Close your eyes and picture the scariest thing you can think of. Maybe it's a giant spider or a giant Stay Puft marshmallow man or something that's not even giant at all. Well, whatever it is, I guarantee it's not nearly as scary as the real scariest thing in the world. That's long-term unemployment.
That gives me a story idea. Attack of the job-sucking spiders. They jump on your head and stick their legs into your brain and suck the drive to either get a job or create a job right out of you.
Worst yet, they are hideous beasts. They look something like this:
It gives me nightmares just thinking about it.
And they let out a warbling munchkin voice ‘Chaaaaange! chaaaaange!’
You could probably find room in your story for these in a supporting role. They're from Afri, er, um, Hawaii too...