Unemployment and job hunting

It's simple really. Our governments flood our countries to exploit cheap foreign labour. Then in the UK they put crap like benefits streels on where a few idiots air their lives out. That makes the working person feel cheated and then u get division in communities. They rely on division of all types. Racial. Religious. Gender even. So we never band together to fight that common enemy. I seen through it all a long time back. I used to be part of it myself looking down on those unemployed. Some chose to but many don't and I see it all for what it really is. Diversion tactics.

I haven't experienced much of that from people who are still of working age (though there was one person who seemed to wonder why I was out of a job). Most of the people who have looked down on me for being unemployed have been older people (probably from the World War II generation, aka "The Greatest Generation"), who have long since retired. They got jobs during a time when it was much easier to get a job, and the process was much simpler and more straightforward. Many of them worked the same job throughout the entire course of their careers, or at least worked for the same company, perhaps getting promoted a couple of times.

These people have no idea what it's like to have to look for a job now. They seem to assume that it's just as easy now as it was then, and that anyone who is unemployed for more than a few weeks must just be lazy or have something the matter with them. I think most of that generation has died off now, but there are still probably a few left. I don't know how many people younger than that feel that way. Perhaps some do. They just don't know what it's like to have to get a new job now.

That's not my experience

Really never felt that most people were like that. Of course, there are some people who would do that. Stay strong and don't let the bad seeds get to you

That's a good question. I would hope they wouldn't and don't understand why they would, but it is your experience, so obviously they do. :)
I wonder if it's not so much looking down and not knowing how to connect. Sometimes we can be uncomfortable with someone who is struggling with any area of life, because we are so worried about saying the wrong thing. Of course that is silly, but I have been guilty of that.
In any case, good luck with the job hunt, don't settle (I know. that may be incredibly hard) and thank you for not giving up. You have a lot to offer.

A lot of people look down on me because of my nationality and the university I graduated from (not well-known) when I'm applying for jobs.

I'm always honest during interviews though and I don't really care about what people have to say about my unemployment, job hunting, or about me during interviews. I do what I have to do. :D

Hmmm, they forget to look at you and think how lucky they are to be employed, and to hope they won't be in your place someday soon.

I thought that once and I was mistaken.

They do?

It’s the same when you are single.

I wasn’t aware that they did. My situation’s a little different, though. I want to go back to working full time after having retired early from a 34 year career. Intelligent people shouldn’t judge before they fully understand another’s circumstances, or afterwards, for that matter. 🤔

I guess,it's because that's their job to monitor others stuffs.