Quote From: ladyshiviaIm a mother of two kids 8 year girl and 12 year old boy and a wonderful gift of a baby boy on the way thats a blessing. due this coming March. 
Im frustrated that there are NO jobs and i mean nooo jobs in Iowa where I live that will not hirer me due to there so called standards. Which im told more like Discrimination than anything. 
I get interviews and they say 'Oh I'd love to hirer you right now you have everything we are looking for and you could start right away .....but.. im sorry we just can't work around the school hours for your kids. we have set hours only.' What abunch of blank. I havent had a job in like can't really remember when, a few years.  
A few years ago my hubby thought its be a good ideal to take a home cource in Medical Claims Billing and therefor I did and I passed and have my Diplomia. my finail grade was 96%. They (At-Home-Profession Located in Dever Co) told me i could work at home for a local company working on Medical Claims Billing if i have Internet. Well Dsl is not out in the country. not one Medical Claims Company will hirer me even though i have proof and training they closed there doors and beside no company is going to trust any person to work on medical claims at home. So we was burnt out of $3,000.00 for something that was faulty. ( i have dail up if lucky ) 
Back in the 98 I had paid $30. to get a listing of work at home companys. Well it came and it was just a book called The Complete Guide To Home Based Employment . all it was is a book with home jobs and only gave half the information and alot of P.O. box for the companys address. and if you was interested in one ya had to send a letter for additional information to get started and send a self address. or to get free informtion. I tryed one for beeded earring i made the five they wanted send it back and they got rejected cuz they didnt meet there SO called Standards.  
There's got to be Some kind of company where I can work at home making some type of crafts and using the u p s for shipping (u p s passes my house everyday on the gravel road) 
Ive looked online for them and I also see that not one of them is Redistared with the BBB therefor every one is faulty. 
I have great anger building inside cuz i want to help my hubby with the bills and everything else. My hubby is stressed out due to working two Jobs. Even though he'll say otherwise. where now he has a Skin rash caused by stressed, (is what the doc said) His first job is sales and works from 7am until 5pm the comes home eats dinner quickly, Then poof he's off to his part time job at an auto store for another 4-5 hours at night. He says hes not burnt out but I can see he is. The part time job is maybe a few nights and mostly every weekend. 
He told my father that he would rather work two jobs instead of having me go to work. I think that is very loving and carring,  
Is there really a thing called Work at home jobs. ? To make money or something? Or is that just a saying as in work at home mother who cleans the house and cooks. Yippy.  
 
Please Let me know I would really like to hear from others about this. 
I'm 42 years old on Disability s.s., I lost my wife , house , car , son, and my self respect .Because of the stress of no job and only less than a quarter of the income . I left N.Y. and moved to N.C. to be near my son . I have no car no friends and about to be homeless,I cant afford my medical bills and the demands of renting and affording a car to get to the doctors What do ya do to make things better, what corners do you cut they are already gone. TV gives advice for people that have choices to cut this or that or get a part time job, but never hear about the ones that fall between the cracks . Always thought ahead but now , I loose my breath and start to shake and panic. I always believed work hard and you will succeed instead my body broke down ,and now forgotten