[boop]

"Ideally, she says, she would like to find something at the Department of Human Services, where she worked as a temp from 2006 to 2007."

She's 37 years old, and her last "job" was as a temp 5 years ago?

What did she do before that?

How did she pay her bills with such a job?

I'm trying to be sympathetic, but the last thing the world needs is more beaurocrats. And in 2007, the economy was pretty good.

[2ndDivisionVet]

She’s a poor example of the long-term unemployed. This has been a “man-cession” for the most part and lots of those were construction workers, warehouse, factory, call center, mortgage and other occupations that have gone bye-bye in this economy.