What do I do about my unemployment, I'm getting depressed and have no confidence?

This is inspiring to hear. Good luck with the business . If you manage to become really successful then that's really good cos then you don't have to rely on other people to employ you for jobs to make a living. I'm also thinking of starting a little art business. I haven't been making art nearly as much as I used to though, just lost the motivation, but I guess I'd better give myself a kick in the butt to get back into the swing of things .

Thank you I hope that some day I will become really successful!
And yeah, that's the nice thing about it, you're your own boss.
An art business eh? what sort of art, paintings, or drawings or..? It's a really good idea, hard work, but very rewarding!
And yeah, I lost my motivation in taking my photos for a little while, but you do just have to give yourself a little kick up the bum, and get back to it! It's a real shame to lose interest in something you enjoy, especially if it's something you're good at too!
I hope you do get back to your art and if you decide to start up a business, I hope it goes really well!

Thanks . I was thinking of doing paintings, and maybe some drawings too, to sell to people. I'm considering doing prints too if I'd prefer having more than one copy of each work. I have a sister who is 15 and she just draws every single day, for pleasure and for her art GCSE. She also sometimes does drawings for other people and told me that someone is paying her £5 for one, which is a good start. I'd say she is very talented and much better at art than I am, although I probably could improve if I practised more. Which I will try to do once I stop being lazy/procrastinating and start more being productive with my time

By the way, I really like the photo in your sig. Did you take it?

I can beat both of you; I've been applying hardcore since September 2010 . I was in college last academic year though so that made it not so bad, but now I'm unemployed I expected to find it easier since I'm much more flexible with my time, but no I still get rejected from everything

Oh wow, yeah being paid £5 for her art is a really good start! You should be a very proud sister
And prints is a really good idea. What sort of things do you enjoy painting/drawing usually?
And that's so strange, I was just thinking how much I like the image in your sig
Unfortunately I didn't take the photo in my sig, although it is a lovely photo!

Hmm, well it's really good that you're already doing things such as boxing and going to the gym. And seeing as you're working out quite often, I'd have thought you'd be burning the excess weight off?
Perhaps when you feel like comfort eating, draw something instead! Every time you feel like eating out of boredom, draw a duck instead...

Oh yeah, i am burning off the weight, but i am not getting slimmer because i come home and eat junk, so i am staying at the same weight. I am not used to being overweight, so it makes me self conscious carrying the extra weight around. If i was good enough, i would draw some pictures and sell them on. Practice makes perfect though, right? Lol, so maybe i can become proficient enough lol or i might buy a decent camera and steal your job :P

It's basically the job centre, except they actually talk to you about nothing, opposed to saying nothing.

All that happened was - I was there for a month before they relised that I had a CV and I knew how to write a letter. Step 1 finished!

Step 2 was to look for work, and they assigned me someone to help me browse the net for work - face palm. It's basically going somewhere to see someone type "indeed" in google. And then asking you "is this okay"?

Waste of time really. But you have to go or you don't get any money.

I just wish some company would just give me the chance to prove myself but instead they always play the safe route and hire someone with 10 years of shelf stacking experience to deal with all those shelf staking issues that could arise.

It's horrible mate, I feel your pain.
The fact of the matter is, for every job their is someone with more experience than us. It is cheaper for the government to give us £53 a week than it is for them to stimulate the job market so don't expect anything to change any time soon.

I agree with this. I don't have proper interviews with them; I literally go in, sign on and then smile at me and tell me they will see me in two weeks. I always knew you were primarily responsible for the job searching, but I thought they'd sort of meet you halfway and help you out. They haven't done much for me so far apart from some half-hearted dabbling on the computer, but maybe I'm expecting too much

When I first signed up, I told them down the phone I wanted jobs in 'retail', 'catering' 'education' and 'admin'. They typed it in and told me the only thing they could see was a motorsales receptionist which was miles and miles away from where I lived and required previous experience. I told them this wasn't really for me. They then wished me luck on my job search and hung up. I guess they assume if you're that desperate for a job you'd take on anything.

I think that's why they're doing these voluntary work schemes for young people so the experience can be acquired. I'm not sure if you've been told about these but I got assigned to one but I could only do it for four days because of travelling/distance. It just wasn't feasible. So it's back to browsing the web and handing out CVs

I have been unemployed for about a year or so, it seriously sucks bad! I just really want to find a job, but every damn job I apply to I never get. My friend's brother has just got a job at sainsburys, whereas I looked on the sainsburys website a few weeks ago and they had no vacancies. What the hell am I doing wrong? I am 23 years old with no job, and I have low confidence because I've been out of employment for so long. I have low motivation to get out of bed in the mornings, I just want to find some work. I even applied to a volunteer agency a few months ago, but no response. I rang them back, but they said they would be in contact when something became available that was suited to my preferences. What the hell do I do? I am suffering from depression and my confidence is terrible at the moment, I hate this feeling! I want to find a job and move out of my dad's place.

Hmm, well it's really good that you're already doing things such as boxing and going to the gym. And seeing as you're working out quite often, I'd have thought you'd be burning the excess weight off?
Perhaps when you feel like comfort eating, draw something instead! Every time you feel like eating out of boredom, draw a duck instead...

Are you talking about benefits? I was wondering about this. Someone told me that maybe I should consider going on benefits, but I thought to myself...how can the government still give money rather than invest some of that money into helping people get jobs? Maybe I'm dumb and not understanding the situation. Plus I would rather work.