I heard an anecdote about the last recession. It's just an anecdote, but should be interesting. It's about an "unemployment counselor" - she had 18 unemployed executives who would come to weekly meetings and complain about how tough it is to get jobs.<p>Deciding that it was unproductive, she suggested that everyone make at least 5 calls on jobs during the next week, and the main focus of next week's meeting is talking about how well it went.<p>Only 2 out of 18 showed up. 16 of them didn't make the calls at all.<p>I'm not finding the statistic right now, but I also remember hearing that the average number of job applications per week for long term unemployed people is 2.<p>This doesn't invalidate the article, but it's an important consideration. If you're not looking very hard and flexibly for work that might be suitable to you, does that really indicate that there's no opportunity available?