I'm April, I'm 22, I live in Orange with my 5 year old daughter.

When my daughter was only a couple of months old I signed up to do some courses through TAFE and wasn't until recently that I found
work.

I looked through Facebook, I looked in the newspaper, I looked online. People were telling me about work so every
avenue that you could possibly look at I looked at it.

So my daughter is 5 now and this is the first job I've had since she was born, so at least 5 years of just looking for work.

I've applied to everywhere from fast food places, to cleaning people's houses and motels, to babysitting to being a nanny, pretty much
everything you can think of I've applied for.

I think not having the money to do the things that you want to do whether it's just to pay bills or whether it's to have fun.

I dealt with it really badly, I used to think that I'm really not good enough, that there are way better people out there than me, I'm
just not suited.

I think the hardest part was when there was no email, no call no nothing saying you didn't get it, it's just waiting.

It definitely played on my anxiety a lot, my head just thought you're worthless, you're useless, there's nothing you can do.

Knowing that I need to work to take care of my daughter's future.

I would be able to go on holidays and buy a car.

And I'd be able to meet all my bills.

Those things pretty much motivated me to keep going.

Lots of family saying just keep trying, you can do it, someone's going to want you and when they finally get you they'll realise
how great you are.

I think it builds resilience because you're constantly at it, all the time, dealing with rejection and every time you deal with rejection
you get a little better at dealing with it.

A lot of binge-watching TV shows, and surrounding myself with friends and family that are all supportive and uplifting.

I spoke to counsellors, so I went in to speak to counsellors and I spoke to counsellors over the phone when I felt worthless and didn't
want to go anywhere.

I spoke to my GP about it who put me on medication.

There's a business in town that has just started putting on extra work, having extra houses so I applied, I was lucky enough to get an
interview, I sat the interview, I was nervous, but they thought I was suitable.

So I work for a disability support company in town.

I am a disability support worker. With my job I take care of clients. It feels great to have a job.

It feels great not having to rely on other people, not having to borrow money, not having to invite myself to stay at people's houses
just so that I can eat.

It's definitely great having a job.