The job search is on Ladies and Gentlemen! The struggle of finding someone to give you a chance so you can make something of yourself is one that is long and incredibly frustrating!!
Finding a job that means I can move easily with my Squaddie whenever he gets posted is harder than finding a needle in a haystack! It needs to pay well enough to cover the rent and bills and give me enough experience or skills that next time he moves, it won't be so difficult to find a job!
Yes, we could pop down the registry office and get married quickly and cheaply to be given army quarters and then I don't need to work, we'll have a house and be together and then wherever we go there'll be a house for us... The trouble is, I don't want to do that.
I love my Squaddie, and I would be happy to marry him, but because I love him, not because I want a house. I want a career and I want to earn my own money. In a job like his, there's no promising his job is there forever. The reality is, he could be injured or worse, I hope, wish and pray that doesn't happen! But there is a chance. If we live in a house that we've been given, living off of on his salary alone, if the unthinkable happens, we would end up homeless and skint! I don't want that to happen to us. I also couldn't sit at home all day, it would drive me mad! There's only so much Jeremy Kyle you can take before you end up on it!!
So back to the job hunt, I didn't think it would be as difficult as it is. I am either over qualified or under qualified! There is no pleasing some people!! If I apply for a job, it is because I have made the decision that I would like it. So to have someone reject me because they don't think I would stay in the role, is a slap in the face! If I were in their shoes, I would want to hire the best person for the job. Sadly, it doesn't work that way now!
I know I'm not the only one on the "Unemployed and desperately trying to find something" cruise! And the only advice to possibly give, is the only advice that I've been given....
"Keep trying, something will come up!"
And on that positive slap in the face... I'll see you next week!!
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