This is the second in a series of articles about one of the perils of our economic times – finding yourself suddenly unemployed. Unfortunately the recently released official US November unemployment numbers proved that membership has drastically increased by another 530,000 people, raising the overall national unemployment rate to 6.7%. Ouch! So for all you newcomers a quick summary of what we discussed so far.

Today’s global economic crisis has affected everybody in some capacity and for some it has cost them their jobs. The October employment statistics from US Bureau of Labor reported unemployment rates at 6.5% that equates to 10 Million Americans on the unemployment rolls, an increase of over 600,000 from the previous month. The total number of unemployed is the largest since March 1994. With all these sobering statistics this is a topic that may be of value to our readers. Therefore this is the first in a series of articles geared towards helping you get through this crisis.