Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Feb 17, 2010 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Feb 17: I hate my Job!
No one wants me! I don’t know what to do. I apply and apply for jobs. No one calls. I don’t know what to do? I keep changing my resume for every job I apply for and nothing is working. What do I do?
My friends tell me I am great and that it’s only a matter of time before I get a new job, but nothing is happening.
Everything at work is crazy. My boss is acting weird and I feel like the whole place is ready to explode. We just lost a client. I think my boss is going to blame and it’s not my fault. They have cut our customer service programs and I don’t have much to offer my clients. Has the world turned upside now?
I’m scared. I’m a single working mom with two kids and I need to have a job. If I get laid off, I don’t have enough money to support myself and the kids. What will happen to me? What will happen to my career?
What do I do now?
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Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Oct 30, 2009 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Oct 30: The Job Searching Blow-up!
Well something has to give. I decided to revamp my resume again. Bought another book at the bookstore yesterday and will take another stab at the resume tomorrow. I sent an email out to my contacts to tell them I was still in the market and I asked them for more help.
There are two networking events with other job seekers here in my area every week. I am going to go to both next week and do some networking. I did a google search and found more recruiters. I posted my resume on some recruiter websites. Still applying to lots of job postings on the job boards, but I feel like my resume is going into a big hole. Not sure what else to do. A friend of mine that got laid off 4 months ago is still looking. I feel trapped! This job search stuff is really discouraging.
Work is crazy. My boss told me that senior management would be making more changes. I asked him what “more changes” meant. He told me not to worry. Easy for him to say, his wife works in a management job so they have two incomes. I’m a single working mom with not much savings. My kids and I deserve more than scraping by. I need to make more money, but I guess I’m lucky that I even have a job in this economy.
Then there is my career. I’m in my 40’s and I have to have a plan to move up the ladder. How do you do that so I can make more money and be more secure?
On OVERWHELM. Don’t even want to think about this more today. Got to go and pick up Bethany at a friend’s house. They are studying for the big test tomorrow. I think I’ll pick up some ice cream on the way home. That will perk me up!
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Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Oct 27, 2009 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Oct 27: Rewriting my resume.
Obviously something is wrong. No one is calling. It has to be my resume. I stayed up last night to work on the resume. I wasn’t really sure what to do. I picked up a book at the bookstore on resumes and tried a new format. I need to showcase what I have done in the past so I can get the phone to ring!
I’m sick of spending time on the job boards which is every night now. There seems to be a lot of jobs out there that I am qualified for. No one is calling! I’ve been grabbing about 30 minutes on the computer before I go to work to apply for more jobs. Yesterday, I spent my lunch hour applying for jobs, but that was with my old resume. I’m going to re-post my new resume on some of the job boards and hopefully someone will call me.
This single working mom thing is tougher than I thought. But I’m a lot better than I was when I was married. I was surfing last night on the internet when I couldn’t sleep and found an excerpt of a book on SingleMindedWomen.com. It really hit home. It was talking about what happens after a divorce and how it can pull the rug from right underneath you. Boy, I feel that way now. Alone…I mean really alone, but somehow better.
Now, if I can only find a new job, things would be a lot more calmer. I’m tough. I will just keep plugging away. I’m good at what I do. Something will turn up.
But…will it be enough money? Can’t think about that now.
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Posted by JobSearchingWoman on Oct 20, 2009 in
The Diary of a Job Searching Woman Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Oct 20: I’m a Single Minded Woman looking for a New Job!
Got a little side tracked at work yesterday. Things were crazy. It’s hard to have a job and look for a new job at the same time. I was on “overdrive” today, so I thought I would take a break and clear my head. I was surfing for online resources and I found the online magazine, singlemindedwomen.com
The site has great information, not only about careers, but about money, relationships and health. There is even some information about being a single mom which I found helpful.
I’m determined to take charge of my life, my job search and my career and stop reacting to all the worry, guilt and fear! Why do women feel that? I feel like being a single woman that I am even more alone. I know I’m a strong independent single women and I can make things happen at work and at home, but it’s a little overwhelming.
I know the right job is out there. I just hope I can find it before things blow up here at the office. I try and smile. I am hopeful, but some days I feel like the world is crashing down on top of me.
Really didn’t want to be at work today working. I wanted to work on my life, job search, career and on me, but reality hits square between the eyes and it’s back to reality.
Tags: career, Job Search, money, relationships, single mom, single women, Women