With no job, there's no budget!

[baymule]

Does your town have a "day labor" corner? In a lot of Texas towns, there are places where mostly Hispanic men gather for day labor. You need work done, you go make a deal with one or two and they work for you for the day. Around here, it is customary to give them lunch and plenty to drink.

 

[Jaxom22]

If there is, I'm not aware of it. Family and I have lived here less then a year.

Been thinking pooper duty. Not the most pleasant of jobs, but my mother and I did have a kennel...

How do you compete with a company with crews that offer to beat EVERYONE else by 30% with a two week free service offer when they switch?

 

[Jaxom22]

I couldn't agree more. While unemployment here is high, it seems to be heading in the right direction. I hit CL daily looking at the jobs section as well as the gigs area. Even gone so far as offering my labor in trade for affew things we need in the barter section.

Right now, this week concentrating on temp jobs.

 

[Redblue]

While you search for a temp job, it wouldn't hurt to try to offer some gigs on Fiverr. I have done before. Creativity is the key there.

 

[Jaxom22]

Honestly, I'm on a half dozen job search engines. Never heard if Fiverr. Will google asap! Love all the tips I've been getting.

 

[Support]

Walking dogs seem to be an easy job that can give you easy money. You can give out flyers for your dog-walking services so that potential clients can contact you.

 

[Plantress]

My brother has a neighbor in NYC who cover all of her costs with can recycling

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

Day jobs where you stand on the corner and get work are typically found on the corners of big retail hardware stores. Our local pick up place is Home Depot. It's kinda annoying but it's there. Also look up temp agencies that offer day to day work. Ours here is called Labor Ready. Don't know if they have them where you are but if you look it up online you can get a better description of what it is and many find one in your area. Posting an add in the general section of the community ads on Craigslist is free. I've used it a couple times to pick up a few day jobs. Make sure they are legit. I'm a girl and get weird requests.... people are freaks. Any job is better than no job, I got this job at Walmart (which I really hate) but I keep it because I want this better job that pays me twice as much and it shows I can keep a job. Believe it or not most red flags on resumes aren't such a big deal if you can explain WHY they happened. I have plenty of red flags but because I have legitimate reasons why I had to quit a job or move they didn't think to much of it.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

Once my DH was between jobs and we decided to start our own grass cutting and lawn care business. We got business cards and began advertising in the newspaper and also put huge magnet stickers on the sides of our vehicles and obtained lawnmowers, spray pumps, weedeaters and a trailer and then one day we got our first call and I happened to be the one who answered and I was all professional and told the lady that my husband would have to take a look at her needs, and come up with an idea of how long it will take him to do her yard and we will call her with a price and so he began his little side line business.
He really wasn't cut out for self-employment, but it was a good little venture and I'd say at least our equipment was pretty much paid for. Maybe not entirely, but we still had them for our own use and I still have the trailer.
Someone with a business mind or at least a people person would do better than DH though.
Also, when I was very young and hadn't yet had children I would go to the shrimp shed when I was desperate for money. It was grueling work that drug on forever, but I would distance myself from what was actually happening and it would give me a deep desire to look for more profitable work, plus it gave me a check, although a very tiny one.
Now this is going to sound really wild, but once I was working for a really crazy doctor, who really hated this other doctor. I knew she was nuts. Well, eventually her insanity caused problems with me, which was no big surprise. She figured several ways to torment me after firing me and then she figured the worst thing she could possibly do to me and that was attempt to have my license revoked. Thats when I saw blood. I went to the first person I could think of that would help me keep my license and get back at her.....the doctor she hated. And he talked to me and helped me immensely. Why am I telling you this??? Well, it seems I gather that you have been black balled. Perhaps your former employers have competitors and perhaps you can come up with a resume and schedule an interview and if you can be completely relaxed and tell your story straight, without vomiting up your guts to them, you could possibly be an asset to them.