The title of my thread says it all. I NEVER expected my life to turn out this way; where I have to work 2 jobs to make ends meet. I just started the 2nd job, and my primary job is 32 to 35 hours a week and my 2nd job is 28 hours a week. I am exhausted and angry that I'm in this situation. If I were young and in my 20s, the viewpoint is, it's totally normal. But if you're middle-aged? Yeah, not so easy physically-speaking (physical exhaustion from being on one's feet for 13 hours a day, several days a week). And mentally-speaking, it's no fun (I worry that I will run into people I know, at my 2nd job in a retail environment, which will be very embarrassing and make me feel like a total loser).

There is a negative stigma society attaches to people who work multiple jobs. As if those people are under-educated, or uneducated. Obviously, I need this second job so that I can set savings aside to avoid a repeat of what happened to me this summer (due to the fact that temp agencies are UNRELIABLE as far as job placement). I will never let what happened to me this summer, ever happen again. That said, working more than 50 hours a week is something I am forced to do now, against my will, b/c I can't catch a break as far as the types of jobs I apply to and want. No interviews. Nada.

I have revised my resume for every job I apply for, and reached out to acquaintances for job networking, and even to my college alumni association for job networking. But none of that has yielded me a full-time, well-paying career job.

I am at my wit's end, as far as my morale. What am I missing here? I don't know what else I can do to get a better paying job. Any suggestions? Can anyone relate?