> > Three months is because there are employment
> >problems in your area, because it's a nationwide
> >problem (Greenspan said that recession is over,
> >but what's the real situation as far as
> >employment is concerned) or just because it took
> >that time to find the job you liked most?
>
> It's a mixture of the first two. Currently unemployment nationwide is at its highest level in about a decade or so, and the unemployment rate in Colorado is higher than the national average. The tech sector in particular (which is the general field I work in) was hit really hard in the last year, and the Denver area (where I live) had an very high number of tech companies before the crash. It certainly has little to do with waiting for the "right" job. Mostly it was waiting for "a" job that would pay all the bills.

Of course, the Weekly World News tells us that the Second Great Depression is only weeks away. I figure, if it's in the papaer, it must be true, right?