Sorry to hear about this difficult situation you are in. You could try unemployment benefits, or keep looking to find a job. Don't give up, there's hope

Thank you for commenting. I just filed for unemployment and I am waiting to hear back from a few places that contacted me when I was doing my last job search. I just hate the waiting part.

It's a hard situation, and I was there this past April,. Took me until August to find something, but the point is, something came around. Unemployment helps, take advantage of their building a resume and interviewing programs and do your best not to project your depression at interviews, you may not even know your doing it.

I know all too well the hellish feeling of losing a job and/or not having one. What finally worked for me was going back to school to get specific job skills and the piece of paper to prove it. Have you thought about going back to school? The job I got was still very difficult for me but I lasted 20 years and now I have a pension. IMHO our society is not set up ways that take into account many of the difficulties people have around jobs. I will pray for you.

You are going through one of many life experiences! I have either been laid off or fired from many jobs in my life. The important thing is to stay positive! Make a list of all your options and prioritize them. If you look at all the successful people in this world, they never let life get them down, they kept moving forward. They visualized what they wanted and the steps needed to get there and they worked hard to get there. They never lost site of their goal!

This will help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkJLTGweKl0

God Bless

job searches are very taxing....I hate to be looking for a job....thank goodness now I am self employed and doing ok....hugs bill I will pray for you

My advice is start your own business its easier then many think. Be your own boss, here is an easy job idea, well easy in that it is a cheap start up and can bring in 50k - 100k all by yourself. Start a window cleaning business, i had one for 8 years and still would but I run a different one now. Go online to youtube can watch videos on window cleaning, the go to your local janitor supply store or order online from window cleaning stores the basic equipment. You can start your buisness with very little 100-300$ just depending on what you already own and what type of windows you want to clean. If you are low on cash clean single story homes if you can afford a ladder then do up to two stories. There are three markets, storefront/retail, homes, and high rise. As a single worker homes makes the most money. Make a website for your area, but the fastest way to get jobs is to make a business card from gotprint.com make 5000 of them and write a price quote on each card as you walk a neighborhood put the card in their door jam and go to the next house As you approach each house count as many windows that you can see then double the number and times it by $8 thats the price quote you put in the card. Then when people start calling set up an appointment. Be sure to practice cleaning windows on who ever you know first before you start carding homes. About three days of all day practice and you will be ready to start working for money.

I had temp jobs end on me abruptly and had to get unemployment so there's a good chance you'll get it, especially if you left on good terms.

If you have to take a temp job to pay the bills, do what you have to do. But if you can get by on unemployment for a while, focus your search on permanent jobs only. Use all the sites you can: Indeed, Monster, Linkedin, etc. Go to networking events. Check out meetup.com for professionals looking for work. Also go to the start up meet ups as they may be hiring too.

It sucks now but you will find something. And if you do end up temping again for a bit, go in with the mindset that you will do the best job you can and know you will be leaving. Leave with good references and don't be afraid to ask for letters of recommendation and/or recommendations on Linkedin.

Hi random,

I guess what I would do, just to get it out of the way, is I would contact the prior employers, and ask them if there was anything you could improve on, to help your employment chances going forward. Be humble.

What employers do where I come from, because employment law makes it so hard to fire people, is we hire people on fixed term contracts kind of to see how they will do. If we don't like them, we let their contract run dry. So you need to eliminate from your enquries the possibility that you're just plain doing it wrong.

The other thing is to take whatever job you can get, even if it's lower than your expectations. it's healthier emotionally to build up from the bottom than it is to hang by a rope from the ceiling. You need to find the level where you sit and can't fall. And then grow larger from there. Maybe university papers. Maybe night courses.

You have time to live your life this way and it's more secure.

And now: get out there, get your CV out there, lower your sights and take whatever you can get.

Sorry if that's a downer, but hell. We are born alone, we'll die alone if we're not careful, and we have to look after ourselves and face the cold hard facts. Keep pushing, keep trying, and keep waiting for the job that's a good fit; but for now get whatever you can.