Lost my job & my wife left me after 27 years of marriage 1.5 year ago. My mother had lost her husband & she went through quadruple heart bypass surgery. I moved in after my separation to take care of her. I'm an only child and really all she has. I was previously a manager for over 25 years in various fields and levels of responsibility. I've been a supervisor, operations Manager, branch manager, district manager and regional Manager. I've been actively seeking employment for 8 months!!!!

Praying for you

I'm so sorry to hear about your troubles. I was let go after 20 years at the same company and have been looking for about 14 months now. I have about 3 months of monthly expenses left in my savings. I'm in my early 50s and will have to move in with my elderly parents if I don't find a job before it runs out. So, I understand a little of what you must be feeling. Hang in there!

Dude. Cue the mini violins. True story I sh&€ you not. Just before 25Th anniversary my husband comes home from work says he wants a divorce. He has had an apartment for a while and has never loved me. I quit school so that he could finish his masters. I worked two jobs while pregnant twice so that he could establish himself. He never wanted to spend money on family vacations be it cost too much so he went solo. And both our kids are on the spectrum so I eventually had to leave jobs that if I had cont I would have an amazing pension now. But family first. Now he is a director and a big shot. Wrote three books that I helped with (I’m being petty but he never thanked me in the acknowledgments) and he, of course, cheated and blamed me and the kids. Now I had to start over in my 50s because he kicked me and the kids out with nothing. Oh yeah because I was blindly in love with him, he had all power of finances and everything. Word to the wise, one day everything is roses and sunshine and the next you have a crap sandwich. You deal and move on to the next day. You can’t take none of the crap in this life with you when you’re gone. Hug your loved ones. Spend time with family. Work enough to eat and enjoy life and have a safe, warm place to lay your head. That’s about all that matters. If you have extra, share. My dad said if you got a dime give a nickel. Take your boss to lunch because he has worries too. And always call mom to say you love her. Words to live by.

Sorry to hear that.

You breathing, it’s going to be alright

People may not like my response but it is sent with compassion nonetheless.
1. You’re alive.
2. Your mom is alive and has a loving son who is now able to help her. God bless you! She is helping you now too. (Our elders need care and she may otherwise have been forgotten if you weren’t divorced.)
3. As you get settled in, you’ll find a way to gain employment in exactly the right time.
If you can reframe it as a win/win, you’ll be much better off. Orient your mind toward your blessings and good things will fall into place. If you focus on loss or lack, you’ll get more loss and lack.

It is a job stalemate at this point, unfortunately. You either get no responses, or if you do you score an interview, it goes really well, then you never hear back from them. This is just like 2008, the recession. Just keep on keeping on. That's all we can do. Good luck.

Poor Guy. Sounds like you should be talking to Oprah. Look! ManUp. This World we exist in is Unforgiving it could care less what you're going through. Fortunate for us, God blessed us with common sense, therfore we should use it. I feel bad for your circumstances, but guess what? Join the queue, there are thousands in your same circumstance yet they keep plugging they keep persevering. NEVER GIVE UP SON !!

This totally sucks, and I'm sorry that life threw a hard curve ball at you.

One thing that may help is running your resume through Chat GPT. My nephew did that, and suddenly he was getting interviews with the 'new and improved' resume. Did take him a while to get a job, but he did get one and is very happy with the position and the company.

Good luck!

Sometimes its good to give it all to Jesus Christ. There are times when the burden us too heavy to carry, the tears flow live a flooded river, the hope is lost, depression comes in and everything is falling apart. But Jesus Christ is where inner peace you find. Try him and you won't regret.

If this job search company can't understand where I live. In the maritime. How am I going to send resumes to British Columbia.

We don't care we have our own problems finding a job

Not sure what you're wanting from this post as it looks like you're just making a statement about what has taken place in your life. All of us have things that happen to us. What may seem trivial to others, maybe a big deal to us. We all have a life to live so in my opinion we should be helpful to others while taking care of ourselves and setting goals in our lives. Try not to be wasteful and stay humble as possible. Greed is the number one problem in the world so we have to be careful not to join the ranks.