Long story this but will try to keep it short. After running his own business for the last 2.5 years and the business making no money we've decided that DH has to return to paid employment and bring some money in.
DH is an IT project manager (Prince 2 qualified). He's been looking for work for nearly 6 months now and is going slowly stir crazy with all the rejections/being at home.
He's visited all the IT employment agencies in the local area and been to the job centre, who wanted to put him on benefits (to which he isn't entitled due to my salary/his lack of NI contributions whilst self-employed) but offered no real practical help. He's applied for countless jobs online and had one interview. He's redone his CV (at great expense) so we know that's not the problem.
I'm concerned that being at home is doing him no good and that he needs to get out and build himself a network in the local area (we moved house recently and know no-one locally). Does anyone have any ideas how he could do this?
I've investigated job clubs locally and there aren't any. Have also suggested he does some charity work both as a time-filler and as a way of building a network. Does anyone have any ideas on how he could go about this?
I'm all out of ideas and feeling quite depleted. All help greatly appreciated.