My boyfriend is an amazing programmer and extremely intelligent, but he's been unemployed for 6 months now and not for a lack of trying. He applies everyday, goes to interviews, has created a program to auto fill the questionaires and send CVs for him, self taught himself electronics and created a full LED Light suits- yet nobody is hiring him. How can this genius be so casually looked over? I guess cause he's young but he has experience working in the industry. Whatever.
As for me, I'm a graphic designer. I have 10+ years experience with adobe, I have a university degree, portfolio, etc, I'm still not getting hired. I've started lying on questionnaires and making up stories when I do interviews. Nothing that can be disproven of course. I even changed my name on my CV to appear more masculine and it has increased my responses by 70%. My feminine name before was holding me back somewhat. How LOVELY.
Anyways we need jobs, unfortunately. How the fuck do you get hired? We've tried the traditional route of LinkedIn, Indeed, etc but now I'm seriously considering putting on a fireworks show and screaming the streets. I'm losing my mind. I'm tired of working retail to support us both.