Do you give up too quickly? Can you get a job at a comparable wage to the one you had?
Sometimes you just have to accept a lower wage to get a job. Too often people fail to demand enough of themselves. A WSJ article stated.
A key part of earnings losses, Mr. von Wachter and his fellow researchers found, comes from the fact that workers accumulated skills over a decade or two that may be outdated and not garner the same wages after a downturn. And then instead of gaining new skills for a higher-paying job, they often take what they can get at a lower wage and stop their job hunts.“Given that the process of recovery can take so long, it’s important to make people who were unemployed realize that if they really want to recover they may need to stay in the game for a long time, and perhaps consider a switch in careers,” Mr. von Wachter said.
The rest of the article is depressing. Don’t go there. These are the two key paragraphs. That’s how to survive long unemployment–preparing for the next job and career.