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   5/17/09

   elitethinker

   Yeah I know some friends who had never been, it's like it could never happen to them, like they discovered the real hard world.
   
   As for me, I have always kept informed of economics and financial world, I knew it would happen and I now know it will worsen, so better be prepared even if I have still my job.

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   5/17/09

   xmarks

   I was laid off last Sept but I saw it coming. We were pretty prepared and had already started looking. I found a pretty decent job with out having to take a huge pay cut by the end of Dec.

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   5/17/09

   TraderNoviceDotCom

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   5/17/09

   Stillthinking

   I have been unemployed for 4 months and counting. No, it's not a good feeling but it's an increasingly common feeling. I personally know 6 people out of work.
   
   As for trader novice's advice to learn to trade, not all of us are soul less money grubbing money hoarders willing to sell their grandmothers for a buck.

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   7/02/09

   chucklin

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   7/02/09

   amybyrd21

   yes I have been unemployed since September 2001 and I miss working. I miss talking to an adult human. Kids and dogs all day kind of suck.

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   7/02/09

   huntinggearguy

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8. 

   7/02/09

   celticmusicfan

   it is a common feeling. even though i have a job now , i didn't get a decent one until i turned 29...so i was a bum for years and
   years . so realizations like this make me want to tell people out there who are hard on themselves to take it easy.it will come. don't give up people.

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9. 

   7/02/09

   Epicharis

   www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ug3H8aZdU
   
   ^Ewan Maccoll - Looking for a Job
   Pretty much sums up the experience of unemployed people.
   
   I'm going to find out tomorrow if I've gotten a job I went for on Tuesday...if I don't get it I will have to start panicking...

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10. 

    7/31/09

    ResuWe

    It is awful how many people are unemployed. I am a recruiter and a lot of the candidates I speak to have been laid off. But there are some industries hiring (teachers in some states, Border Patrol Agents, Medical Assistants and Nurses have many job openings) Here is a blog post with more info and jobs/industries that are looking for applicants: www.fightunemployment.com/2009/06/whos-hiring.html

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