Ex mortgage professionals... where do we go now for work?

Since Aug I have been posting on a thread about getting a job outside of the mortgage industry. What I have found is that if you worked in the mortgage industry regardless of what you job you held you will more than likely have an impossible time getting a job outside of the mortgage industry. I am in fact saying that mortgage people are being blackballed.

It's a very bold statement to make but i have talked to many people on and offline. Many argue and say no there is just a shortage of jobs, I disagree as I'm on many job sites everyday there are plenty of jobs out there. I have applied on avg to a dozen jobs a week in line with what i did for the last three years which was outside sales. Couple that with a bachelors degree and prior work experience equaling 10 yrs there is no reason someone like myself should be unemployed going on 7 months! Yes thats right I have not been able to get a job for 7 mos, that said one can't tell me that my prior mortgage experience isn't a factor. There are various reasons but one of the most obvious from my standpoint for this problem is the heavy stereotyping....

But let me make something clear to those ex mortgage people reading this many of you are going to have to accept that the life you knew is over as far as job duties and money. Some jobs in the business were way to specialized and there is noway to tranfer over what you did into other industries.

What I will do on here in the near future is repost some of my posts from the most heavily viewed thread on the implode o meter message board. I don't want to rewrite things and think its better to post things in their original context etc. I'll alsoi go over the sterotyping and hopefully get some input from you the readers on how we can overcome whats going on. There is a lot of bad press against this indutry which in turn falls on our heads. One of my goals on this blog is to get the word out and bring attention to this b/c as the days go on it will get worse. Articles are now popping up about the rise in unemployment within the industry. Problem with these articles(very few of them) is that they have yet to discuss what myself and many ohers are seeing and hearing when its come to being on the job hunt.