I've been unemployed too so you don't know what you are talking about. It's too easy now. The reason why the illegal immigration problem hasn't been solved is because American citizens have been paid to sit on their asses while Julio and Maria are doing the jobs.
99 weeks is 2 YEARS. I could learn a new trade in half that time.
I have just one question for you...
Are you over 55?
You can get multiple trades in a year.
I know of one accelerated Phlebotomy course that takes either five days, or five weeks (if you go at one class a week). Then there are Microsoft Office courses you can take and get certified within three months and Medical Terminology that will take three months to get.
So if you took the Office and Terminology course at the same time, that’s two in three months and another within one week or five. People need ot stop hankering after executive positions and if you have a solid trade, then you are more likely to survive, even set up shop.