$ to fund the Jobs Bill - get those 500 Corporations that didn't pay taxes to foot the bill. Somebody needs to MAKE THEM (Corporations) PAY THEIR TAXES, or penalize them $10K every day for every 1,000 jobs that are overseas until they either Pay, or bring those Jobs back to US soil!

Paula of NY 2:43PM November 21, 2011

I am a well educated lady in a job market that favors employers and the games they play. What blows my mind is the incentives employers are given to hire unemployed worker. Having worked for the automotive industry for years, I have seen it all. The only jobs I have been able to obtain are contract jobs that lead no where. My favorite when agencies and employers make the assumptions the only jobs you appear to enjoy working are contract jobs. A part of me wants to say to them, what country do you live in. Unemployed workers are reminded that when you go into an interview make sure you have done your homework, dress the part, act the role, and when you walk into a room with managers who did not take the time to at least glance over your resume, and take calls during the interview, and tell you I have to run, and dress unprofessionally, I sometime think to myself, what is wrong with this picture.
Furthermore, what blows my mind when you undergo a one hour interview and you place your heart and soul into the job, and the people, you never hear back from the company.
It is disheartening what these companies have done to our economy. When one has bills to pay, birds to feed, the only plan the average person is interested in will I have a home tomorrow, will I have a car, will I have the food to feed my children and pets, will I be healthy enough to be able to breath and keep going.
I think what this country needs to do is pay for every unemployed person cost to see a psychologist. Because, if you ask me Washington is not helping, our state is not helping. When you tell someone you are not working they look at you like whats wrong, can you not find a job.
No I cannot find a job, because I am not competing against unemployed individuals. I am trying to figure out employers who destroyed our country by sending jobs over sea, and who have learned how to be creative liars. What this whole experience has taught me that I have to look myself in the mirror and Karma is a Bitch.

Someone of MI 11:05AM August 17, 2011

I have been looking for almost 2 1/2 years. I, and others that worked in the same office, have been abused from our jobs.
I am a hard worker. I am from a small coal mining town that has a strong work ethic, and I have been harrassed from other workers because we did not have the same work ethic.
I am 66 and had to go to Social Security. I can live on that but I cannot just sit around doing nothing. I voluntered for five years and found the same attitude towards me - as a VOLUNTEER - to
help them!
I am not giving up though.

Beverly A. Jordan of PA 9:51AM August 12, 2011

I spend almost 3 years looking for a job but nothing then out of the bue one agency offered me a contract for 5 months, I finished on January since then I'm again unemployed.
The problem is not the economy that is behind my unemployement but the employers whichare taking great advantages of the situation to fill their pockets.Since there is no serious control and check on the way these recruitement agencies on the contract terms and conditions and the salaries payed, we not only remain jobless but the ones which accepted to work for them will unconscioucely push slavery to invade our world.

someone 11:17AM June 08, 2011

I think that Daniel Turban's research (as sited in the article) provides powerful evidende in support of taking the time to plan. And by planning, I mean taking the time to formulate a thoughtful and deliberate plan of action.
As a coach trained in organizational psychology I often come across folks who have become mired in details and tasks of "job seeking" as opposed to stepping back and really creating a career strategy.
Keep in mind that thriving in the New Economy is going to require an entrepreneurial mindset. It's no longer about chasing opportunities, it's about creating them. This starts with a plan!

Dr. Woody of FL 1:17PM May 10, 2010

I am 45 and have degrees in engineering and business. Still no luck in finding work after 1.5 years and our government does not give unemployment aids. They do not believe in welface state. They gave workfare bonus to those who are gainfully employed to encourage them.
Savings are depleting to feed family and mortgage loans. Age is the greatest culprit for unemployment.

Singapore of NV 6:43AM March 26, 2010

I have been looking for a job for the last year. Only part-time temp jobs have been out there. I think they are looking at my age and seeing that I am heading for retirement and don't want to hire me. I work in the medical field and went back to school for my A.A.S. degree in business/ management, but has not helped me at all. The medical field states this degree is not related to the medical field and the business world tells me that my years in the medical field will not relate to the business world. So I am stuck working for temp agencies with nothing to show for the work.

sheila of AZ 9:06AM March 19, 2010

I feel for everyone that can not afford to pay for school, it's too bad that everyone does not qualify for a grant.

Laura sprankle of UT 7:54PM March 18, 2010

No help in this article. If you have been in an industry as long as I have your salary went up with your experience. My company closed two years ago. Still can't find employment. Employers are looking for college grads and degrees neither of which I have. In most instances I am over qualified or under qualified (no college). Then the ideal solution from everyone is go back to school. How exactly are we supposed to pay for school. I don't know about everyone else but I don't have the funds to go back to school and my savings have been depleted. Ok, all the experts out there - Answers to this question

Sally of PA 6:45PM March 17, 2010