I've been looking for a job for almost 9 years.  In that time, I've lost my apartment, most - if not all - of my clothing, my personal car, and probably any real hope of having a decent sort of personal life.  I really have to blame myself for allowing others - who were SUPPOSED to have my best interests at heart -  to take over and direct my job search for me.  (After all, they were - and are - a governmental agency tasked with doing just that. 

Now I found out that there was job search and relocation assistance available but I didn't know that because the WSR at the agency failed to inform me of all the choices I had - and I didn't know enough at the time to ask the RIGHT questions.

 I just can't believe our nation's economic leaders can be so blind.  The people at the top are so obssessed with the "forest" that they're  not looking at the "trees"!  An economic expert recently stated that there are 12 million people out of work in the United States.  Are they kidding me?  I don't  think they're counting everyone - or else they're trying VERY HARD to hide the real number so no one will panic.  All I can tell you is that, in a locality where the unemployment rate is 18%, 91 more people have lost their jobs in the past week.