I have been fighting the tendency to despair after looking for work for more than six months.
I never thought I'd be this long without gainful employment when I decided to move from South Georgia to South Louisiana last year in order to be closer to my sons and granddaughters. Despite good references and a college education, I have applied for more than sixty jobs, all in vain, and it is beginning to affect my self-esteem in addition to wiping out my bank account.
What do you do after you've done all you can?
Any advice welcome, and the "To Hire" sign is still out. I am a hard worker, diligent and honest and easily trained. I have a Bachelor of Science in Education/Special Education, a 3.42 overall GPA and more than twenty years experience in office settings. I can do accounts payable, receivable, bank accounts, payroll and am a professional writer and assistant managing editor.
Anyway, best of luck to all of you other people looking for work. Here's hoping for a better, more prosperous year for us all.
(Addendum, 2-7-12: I have been offered a part-time position at a local library, beginning March 1, so that is a GOOD thing. I haven't worked in a library since third grade in Anacortes, WA, at Fidalgo Elementary School, but I liked it then and am sure I will like it now. Just hope those 20 hours a week will soon be expanded to 40, but in the meantime, thank you, thank you, Angelle Deshautelles and Ascension Parish Library, for giving me a chance to work again! It means so much to me and mine, and I'll do my best for the library, always ... blp)
