[Umbral_Seraph]

...but I never hear anything back!

[Hatter08]

I know right? I'm having the same problems. If they don't want to hire me that's one thing but at least have the common courtesy to call me and tell me that you don't want to hire me. Don't worry, though. I'm trying to stay positive also. Eventually you'll find the right job.

[TerryL]

me too. but I keep forgetting to tailor my cover letters and resume to be relevant for the job I am trying for. I think that's real important. It's hard because I only have a netbook and no software that I can edit with. I have to go to the library to edit and print anything. Next time I also plan to add that if they are thinking of bypassing my application to at least consider giving me an interview. maybe you can try that too? let's not give up! Good luck!!

[WhiteCruelty]

You dont lost the life expentancy. If you received 1000 negative answers, just go again cause you never know when you can get a "yes". Just try again and again. In october when my college starts i will have to start my job searching. Into a financial crisis some students/workers lost the life expentancy and definitely you never will find a job that way.

[ladytiger]

same here and still no good opportunity. its not easy to stay positive when it is not getting better and it will get worse! i keep getting the **** oh you don't have enough experience blah blah blah even if it is for a simple job!

[tigerlily84]

I'm also in the same boat! Trying to stay positive is hard, but like others have posted, you never know when you'll get that "yes." Good luck to us all!

[valyn9]

Have you talked with friends and family to see if someone can put in a good word for you somewhere?

[Umbral_Seraph]

That has yielded absolutely nothing unfortunately.

[deliliah]

Your experience and mine are the same. As I apply and apply and apply, I have slowly lost everything - almost. I am tremendously well qualified: advanced degree, tons of experience, technical expertise. My husband, who is equally well qualified, has the only job he can find: it pays $15/hr., no benefits, and he is docked for every minute he is away - going to the bathroom, eating lunch, etc. This has been going on since 2008. We have no health insurance, we have no money (example: nothing to eat for dinner tonight). We've applied for every social program available: they are in the business, it seems, of losing documents and saying "no." My family is well off but has abandoned me. Oh, in the last 8 years, I've also fought (successfully) metastatic breast cancer, endless harassment by the IRS (3 audits - all of which showed we had overpaid our taxes), having been bullied on my last job, and endless harassment by creditors. If I can't get paid work, I can't pay my bills. We are totally on the edge. We could lose the house we have lived in since 1995 at any minute. We just got audited again (why? we have nothing to collect? they even asked to see our mortgage statements, which are automatically sent to the IRS anyway). I wake up in the morning feeling so hopeless I wish I were never born. It's not so much about me: it's about my children. I don't want their lives to be catastrophic. I want them to be safe, secure, and happy....like I have so rarely been. I don't need advice. I need two things: help, and realistic hope -- hope that turns into something tangible. I have worked so hard to hang on to both but I am exhausted. I pray. I go to meeting (am a Quaker). I do reach out. I wonder - is anyone there?