"...with young people bearing the brunt..."

Again with the waking up in the middle of the night. Maybe the AM hours get my creative juices flowing, because I always end up back here.

So I've been a bit disillusioned lately. This layoff had been a long time coming for me, and going into it, I knew that I'd be taking some time between jobs... But it's only now (when a job just won't fall in my lap already) that I'm starting to really concern myself with the idea that this job hunting thing may not be so short-term.

And I'm told not to be too hard on myself. But even in my 8th job-less week, I still forget to factor in that the unemployment rate just hit to 5.7% and that the job market is saturated.... And just when I'm trying to come to terms with my idealism and its naivety, Matt sent me this uplifting little tid bit:

"The U.S. economy got mostly bad news on Friday as the July unemployment rate jumped to 5.7%, with young people bearing the brunt of the losses. The level was higher than expected by economists, who were looking for 5.6% on average...."

Makes the future look a little bleak, no? (At least Forbes thinks so)...

Since I've last updated you, I haven't heard back from the companies I have resumes with, but I just put in two more resumes this week. Turning in a resume is easy for me - it's the following up and faking enthusiasm stuff that's hard.

...The more the time passes, the more I'm trying to accept that this next job may not be exactly what I'm looking for, and could quite probably become the dreaded 'transitional' position. And I guess what you're reading is my way of setting myself up for a situation that will likely turn out to be something less-than-ideal.