I've been separated from my husband for almost a year and a half now. Before my daughter (age 4) was born I was an IT Tech in Southern Cali. When I was 8 months prego we moved to WA so that I could take care of my grandmother, she passed away then for about 6 months I was a stay-at-home mom till the separation. I know have been working at Subway, making barely over minimum wage. I've been looking for other work, but even though I've put in over 50 job applications I haven't got one call back.
To top this off I have state daycare that is only Mon-Fri from 7-5:30 and no parents or grandparents or really anyone to help watch my daughter. He dad takes her 2 days a week, but I never know when till a couple days before, and it's usually a Weds-Thurs or Tues-Weds or something like that.
Anyways my question, does anyone have any advice on how I can find a better job with good hours. One that I can actually support my daughter and me on???
I don't know, I started my own business for that same reason. I have my own hours now. Try a bank teller?
Do you have any sales experience? Commission based jobs can be good.
Are you getting child support? If not, you should be!
I don't have help either; it's tough. Can you consider moving closer to family?
Good luck!
I get $200 a month, and that doesn't go very far. My parents are in Cali, I HATE Cali, lived there for 5 years, it's where I met my daughters father, and got outa there as fast as I could!!! I had a great job there though, but now in order to move I have to have my ex-husbands permission to move his daughter.
It's frusterating!!! I've applied at EVERY bank in a 40 mile radious and nothing!! My job only pays about $900 a month + child support, and I'm barely hanging in there!!!
Quoting Ridingsolo:Do you have any sales experience? Commission based jobs can be good.
Are you getting child support? If not, you should be!
I don't have help either; it's tough. Can you consider moving closer to family?
Good luck!
Quoting CryMAd:I get $200 a month, and that doesn't go very far. My parents are in Cali, I HATE Cali, lived there for 5 years, it's where I met my daughters father, and got outa there as fast as I could!!! I had a great job there though, but now in order to move I have to have my ex-husbands permission to move his daughter.
It's frusterating!!! I've applied at EVERY bank in a 40 mile radious and nothing!! My job only pays about $900 a month + child support, and I'm barely hanging in there!!!
Quoting Ridingsolo:Do you have any sales experience? Commission based jobs can be good.
Are you getting child support? If not, you should be!
I don't have help either; it's tough. Can you consider moving closer to family?
Good luck!
I agree with the poster up above. I had to go through temp agencies for a while until I managed to snag a daytime position at Menards that paid me pretty well.
I know it won't help much, but you could look at part time jobs that you can take you child with you ( a local gym in there daycare). Also, you might want to have someone look at your resume. I used to be an HR Director and I can tell you some resumes are horrid. Personally, I would use either bullet point format or paragraph form (I prefer bullet point). Don't leave a ton of white space on it. Make it look professional. Definitely do a follow up call. Often times resumes get shuffled to the bottom and HR wouldn't think to call if you didn't initiate it. Just my two cents...hope that helps.
My daughter doesn't like my boyfriend.
- CryMAd
on Jan. 12, 2013 at 7:37 PM