I’ve been looking for well over a year and every single day I search all of the job listings and many of them are long expired or fake!
I don’t think many realize the toll it takes on a person when day after day, you search for a job, apply and submit your resume only to not hear back or get a rejection letter.
It wears you down mentally and emotionally.
Around here, people are lucky to get a job making $8-10 per hour.
I'll bet some if not many long term unemployed didn't expect the government to shovel out more unemployment checks. That move was political and a CYA move by this lame administration that hasn't done anything to stimulate and encourage job creation in the private sector.
As for those in this thread who are ridiculing others; just pray your ass isn't in a bread line some day for whatever reason beyond your control. Not all those who are unemployed, even for a long time, are to blame. A little hand up and encouraging word goes a long way.