Why do people even need to say they have been unemployed? I have been a freelance web developer for the last few years plus, that's job experience. I keep myse

Why do people even need to say they have been unemployed? I have been a freelance web developer for the last few years plus, that's job experience. I keep myself very busy, but I'm not sure a potential employer would be able to tell the difference if you were just creating a business and job position for little more reason that serving as resume gap filler. To make it look as legit is possible you could even create a business entity other than a sole proprietorship (though that would cost you more money, maybe not good for unemployed.) However, it would be a good idea to come up with a real business that you could do cheaply and at least use that as something to give you hope and take up some of your idle time.