I'm going to be on the streets in Montreal, how is a twenty something year old woman supposed to find something in thw tech field? I've been looking into call center and receptionist roles too. I'm flexible, I can drive to the office. I have a good 3 years of work. Company closed and it was a bad time in the tech market I couldnt find anything after.

It's been over a year so no EI to help me while I do this stressful search. Did Uber and doordash simultaneously, rent has gone up.

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I would highly suggest networking and trying to get a referral. This is one of the worst job markets I have ever seen. Sometimes a referral can help you get your foot in the door somewhere. Best of luck to you.

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I'm really sorry you're dealing with this. I'm in a similar situation. I ended up having to downsize pretty significantly and now I have three roommates just to get by. We all help each other because we're all in a similar boat right now. This tech downturn is the stuff of nightmares.

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Networking is your best bet. Maybe get some cloud and/or AI certs, but probably you’re trapped not being able to pay for training or exams.

I really have no idea what ai would do in your situation. I bought a bunch of tools and I’m going to start working on my cars to get another skill going.

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I am woman with 10 years experience in IT before the layoff . I Agree with going the referral route. My company moved all IT to India. We were given 2 years notice it took me 6 months to land a new role. I immediately reached out to my old Accountant colleagues and my IT colleagues that were working at new companies. I quickly got back into a Data Engineering role into a company that prefers referrals. Not sure if it was just luck as I know alot of my old IT colleagues are still out of work as many of them just waiting until they got there packages but i saw the writing on the wall and acted immediately. All cold calling applying just left me interviewing the being ghosted.

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Look outside of the tech industry. There are tech roles in other industries and it’s generally less competitive.

Don’t be on the streets. Is uber/lyft not an option for you?

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