Please help the Jobless workers

[IrishLake]

RE Recruitment agency work: An industry specific company and I have been in touch ever since I was laid off. It was through them that I had one interview that I thought was going to lead to a job. However, the company lost the contract with the client I would have been working with (BP, haha). The same agency has called me about many other jobs. They have almost all been technician jobs. I'm not a technician, but and familiar with what they do so was more than willing to learn the mechanics involved. The downside? The pay. Pay was less than what I was making on unemployment. Can't justify that at the time. Plus, a lot of travel was involved. Considering how often my husband travels for work (he's in construction), and considering I have a 2 and 4 year old, and I live in a town where I have one aunt and uncle (who both work full time) to help me out, and no other family or friends to really rely on for help, it wasn't going to work. This agency even contacted me a month or so ago about going down to work on the release in the Gulf... the company that has been contracted to do a lot of the cleanup was looking for technicians with emergency response background. Bad thing? They wanted to pay $10 an hour. Sorry, no can do. Relocating someplace where I know no one and can't rely on anyone to help when I need it with my kids (childcare) and someplace that can't guaruntee my husband a job... can't justify it.

My father in law is also laid off, and he's looking at contracted positions. He's a plastics engineer, but he's in his early 60's and not ready to retire. He hasn't found anything in about 7-8 months now.

It's just never as easy as some people make it seem. When you have a spouse to consider and young children in the picture, it's much harder.