Wow, thanks for the heartening information! Yes, I think my issue is that I’m in an area (near Portland, OR) where there are probably lots of qualified people like me.
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Learned about this job hunting support group series!
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A job app I was filling out asked if I was unemployed (yes), and then asked the following questions:
work address (my home)
supervisor’s name (self?)
are you a supervisor? (…)
(I know it’s the same questions they ask for all job history, but it was funny)
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Lolol I lost sympathy for this person when they said they were accepted to the 2nd job they applied to
(sorry, I have a long history of being very good at applying for things but very bad at knowing people/actually getting jobs)
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Yeah the torture but then the second job applied for are at odds and I liked that the response pointed out that it was an incredibly good odds, much better than the vast majority of people get. I think they just hate the type of job they do full stop.
It took me about 9 months and 6-8 job applications (i have a specialised field, there are only so many roles in my state) and I felt like that was an excellent and short amount of time to find a role.
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Oh they don’t deserve the sympathy I just thought Alison’s list of reasons why the hunt sucks was accurate for me!
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Oh for sure. Me too.
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I’m fairly convinced that if I started a new job they’d be like “Wow, you don’t actually know how to do any of the things! Never mind, plz go home.”
I don’t know why I feel like that, but I do.
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accepted to the 2nd job they applied to
I actually think that makes the inertia worse? When I was unemployed after grad school and I applied to like 200 jobs it was routine. Every time I’ve applied for jobs in the past 2 years the whole deal of getting all the paperwork and websites and interview presentations (I’m in STEM and we generally have to do a research presentation at the in person interview) was super overwhelming.
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I get that. Like “yay, I got an interview!” immediately followed by dread for having to prepare for it
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