Piece from the AJC: being out of work

Coincidentally with my return to work yesterday, the AJC published a nice little opinion piece from someone else who had been out of work. The link to the AJC is here, or if the AJC pulls it down, I've included it as as an essay.

A quote:

I recently talked with a friend about how being unemployed for six months affected him.

"Do you remember yourself this time last year when we met?" I asked him.

"That person is dead, " he replied.

It's been a year since I lost my full-time job as an information technology specialist and six months since my last contract job. Now I'm going back to work. I'm looking forward to getting my life back. But it will be a different life.