I have been looking for a job for two months now. I have not had even one response. I am beginning to get a little discouraged.. I know part of it is my age. I try to read the posts and get some encouragement. Thanks for listening. Trying to stay positive.

To ALL Job Seekers, Continue to apply yourselves and try not to become discourage in your (SEEK) for a job. It definitely can become frustrating at times but I truly believe that those that remain Positive and in Faith that this year will be a Great Year of OPEN DOORS for many of you.! Best Regards, Shantel

I can do all that God says I can!

Good Insights I found helpful, hopefully you will as well. ....... :)

Most of us were taught as kids that getting other people's approval is extremely important. I still remember how ashamed I was to get hauled to the front of the classroom for some infraction in first grade. I wanted to be invisible in the back row. As adults we still believe that making people happy is important -- especially people in positions of authority! We try as hard as we can not to get in trouble, even though we are adults and not little children. Our early training sticks with us! I talk to job-seekers every day. I hear from brilliant, capable people who are embarrassed and ashamed about having been fired from their past jobs. We carry a lot of baggage about the idea of being terminated from a job. We think it's a mark of shame, but it isn't. Most people who are terminated (as opposed to getting laid off) didn't get fired because they stopped coming to work. They didn't steal anything. They did something far worse: they made the wrong person mad. That is very easy to do. You can make the wrong person mad just by telling the truth when everyone around you is silent. It's not a bad thing to get fired. It helps you grow a thicker skin. When you are told to pack your stuff and get out of the building, it reminds you that you can survive much more than simply being told to leave your job. Getting fired seems like a catastrophic event until it happens to you. Then you say "The sun will still come up tomorrow morning. Why was I so panicky about getting fired?" Some of the people you meet in your life will try to dim your flame. Some of them will make it their mission to break you. If they have the chance to crush your spirit, they will try to do it -- but it won't work! You are mightier than they think you are. Getting fired will not break you. It won't even slow you down. Are there negative aspects to getting fired? Of course there are! The negatives are obvious. You lose your job and your income when your boss says "Hit the bricks!" Your next job search can be harder when you got fired from your last job. There are plenty of negatives associated with getting the boot from your job, but there are powerful positives, too! Here are the ten best things about getting fired. The Ten Best Things About Getting Fired

When you get fired, you realize in a flash that the job wasn't right for you. Maybe you were contorting yourself into pretzel shapes to try and make it work. Now you're fired and it hits you: I'm free! When you get fired, you see that even though it's a pain in the neck to job hunt, you get to choose which kinds of jobs to go after. When you're desperately trying to please your boss at a job you hate, it's very hard to muster the physical and emotional energy to pursue a job search after hours. Now you have the time to focus on getting a job that deserves you! When you get fired, you can often receive unemployment compensation even if your former employer says that you were fired for cause. They have to prove that you were fired for cause and not just fired because somebody didn't like what you had to say. If they cannot make their case, you will be found eligible for benefits. When you get fired, you realize that you have inner strength you didn't necessarily know about. You may have been lying in bed at night for weeks, unable to sleep because you were so worried about your job. You thought that losing your job would be a horrible thing but now that it has happened, you realize that you can handle this challenge -- and much more! You grow muscles whenever you surmount a new obstacle. Getting fired can motivate you to shoot higher in your job search this time and get a job working with people who inspire and trust you! When you get fired, you are forced to get altitude on your life and career. You have to pause and ask the hard questions: What do I want from my life? What do I want from my career? Now you have the opportunity to look back at the path you've traveled so far, and to look forward at your path heading over the horizon. It's your life, and it's your career. Your miserable job gave you a reason not to look at your life and plot the path ahead. Now that excuse is gone. It's just you and your path, now. Where are you going to take your career next? When you get fired, you learn who your real friends are. Some of your former workmates will disappear from sight now that you have been tagged as an undesirable. Some of them will stand by you, have coffee with you and offer to be a professional reference for you. It's good to know who's in your corner and who never was! When you get fired, you get the opportunity to look back at your interview process in search of clues. We can almost always remember statements and actions that would have clued us in to the unwholesome nature of the job and the management team we've just left if we are open to learning. If we want to get the "Ahas!" that will guide us in a better direction next time, we have to look in the mirror and say "Oh, now I see it -- when my ex-boss told me that she makes all the decisions and must not be questioned, that was my cue to say 'Maybe you should hire someone else!' I took the job, but now I know -- I'll never work for a fearful manager again." When you get fired, you get inoculated. You realize that it's not such a bad thing for someone to tell you "I can't deal with you!" You feel your power at that moment. Getting fired reminds us that even when we feel powerless, we have more influence on people around us than we think we do. When you get fired, you get out of a rut. Maybe you knew you hated the job, but you would have stayed there for a long time if they hadn't told you to get lost. Mother Nature is the best teacher. If we don't attend to her small, subtle messages she sends bigger and louder ones until we finally take notice! When you get fired, you realize how pointless it is to try to please people who will never, ever get you or appreciate your talents. The mousier and more compliant you are, the less likely you are to be fired at any point during your career, but the more likely you are to get sick from denying your true feelings and your true beliefs. Who knows how many millions of people keep their personalities under wraps at work just to avoid making waves? When you get fired you realize that not every manager and not every company deserves you. That's a powerful realization -- and a wake-up call! Now you know that if you don't leave an unsuitable environment on your own, the forces of nature will push you out. They will nudge you back on your path where you belong!

