I started this escapade in September of 2010. A little late to the game but unemployed none-the-less.

I was being constantly set-up for failure in my job. The management at the company didn't like me. I was successful in spite of them, not with their help.

My marriage was a disaster. It was my second and I knew it was a mistake shortly after the "I DOs". Then it took me 4 1/2 years to actually do anything about it.

I finished my MBA in marketing last November and still can't find anything. I went to pursue my MBA, because I wanted to do a career change. Granted, I knew the job search would be challenging. I also understood that in any new industry where I don't have experience, I will have to start at an entry-level position. That is not a problem for me. I've been applying for mostly entry-level and internships in marketing research and other marketing companies, but I can't even sniff an interview. This so frustrating, because I know I can do the job.

35 y.o. family guy with two young daughters who are my life. My wife is now the bread winner for us, and I feel lousy.

Tomorrow will be my first month from getting canned... for not being phony, for not being a company man... money isn't everything but I did not think it would be this difficult to land something. All say I am overqualified, over paid, yet I am seeking entry level, I would be grateful to earn 40K vs. 95K. I need the opportunity, I need to retain my faith and hope, yet despair looms near.

I should return to school, I feel worthless...

Ok, so it's going on 3 months now since I got laid off as part of a corporate downsizing. I worked for a BIG health insurance company, had been there 6 years, and was a very good employee - no big news, right? All kinds of good people get laid off/downsized while watching and scratching their heads over who got picked to stay. I managed to land one of the census taker jobs, which will carry me thru next month, and then unemployment again. I have good days and bad days now, sometimes all within the same day.