According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics–the average length of unemployment was 37 weeks in August 2013, the median length came to 16.4 weeks, and 37.9% of the unemployed were out of a job for 27 weeks or more.
Shortening your job search by as little as 1 week can literally pay for your resume and more!
Annual Salary
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Salary lost each week
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Total cost of being unemployed for 37 weeks
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How much money you can save if you shorten your unemployment by 4 weeks…
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$50,000
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$962
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$35,594
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$3,848
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$100,000
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$1,925
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$71,225
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$7,700
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$150,000
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$2,887
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$106,819
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$11,548
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