Is anyone else having a crisis of confidence? I've been out of work since mid March. I've always had a job since I was 16, so this is A BIT demoralizing.

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My book is damn solid (for a production person). Not sure how there hasn't been a connection yet.

Am I doing something wrong with packaging myself or are companies just fishing for applicants and not actually hiring?

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🙋‍♀️ Same. I have never had trouble getting interviews and use to regularly have recruiters reach out to me. Not it’s a a ghost land and the few interviews I’ve had end up fizzling. I’m trying not to take it personally. My resume is solid, but there are A LOT of people unemployed right now and a lot of us have overlapping skill sets. I think agencies are also posting positions, having scopes change/cancel, and freezing hiring.

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Yep and some agencies are giving furloughed employees the first right of refusal which is totally understandable but also sucks for those in the process.

Did you flex on your network?

Flexing like crazy. Was contacted about rush holiday work from 2x recruiters from the same recruitment office, and reached out to 3 contacts at the ad agency in the last 48 hours.

95% chance this goes nowhere.

It feels like everyone is getting paid to look busy and I'm spinning my wheels for free. It's like this every few days. Rinse, wash repeat.

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