RJ and Makay

When Gallup pollsters recently asked 1,000 Americans to name the biggest problem facing the country, 35% said "unemployment," making joblessness their number one concern for the second straight month. It's also the highest percentage of Americans to give that response in more than a quarter century, since October of 1983.

By contrast, the economy in general ranked second, with 29% of those polled saying it was the most important problem facing the country. Healthcare was third and dissatisfaction with the government, fourth.

With 46% of the 15 million plus unemployed in America being so for 6 months or longer it's easy to have frustration build from the interviewing process. Interviewing is stressful enough in the short term and many months of it can put a jobseeker on edge. In March we did an article about keeping the right attitudes when dealing with the frustrations of a prolonged job search titled, Attitudes. The good, the bad, and the hostile.

This week Alison Green wrote an article in U.S. News & World Report titled, Jobseeker's Top 5 Complaints About Employers. Green's list is consistent with what we hear from candidates sharing their experiences with firms of all sizes, although we might have put them in a different order.