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How the heck do I even look for a job?

Hear me out for a second. Everyone I talk to says “get your LinkedIn profile right and apply there.” Get to LinkedIn and I find everyone there is either a scam, lowballs like hell or is some automated group that rains hell with no intention to pay. Apply for something, I'm underqualified. Apply for ten others, overqualified. Same thing with CVs. I spend so many hours “tailoring” my CV and cover letter, only to get FLAT OUT ghosted. Then, in the rare event that I do get called for an interview, the bait and switch happens. Don't like it? Start your own thing, people say. Am I supposed to magic six figures out of the corner of my room to do so? Anyone else have any ideas? I'm done. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.


Hear me out for a second.

Everyone I talk to says “get your LinkedIn profile right and apply there.”

Get to LinkedIn and I find everyone there is either a scam, lowballs like hell or is some automated group that rains hell with no intention to pay. Apply for something, I'm underqualified. Apply for ten others, overqualified.

Same thing with CVs. I spend so many hours “tailoring” my CV and cover letter, only to get FLAT OUT ghosted.

Then, in the rare event that I do get called for an interview, the bait and switch happens.

Don't like it? Start your own thing, people say. Am I supposed to magic six figures out of the corner of my room to do so?

Anyone else have any ideas? I'm done.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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