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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Get ready team. Reviving this thread in Jan (probably mostly February to be real) in a Big Way
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Hi friends
I got laid off two weeks ago, and now I need to do enough job hunting that I’ll be eligible for unemployment.
I really do not want to do this. Stickers and accountability buddies and advice is welcome.
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Ughhhh I’m sorry darlingpants.
No advice, but plenty of cheering. And possibly camaraderie in a month if I end up job searching myself…
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oh no!! i am so sorry. job hunting is a nightmare, especially now.
but it’s like dating — you don’t need every option to be amazing, just one.
i’m here to send you flowers for every step you take!! what are you wanting to do over the next few days?
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You can totes do it! Unemployment is such a pain to apply for but it’s worth it. How much do you you have to do per week?
I’m back on my job-applying BS. I applied to seasonal job at a local nursery. I have no idea if they’ll call me back. My strategy so far is to only apply for jobs that I’m almost certain I would not be miserable at. I keep checking at community colleges, but nothing so far.
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Hopefully the government doesn’t find this but I’m not sure I want another job that quickly! I’ve been complaining all year that having a job is impossible to work out or volunteer or do gardening stuff and I have plenty of financial cushion (plus some severance and last years bonus) so I can slow walk the job search.
However I do have to do 3 “job search activities” per week to get that (pretty generous) MA unemployment $$ and I thought updating my resume would be one but it’s not 
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i have literally never done any of the required activities to get unemployment in case you need a little evidence that no one cares 
but i’m sure there’s a couple dumb things you could throw your resume at on linked in!
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I think this is a great guiding principle
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Luckily I can “afford” to follow it for now.
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