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Isn't working for temporary agencies a possibility? Or teaching? There's nothing really special going on here, layoffs and joblessness are affecting all kinds of people. Everyone should have realized what the 90s economy was about, there was no reason to believe it was good because it wasn't based on anything. Just like right now is still not a good time to go out and buy things or move into a more expensive home. It's a good time to pay off debts and learn to live very cheaply.

239 - "Isn't working for temporary agencies a possibility? Or teaching? "

Temp agencies are good, if you have a trade or a skill they want and there is a job opening. However, usually, in a crash like this there are no temp jobs, or not many, when those with jobs in the field are trying to hold on for dear life. Temp agencies are great in boom times.

Teaching - well that's another story - the teachers unions and all have made so many 'education' requirements, that you must generally prepare years in advance to teach by taking graduate level, useless, 'education' courses, and generally teaching doesn't pay enough to live decently on, unless both spouses are working, then you have to go to school most/many summers to keep certified.