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[quote=Anonymous]OP - DH was JUST hired after being out of a job for one year.  We had to move in order for him to find a job.  it was a tough pill to swallow but truthfully had we been stubborn and not have been willing to move, he would still be unemployed.

Point is, necessity is the mother of invention. He needs to RE-INVENT himself.  I dont think your DH is lazy at all but I do think he's "trapped" in his own mind-set that he must stay in finance.  That industry has shrunk and will most likely not grow for many years to come. I used to be in finance myself, so I know a bit about it.

I think your DH should get retrained in a skill where he will always be employable. Those skills are usually not very glamorous but they are very profitable - plumber for example.  There are so few people under the age of 50 that are plumbers and that means in about another 10 yrs (or less) that profession is going to be in super-high demand.

He's going to have to get past the "Im too good" attitude if he has one. Not saying he does but in case he does - he needs to get over it.  The least sexy jobs are usually the ones that pay quite well because no one wants to do them. 
He needs to open up his options to going to trade school or buying a business (Poop-Scooping for example). A ton of MBA-ers and former wall streeters are finding themselves having to re-invent themselves as well.  [/quote]

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