Unemployed? How Long Until You Find That Next Job

An anonymous reader writes "If you're unemployed like me, you probably want to know how long it will last. Well, someone decided to see if they couldn't stastistically predict how long they would be unemployed by polling others - the results page is up for a variety of industries and it's interesting. Clearly the more data put in, the better the results, so while your at it, submit your own information."

Unemployment!

[ihatewinXP]

Ill find a job when they stop sending me that check baby!

I've been unemployed since January of 2002

[goldcd]

That[']s about 28 months so far - anybody fancy offering this maths/english wiz a job?

And I'm glad...

[NicotineAtNight]

that you're going back to grammar school.

Unemplyoment

[Anonymous Coward]

I fight unemployment by being unemployed and not taking other people's jobs. If you want the position, take it: one unhappy unemployed less.

May John Higgins win the World Cup.

Jobs are one thing...

[not-quite-rite]

I personally would like to know when i will next get sex.

I was hoping to use to statistics coupled with the data gleaned from slashdot....

oh.

silly me

Re:Unemployment!

[tcr]

Where did you park your Victorian [ox.ac.uk] time machine?!

Grandpa Joe speaks on unemployment.

[Loosewire]

<Rusty Voice> I remember in my day when a boy could get a job at 12 and retire with the same job at 65. None of this new fangled Screens tell people how long they will be unemployed...</Rusty Voice>

Re:Jobs are one thing...

[markov_chain]

I tried to calculate the answer to your question, but all I got are these division by zero errors. Go figure.

Re:got an interview today

[KDan]

You're going for the sysadmin job too? You bastard! You live in the states, right? I'm coming for you from across the pond. That job is for me. You can have one of the two toilet cleaner jobs.

Daniel

Re:Why don't you start up on your own?

[evilviper]

maybe it's a sign. [...] Maybe you are not supposed to be employed

Strangely enough, some hobo on the subway was saying that exact same thing to me the other day. ;-)

Re: Interviews with Marvin!

[nomadic]

You interview with MARVIN -- Michigan Automated Response Voice Interactive Network (or something like that). You dial a 1-800 phone number on a specific day, and a computer asks you the questions an interviewer would ask.

"I've been ordered to interview you about unemployment insurance. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to interview you about unemployment insurance. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't."

"Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it."