I'm in the same boat, unemployed, other than a brief 2 month job, that I lost during the probationary period, since July 2009. I am doing some part time teaching and freelance accounting, but the teaching pays really badly, and the freelance work is sporadic. I'm at the point where I've used 1/2 my retirement funds, and now have to apply to the gov't to withdraw from my locked in funds, that once upon a time were a company pension. I'm making plans to sell all my stuff in the next 3 months and move into shared furnished accomodation.

I've sent out tons of resumes, have had some interviews, but never make it to the second interview stage.

I'm now hoping to get a part time job over the summer that would at least slow the bleeding of my finances, as well as get me back in the market, since I'm starting to have recruiters tell me "you have too many long periods of unemployment on your resume".

I'm planning on going back to school in the fall to retrain as a forensic accountant. It'll mean going further into debt, but I'm hoping it'll give me a fresh start.

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