Good luck, best wishes to him. It is a hard place, to be unemployed and want to work. I'm on the retirement side of life, and I was so disappointed not to have had a schedule for the spring. When my DUnc passed and some other things happened, it turned out to be good that I didn't have to cancel classes, so it worked. I've sent a note to my dept. chair asking to have a fall schedule. I hope it turns out. This would most likely be my last teaching job.