SIL living with us for 5 months now and no sign of a job.

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Are you the same poster that really likes her sister in law, but wants her to pay rent?

[Anonymous]

Dr Phil says if you don't have a job, you should be spending 8 hours per day looking for a job. How much effort/time is your sister in law looking for a job? What did she do prior to moving into your home?

[Anonymous]

I had 20 years experience mostly in management when my company went under years ago. It took me over a year to find a good job and was very stressful. But meanwhile I did temp jobs,mystery shops, I volunteered, etc. Maybe she can sign up with some temp agencies? I found numerous jobs through temp agencies after signing up with maybe a dozen. Some advertised jobs but never offered anything. Some sent me on a job for 1, 2, 3 days. Others sent me on jobs that lasted a month. I came to my current company 8 years ago on a temp job that was supposed to last less than a week. Anyway, long story short, if she has basic office skills she might be able to get some temp jobs, even if it was just once in awhile, it's better than nothing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you the same poster that really likes her sister in law, but wants her to pay rent?

Are you the same poster who always asks people if they are the poster in a different thread and is wrong most of the time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My husband took 18 months to get a job after he was let go from his old one. He went through periods of low activity when there were no job offers in his field, and periods of high activity where he had a ton of interviews.

You can perhaps ask to discuss her plans to apply for jobs. How does she do it, what could she be missing perhaps, etc.

But in the meantime while searching for her "dream" job, she could do something like retail or fast food!

My sister is this age - I have the sense that this generation will only apply to it's dream job. PEople typically feel so sorry for the milennials but the truth is that parents/society told thme nothing was good enough for thme and now w ehave this problem.