I think we're in trouble

[LosingIt]

I'm a regular poster, but changed my name for this. Some of you may work out who I am, but I dont want dh to find it.

I think we're in Financial meltdown. He lost his job at the end of June, has turned down two permanent offers cos he didn't feel he'd settle in them, and is trying to get a contract now.
I've just been given early end of my contract.

We're going on holiday in Sept. Paid for it last month, cos I was confident dh would get something, and I didn't know mine was going to end. We're having major work done on the house, which was started in June. It needs to be finished, will have to be paid for.

I'm looking for work to start when my contract finishes, but daren't look for full-time in case dh does land a contract, meanwhile, contracts are thin on the ground, an interview he had arranged for today has been cancelled (no reason), he feels like he couldn't get arrested, never mind a job.

Suddenly I'm scared. DH has never been unemployed before, always been able to move into a job within days. We've never been seriously short of money before, but I can see our savings are all committed now, and by the time we get back from hols in Oct. we will be done for.

Of course we're starting to argue, cos we're both worried.
I can't talk to any 'real people' about it (Haven't told my mum dh isn't working yet).

We both need to find lucrative temporary work until the summer is over, which allows for child-care. DH and I have no skills except I.T., where we have over 35 years of experience between us.

Prepared to do anything (except let dh go to the middle-east).

Am I over worrying? Anyone got any ideas for making serious money, quickly? How quickly do you go bankrupt?

btw, my father resigned from a job when my mother was pg with my younger sister. she had planned not to go back to work, but vowed after what my dad did that she would never be financially dependent on a man. she never forgave him.

When he sends his CV off for contract jobs, does he follow it up straight away with a phone call to the agent? They get sent loads of CVs but if you can be on the phone with them when yours comes through they are more likely to consider you, DH found (had 3 periods of being out of contract over the last few years so he speaks from experience!). Also keep a list of which agents seem OK over the phone, and call them weekly even if they haven't advertised a specific job. You have to know how to handle agents but they're not all bad. Hope something comes up soon for him.

Thanks all.

Yes Lydz, I believe he is following up his applications with phone calls. I think part of the problem at the moment is that either the clients or the agents seem to be on holiday in a lot of cases, so the vacancies get advertised, but then nothing happens.