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Looking for resource suggestions?
My husband deployed August 2010 to Afghanistan. In order to save money, we terminated our lease and I moved back "home". I had to leave my job but financially, it was a better move for us at the time. My husband had a job lined up for his return, and our plan was to move back once returned home in July 2011. My husband was laid off 1 month after returning to work. We have both been actively looking for jobs across the nation, but have had NO response. I cannot go back to work at my old job, because the branch was shut down shortly after I left but since I quit, my husband is the only one receiving any unemployment benefits. We literally cut all of our expenses and are willing to take any job and relocate to any area.
I am hoping some of you may have some resources or guidance on where to go from here, although I hope none of you are in this situation yourselves.
Re: Looking for resource suggestions?
Have you signed up with any temp. agencies? If it's legal to do so where you live, I'd sign up for as many as possible and tell them you're willing to take any job anywhere. There are agencies that are nationwide chains and can potentially give you a broader search area than others. There are also lots of different types of agencies. Some specialize in clerical work, others in manual labor or specific fields like technical jobs.
Best of luck.
Contact the Veteran's Counsil in your area. They may be able to point him in some direction. For instance, our Veteran's Counsil teamed up with the local electrician's union and have set up a scholarship to sponsor a two year apprenticeship to train veterans to be electricians. Durring training, they start out at a little over $8 an hour. It goes up every few months. After the training is over, they will be a licensed electrician and have credits toward a college degree. None of that takes away from the GI Bill which can be used to complete the degree.
Your local Counsil may know of programs like this or others in the area. Also, have him consider going to school and look into using his GI Bill.
I just lurk here, but I feel the need to pass these resources on. I work for the employment department here and too few veterans take advantage of the resources offered to them (not that your H isn't, but just in case). Both of these pages have a ton of resources, and make sure he contacts your nearest offices.
http://www.dol.gov/vets/
http://www.careeronestop.org/militarytransition/findajob.aspx- if he hasn't yet, he needs to contact his nearest One-Stop center. They have veterans representatives in house that will work with them on finding education and/or work. Most states have veterans-specific job fairs that these representatives should know about.
Also, most counties have some sort of veterans assistance available. I'd get online and search for one in your county.
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