Losing my Job questions!

[Lindagerr]

:iagree: With all of the above. I must emphasize it is easier to get a job when you have a job. My husband was laid-off after 30 years with his company. He was given 6 months severance and that helped keep us alive. He finally was hired as a consultant full time for a company that promised full employment after 6 months. After 9 months he was still a consultant.

Now for the good news, a Director of a big company in his field saw his Linkedin profile and liked it. After E-mail and phone interviews he was asked up for an in person interview and he got the job. This has started a new chapter in our lives. We are moving to a new location we have bought a larger great home and we are excited. My husband LOVES the new job and his new coworkers.

So I know this is difficult, but you will get through it. My husband had gotten his 1st job right out of college and it was very difficult for him to have to start over, but it has worked out for the better.

My only other suggestions are start cutting back on expenses now. Pay off any revolving credit and put as much money in savings as you can. If you get severance and can collect unemployment at the same time that is great(my husband did). Do not live on that money try to live on the unemployment and finish paying down credit. I started cutting things out, less cable channels, less phone features etc. as soon as we heard about the layoff (we only got 2 weeks notice), if I had not followed the suggestions I just gave you we would not have made it. We have 2 adult sons living with us and I only worked part time so it was difficult, but I paid every single bill ontime and in full. Thaat has made it possible to qualify for a new mortgage just 12 months after his being unemployed.

Do not lose hope it will get better and it might just get great!!


PS you say you work for a chemical company what kind of work? I may have some leads or suggestions. The company that my husband used to work for was in industrial gases and I have worked in biochemistry and chemistry labs. Feel free to PM me if I can help I know it is still a shock and things can be overwhelming at first.