OP - hugs - I think one of the hardest things about anything is coming to terms with the fact that the situation you are in doesn't match what you have imagined. Our 'dreams' I think are very strongly embedded in us making it really suck when reality doesn't match them (this is true of many scenarios working being just one of them).
Know how you feel krysalyss jobs are few and far between in linguistics too. I'm applying for postdocs and lectureships, pretty well whatever's going. What about you?
I am 6 months from finishing my first postdoc. I have applied for one lectureship, but am thinking I will probably have to do a second postdoc to be competitive, as I haven't yet published anything from this one yet (still getting data together). But I am also applying for one grant and two fellowships. Fingers crossed something comes up that I will want and enjoy! I would love to stay here, but my position is funded by a grant and it can't be extended. I feel a bit bad dragging my family here, there and everywhere. Would love a job back home but in the current climate that certainly isn't likely!
Good luck finding something!
I've enjoyed living in the Netherlands. We've been here 7 years now (came for my masters) and the kids were born here. It will be strange to leave but there aren't many jobs going here and we also think it will just get harder to leave if we stay longer. At the moment I'm applying for positions or grants in oz, the US, the UK and germany. We'll just see if any of them come through.
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