What happens when you tell a few thousand strangers that you got a job?

This: So chuffed that @howtobejobless got a dream journo job! Her blog brought laughter and empathy to media job hunters everywhere – well done! — Marie Raine (@MarieRaine) October 22, 2013 @GoThinkBig @howtobejobless Massive congrats! Will it be the last …

The perfect response to a rejection letter

There is some comfort in being rejected because you’re not good enough. The job you wanted, so tantalising and rent-paying, was never in reach. You may as well sulk that you no longer have a chance with Brad or Angelina. But being rejected when you’d have been great at the job? That’s annoying. And Amanda Mester had the perfect response.

Q&A with Gerri Spiers, the “Interview me now!” sandwich board lady

Jobseeker Gerri Spiers is working on becoming the next “billboard hire” – but she’s using a sandwich board. With her CVs in hand, she’s popping up all over London, and most recently, in the Evening Standard! She’s hoping the publicity …

An unemployed graduate’s response when his university asked him for money

Copy-paste and delete where appropriate, guys. They need to hear this.

The evolution of the “job snob”…

How to Be Jobless reader tinyorc (check out her blog Massive Hassle) sums up how it feels to be on the end of the “job snob” argument…

6 things your unemployed friends are tired of hearing

Another contributor from the jobless #Pyjarmy, Sarah Murray has compiled a list of things the unemployed are just SO sick of hearing. Please share with your employed friends with the words “Hint hint…you insensitive oaf.” The other day a friend …

An open letter to the coalition government – by Victor Brown-Villedieu

After seeing my article on The Guardian responding to Esther McVey’s “unemployed young people could just get a job as Costa” comments, politics grad and budding journalist Victor Brown-Villedieu came up with a few recommendations for the coalition government… Following @howtobejobless‘s article …

“My response to everyone, ever from now on who says ‘Just get a job’…”

What do you say to that not-rare-enough species of adult who pretends the job market hasn’t changed in the last 30 years?

HTBJ reader Christie Mudie found a pretty good response. Let’s all learn it by heart…

@ericabuist my response to everyone, ever from now on who says ‘get a job’: http://t.co/AnWak6jo5H

— Christie (@christiemud) January 22, 2014

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The best things about being jobless in January (by #Pyjarmy soldier Emily Howard)

#Pyjarmy soldier Emily Howard has a few words of encouragement for those of you feeling the sting of joblessness in the still-fresh, new year. It’s not all bad, she promises… So, the New Year may not quite have started as you …

Hey, employed people: stop complaining about your jobs

Sometimes, as a jobseeker, you snap. Everyone else IN THE WORLD seems to be employed, and they don’t even have the decency to be ecstatic about it all the time. “Uuuurgh, sick of my job, can’t wait for the weekend, when I’ll spend all the money I earned…” Today we had a little stir in the jobless trenches, as #Pyjarmy soldier Yousif Nur finally had enough… 

Follow Yousif on twitter @yousifnur or check out his blog Popular Impact