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Munchkincat
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Registered: ‎04-01-2010

Anybody Job Hunting?

‎02-21-2012 02:11 PM

On Feb. 7th I was "let go" from my job of 14 years as an Admin. Asst. The company I worked for just didn't have enough work to leave my position open so now I'm job hunting. I didn't realize that I would have such a hard time facing the reality that I'm unemployed. I'm 52 years old and feel very lost. The area I live in is a tourist area and most of the jobs here are seasonal and the types of jobs that much younger people apply for (amusement park ride operators, waitresses, ski boat rentals, etc.) I'm lucky that my hubby has a job but we still need to be a 2 income couple. I've applied for unemployment and signed up with the local workforce agency but it's very discouraging here. A lot of the jobs seem to be part-time and the full time jobs pay above minimum wage but not much. I had to roll over my small pension fund from this job and will probably have to borrow against that to pay bills while I look.

I just wanted to know how many are in the same boat as I am. I didn't realize how much of my identity was tied to this job that I loved so much.

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