How to Explain Long-Term Unemployment at a Job Interview

How to Explain Long-Term Unemployment at a Job Interview

If you're one of the many US workers who has been out of work for a year or longer (or if you anticipate that possibility) you've probably heard plenty of stories that don't exactly inspire hope. Career advisors have always stressed the importance of maintaining confidence and optimism during your job search, and have long acknowledged that the tendency to give in to hopelessness can create a self-fullfilling prophecy. So ignore all those articles of gloom and doom and instead seek out success stories and positive, instructive articles, such as this one from cbsnews.com, entitled Long-term unemployment: How to explain it in a job interview. Another article that may be helpful for those who feel frustrated with the difficulty of job searching in a lackluster economy, called "Why a positive attitude is really the key to success" can be found on philly.com's website.