What's the longest you've been unemployed?

[ringmastery]

11 months for me, but all is well now.

[candy]

Never,except by choice.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Glad you are working now

and six months here. Being unemployed sucks, but being underemployed may be worse.

[madinmaryland]

I went through a stretch of just over a year

when my work hours(as a subcontracto - work or don't get paid) fluctuated between 10-100 hours a month. Its tough to get by on 10 hours a month with a family. Though i guess that's the type of throw-away economy that Bush wants. Pay people when you feel like and give them no benefits. Only the rich can afford those things. They say to amurika "go cheney yourself"

:mad:

[Worst Username Ever]

2. 6 months

but mostly because at the time I had money in the bank and was lazy. Did not collect unemployment or anything though. Ironically, that period came to a halt when my company gave me my job offer on September 10, 2001, the day before everyone ELSE seemed to begin losing their jobs...

[sundog]

3. 6 months

while I went on an extended journey throughout the western states

[mhr]

4. 49 Months As Of The End Of June - Over 2,000 Resumes Out The Door

Nada!

Qualifications:
BSEE
MBA
Commercial Pilot
Honorably Discharged Veteran

See the following chart from the Dallas Federal Reserve to see how Texas cities have faired over the last four years. I live in Dallas. Note how Dallas has not reached the level of employment last seen since the beginning of 2000. Jobs here are very hard to find.

[prolesunited]

5. Never

But then again, I scrubbed toilets in the homes of a couple of friends and acquaintances and then graduated to waiting tables in a yacht club. It really sucked, but it does teach you humility and respect.

[Nikia]

6. 3 weeks if part time work counts

4 months underemployed.
I wasn't employed most of high school, but I chose to concentrate high school studies and activities that would get me into a good college instead of trying to fit work into my busy schedule.

[calico1]

7. Eighteen months

Not counting a few temp jobs and a p-t job I had where I made very little and collected some uneployment ins. This was back in the last recession, under Bush 1.

[SarahB]

8. 3 and 1/2 years now (mommy track)

About to end.

[madinmaryland]

9. My wife took 2-1/2 years off,

when our daughter was born. After that amount of time, she needed to spend some time away from her and with adults. I think it was great for our daughter that she was able to do that, even though it meant a financial sacrifice.

:hi:

[AlGore-08.com]

10. 3 years, 9 mo. from 1990 - 1994

Not by choice.

Not because I was having kids.

Because I graduated college in the depth of the Bush I Recession. The McDonald's in my town wouldn't even take applications because they had two years worth of them already.

If my parents hadn't taken me in, I would have been homeless.

[trof]

11. 3 or 4 weeks

Call me "Lucky".

[ElsewheresDaughter]

12. 32 years ...Research Associate in field of Childhood Development & Human.

Relationships./..hubby has been a captian on Hoboken, NJ (directly across the Hudson River from "Ground Zero) Fire Department for 35 years and still there

on edit: opps...i need another glass of vino...i read it "employeed"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Always according to some...

Being a freelance musician, I've heard "When are you going to get a real job more times than I care to think about!

I guess they figure "playing" an instrument is like "playing" games...

[amazona]

14. 37 months now

Doubt I will ever work again but who knows. I have given up and call myself retired.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. 6.5 months this year alone..........................

Working a 3-4 month job here in town (lucked out, normally I have to travel to digs). My attempts to secure permanent employment here in Morgantown has netted nada! So I'm good through Oct, maybe Nov.; after that its scaryville again, unless something breaks loose.

My heart goes out to those who are still under/unemployed. Keep the faith, things will get better soon (they have to, they can't get any worse).