A success story that was recieved in my inbox today.....

I know that my story have impacted many other people who are also looking for work. So, I would like to mentioned a reader named Sarah that sent me an email about her experience looking for a job... I hope that you can become encouraged with other stories of hope when it comes to the job market....

Sarah Story:


On 2/19/09 I was laid off, on 6/16/09 I secured a job, here's how:

I was up at 3am, sometimes 5am - nothing but hitting all local job sites, also national ones. I got a subscription thru discountnewspapers.com for my local paper daily for 26 wks. Free trial- MYFAX.com so that I may fax resumes for ads with just a fax#. Job fairs/junctions - even state and govt. sites. I applied on the web of every hospital, schools, colleges, state, govt & fed jobs. I found a Hispanic job site that was in partial English and to my surprise had great job ads. I used Craiglist (jobs)

My goal was to answer 100 job ads a week, and as a result avg 2-3 interviews per week. (Most which were new industries for me)
I experienced "group interviews" because so many replied. But, I did not get discouraged, I put my faith with GOD. I never gave up or stopped this constant cycle. I was relentless, in my search for a good job for decent pay.

Finally, the phone rang....a state college calling for an interview. I went for preliminary testing.
At this point, I had been to what seemed like 50+ interviews (always making the finals, final 50 or 10)

They called me back for references, after providing these, one hour later they told me I was selected.

I had a 10-yr FBI background check done on me as well as a fingerprinting and drug screening.

I started 6/16/09 and have been fine since then. I still cannot accept sometimes that I found a job. I'm afraid to get comfortable, but it is a college and student body is increasing due to all the people wanting to change professions and go back to school. I feel blessed and tell others how I never stopped or looked back, and how I spun my wheels, while the rest of America slept.

Straight Persistence is REQUIRED!!!!! I knew I could not be on unemployment forever, and I felt if I waited and relaxed and sat on the unemployment checks, there would be no jobs left (every week, I saw a decline in opportunities) I also noticed salaries were declining.

Answer: Do what you have to do to get a job now, don't wait. Get decent $, it may not be your prior salary. Whatever you need to live and get by on. I settled for 3/4 my old SALARY - BUT AT THE COLLEGE - waived tuition for you and your dependents. (spouse and children up to 24)



Persistence is important to have when it comes to a job search... Not giving up and working everyday for a job even if it is not what you are looking for is important for the cause.