Been there - sorry to hear this. Best wishes for one closed door leading to a better open door. Sorry for the cliche.

there do your share of work around the house. Try contribute something. If they let you use their washer and dryer try washing and drying your cloths while they are at work. Nothing worse coming home and you need to wash your families laundry but can't because you have your cloths in the washer. Believe me I know. I had a friend and her 2 children living we us. She was home all day with the kids. The kids watched tv. When we would come home and want to wash cloths we couldn't. I asked her nicely to do her things while we were gone through the day. I don't think I was asking to much. Well a fews weeks of this and my husband called her husband and said he had to hurry and find housing for them. He told us her parents kicked them out of the house also. The sad thing is we really like her husband and it ended up ruining our friendship. So be careful where you go and don't over stay your welcome.

Then you realize it's time for that fish to go.

Any prospects? Was it a total surprise? Did you have any time to plan?

Damn. That sucks.

Been there. Wasn't fun. You have my sympathy.

Thanks for your concern,


Prospects? not at this moment.

We were bought by another firm about a year ago. They have just started to get there upper management people in place and I figured they would start to bring in their own people, so when they let me go they stated they were going to go in another direction for my department, so no, it was not a total surprise. I thought I would have gotten a little time to plan but, hey thats life in the USA now.

They plan to do a lot of our work overseas. Yep, outsourcing.

Thanks

Hobo

what does the job market look like in your field? is it possible you could wind up with something much better?

please let us know how you are doing.

Been there.

What type of work?

Yes been expecting it, they even sent me to India to train my replacements

Hobo

There will soon be no jobs left. At least you have very good skills. Will you get two years of unemployment?

That ought to be fun

Hobo

Hope you find an even better job than the one you had.

....and it may save you a trip.

First thing you need to do is update your resume and your references. Make sure those people give you a good reference...you may want to have a friend call those references and act like a potential employer just to see what they really say.

Next thing you want to do is take a look at your expenses and see what you can do without for a while....make your money stretch as long as possible.

See if any of your current friends, former co-workers, and your previous manager(s) have any leads for permanent or full-time work. Also, start checking online for contract work...that may provide you with steady pay and may give you a foot in the door at a new place of employment. Look for recruiting firms that specialize in mechanical engineering.

Good luck!

It's never enough, but it's always better than nothing.

I hope you can find something quickly.

Family usually doesn't mind helping out if they can see that you are doing everything you can to look, use benefits, and not drain them. Sometimes, working smaller, pt jobs has to be done in the interim to keep one floating if unemployment comp has run out.

I hope everything works out well and goes smoothly for you. Good luck.

a place to sleep, even if it's not great. Apply for unemployment if that is available and use a few of the bucks to help the family member that is giving you help. Keep looking for a job, don't give up.

Your new job is to get rehired or bring in some income on your own.

Treat it like a real job 9-5 and you'll be much better off .

I know absolutely nothing about mechanical engineering so I can't even make suggestions... I can only wish you the very best of luck.

Unless you're in Oklahoma, I can't offer much advice, but I wish you all the best.

Assuming he has the desire to relocate. Job market is still pretty solid here. The catch is you have to live here (I say that as a lifer).

City, State you currently reside in?

Are you able to relocate? (If you have children, is this an issue?)

What are your job skills? Please provide a BRIEF resume (job title, length of time, employer)

Are you currently on Linked In? Have you asked past employers/co-workers for references there? (Recruiters love to read those.)

Have you updated your resume? Has it been reviewed by a third party with an "eye" for this?

Let's start with these - I'll ask more, depending on your answers.

I am in Tucson Arizona

I can relocate worldwide, kid has grown and I am divorced.

I have been working for 35 years I have a BS in mechanical engineering
I was with this company for 3 years was was previous company for 4 years, spend most of my career with one company then they decided to go bankrupt. I have been just trying to get to retirement which is about 7 more years.

I am on Linked in. I can get references

Resume is updated.


Thanks

Hobo

Are you "Project Manager" material? What is your primary focus?

ON EDIT: Monster Link http://jobsearch.monster.com/search/Mechanical-Engineer_5?where=Tucson__2C-AZ

ON EDIT 2: With your experience and credentials, is Arizona your preferred place to live for a few years? How would you feel about overseas work?

I apologize for saying this, but YEAH! Congratulations! You just became free to do go / do whatever you might want to do!!! And with your skills/experience, get PAID for it!!!

ON EDIT 3: Craigslist job offerings in your current area: http://tucson.craigslist.org/search/egr?zoomToPosting=&query=mechanical&srchType=A

to work overseas especially in the Pacific asia area (singaore, malayasia, China, Japan, Hong kong...etc)


Hobo

I think they pay a huge amount of money for engineering talent. They always seem to be building over there.

Are you just looking for contacts to find the right job in those places?

MSX is an international contracting house. http://www.msxi.com/careers/asia-pacific/

You might need to make a few phone calls to find the "right" recruiter, but ... ?

However, like in most places you will have to compete. But the ability to relocate quickly on your own might be a plus on much of your competition.

Haele

With your experience and age it maybe easier to start out as a contract engineer. You are actually in a much better position than most laid off engineers because you are free to move wherever the jobs are. Don't rule out anything or any place.

I put out feelers immediately, beefed up my resume on LinkedIn and Monster, and I ended starting a new job just four weeks later.

I didn't even have time to do some badly needed Spring cleaning and yard maintenance. Or just catch my breath.

The length of time required to find a job depends on several factors, some of which the unemployed person has control over - Specifically the amount of time and effort put into looking for work, and the quality of self-presentation, of putting one's skill set and experience in the best possible light in the context of what kind of people are in demand.

it takes me a while to find a job.....

I'm 55 years old, and to me the slang term "hang" has always meant to indulge in a period of inactivity, to rest, or in the parlance of someone a little younger than myself to "chill out" or cool one's wheels.

I see that you meant it as "to reside," and I apologize for not getting your meaning.

Good luck finding work. This site is very good for moral support for your kind of situation.

FWIW, it has been my experience in most layoffs that I ended up better off in the long run.

Help people move, paint their house, etc.; keeps you active and puts some $$ in your pocket.

I just checked my employeer's site---we currently have six open positions for ME's

A whole bunch of the good engineering work around here is DoD, but not all.

Welcome to my world. The upside(?) is we have lots of friends in the same place and more every day. The downside(!!!) is that no one that could something to make things better, has any interest in doing so.

But I was fortunate that I was just picked up my a different department at the same place until the end of June. It gives me more time to find something permanent.

Good luck in your search!

Charge them $200 an hour for consulting fees. They'll pay it.