Are We the Only Ones?

[Inky 1,111]

It took me a little over a year of actively searching for a job, any job, to find a job.

I found one in my field of work, luckly, the place had 4 slots open, all were filled within 2 weeks. They hired two people with experience and 2 without.

I had been using a company to help me find jobs. I changed my resume around 3 times to try and get better results but it didn't seem to help. I used websites like monster, NEworks, craigs list, google search with job titles. I passed out only a few resumes in person because everyone kept telling me to apply at their website. I applied to retail stores to food stores to fast food joints. Some places I applied multiple times for different open positions. I only ever got 1 call. I had a phone interview from that call and it lead to an in-person interview and I got the job.

When I tried calling other places they were so rude. Most never called back when they said they would. Most never responded to email or resumes I sent.

It was really stressful to not hear anything at all, not even a rejection call or anything. On top of it my husband got really frustrated and moody because " I should be looking harder and working harder to find something " I got depressed because I was trying really hard but to him I wasn't doing anything. While I was actively looking, I did everything at the house, as well as looking after our two dogs so I had full time house keeper job plus looking for a real job!

Just keep trying, it is really hard but something will pop up.

[ValentinesWedding 0]

My husband and I live in the Texas Panhandle (in a little-big city). I'm the local and he's the newcomer, and he has managed to work his way into a just-above minimum wage job. I've actually had a harder time finding work than he has. (I've been moving through a series or seasonal, contract and temp jobs for the last five years, and have been very actively seeking full-time work for the last three years). Sometimes it's tough being older and "over-qualified"! Ha ha...

I am really thankful and proud that he has a job and makes a real effort to do his best every day. In light of what other posters have said, I feel really fortunate that he found ANY job.

Best of luck to all you job seekers in 2011!

Edited February 18, 2011 by ValentinesWedding