How to Help Brother Out of Work?

Depression is very common in men who get laid off or fired. Here is a good article on ways to keep busy and motivated in the job hunt:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/articles/suddenly-without-...

My church offers free career counseling to anyone. He can either just get some basic information (like interview/resume/cover letters/job hunting tips) online here:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/articles/job-search-tip-sh...

Or he can actually go and take a free career workshop that teaches tons of things on marketing yourself and job searching, it offers group support, networking ideas and skills, resume help and even some career counseling. You can find on in your area here, he just needs to call to set up an appointment. My husband did the workshop when he was depressed from being suddenly laid off and it helped him greatly! And like I said, it's free and open to the public:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/articles/the-career-worksh...

(to find one near him go here)
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/find-a-center?lang=eng

He can see the workbook they go through here:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/Static%20Files/ERS/English/Career...

Google "workforce center MA" for government sponsered job search help that is free to unemployed people.

http://www.workforcecentralma.org/

I don't get it. Are you supporting him? If he's telling lies and refusing to help himself then maybe you should let him lie in the bed he made for himself. I have a brother who is perfectly fine with his life the way it is- he makes 9.50/hour at a dead-end job, refuses to improve himself, but hey, who am I to try to fix what he doesn't think is broken? I will only lift a finger to help someone who is trying to help themselves.

J.:

Are you supporting your brother? Is he living with you? I ask because if you are not supporting him - he might have a hard time talking about his perceived failures.

It's tough out there. At least he has had temp jobs.

I don't know what he does. So I don't know what his field is. He might need to revamp his resume. Use more action words/show accomplishments. He needs to look at his former company's competitors and start shaking those trees. There are a lot of things he can do.

Ask him if he needs help. Ask him if you can float his resume around to your friends or network to see if there is anyone who is looking for someone like him and his skill set.

Ask him if he's gone to the unemployment office and looked at their ads...

Depression can sit in after a while. It's not uncommon. The white lies might be his way of making him feel better. I don't know.