Metro detroit area here. All work in Michigan is slowing down, manufacturing in the US has been hit hard and anything in the auto industry has been hit the worst. Flint has been so heavily centered on the auto industry that until it picks up everyone will have a hard time finding a job that will make ends meet. Submit your resume through Michigan Works!, you don’t have to be unemployed to submit through them. Ask your mother-in-law-to-be to ask her son if his business has suffered any over the last 2 – 4 years of this slow down. You can also submit through a temp agency, they’ll be able to find at least short term things, if not temp-to-perm hire.

Mary, Michigan as a whole is in a bad way. Jobs are not easy to find, especially on the East side of Michigan.

Ford closing, GM layoffs and other smaller companies closing has really put an impact on the job situations.

Check with Manpower, sometimes taking a temp job can lead to full time. Also check with Michigan works. I think the site is Michigan works.org or .com (not sure)

I would go to the Fast Food places, they seem to still be doing well with hiring. Dont expect to get what you want to get paid, take what you can. The fact that any check is better then NONE!

Once you get something, you can look for something more to your taste. However, bankrupt is nothing to blink at. It is serious business and you need to act now.

GL!

You didn’t say what skills you have or what field you’re hoping to find work in. That will allow people to give you more accurate answers.

Take ANYTHING.

You’ve been unemployed for the whole year? That’s a serious gap on your resume. Employers look at that and wonder why you aren’t working.

You can always look for something else later.