Q I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve been unemployed for the past three years. I’ve been searching for work ever since I was terminated from my last job and have had no luck — no one will hire me. Is there any hope for me? Or should I give up and return to school to complete my bachelor’s degree? What should I be doing differently? Please HELP!!!

A With the hit the economy took this past year, and with the millions of job losses, it is not uncommon for even the perfect candidate conducting a flawless job search to take many months to find a job. But three years?! No. Not even for imperfect candidates conducting a flawed search. So something is wrong.

Not knowing anything about you, your background or how you are conducting your search, it is impossible to know what exactly is the problem, but there is one, likely more than one. I want to play professional baseball, but even if I focused on nothing else and knocked on the door of every scout and major league team for the next three years — or 30 years — it wouldn’t matter, because it isn’t gonna happen! (Although given the hole the Yankees have in left field, they don’t know what they’re missing!)

You definitely need to go back to school to finish your degree, for multiple reasons. It will make you more marketable and give you some direction. You’ll also benefit from the guidance of teachers and career counselors who can help you in your job search. And it will give you some cover to explain the unusually long gap on your resume, because at this point, the three-year stretch between jobs will be a liability in and of itself. Good luck. (And Mr. Cashman, if you’re reading, I’m ready!)

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