Get a Great job

I did get a good job on 2/2/2011 in my field for a major retailer. I’m grateful for the company to have taken a chance on me. Been more than a year now and I’m still going strong. We’ll see what happens next.

I’ve been out of work since November 2008. I’ve been diligently looking for a job since then. Nothing. I’m in that middle “no job land” where I have a lot of experience but I look way too expensive for someone to hire. They think that I’m too risky, that I’ll jump as soon as a better paying job comes along. Truth is, I’m a stability junky. I do want to make more money but I’m more likely to try and do better where I am if I feel “safe” (whatever that means these days!). I don’t want to be on unemployment any longer. Those people who think that us long-term unemployed are just milking it for all it’s worth have no idea how difficult this really is. I’ve used this time as effectively as possible getting more college education and my professional certification. And still I am unemployed. I will overcome this. I’m just ready to overcome it before I lose everything I’ve worked so hard to gain.