<p>Hello! On the Common App it asks what my parent's employment is (it has a red * so it's manadatory to answer this). My parent is currently unemployed so what do I put?
There is no unemployed option...</p>
<p>Also, I know that there is an employed/unemployed section just under that. Yet I still need to put something on employment title…</p>
<p>There’s a homemaker option. That’s what I chose for my unemployed parent</p>
<p>So should I put “homemaker” or “other”???</p>
<p>I put other</p>
<p>If your unemployed parent is temporarily unemployed, you would select unemployed-accountant or unemployed-actuary or whatever title applies. If the parent is no longer seeking employment, then unemployed-homemaker might apply or you might consider unemployed-other (because he or she is retired).</p>