However many employers look dimly on people who have been unemployed for a long time. It might be easier to get a better job if you are working at one rather than staying on unemployment. If I were hiring someone I wouldn't mind someone who had been on unemployment for a month and a half. However, if someone had been collecting for a year and a half I would probably keep on looking.
My thoughts exactly. Read my post #24.
I read recently that after 6 months employers won’t look at you. It took me a year and a half to find a new good job, but I was never unemployed.I was underemployed for that year and a half and thankfully so.