Nobody wants to hire my mom?

I would keep trying with the staffing firm, and look on craigslist for opportunities. She can even make a craigslist ad for herself, or join websites related to the field she wants to work in. (A lot of sites will basically allow you to advertise your skills and let employers find *you*.) Do some research to see if your local area ever hosts job fairs; if so, she should attend them and hand out her resume.

She might need to branch out with where she's willing to work and for how much she gets paid, if it gets to the point that some money is better than no money at all. Even if it's as a profession like house cleaning, or if she has to work two part time jobs in retail or something. She can meet people through these jobs and get her name out/network herself.

I know this isn't a lot of help, but I feel bad and I wanted to answer the best I could anyway. I'm sorry you are in this situation, I'm sure it's frustrating. I wish her luck in the future!

She should start her own business, and act as a project management consultant to small businesses and etc. It's that, or she could try to get a job as an adminstrative assistant. Because now, her skills are seen as stale, as she's been out of work for two years, and she's going to have a really tough time finding a new job in her field. She needs to either make her own work, or switch over to another field which can use her skills, such as office administration.

If she wants to move over to admin, she could start by getting jobs in admin via temp agencies. Her goal will be to make one of those temp jobs be offered to her as a permanent position. I've worked with several people who've made this transition, for similar reasons to your mom. She'll be able to use her organizational skills and project management, but in a new role, and establish a new career. She can really do quite well in this field, if interested.

If she wants to try to make it as a consultant, she'll need to start doing research on that, and talking to other people who have been in similar situations and opened their own consulting firms local to her (obviously, she won't talk to those working in project management! But she can learn a lot from those working in other fields.)

Your mom should contact Worksource, or whatever the equivalent is there where you live or the local staffing agency so she could find something soon. In the meantime, maybe she could look into Elance or something to find out what she likes to do and see if she can get something of her own going.

These are things that if you're not old enough to work yourself, you're just going to have to understand it's out of your hands and trust your mom. It's hard being young in these situations.

When I was a teenager, I really wanted to work and I wasn't allowed to. It wasn't for young girls or women to work and we were in a very rough spot -- living in trailers and I lived in a shed. I wish I had. Maybe you can use your own creative abilities to contribute.

I started working as a nanny part time and eventually took care of myself at 16 and 17. Now, I run a transcription service that I'm trying to get off the ground.

By the way, getting a little permit and selling just ice cold water at events where its hot can bring in a lot more money than you would think.