wife can't get a job in our hick town

The best option is for her to find the best job she can, move there, and then you find whatever you can find. This is the best option because her job opportunities are much better than yours.

The worst thing would be getting a job at Walmart or similar, as with that or a long absence from work on her resume, she will never again find a good job in her field. You would be destroying her career options to force her to do that.

You appear to me to be a very selfish person, who doesn't care in the least for your wife.

Your wife is, by design, circumstance, luck, your choice, or other reasons, a freeloading (single-client) prositute.

Q: What do you call an unmarried woman?

A: Employed!

Let your wife go find a job in another city, don't be so insecure.

Is she attractive?

Perhaps he problem is your wife.

She may be screwing up the interviews, etc.

Education and experience get your foot in the door if you are a weak interviewee you will have a hard time landing that job.

Move to Boulder

How tall is she?

I am from the suburbs of a big city in the north, but just spend the past school year in a small southern town of 5,000 people after moving there to coach, so I understand your problem. My bosses' wife at this school had a similar problem finding work when they first moved there for him to coach. They quickly got involved at a local church that was welcoming and my boss also joined a club similar to a rotary club to get involved in town. They became acquainted with the towns people which eventually helped give her a connection that got her a well-paying job that she really enjoys in a nearby town. From my experience with small towns, the main social activity in town in going to church. I know you mentioned you're not really a religious person, but even if you don't buy into the religion, if you can tolerate sitting through some church services, you both may benefit from joining a church just for the community it offers and to befriend locals that might have a connection to help your wife get a job. There also is likely to be some type of volunteer activities at church for her to get involved in.

I also agree with previous posters that she should either leave some degrees and experience off her resume if she applies for low level work or go for some type of entrepreneurial type work in an area she is skilled at or enjoys. Putting up signs offering to tutor, teach a skill, or babysit/nanny is a great idea or doing some type of online work. People in small towns often tend to have lots of kids with no day care centers available, so childcare could be an option if she likes kids depending on whether or not the locals would trust a new person in town watching their kids (maybe not though?) She may find something checking job listings in the local paper as well.

So did she resign from her job without another job to go, or has she been unemployed for a while before moving with you? That's likely the problem - lack of continuity of employment, and a poor attitude towards work - who moves and gives up their job without another one to go to?

Hicktown is probably too small for many vacancies to come up in her field. You say also she has a master degree and work experience, but don't mention any real employment experience. Is this her first qualified job she is looking for? Then she needed to get experience in her field in a bigger city before moving to Hicktown on a chance.

She could become a webcam model in the short term if she is attractive and/or has personality.

I don't understand why fast food places won't hire someone because they are educated, can anyone explain? Thanks. And if this is truly the problem, then don't mention how qualified you are, it's not lying, it's just leaving something out. Kind of like if you didn't tell your employer that your dog died, this is not bad because it is irrelevant to the job just like your education is irrelevant to fast food.

noidnoidnoid wrote:

I took a coaching job at a small town college. my wife is unable to get employment. She has a master's degree and work experience in both universities and prep schools. She even offered to volunteer at out University just to get her foot in the door and they refused. We have tried to get her on everywhere even wal mart and fast food. We have been told twice she is too qualified and they did not want to hire her.

So you have marginally useful skills, and your wife has none at all.

Congratulations on all that wasted tuition money.

Phys Ed and Arts degrees = wrote:

noidnoidnoid wrote:

I took a coaching job at a small town college. my wife is unable to get employment. She has a master's degree and work experience in both universities and prep schools. She even offered to volunteer at out University just to get her foot in the door and they refused. We have tried to get her on everywhere even wal mart and fast food. We have been told twice she is too qualified and they did not want to hire her.

So you have marginally useful skills, and your wife has none at all.

Congratulations on all that wasted tuition money.

Agreed. These are the BS degrees that contribute to people thinking millenials are lazy, have loads of student loan debt, and can't get jobs. Then they become rebellious and start staging protests about how life isn't fair

Is your wife smart? Have her learn computer coding 12 hrs a day for the next 6-12 months. She can work remote later on.