The Unemployment Blues

When Drew & I moved to Montana, Drew found a job at a local Ford dealership instantly. I thought the job market must be similar to that in Southern California with lots of opportunities of instant employment. I THOUGHT WRONG!!!!!

I took the summer off and began my job search in mid-August. I'm a dental hygienist so naturally I started investigating dental hygiene jobs. I started with the local paper & the internet and came up empty handed. I tried the Montana Dental Association website. I looked and looked online and nothing was available. So I started the good old fashioned door to door approach. I drove around town walking into dentist offices and talking with the staff & leaving resumes at nearly 60.....yes 60 dental offices and came up with nothing. (I did get a temp day filling in one day at one office.) I've talked with lots of dental people who know other dental people but no jobs are out there right now in this town.

Disappointed with the outcome, and money running short, I started applying for other jobs. I've applied for at least 30 positions doing various jobs. Some in which I have zero experience. The outcome has been a few crappy interviews. One interview tested my faith in God.... Not exactly a job for me. Another interview was scheduled by some guy and when I showed up the girl interviewing me had no clue who I was or why I was there.... That one didn't quite work out. Then I had one come up with a dentist! His office manager told me he wasn't hiring but wanted to meet me???? I thought it sounded strange that someone would say that, but I went with it and the dentist proceeded to lecture me for an hour about oral health... It was a weird interview to say the least. I did end up getting one day scheduled to work for him. We'll see how that goes. I also have an interview today for some position where I would keep track of some inventory. Wish me luck. I need it. I'm almost ready to head down to Walmart or Taco Bell to see if they need some help. (Insert sad face here.)