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I am very sorry to hear that you are struggling. AI has turned applying to jobs into a lottery system. Everyone is putting the same job description into AI and saying please have my resume match this. Then it's sent to a company and 99% of Fortune 500 Companies use ATS systems to screen resumes. So an AI is looking at a pool of 1,000 applicants who posted the same thing. Narrows it down to 20 and presents that to a hiring manager, then they pick 5 to interview. Odds are you aren't even being seen. This is why I tell my family and friends they have to use MULTIPLE recruiters to stand out. I say MULTIPLE because some are stinky. Point is a recruiter costs you nothing, they want to place you because the client will pay them for the new hire, and you know for a fact the recruiter is at least putting you in front of these hiring managers! You are being seen by a real person! It breaks the lottery. Please use AI to figure out what staffing firms staff for the jobs you want.
It’s a tough job market. My best advice? Network the crap out of your connections. I found my current gig, after 16 months of sending resumes, interviews with incompetent or just plain stupid hiring managers and such, through a friend at my Bible study…her son in law had a professional connection with an HR consultancy, had an interview with them, got an offer the next day.
Might I ask what kind of roles you’re looking for?
As others noted networking is massive! See if you can attend industry functions and network with professional in the same field, go speak at a local university (the teachers can be well connected), reach out to former colleagues, bosses, or people you worked with, post on LinkedIn about looking for work and seek other areas where you can start a conversation with people. It’s more often who you know than what you know.
Beyond that, in this Ai world - write a cover letter like a human “Hi - I’m John Smith, nice to e meet you” this ALONE shows you put in the effort and you application isn’t just AI slop.
Work with recruiters and agencies to see what roles they can match you with while you keep networking and searching for roles on your own.
Lastly, would be taking something.. anything to help bring in a little money rather than none. Cashier, customer service person, etc.
Check online for remote customer service jobs, I think Apple and some of the larger tech companies have folks do it at home, pay well and offer flexible schedules.
I know the market is tough, and it can be demotivating to not be working. Know it’s not a reflection of you, your experience or talent - it’s a tough market. Keep you head up, keep moving forward and you will find something - that I know!