For my 6000th post, Please allow me to say that job hunting and unemployment really SUCK!

[LibDemAlways]

8. I feel your pain.

My husband lost his job 2 years ago when the company he had worked for for 20 years closed his division down. All the bigwigs who had driven the division into the ground were transferred to other areas. The worker bees, including my hard working husband, were let go. He was 59. What followed was 7 months of fruitless searching. Finally, he attended a get-together of former company employees (at my request - he had such bitterness he didn't want to go) and ran into a guy who had left years before but was able to hook him up with a position at his current employer. It is far from ideal. The pay sucks and the work is not at all what he's used to. However, in this market and at his age, we consider ourselves fortunate.

Hang in there, MarianJack. If you haven't already, contact anyone and everyone you've ever worked with or for. You never know when a door will open.

Sending good vibes your way.

LDA