Unemployed people: how are you making it?

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Was out for 8 months. I ended up cutting rent and traveling abroad for the bulk of it so that I only had to pay for storage and cheaper Airbnbs abroad.
Was a great experience and I had a great network of friends keep me emotionally and tactically in the game, but I agree, not seeing that paycheck come in every month kept me up at night constantly.

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Yea only thing I’ll caution is being too far from US time zones makes planning interviews tricky. My time in China was especially difficult as some startups would reschedule on a dime and I’d end up taking an interview at 2 am.

Western Europe or South America were far more manageable.

Struggling… don’t know what to do…

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In my country there is. It's dependent on how many hours you worked in your previous job. 1800hrs + is the 52 week requirement.

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It's been hard. It's been 6 months for me now. How long has been your journey?

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It has been so hard.

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Just been 2 weeks but it is not looking good ..the recruitment process seems like a Black Hole

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I'm very very glad that my nature is to naturally be an absolute cheap ass throughout my career, so i have a lot saved up, and also glad to have been a DINK with my partner when I was working, so during unemployment, I'm experimenting with getting a stay-at-home husband.

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5 months here... its been going.. im pivoting to customer success roles i hope i get a job soon

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Rainy day fund

Sorry to hear this. Hopefully the tide will turn soon

10 months… Saving and borrowing against investments. Still on the hunt.

Not sure on that one, a question for your wealth manager.

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