Since January I've submitted applications to probably 600+ roles for companies that are 'urgently hiring' or 'desperately seeking to fill' or just in general.
600+ resumes and applications. Countless hours spent pulling my hair out trying to revamp and revamp my resume and LinkedIn profile, so that I can fit into the algorithm boxes.
Thankfully I was able to network a little and found an amazing career coach who took me under his wing and has been helping immensely with it all. He's completely redone my resume, profile, and professional presence entirely, which has taken a epic amount of stress off me. But…
I'm still not getting call backs. I had interviewed and accepted the offer from one company last week, and they were supposed to send out my equipment, but today I got an email saying that they decided to cancel the project, before they even got started. I did the onboarding and everything! I was so excited for it too. It would've made a complete night and day difference difference for me.
Now, I'm full on facing eviction, packing all my stuff into storage and moving on the road in my minivan because I can't find something that'll pay me enough to have a roof, much less save for the future. I'm 37. 65 isn't far off and I can't stand these idea of living off only $1000 in SSI in my retirement. Especially considering that I have no family or support network.
Idk what to do but honestly, the whole vanish to the woods thing and live like a hermit sounds entirely too appealing. The problem with that is, I like having toilet paper, internet, and tampons when I need them.
So how in the fucking hell are we supposed to do this BS called life, if no one will take a chance and actually HIRE US?!
I can't get a loan to get me through to getting a decent job, because I was always told to live life in cash, so I have no real credit history. Which means that I can't even rage up the money for an RV so I have some place to work remotely. I can't stay with friends because they're all already living like sardines in a over packed can. I have to give up my cat, which is tearing me apart. And my van needs like $1000 worth of work before it can even go on the road to what might be greener pastures.
My rent is $1400 a month, I have a $400/mo car payment, and my unemployment is only $1600, but according to the state I make too much to even get help with food stamps. Other bills total about $450/mo.
WTF?!
I need a job. Not anything glamorous just something that'll pay me enough to live and put a little money away for times like this. It's not even like I'm bad with money either. I don't spend. I don't go out, I don't eat/order out, I don't even put gas in the car to go visit friends who live near by, I don't buy unnecessary things, sometimes a new game for the PS4 here and there, and I only pay for HBO streaming (b/c GOT)
Anyone else feeling the pain? I can't be the only one who's about to be homeless in the winter.