<prompt> Human: I cant believe that I am in this position. I had worked for the same company for 15 years and have been a homeowner for over 18 years. And now I am facing bankruptcy! What happened?!! It goes like this..After being employed as project manager with the same specialty-trade service company for 15 loyal years, I took a huge leap of faith and decided to accept an offer and take on a general manager position with a competitor company. The new position offered new opportunity and challenges, not to mention a great commission. To make a long story short, the new job did not work out so well. The working environment was not what I had expected. It was not a good fit for me, at all. I new within the first few days that I had made a huge mistake by quitting my job where I had seniority and was respected.Anyway, I couldnt go crawling back to my last employer. Theyd laugh in my face.While collecting Employment Insurance EI for a few short weeks, I weighed my options regarding future employment and eventually came to the realization that the best thing that I could possibly do, with the limited skills that I have, was to stick to what I know best and start up my own specialty-trade service company. So, that is exactly what I did. On a tight budget, I started my own company.The first eight months were great. I was able to keep one crew working and we completed several projects, right up until Xmas of 2015. Since Xmas 2015, the price of oil continued to drop and the economy in oil-rich Alberta wasis stunned. Large oil gas companies are conducting lay-offs on a daily basis. As a result, the specialty-trade service industry as a whole has been affected and the number of projects available for tender have declined significantly.My company has had no work no revenue for all 2016, so far. Subsequently, the little bit of money that my small start up had made in 2015 continued to pay its own overhead, as well as my salary for the past three months.Work will eventually pick up, and projects will start being tendered again as the construction season starts and the economy recuperates. But I am worried that it is too late for me. My company and I are both pretty much broke!The company has 500 left in its account. And I have less than 100 left in mine!This past April 1st, I did not make a mortgage payment. For the first time in 18 years, I was not able to make the payment, and I also have no money to pay for my monthly utility and credit card payments.I really need to know what I should do next! It has been a lot of hard work and personal investment to start my own company, I dont want to fail! The fear of losing my home and my car is stressful, to say the least.Advice needed! Should I be trying to find an investor to sell a piece of the company, to raise the capital I need to keep my company alive? Or, should I be seeking a bankruptcy lawyer? Can I claim personal bankruptcy but keep my business?  <response>: People leave jobs and go back to their old companies all the time. Unless you left your old company in an unprofessional way, youre likely to still have some allies there. Start calling your old colleagues and boss and be honest and gracious about your situation. Maybe they can hire you back as a consultant. 