What was the longest you were ever unemployed (while you actively sought employment?)

Three months. I was laid off from a job that I only had for a year or so. I started working at a satellite dish company that expanded right after I started, and I was promoted to managing the customer service dept. as part of the expansion. Well, the owner over extended himself with the expansion, and had to lay me off after a year.

It sucked to go on unemployment, taking that cut in what I was making, and even though it was only three months, it was very hard on me. I did not like it at all.

Like 4 or 5 months. Maybe longer. But I was half ass looking for it anyway.

3 months has been about my longest time between jobs.

longest for me was a little under a year