Oh my goodness thank you so much for posting what I just read about feeling fruitier than a nut cake. Of course you're not the only nut in the bunch....I'm a complete whack job myself sometimes. I think I am you in another life....mine. i had brain surgery a few years aho after having to quit my job at our city college because my son's father, who happens to be a sex offender, came back into our lives and my son all of a sudden refused to let me leave the house for work. I showed up late then stopped being able to show up at all I was so embarrassed. I quit to be there for my son...then found out I had an arteriovenus malformation and needed brain surgery because my head was in such pain everyday for months. I barely survived just to allow my son's dad back again and go through it all over again with him to the point that hes been in our sons life 2 years out of eleven yet hes able to sue my for custody.?! Exuse my language, but WTF!!!!

But it gets worse....its been four years since brain surgery and i have pretty severe short term memory loss and have been unable to work the past four years since the surgery. I have $600 a month for income and have rotated through so many jobs that social security thibks ive been able to work and provide for my 11 year old and myself, but I have not. To make matters worse I am in pain everyday due to a self inflicted titanium leg and wrist from a previous car accident.

So I wish all I had to do was cover a nine month length of time with no job. But the absolute worse thing of all is that for the past four years because I have a child to support, I have taught myself to work online in most ways imaginable....but still the best job I can seem to get is most definitely a scam. I have fallen for scam after scam almost knowing they were scams, but just hoping that this once it would be real. I have been hired by the same scammers with different scams over and over again.

I have almost completely given up having any hope for myself to succeed, but i just cannot give up...and you shouldnt either. The way I see it is that maybe whatever controls things knows that I could handle whatever I'm going through better than someone else might and continuing forward is only going to make me stronger in the long run.

I just want to succeed to show my family, myself, and the world that even if you have road block after road block, you can succeed of you just continue forward and never give up hope. I think my family gave up on me succeeding once a couple years went by and I still could only get scammed again. They couldnt stand seeing my heart and hope shatter once again. My son and I became homeless two years ago and stay with a very nice relative. But we are still a burden as far as I'm concerned and all I want is to work and make enough to pay back old creditors and support my child. Everyday things seem harder and i get scammed again after putting all of my time and effort into another so-called real work from home position.

So I dont know if I answered any question you had or if I'm just rambling on, but if anybody has a job opening...real in person or from home and is willing to let me prove myself please let me know. I am genuine, trustworthy, and I make myself available to my employer 24 hours a day and 7 days a week if they let me.

The sooner the better because I'm having the hardest time remembering where I'm at with my social security disability paperwork and I know thats cause for denial, but I cannot possibly recall the approximately 35 jobs I've had to leave because I was told I was a liability since having the brain surgery...and we cannot possibly survive on this $600 a month child support from a great kids dad who makes $15,000 a month, but was ordered to pay $600.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused.

I loved the people! It wasn't just a job it was like being at home with family!

I lived with my children and my second of the youngest husband said I wasn't that great of a mom and my oldest one likes to say that their life with me wasn't that great; however, she wants a relationship with me! I was working for a person that allowed someone else voice their opinion about my abilities and he shouldn't have even been able to say a thing since he WASN"T my BOSS! So now I paid for my last months rent and trying to land on my feet with all of these negative things being said about me; BUT, they will all be eating their crap soon!!!! I will make it and I won't be around the negative people in my life now. I used to think I had a man beside me but I guess that changes too. I guess if they are talking about me they are leaving someone else alone. BUT, I WON'T BE BROKEN!!!!!

My grandma used to tell me This too shall pass" ,I always believed that ,but right now I feel I am at the end of my rope . For most of my adult life I have been it the safety valve industry I know nothing else .every where I try for work they say I dont have the experience needed yet they hire kids right of of high school.I understand helping kids out I really do I have kids of my own but what about the people that already have experience working what are they supposed to do.I am a 39 year old god fearing ,blue collar worker with nothing but a beat up chevy ,fishing pole,and a few guns .I dont want much out of this life just for my wife and kids to be happy and mayne a few grand kids someday ,but right now I dont see it ,I dont feel it .I probably sleep 1 or 2 a night then I wake up in panic attacks and haft to try and hide them so my family does not panic with me . So I ask all of you what do I do now .

