You all have been an encouraging community for me the last couple years, and I appreciate any prayers you can send our way. To give some context, my husband does contract IT work (remote/work from home), and his last contract ended in October. As you probably know, the job market has been tough recently, there's been a ton of layoffs and it's been hard for him to to find work in his field. He's applied to a ton of jobs, had a lot of recruiter phone calls, but nothing has come through yet. Many jobs are STILL requiring the vax (even remote ones!) which my husband will never do, and he's passed up good opportunities because of this. Since a lot of the work is contract based, most of the positions are only hiring for 6, 9, or 12 months. It's hard to find anything long term/permanent in his field anymore. He's thought about switching careers and has even applied to jobs outside his industry, but has a lot of good experience built up and as you know it's hard to switch careers later in life. Just praying for one of these opportunities to work out, and also if this is God leading him to something else, that he will be open to that calling.
Thank you so much, and please let me know if there's anything I can pray for you about as well!
EDIT: Thank you so much for everyone who took the time to respond! I shared all of the encouragement, prayers, advice, and job recommendations to my husband and we are so appreciative of all of you. I tried to reply or DM to each person here, but I apologize if I missed anyone. This community is awesome and I am so grateful to have found it. I hope to update you all soon with good news about a new job/opportunity for both of us! Much love and blessings to you ❤️
Thanks! And he's not opposed to working on site, however he has been working remote for several years (before the scamdemic), it just seems like those remote jobs are harder to come by now because they get a ton more applications. I think many people realized that they work better remote, and value work-life balance more now, so those jobs get a lot more interest than the on-site ones. Also, we moved from a major metro area with a lot of jobs to one with a smaller job market, so remote jobs really do pay better than what we can find locally.
There’s many people who moved to Mexico and other third world countries who are now working remotely and may not need a large salary. The younger generation is a hard one to wrap your head around.
Funny you mention it, but we have been looking at countries in Central America (Costa Rica, Panama), and Mexico, where the cost of living is overall cheaper. Unfortunately, with that comes giving up some conveniences (which we can live with) but also dealing with increased crime and other negatives. We both love warmer weather so are open to going anywhere that stays warm year-round!