B3ta discussion on unemployment

The immensely popular, definitely not-safe-for-work b3ta website recently ran a Question of the Week asking people for their positive experiences of unemployment.

Be warned that the links below will undoubtedly be offensive to some, although (unlike the rest of the b3ta site) none of them contain pictures. However, they do provide more insight into the reality of both unemployment and helping the unemployed than most official sources.

The survey says...
Would-be interviewer remembers his own unemployed days
A quick primer on the five stages of unemployment
Following on from the previous post, this sounds like a 4
Ex-claimant on how he became an ex

There were also a whole series of posts by one ex-Jobcentre adviser:

JSA - what do the first two letters stand for?
Bumping into claimants outside of work
Helping a hairdresser
Public transport, you say?
And ending on a happy note, some renewed faith in humanity

Enjoy!