Please Help

Posted on: 2011-03-25

Ok I have been at this same job for 2+ years and have asked my boss for more hours and he keeps telling me that he can’t afford it.  I love my job I get along with the people but I can’t live off what I make here.  I have 4 kids and I am single.  I need a job that allows me to work 40 hours a week not 20-22 hours.  I really don’t want to leave because I am scared of the economy and don’t want to get in to a new job just to turn around and get laid off.  I have no formal education but I make up for it in experience.  I am intelligent and easy going.  I want to work so that my family can have all that they need.  Anyway is there any advice for a single underworked mom.