There are lot of people right now without a job throughout the USA and other parts of world. California where we live is one of the place that was hit hard in form of unemployment and foreclosures. According to the LA times, California’s unemployment rate is in the double digits, in some regions it is as high as 12%. Click here for the LA times article . It is tough and scary with no prospects of the economy improving anytime soon and foreclosures seem to be rising rapidly. As if, this was not bad enough, many necessary goods are getting expensive during this recession, I wrote about it earlier, please check out, Irony of Recession . Being kind and compassionate with your unemployed friends may help a lot, even if it is hard for you to relate to them. You can help in many ways even if you can not help financially. So, let’s look at a few ways to help them.