u/DayPounder

First go-round was here.

Got a friend who has a long history in non-profits. Had done everything from grant-writing to database and between. Had even worked for Kauffman family up in Kansas City years back. Had been at some NP downtown right before this story. Got laid off about 12 months ago and was looking mostly in Ft. Worth/west Metroplex. About six months in, he expanded search to Dallas -- between Fort Worth and Dallas, there are quite a few non-profits, many of which have leaders posting on LinkedIn saying they need help -- and that was still dead, so he was doing Uber and the like for a while. His wife was getting a little, uh, shall we say, er, aggravated.

Finally around 13 months in he got a job -- but it's in Plano, three days/week onsite. He told me on Sunday, "No one in the Fort Worth market honestly even responds to you."

Obviously he could be a flawed candidate in the eyes of local people. I get it. 12-13 months across two large cities with no bites could say something about the dude himself. His experience seems impressive and others in non-profit had told me it was.

It just increasingly feels like there isn't much "out there" within 820 ... but I hope others are finding their way better.