Transitioning.org - to help the unemployed network, find emotional support and get work. | Jorbb.com

TWO friends who know first-hand what it's like to be unemployed, now want to help others in the same boat.

Mr Terence Tay, in his late 40s, has not held a full-time job since 2002.

And certified counsellor Gilbert Goh, 47, was previously unemployed for about 20 months between 2003 and 2005.

The two men have recently started a website - www.transitioning.org - to help the unemployed network, find emotional support and get work.

Said Mr Goh, now a teacher at a private school: 'The unemployment situation seems set to get worse, and there will be many people who will be hit with morale and psychological problems, on top of financial woes.

'We hope to form a support group through the site, offer online counselling to those going through difficult times, and eventually get employers to publicise job openings online.'

The site, which was started only last week, will be officially launched in late February, said Mr Goh.

It cost the two friends a few hundred dollars each to set up.

For both men, surviving unemployment had not been easy...

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