Quickly becoming depressed and moody due to lack of a full time job.

JohnJericho

Is anybody feeling the same way. I have sent literally hundreds of CV's everywhere but cannot seem to find employment. I have found myself quickly becoming depressed at home and find it hard to motivate myself to even go to the local shops. Has anyone here felt this way?

Xcellor

That bites. Have you managed to secure any interviews or are your CVs being ignored/not interested? Given the employers market that we live in now each CV should be carefully tailored to the position you are going for. I don't think it's possible to have a generic one for all approach and expect to stand out amongst the rest.

I go nuts when I'm off work for a few days since I feel like I should be doing something.. Crazy... Perhaps you could do volunteer work to occupy your day? At least this way you'd be doing something instead of going crazy at home!!!

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kizzyf

OP - how long have you been out of work? The main thing is to try to get into a routine. Try not to lie in the bed all morning as this will only get you more down. I'm still looking for a solution but continue to look for work, see if there are any courses you could do, visit your library, take up a new hobby or spend time at an old one, help out family or friends, do some diy work on your home.

ntlbell

have you thought about offering yourself at some soup kitchens?

or volunteering locally in your community?

JohnJericho

Thanks for the suggestions. I got a call from a large company last Monday, they discussed saleries etc with me. It all sounded very promising but i have yet to hear anything since. It is driving me up the wall

RPGGAMER

do other stuff like focus on some other aspect of your life.

family/OH

like go to the gym and or exercise

join a soccer team or some new sports

a new hobbie or buisness or something

CorkFenian

JohnJericho wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestions. I got a call from a large company last Monday, they discussed saleries etc with me. It all sounded very promising but i have yet to hear anything since. It is driving me up the wall

I was the same way...Back working now for past while..TBH i was way way too hard on myself...I only saw the difference in myself when working...A lot of time wasted feeling down etc..Its hard to do..And when i finish up where I am now I will be the same..(I hope I'm not too hard on myself but I probably will be)
But you have to do loads of stuff that you wish you could do (but can't) when working...I found out a lot about attitudes during it...A friend of friend said to me wasnt I lucky with the dole being so "generous"...I didnt get upset but it was a horrible thing to say to someone...I asked him would he ever check out some of his own friends who are long term employed and have never worked...I knew then he was looking for an easy target..
Explaining to some of my friends (majority of whom are completely unaffected by recession) is like trying to explain what its like to lose your viriginity, your first drink or smoke to someone who hasn't done any of those things...Can't be really felt until it happens to that person....

brianb99

How much is the dole now if you dont mind me asking?

CorkFenian

brianb99 wrote: »

How much is the dole now if you dont mind me asking?

Theres a whole forum for your queries....Its called State Benefits.

doolox

Dole for a single person over 25 is €204 per week.
I was on Jobseekers Benefit since Nov 2007 and in a Fas course since May 2008.
I found it impossible to live on it without resort to personal savings and a redundancy package.
I am back in employment now and have learnt a lesson.
In this recession people out of work are not at fault and not to blame as unemployment can happen to anybody at anytime.
Even ironclad employments such as Nursing, Gardai etc are vulnerable as what happens if you get injured and cant do your job?
Within a year you will have gone through the entire decision process and if you are not fit and cannot make a recovery in a reasonable time you will be queing up.....
We live in an uncertain world.
I look on the dole as a lifeboat, who would go to sea without an adequate supply of lifeboats?
While there are those who would advocate a stringent reduction in social welfare payments I am not one of them.
This is twice that the state has come to my rescue, in 2003 my Dad was taken ill and needed constant care while he faded away. My mother looked after him for over a year and was unable to go further as his needs got greater and he was able to secure a place in a publically run nursing hospital.
Then I took redundancy in 2007 from a very stressful and demanding job for which I was not suitable and the training agency, FAS managed to retrain me for a new job which I am enjoying immensely.
All the advice, training and coachng I received from them is standing me in good stead now as I embark on my new career.

Mairead1975

Hi there

Take a look at a blog posted last week on how to handle yourself post redundancy or when you're finding it hard trying to find a job.

http://www.careermentors.ie/blog

Hope it helps
Mairead

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JohnJericho wrote: »

Is anybody feeling the same way. I have sent literally hundreds of CV's everywhere but cannot seem to find employment. I have found myself quickly becoming depressed at home and find it hard to motivate myself to even go to the local shops. Has anyone here felt this way?

Yea I am pretty depressed, on social for just over a year now. I hate being unemployed, can't find work and can't do very much about it.

AARRRGH

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