I have been out of work since June 2010. Had a brief contract position with the state, but that ended after 5 months. I was the main breadwinner of the family at one point. My husband thankfully has a job, but it is at a non-profit and without health insurance for the family. My son cannot attend college because we cannot afford it. He too is looking for work. I am paying off graduate student loans on my UI, which is about to expire. I too have been working since I was 15.
I went back to school–AGAIN in the summer of 2010 to get a paralegal certification to add to my Masters degree. I taught science for 11 years before losing my position. I have 9 years of education, 19 years of experience, and still cannot find a job.
Over a month ago, I had an interview (these have been few and far between), with 2 twenty somethings. There was obvious age discrimination as one of the interviewer quipped before the interview started…”but, I am old.” I was wondering if she thought she was old, she must have been wondering why I was not interviewing for my cemetery plot. The other 20-something dissed my resume before the interview even began. Clearly, my resume is what got me to the interview in the first place.
I never thought that the country would come to this point, and am angry with Congress for sitting on their hands bringing bills to the floor on gay marriage and the like while saying nothing about a jobs bill! FDR seemed to have had a lot of courage to bring the country out of the Depression. Why won’t anyone act?

I have been unemployed since May. It is 6 months now and my unemployment is soon to run out. I was laid off due to lack of work and I can’t seem to find a job, either I am over qualified of underqualified for the position. I have two children, a house and a husband. We are barely staying afloat because my husband jobs does not pay that much so we are literally living from paycheck to paycheck. Our house is about to be in foreclosure and I NEED A JOB!