Jobs.....
Take the grocery store job for now. Get two part-time jobs. There must be lots of places hiring for the holiday season. It may not be what you want or pay all the bills but it will get you working and give you a more positive outlook. You don't need to lower your standards for yourself, just take a slower approach for getting there. You have not given me the impression you're the kind of person who gives up on himself. This is a bad time of year for hiring anyway, let alone the situation with the economy. If you can find something to get by until spring I'm sure things will improve. It always looks better to prospective employers when you're working and looking to improve your situation. Is your wife working? Can she work some overtime at her job?
Barbara D.
Marc,
That really sucks, but I have to tell you a (kind of long) story.
I have a friend (and former business associate) who I've known and loved for 23 years. In 1990, he left his (fortune 500) company and I left my (fortune 500) company to become self-employed. In the years since then, I've gone in and out of business several times, have held several full-time, "career" jobs, and have also held 2-3 part-time retail and office-temp jobs at a time. In all that time, I may have been without employment or income for maybe 3 months.
My friend has not fared so well. In 2000, the business he owned bit the dust (not his fault, but it eventually crapped out on him), he got sued by his business partner and lost, and he could never bring himself to accept anything less than a V.P.'s job. Now he's 64, jobless, nothing in his bank account, a wife who has never worked (a good person, a good mom, but refuses to work outside the home), geriatric years with increased medical expenses ahead of him, and still refuses to take anything less than a V.P.'s job.
Do you see the lesson here?
I've been doing fairly lucrative consulting work for the past 5 years, and just lost my last client. I can't scare up another client for the life of me. As of December 1st, I'm unemployed. So I signed up for temporary office work at our local employment agency, and next week will be interviewing to become a substitute teacher (in my area, you only need a high school diploma to do this - I have a BA so will earn a little bit more). If that doesn't pan out, I will go to work as a barista at our local coffee shop, or even a greeter at Wal-Mart, because when I'm employed doing anything, even for a pittance, I have more self-respect (and present myself better) and a better bank balance than when I'm unemployed.
Good luck!
Jean
That really sucks, but I have to tell you a (kind of long) story.
I have a friend (and former business associate) who I've known and loved for 23 years. In 1990, he left his (fortune 500) company and I left my (fortune 500) company to become self-employed. In the years since then, I've gone in and out of business several times, have held several full-time, "career" jobs, and have also held 2-3 part-time retail and office-temp jobs at a time. In all that time, I may have been without employment or income for maybe 3 months.
My friend has not fared so well. In 2000, the business he owned bit the dust (not his fault, but it eventually crapped out on him), he got sued by his business partner and lost, and he could never bring himself to accept anything less than a V.P.'s job. Now he's 64, jobless, nothing in his bank account, a wife who has never worked (a good person, a good mom, but refuses to work outside the home), geriatric years with increased medical expenses ahead of him, and still refuses to take anything less than a V.P.'s job.
Do you see the lesson here?
I've been doing fairly lucrative consulting work for the past 5 years, and just lost my last client. I can't scare up another client for the life of me. As of December 1st, I'm unemployed. So I signed up for temporary office work at our local employment agency, and next week will be interviewing to become a substitute teacher (in my area, you only need a high school diploma to do this - I have a BA so will earn a little bit more). If that doesn't pan out, I will go to work as a barista at our local coffee shop, or even a greeter at Wal-Mart, because when I'm employed doing anything, even for a pittance, I have more self-respect (and present myself better) and a better bank balance than when I'm unemployed.
Good luck!
Jean
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Attack finding a job as if it were a full time job.
I found a job just by going through the phone book white pages and calling every number that was Bolded. Every time I talked to some one I asked if they knew anyone who was hiring.
$5.00/hr is more than $0.00 per hour
$5 dollars but gas in the tank to look for that good job.
People may not be hiring but they always use temp or p/t help through agencies I always signed up with 5 and they kept me busy from 1999 to 2004
Keep plugging it will come
I found a job just by going through the phone book white pages and calling every number that was Bolded. Every time I talked to some one I asked if they knew anyone who was hiring.
$5.00/hr is more than $0.00 per hour
$5 dollars but gas in the tank to look for that good job.
People may not be hiring but they always use temp or p/t help through agencies I always signed up with 5 and they kept me busy from 1999 to 2004
Keep plugging it will come
Cindy Strickland
Neenah, Wisconsin
Dr. Wasco
Midwest Bariatrics COE
Open RNY
07/09/2008
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Marc, I'm so sorry about the job falling through. It could be that they think you're over-qualified and therefore will leave as soon as something better opens up. I've been involved in the hiring process at various agencies, including the Army, and I've heard that warning from HR staff many times, as in "He'll never stay so let's hire someone else whose qualifications aren't that good." Personally, I always overrode that kind of thinking and hired the overqualified person anyway if he or she was the best fit for the job - and always was glad that I did - but it did turn out that they never stayed more than a year or two, until something better came along.
One other thought - the health care field is growing while others are shrinking. My husband and I are RN's, and never have trouble finding jobs, but of course that takes some schooling. Several of our relatives, though, have only high school educations but are always in demand at hospitals because they work the switchboard, work in central medical supply, or work as custodians. In between those skill levels are technicians who do ultrasounds and x-rays, etc. Whether or not you want to go back to school to learn a new skill, there are always admin jobs in hospitals and clinics. And usually prior service experience is valued. If you have a VA hospital nearby, you may find some excellent possibilities. Just a thought.
Good luck,
Marcy Brinkley
One other thought - the health care field is growing while others are shrinking. My husband and I are RN's, and never have trouble finding jobs, but of course that takes some schooling. Several of our relatives, though, have only high school educations but are always in demand at hospitals because they work the switchboard, work in central medical supply, or work as custodians. In between those skill levels are technicians who do ultrasounds and x-rays, etc. Whether or not you want to go back to school to learn a new skill, there are always admin jobs in hospitals and clinics. And usually prior service experience is valued. If you have a VA hospital nearby, you may find some excellent possibilities. Just a thought.
Good luck,
Marcy Brinkley
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