I was furloughed September 1, 2009 (effectively fired with recall privileges) and took the time to create two nice resumes (one for flying, one for engineering). I averaged about 10 job submissions per week, several with very detailed online applications and I managed 2 interviews, although I did get back 4 rejection letters. I only applied to jobs in my fields that I was qualified for and was still largely ignored! On February 17 I interviewed with a charter aviation company for the second time and they actually brought me aboard! For those who were counting, that was 5 1/2 months of unemployment. That's over 250 resumes submitted with a 0.4% success rate!
To keep me honest though, I have to point out my spouse lost her job too, submitted one resume and had to chose from one of two jobs offered to her, though neither was in her field. Guess I shouldn't be so picky, eh?
