PunkyBoo
08-31-2011, 04:43 PM
I've been a SAHM since Punkin was born 7.5 years ago. I've been looking for work for about 2 years, since Boo was an infant. DH had been laid off when Boo was just 7 weeks old and it took him a full 2 years (almost to the day) to get employed full-time again. DH's job doesn't pay near what he used to make, but I don't think any jobs do (especially in construction/ engineering which is his, and my field). And there is a chance that DH will have to be laid off again next summer when his current project is finished, because there just aren't new projects coming in.
So I have been looking for work with renewed intensity for the past few months. We NEED a second income - we're just not getting by on DH's salary anymore, especially since we incurred a bit of debt while he was un- and under-employed for that 2 years. I've hardly seen any jobs I'm qualified for at all in the past year or so. I don't see any improvement in the economy at all.
Last month I finally saw 2 openings at the same agency that, on paper, I'm definitely qualified for, so I applied for them. A friend of mine works as a consultant to that agency pretty frequently, so she wrote a wonderful letter of recommendation on my behalf to the guy that would be my boss if I worked there. I've been waiting impatiently to hear about interviews for the positions. But today, I got an email that they don't even want to interview me for one of the jobs (the higher-paid one of the two). It will probably be 1-2 more weeks before they schedule interviews for the second position, so I have no idea if I'm in the running for that one or not. I feel SO deflated. I have this almost-8-year gap on my resume for this time I've been SAHM and there just isn't any getting around it. I'm really shocked I didn't even make an interview, especially after the nice letter my friend sent and the guy sent her a very nice reply saying he would keep an eye out for my application, blah, blah, blah.
I could use some positive job-mojo. I NEED to be bringing in some income soon. Besides that second job at that agency, I only have one other outstanding application that I'm waiting on to hear if they want to interview me. I really just don't know what we will do if I can't get a job soon...
So I have been looking for work with renewed intensity for the past few months. We NEED a second income - we're just not getting by on DH's salary anymore, especially since we incurred a bit of debt while he was un- and under-employed for that 2 years. I've hardly seen any jobs I'm qualified for at all in the past year or so. I don't see any improvement in the economy at all.
Last month I finally saw 2 openings at the same agency that, on paper, I'm definitely qualified for, so I applied for them. A friend of mine works as a consultant to that agency pretty frequently, so she wrote a wonderful letter of recommendation on my behalf to the guy that would be my boss if I worked there. I've been waiting impatiently to hear about interviews for the positions. But today, I got an email that they don't even want to interview me for one of the jobs (the higher-paid one of the two). It will probably be 1-2 more weeks before they schedule interviews for the second position, so I have no idea if I'm in the running for that one or not. I feel SO deflated. I have this almost-8-year gap on my resume for this time I've been SAHM and there just isn't any getting around it. I'm really shocked I didn't even make an interview, especially after the nice letter my friend sent and the guy sent her a very nice reply saying he would keep an eye out for my application, blah, blah, blah.
I could use some positive job-mojo. I NEED to be bringing in some income soon. Besides that second job at that agency, I only have one other outstanding application that I'm waiting on to hear if they want to interview me. I really just don't know what we will do if I can't get a job soon...