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Seeking employment was the other major area of activity. In some cases, the delays already referred to — legal proceedings and continuing involvement in the previous job — delayed the seeking of a new job. Several men commented also on other uncontrollable factors that enforced a delay, particularly public holiday periods when employers were not interested and strikes, both in related industries and in one case in the printing industry where relevant journals were not published. Hence, it was not always possible to start looking for a job straight away. However, excluding these delays, the pattern of job hunting was as follows: