The New York Nexus Cafe 

I'm feeling a little bit disgruntled today and I feel the need to b***h and moan, so I thought I'd come here to do so. I have been trying to find a new job for the past 2 months and there is NOTHING OUT THERE. I know we are in a recession, but this is crazy. I've been sending out 15-20 resumes a week for the past month and I've only had 3 interviews. I don't even get callbacks for jobs that fit the same description as my current one! There was one really great job that I would have loved, but it only paid $22,500. I'm sorry, but how do you expect someone to live in NYC on THAT salary? I just want to know if anyone else feels like this recession is never going to end? Is anyone else at a roadblock too? I just don't want to be stuck at my stupid job forever.

I hear you, daddieo. I send out seven resumes a day, on average. I have had two interviews this month so far. Mom says it takes six solid months of looking, but I sense it's going to take me longer to find the right job.

And our lowest paid employees at my last job made in the teens. They rented in the Bronx.

Mary!