Prolonged unemployment can be embarrassing, but there are ways to mitigate the impact it could have on your continued job search.  First of all, candidly assess why you haven’t found another job.  In particular, I encourage you to evaluate every aspect of the job search process and try to find out where the problem lies.  For instance, if you haven’t had many interviews, you should take another look at your resume, how you’ve been networking, and where you have been looking for another job.  If you’ve had interviews but no offers, that’s an indication you may not be saying the right things in the interviews or that you are not projecting an image that is professional or compatible with the employer’s culture.  Secondly, you need to be prepared to explain what you have been doing for the last two plus years.  If you say you have spent that time looking for work, you may raise some red flags about why no other employer has hired you.  Instead, consider any professional or personal activities you have been involved with such as contract work, consulting assignments, helping a spouse or friend with their business, volunteering at school or at a charity, etc.  Not only will that make you appear less desperate and unemployable, but it offers the opportunity to showcase other characteristics that may be attractive to employers such as confidence and personal values.