By Liz Ryan

After all if there's no hope then what's the point right keep twarss your goals no matter the seatractioms at hand we all have them

It's me again just want to say be strong out there and don't give up keep pushing and believe in God and all his blessings will come to you.

2016 is one of the worst storms I have experience in my life. I lost my job after 22 years Federal Government. I thought I was ready to work towards retiring in the next 4 years and that was not the case. I was cut off at the path. I have been dealing with this since March of 2016. At this stage in my life never thought I would be seeking employment; however, after getting knock off the wagon of life at 60. I have been trying to find a part-time job to help me with my little retirement because I was granted to get that few bucks, but trying to live off that has been hell. My references tarnished I know that I am a good employee, hard worker, dependable, dedicated, devoted, honest, intuitive, as my other positive attributes, I am not perfect but a good hard worker that strives towards perfection on a job. I can't land a part-time job, and I have over 30 years of experience. Still, can not find a job. I love to be the one that is telling some great accomplishment this year, but I have not this year has been the opposite. I can't even land a part time job. Feelings of giving up let go of life because this is so devasting to me. Trying to keep my mind together, may lose everything that I have worked for all these years. This is baffling. Trying to keep my head up feelings that I am a failure. Trying to start over again at 60. Where do I go what do I do to get my life back on track? I don't have any answers. I will share this with the young folks, stay in school, work on your degree and prepare when you young for when you get older. You never know what is going to happen to you in life. So the plan, develop and stay focus. I may end up living in poverty beside those that have done nothing with their lives. I worked all these years to end up here. I don't know what is going to happen to me if I can land a job this year. I am still trying, but it seems bleak. I cry, I have fallen l into depression and disappeared, but will keep trying and will keep trying, and it doesn't matter the job, whether cleaning floors, I need a job, and that is what I am seeking a job.

Next month is job application month! You can even start submitting them right away! That's ok, too! Get an early start! We want employers to hear us loud and clear! Submit as many job applications as you can to your favorite employers! Follow up on them as well!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hoilday's to my jobcase Family , praying for all in 2017 to land the job they desire, don't give up keeping pushes through doors and you will land a job, don't be discouraged because you will land a job !! Looking forward to 2017 !!!!! Merry Christmas

I will win. Why? I'll tell you why- because I have faith, courage and enthusiasm. Today, I'll meet the right people in the right place at the right time for the betterment of all. I see opportunity in every challenge. I'm terrific at remembering names! When I fail, I look at what I did right, not at what I did wrong. I have clearly defined goals. I never take advice from anyone more messed up than I am. I am a Winner, a contributor, an achiever. I believe in me.