HELP!!!

I have been out of work for over 24 months in a seemly depressed sector of the country. I relocated to the area for a better way of life for my family and self four years ago, but seem to turn out otherwise. I feel like I’m at the end of the rope. Depression has reared its ugly head but I’m still trying to stay positive. I have got 3 or more interviews in this time frame. Thank God for my loving family. HELP,HELP !!!!

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Scary.  That's the feeling you carry around all day and night long.  I have been looking for work for almost 2 years.  My job of 5 years ended when the company I worked for was purchased and closed. 
I'm at the end of unemployment benefits.  I am within several weeks of being homeless.  Either ignored or turned down for job after job, I feel like there must be something wrong with me.  Self-confident?  Not anymore. 
I've been to temp agencies looking for temp work of any kind.  Nothing.  I'm at the end of my rope, I don't know what else to do.  I live in an area with over 13% unemployment. 
I don't know what else to do.  It's hopeless.

Any advice would be appreciated

I have been out of work since the middle of November 2009. I realize this is not a long time compared to a lot of people. I was in a very positive frame of mind for the first couple of months, but lately I am feeling more and more negative. I try to keep busy, exercising every day, and I am also spending a time every day taking some Microsoft Office courses at home to brush up on my skills. I am doing the best I can to keep up a positive attitude, but it is getting harder and harder. Any advice would be appreciated.

Guilt after successful job search?

I have just managed to find a job during the notice period, while many of my colleagues are struggling with job search.

I was lucky as I secured a new position partially due to the fact that I am not a foreigner in my country, and that I had consistently good results throughout my schooling. Having just returned from a pre-planned trip after the announcement was made, I am able to start work as soon as possible, while my colleagues are mostly lethargic and yearn for a long vacation before they commence on anything new.

 

When I look at some of the lethargic colleagues, who have multiple personal liabilities to worry about too, I am not sure whether the fact that I have already found a job adds to their job loss grief. They seem to feel that there is no hope in finding what they really want, and keep refining their resumes, as if it were the only thing that mattered. But I hate to say that many opportunities come and go in a flash. There is little time left to get trapped in the cycle of resume-editing: applications must be sent out while updating the resume at the same time! My policy is to apply for jobs constantly, intensively, until an offer has been accepted.

 

At the same time, I find myself quite guilty about my status, as many colleagues who have left earlier are still waiting for that first interview to come. Am I like a sore spot? What do they think of when they see me? Do I look too cheerful? Do I emit a ray of hope, or am I simply a reminder of their troubles?

 

How should I manage my own guilt, which is another source of stress, in addition to the anxiety I am experiencing when wondering about my career change (yes, it is a plunge into the unknown...). Am I just being paranoid?

58, and laid off from a job I loved

I have been laid off from a job I loved. I am 58, and with the economy, am feeling very down and paralyzed. Scared is an understatement.

Need help with telephone skills

My phone skills are pretty bad. I'm afraid I'll get called for a phone interview and I'll blow it. Can anybody help?

 

Thanks

Job Loss Leads to Career Win

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/someone_you_should_know&id=6102012

Click link above for whole story.

Straight out of college, a chemist went to work for a global chemical corporation. She got promotion after promotion- until she lost her job.

"I'd never in my lifetime been unemployed. It was my first time being unemployed but I had given myself this discipline while I was unemployed that if I'd go to work for 8 hours. I'd spend 8 hours a day looking for job," said Linda Boasmond.

That search paid off when she landed a position as technical director at Cedar Concepts, a small chemical company on Chicago's South Side.

"Our main customers are other chemical companies and we sell our raw materials to them and it goes into other companies, such as Proctor and Gamble," said Boasmond.

A graduate of DePaul University with a degree in chemistry, Boasmond was hired as technical director of Cedar Concepts in 1999. Five years later she became the company's owner. Read the whole story.