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What type of job are you looking for? What did you do before? Any specific skills, training, or education that you have? Any specific industries that you find interesting or exciting? Any compensation requirements that you have (min wage or salary expectations)?
I would start with the basics:
- Use ChatGPT to *guide* you through building a resume (don’t use ChatGPT to just build it for you; hiring managers can tell when it’s too much AI).
- Write down the answers to all the questions above in a notebook that you’ll use to keep notes in during the job hunt.
- Think through your network of friends and family, and see if anyone can help you get a job, or perhaps connect you with someone else who might work at a company that’s hiring.
These days, without a connection inside a company it can be very hard to land a job. For entry level jobs, do some searching before just hopping at the first opportunity. Often times there are relatively high paying jobs if you look at the right places in your area.
Do you have any commuting restrictions? Do you have a car? Is there accessible public transportation? Can you car pool?
Lastly, the job hunt can feel overwhelming, but no amount of stress is worth picking up for again. Sobriety is a super power!
Thank you for this response and all of your tips! I appreciate it.
Most of my experience is in the service industry, working in restaurants. Otherwise I have a Sociology degree, a bit of experience working for electoral campaigns and did a 1 year program planning and leading volunteering events for companies - very random mixed bag of things, haha. Past 3 years I've been essentially unemployed.
I think when I wrote this I was primarily concerned about that gap in my employment history. I've been applying to restaurants, and I've had 4 interviews and so far and it doesn't seem to have been an issue....waiting to hear back from one of them.
Unfortunately I'm not too thrilled about working in restaurants, although at this point I'll be pretty excited to get hired anywhere, and I do enjoy serving. I also understand I have to start somewhere. I guess I may have been stressing about finding meaningful work when I wrote this as well...but I am planning on applying to grad school next year, so it shouldn't be too bad working in restaurants for the next few years until I can begin an actual career that I'm genuinely interested in.
Are you worried about the employment gap or just the mental aspect of the job search?
mostly just the employment gap