Don’t know if it still applies in the new world order, but it helped me....

When you look for a new job, a few things will happen...

You may find a job worse than the one you lost.

You may find a job as good as the job you lost.

You may find a job better than the job you lost.

That’s a 2/3’s chance you’ll find a job as good as or better than the job you lost.

That’s pretty good odds.

Good Luck. 🍀

Greenpartyvoter, good vibes going your way that an even better job is waiting for you.

It doesn't matter how old you are, you're not alone. They are a great group of folks who will help you. I worked there 10 years, and know.

Keep me posted.

Spring is coming soon!

Gotta ice dam preventing drainage.

I wish and wait for mud

but Costco is hiring in April, and the USPS is hiring throughout the year.

Costco pays $15 an hour, the USPS pays approximately $17 per hour.

Good luck with the search.

Check out VIPKids. Pays $15-$22 an hour. Might be perfect for you.

What people want to surround them. All the best in this new opportunity!

They want me to stay on until the end of the month. Which would be strange, knowing I'm history. But I have two weeks vacation, so I'm calling in tomorrow and letting them know I'm using it. They'll be pissed and try to pull something, I'm sure. It'll allow me time to update my portfolio and start making calls.

I join with the other posters here to wish you happy hunting and lots of good vibes along with it!

And that it turns out to be better than all your previous ones!

I got laid off twice and was rehired right away because of my experience. Be sure to get good recommendations if you can.

can you get onto a plan via the national or your state exchange? Losing insurance due to the loss of a job is a qualifying event.

Does the former school district have COBRA?

Maybe Green could tutor kids or work with home schooled kids or substitute until a permanent position is found.

I'd call whatever exchange is available to her and see what the options are there, first.

Think in terms of transferable skills.

Best of luck in your job search.

you "may not be good enough for a job" Show them what a great choice they made, hiring you. Be the best worker you can be, pitch in enthusiastically. All your life's experiences combined to make you who you are. Put on a smile, and go out there. Good luck. Whoever lands you will be getting a gem, show them that.

It's a fantastic economy... The best ever!

But you have good skills and will find something else. Sure sending good vibes your way.

I lost my teaching gig years ago and wound up having to reinvent myself. If you can’t land somewhere you like, don’t fear it. I did it at 40. 👋

August 31, 2018 I was walked out of the job that I have had for the past 21 years (almost to the day). I worked for one of the BIG Insurance companies, that just switched CEO's 5 years ago, as a Systems Analyst, and for some unknown reason the new CEO decided 2018 was a great year to cut investment in the systems department. Over a thousand were cut from that department. I was one.

It took 6 months, because of a glut of talent in the marketplace, and was the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life (and our house burned down taking *everything* my family ever owned with it 6 years ago) but I finally found another job. It pays $20,000 less than I was making, setting me back by a decade, but it has better benefits than the job I left (seriously, my first year I'll get more PTO than I was getting in a year at the old job after 20 years!) and a PENSION (which I thought I'd never have again)

It took so long because,

1) I'm 50.

B. My only Systems job has been at the insurance company, I'm entirely self-taught, and the "technical interviews" given by 99% of employers are biased against the self-taught, and older, programmers.

III - I'm not a very good interview.

6 months of fighting, not sleeping, depression and no healthcare has taken a serious toll, though. I could not get motivated to exercise (I do DDPYoga of all things) so I gained 30 lbs, and I look like I've aged about 20 years.

I sent out over 350 resumes, and interviewed so many times I've lost count (dozens, there were weeks I had at least one interview every day). The vast majority of them gave me the feedback "the interview went well, but... " followed by informing me there was another candidate that had some obscure experience in a tool or software that I've never even heard of... so they hired that person instead.

I filed the check-in for my very last unemployment check an hour before I received the email informing me of the job offer. And, I've still got 1/2 my severance money left (which wasn't as much as it should be IMO, but at least it'll help augment my new salary for a few years. I hope.

But, at least I won't be losing my house. (We got to build our dream house to replace the one that was destroyed, so losing that would have been devastating) I may not be able to eat every night, but I won't lose the house.

Kids are disrespectful, but you can keep them safe for a day, and that makes a successful day. Nobody got hurt.

enjoy the cookies completely then start with a clean slate tomorrow. run in a healthier way by doing what you learned to love - get out and do a hike.

You’re not alone.

a while back when being unemployed is be kind to yourself. Take time to relax a few minutes a day and just breathe... job hunting is stressful and you are in a position that many of us have been through and through no fault of our own.

best wishes as you begin your search! things will turn for the better!!

Don't forget the huge need for reliable, honest pet sitters. If you have kitties, this may be a side job (or even a full time one!) for you. I had a good many clients in Nashville TN when I lived there. I did not have to advertise. It was just word of mouth. Most were professional people - attorneys and such. Having had back surgery, I wasn't able to walk dogs but my clients were fine with that. Just a thought. Wishing you and the kitties all the best.

succeeded in our BS economy. Bipolar sufferers have an amazing thing ... from my observations ... they are smarter than the average bureaucracy. Calm your nerves, you will find the way.