You really think unemployed people are on vacation? I was recently unemployed for 10 months. Spent 2-3 hours every week day, usually weekends too, looking for work. Another 2-3 hours every day making phone calls and networking. I was fortunate my wife had full time employment, I got my $900 every two weeks for unemployment, and other than a $4,500 emergency dental bill, I didn’t have to take any money out of savings. If I wasn’t so fortunate to have a wife with a good paying job, I wouldn’t have been able to pay my more than $1,000 a month for medical insurance. And would have walked around in pain, popping 16 ibuprofen every day for more than 5 months because of two broken crowns.
I think I was a lot luckier than most. There is nothing about being unemployed that feels like the american dream.
