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What are all of the single ladies doing?
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It sounds like the first step isn’t jumping back into marketing, it’s getting clarity on what actually fits you now. A year of unemployment plus a pivot toward law usually means there’s a deeper mismatch you haven’t identified yet. Take some time to figure out your strengths, working style, and what kind of roles align with them. If you’re unsure where the disconnect is, an in-depth assessment like Pigment or CareerExplorer can help you pinpoint it quickly so you’re not shooting in the dark.
From what you're saying, it sounds like you need to sit down and think deeply about what exactly you want to do with yourself. If you want to go to law school, get serious about that. Not sure if picking up a masters along the way would be that helpful. If you want to go back to marketing, work toward that and forget about the masters and the law ambition.
Chief
If you're trying to pivot into law, why are you trying to get back into marketing?
Chief
My thoughts exactly. Law school is very difficult and expensive. It really shouldn't be treated like a backup plan.
Wait, are you asking how to get back into marketing or how to make the law pivot work? Those are very different paths. If law is the long term plan, focus on that as much as you can and maybe forget about marketing entirely. Things are rough right now in the industry. If you just need money coming in while you get your masters, you shouldn't restrict your job search to what's increasingly feeling like a dying field.
They basically gave away their marketing / sales skills in the post. Both marketing and law are hard professions to get into, after the years of education, and require many hours of work to be put in although sadly many of the younger people just look at the pay without considering what it takes for work and the long hours. My mother, who was an Advertising Manager for the local paper, would easily put in 50-60 hours a week in the office and still come home with a couple more hours of work to do which is a different title but still within the Sales and Marketing category and then I spoke to a couple local Attorneys to find out what they do and the hours they put in which I wrote both off my list. I seriously think they are just grasping at straws.
I am sorry but I think you NEED to seriously take some time to figure out what you want to do with your life as it sounds like you do not know what you want to do.
Since you are unemployed and have been for "more than a year now" and "I tried my best to secure a job for 6 months straight after being let go" sounds to me like you really have not been trying too hard to get back to working, I would put the education and wanting to pivot on hold and just grab anything and everything you can to get back into the working world.
Most people that are / have been unemployed, put in several hours a day looking for work on job sites and applying either on the job site or the company's website. It is said that looking for a job is a FT job.
I encourage you to have someone look over your resume to see if it will pass through AI / ATS, do some networking, take some time and go through a career assessment (or two), reach out to your local Workforce / Careerforce Center, and go through the many videos on YouTube by recruiters regarding resumes / job searches / interviewing.
While you're exploring where you fit best, why not consider the Life Insurance industry? I work for AO Globe Life and absolutely love it! It's remote, flexible and really good income. We provide all training, mentorship and leads, and the income is completely dependent on your work ethic, not some corporate structure. If you're interested, let me know and I'll send you more information.