that group expressed to me, if you are in a job interview and long-term unemployed, how do you explain that gap in your resume? you have to keep up your skills. you don t want to see people suddenly drop out of the labor force, because they have given up finding work. one of the things that you will notice is that people will put on their resume that they are a consultant and you also get the sense that those who are hiring see that and they think, consultant, i think you were unemployed for a very long period of time? when you have a year gap or two years gap, one person showed me their resume and they had a six-greer ga six-year gap. volunteer work is a way to keep up the skills. and show where you have tried to do that, projects you worked on. they have to see that you are trying to find work or keep up those skills. the bottom line is you are not going to just stay idle and not do anything about it. you have to show some effort at least. zain asher, thank you very much.