Thursday, August 4, 2011
Things are looking a bit rosier this week!
Miss Struggle2 had a job interview yesterday. Although it is for a part-time position with no benefits, it is a professional position in her field and could serve as an entry to a full-time job later. She is supposed to hear back tomorrow as to whether she got the job.
Mr. Struggle had a face-to-face interview just today, as a follow-up to the telephone interview he had last week. He thinks it went very well, but he was the first of ten candidates to be interviewed for the position. He was not told where the position was, only that he would need to be mobile to advance with this company.
We don't like the idea of selling the house in this down economy, but this a unique, well-run company that seems to have lots of growth opportunities. The best news is that it will be three weeks before he will hear back, which will give plenty of time for other things to develop. The position he really wants is still open for applicants and won't start interviewing for another two weeks.
Even Struggle, Jr. seems to have a job lined up----although he didn't realize it! He has been invited to attend a workshop for his university newspaper staff, and didn't realize until today that it would be a paid position. At least, that's the way I read the email. We'll see.
As for me, still no calls on my applications, but I am pet-sitting this week and so bringing in pocket-money. I have also been asked to do some social media marketing for a local employment consultant whose classes we have been attending. It is volunteer work, but will look very good on my resume and give me some local name recognition as well as some much- needed confidence in my abilities. It is hard to psych yourself up for a job-hunt after being at home with children so long. I think my computer skills are up-to-date until I compare them to those of my children. Ha!
We got a huge, very late doctor's bill in the mail last week. This bill is actually over eight months late. It must have gotten lost in the shuffle somehow, but it is legit and we have been expecting it for a long time, having seen the EOB's. Mr. Struggle went in when we received the bill to explain that he was unemployed and couldn't pay it right now. He was given a number to call to ask for financial assistance from this multi-billion dollar, regional medical non-profit corporation. When he placed the phone call, he was told that their financial assistance was only for people without insurance. It doesn't matter that we don't have any income to pay the bill, having had insurance --even insurance that wouldn't cover this bill---disqualifies us from receiving help. Everyone tells me that you can pay as little as ten dollars at a time, so I guess that's what we'll be doing.
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