No One Knows What They’re Doing Right Now (and that’s okay)

I have been looking for a full-time job since April.

I have applied to roughly two jobs a day in three different states and two countries. I have written three different resumes and dozens of cover letters. I have been in the work force for more than a decade with seven years of management experience, I have a Masters degree, I am a published author. I am trying to find a job in Writing or Social Media. My degrees are in English, Literature and Writing and I have eight years of Social Media Management experience.

I cannot get a job in the fields I’m applying for. Instead, I am working part-time retail and continuing to apply for positions in the careers I’m interested in.

I have done Zoom seminars and meetings, interview preps and resume workshops. I have been told my resume needs zero to little work, I have been told I come across well virtually. I have been told to keep going, I have been told it will happen. These are all statements I can deal with, all statements that are true. What I cannot accept is when someone tells me: “I know, I’ve been there.”

Unless you’re more than 100 years old and were looking for work during the Spanish Flu Pandemic, you do not understand what applying for a new job, a career-changing job is like right now.

And that’s okay.

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