Let me start. I previously resided in a north eastern US state, I had a good job, a good partner, a nice place to live. I thought I’d made it.
I started having medical problems, discovered I carry certain genes and such. Was having trouble getting them diagnosed, but such is life.
Then my good partner left me, I lost my job of a year and a half, and I thought a fresh start near family would be good. I decided to move cross country. Which I regret, I want to leave but now I don’t have the resources so here I am.
I just can’t seem to get a job, I’ve applied at over 2000 jobs in the last 6 months. My previous job was managing the entire technology infrastructure for an IT company. The one before that was the IT Manager for a small company. I have the experience, but I can’t get a job.
Last night I swerved to avoid deer in the road, got stuck in the mud and had to get towed out. I’m flat broke, I can’t get a job, I have nothing. I lost everything. And I don’t see myself ever recovering it. I have the experience and skill to do at least mid and some high level IT work.
I desperately want a remote job because my car is not reliable, my partner got the good car sadly. I’ve certainly made mistakes, I’ve certainly failed. But I don’t think I deserve this much pain and suffering. I have nothing, I’ve lost it all. I can’t find a job. I don’t dare look for a partner while I’m a dead broke loser, so I have no one to share with.
Anyways, I apologize for whining and crying, I know we’re all going through things. But I have nowhere to vent and it just keeps getting worse and I honestly don’t think I’ll ever get out.
Love you all. Thanks for reading. Please think of me when you get a chance and send good vibes my way.
2000 applications without a job says either resume is poorly done or you’re bad at interviews. If the callback rate is less than 1 in 20, improve the resume, otherwise improve your interview skills.
Hit the gym so your brain starts thinking better, also it obviously helps with a lot of downward feelings.
IT is in a relative downturn right now. It’s hard to get a job when most companies are firing their IT teams.
At this point, the name of the game is to keep sending resumes, so that when the general economics swing back, you’d be first in line for a job. But this isn’t the time to be blaming someone’s resume writing / interviewing skills.
EDIT: If there’s something to be done about the resume, then the real way to help with that is to read the guy’s resume and talk them through it through private email. Again, these are things not meant for public discussion on a public Lemmy. In theory, I could see that you have a point that maybe the dude’s resume needs some work. But “working on a resume” isn’t something that we can realistically do unless we start swapping emails / finding a discussion through more private channels.
Incorrect. The tech sector had had a record number of layoffs (https://layoffs.fyi/) and hasn’t had any time to recover. In addition, a US law, section 174, took effect this year and changes taxes for software engineers and certain other tech workers.
I personally have never had issues finding work, but I have been unemployed for over 6 months. This is despite the fact I have been in the industry for over 2 decades, despite having tons of qualifications and even former employers recommending me.