Faces Of Unemployment

Day after day, week after week, month after month -- it's going on two years now since I lost my job. I've zapped thousands of resumes out, had only a few interviews and, as a 53-year-old Human Resources manager, I cannot get anyone to value a lifelong devotion to my profession. I'm business-impacting, ...

In my experience, unemployment can come as a big surprise, but it can turn out to be one of the biggest adventures you'll ever take. "The rainstorm is not personal and yet we get personally wet." -- Werner Erhard ...

My name is Shane and I'm unemployed. I'm one of the millions of people trying to find a job in a stagnant economy. As a former mortgage broker I witnessed first-hand the collapse of the real estate bubble and experienced the anguish of losing my job due to cutbacks. At age 45, trying to find another job in ...

My name is Tonya, I am a 39-year-old single mother of three daughters and I am unemployed. My life in the unemployment line began in October 2009, just over a year ago. I was a hotel manager at a local resort for two years when the economic recession hit. Our resort took the hit quite hard and I was one of a ...

After reading so many stories on AOL Jobs about some of the nearly 15 million unemployed, I find that their lives and experiences resonate strongly with me. My name is Paul and I am 52 years old. During the 1980s and 1990s, I lived in Manhattan and had a country house. Life was good, comfortable and exciting. ...