Having been unemployed on a few occasions for non-trivial lengths of time I think it's unlikely that my personality changed significantly as a result. However,

Having been unemployed on a few occasions for non-trivial lengths of time I think it's unlikely that my personality changed significantly as a result. However, those experiences were "character building" and changed my political outlook. When you're in that position much of the corruption, waste and false beliefs within society become far more obvious.