Was eye opening.... my first day there, we were divided into group's to help sort all types of donated items and placed them in designated bins.... This organization is truly a God sent for those who are less fortunate....It was eye opening.... They provide temporary help with a wide variety of bills to tens of thousands of families each and every year as well as help those who just need a little bit of help to tie em over for a short while.

Back in 2015 I was on an outage in Homestead making good money proving for my family. I get a call from DCF saying they took my kids into custody because of an incident and would like me to be in court the next day, but it is not necessary for me to be there. I Tell my boss witch happened to be with me when I got the call as we was going to eat dinner together. I show up for court after diving all night (10hrs away from where I was working) and am told I don't have to quit my job but I have to chose my kids or my job, easy answer.

So I start to look land one and end up losing it due to all the crap they want me to do to get the kids and show them I am a fit father. Here I am 41 and struggling to find anything that will pay enough to cover me and my 3 kids. As I look for jobs I see experienced only. In my years I learned how to weld some, the type most of the rest of the world uses, we never used so I never learned and don't have time to go to school.

My wife is still not allowed to help and I am now deciding that no telling when or how long till she can be back to do her job as a mother and wife, so I am faced with divorcee. With all this I am sure it is showing on me in interviews and my age don't help.

I hate my life right now and know I am a hard worker and have been told several times by different people and do just about anything and am good with my hands. I am going in there with a my resumes and dressed up in appropriate attire, even if it is just to turn in a physical application just in case I get a chance to do a interview and do follow ups. But every where I turn it's experience only apply. And online resumes are no help with them being so im-personal, so robotic. Just had to put that out there as a frustrated with this experience only crap. Where is willing to train, I know people hasn't gotten that dumb. Sorry for wasting your time. Have a good day.

I'm 25 years old and have held management positions, customer service positions, and post office positions. I have been working since I was 16. I'm sure that is not long to some of you, but I was a very ambitious person. I have held 2 jobs at one time. Now, I am married. No I am not blaming it all on being married to a man in the military but it seems like I am having the hardest time finding a job at his new station. I am usually pretty optimistic. I have a 6 year old son and a 3 month old son. Every time I have an interview and they see I'm associated with the military, they already have the mindset that I will be leaving them soon. They also see that I have had to change jobs because of my status. I have a Bachelors Degree in Human Services. I have worked in social services in my previous state. Now I have applied here in Kansas and I'm not sure what I did wrong. I gave them my winning personality, my experience, my skill set, and more. I am trying to work at a 8-5 job so that I can be there for the kids. Daycare on base shuts down at 6. My 3 month old is on a waiting list which is why I wouldn't even be able to start right away. Day care off base runs anywhere from 200-350 a week out here and this makes me feel worse about working. If I am making the bare minimum, then we would only be able to pay daycare with my additional income. I never had such limited availability which is making me less attractive in the eyes of the employer. What can I do to make myself more appealing? I even have been looking for work at home opportunities and I have found a few but being on a Kansas base means very very very slow speed internet. Most companies want a high speed internet. So that stops that plan right in its tracks. I'm just at a loss. I'm not the average military wife that can sit around and wait for her husband to get paid. We are partners. I truly hate that I can't help at all. He doesn't make but so much. Does anyone have any suggestions on something I can do? Suggestions on how to speed up internet when your limited on bases? Suggestions on how to make me more appealing to employers? Suggestions on work at home opportunities? Suggestions on daycare if you know how it works for infants on base?

How do you give advice when someone doesn't want it. I have been asked by several friends on what to do and not do on a job interview. As I have had plenty, and none have actually profited, I know how to get through an interview. Just once I would like one to pan out. But anyway, I have gone through resumes with people, mock interviews about what they might say and not say, and how you should behave and dress. And maybe what type of job they want, and all I get is well that is not going to work, and I have tried, and it's not working. Or some other excuse. How do you tell them that you're done, and good luck. I had one friend who must have had a million excuses why she couldn't do something. I finally said, enough, enough of the poor pitiful me routine. I told her the amount of time she spends on social media, she should be looking for a job. She didn't like that very much.

Working with the families.

Very simple. My mother passed and I sent an email to my manager and staffing company that I would not be in for the remainder of the week as there was a death in my family. I received the flowing email from my staffing company:

This is really unfortunate to hear from client (Photon) that they do not want to continue further with you. They have an urgency regarding this project and they (Photon) were in need of immediate support. Unfortunately, you are also not available to fulfill this.

Now, they (Photon) are looking forward to continue with someone else.

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