hi everyone. i'm looking for a job and am close to tears with frustration and pain because i can't find a job?

time to hustle. Get a bbq grill, some burgers, paper plates, chips, and a soda and find a place to set up and start selling hamburgers!! Babysit, put up flyers,tell your friends, and look on craigslist! Keep applying for jobs online but go to the small businesses and talk to them and beg for a job. Small businesses most likely dont have 100 people a day applying for one position. Oh and your hubby(or you) can mow lawns, help people move, etc..or you could too and clean houses, do some painting. If you look on craigslist you will find people post so many odd jobs and they will pay you to come do them! The other day I saw someone wanted someone to iron his shirts every other week! :) look under i think its gig cant remember but its near the job section.. Good luck

You can't even afford to live by yourself...not sure why adding a baby to the mix was a good idea but now that's too late to undo...

You are BOTH going to be on unemployment. You should be able to pay the bills with that...I don't see a problem here. I actually made more money on unemployment than I did working because I didn't have to pay for gas, lunches out, morning coffee, vehicle maintenance...it all added up.

So. What are you looking to find for work? How is your resume? How can you work full-time, support your family and do school full-time? Finishing what classes you have left and then not starting new ones might be good...

Why isn't your husband looking for full-time work and NOT add to the marital debt more?

I don't understand either of you...priorities are all screwy. Consider speaking with a financial counselor at your local bank branch and get some help. I feel like this is more about gross money mismanagement than anything else.

You have to make looking for a job.....a job.

You carry with you a notebook on who you met when you went into the business. The front desk gal or who ever you talked with. Get the name of the person who does the hiring. Ask for a job description on any job that is open for hire. This way you have "info" on what they are looking for.

Once you apply write it down and who you spoke with. Take 5 business days and go back and follow up. Even if the job was filled that person who they hired might not work out so that means 3 months later you inquire again. Every job you apply for you follow up within a week. Be a pest because the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

a few pieces are missing from this jigsaw puzzle?

how does someone get an E-7 in the reserves without ANY active duty time?....

do you drive a brand-new mercedes & live in a $500,000 house?

how many "coach" bags do you have?

did he actually retire from the navy??

"just put in an application"

That's the problem.

You don't JUST put in an application.

You mentioned the notion that no one reads your applications online.

It's becoming more and more common for employers to dump applications into a program that filters out most of the results. The trick to even have you application seen by human eyes is to word your resume very carefully. Don't be creative. Keep it simple and banal and appeal to that company's values. Some did an experiment where they essentially copied a mission statement and used key words to get their resume in the pile that will be considered. This sort of thing has been documented.