Is something wrong with me? I can't find a job

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There is nothing wrong with you. These are tough times and you are definately not alone I'm sure in being frustrated at the slow pace of improvement. I am in London, dying to move over to Geneva, but fearful to pack up and move if I cant find a job for months over there.

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I applies for a job a few months ago, and he said, they had received ca. 200 applications, so if that is normal for all jobs, you statisticly need to send 200 applicaions before you have a job.

Doc.

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Been looking for a job for almost 400 days; a magic number cause after that you get no benefit, you burn savings, will hit the ground in about 10 days now.

Offered a potential position in Eastern Europe last week; [not a real offer, just a potential proposition it seems] at a third of what I was previously earning, with no relocation to the new place (cost about a years salary I would guess to move); about 3 grades below what I was here.

The wife thinks I'd be better off working in McDonalds or perhaps Migros; assuming they give me job; like you many places consider me too experienced...

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Isn't the employment office meant to start finding something for you as well, even if it's not in your field/line of work? And if they do get you something, then there's no choice but to take it (even if the job is not what you're specialised in).

The IT market is tough right now. I remember getting several spontaneous offers a month from recruiters a few years ago (they would see my Monster.com profile), and this went down to maybe 6 a year.

This year, I've only received one call two days ago...

So yeah, I feel for you. It's a fighters world out there and anything you can do to differentiate yourself from others is important. I hope you're spending your free time self-training, improving your skills, speaking to your unemployment agent on how to improve your CV and how to approach companies, and it doesn't hurt to ask the recipients of your CV to comment on what you could have done better when contacting them for a position.

Good luck.