Job Search Leaves Many Exhausted

When all the new jobs that the new spending cuts are bound to create finally get created, will someone please call Anjanette Lal? Lal (pictured) is what the government calls an “exhaustee.” She’s been out of work for 27 months. Her search for a job lasted longer than her unemployment benefits. She’s cobbling together an existence from government programs, but what she wants is a job as a medical assistant – something she trained to do, graduating Nov. 30 with honors from a 10-month program. “I thought for sure I’d have a job by now,” she said. “The longest I’ve ever been out of a job before was two weeks”/ Shawn Vestal , SR. More here.

Question: Do you know an ‘exhaustee’ — someone who has exhausted his/her unemployment benefits and is still looking for a job?