Sorry for the rant, just needed to get this off my chest and I wonder if others can relate.
I just feel like it’s been unreasonably hard for me to get a job. All of these places say they’re desperate for help but when I apply they don’t give my application a second thought. I’m an extremely high-achieving college student with some retail experience, lots of leadership experience, and recently scraped together and sunk hundreds of dollars into bartending classes and food safety certifications that I can’t even make use of. I’ve applied to upwards of 30 places online, over the phone, and in person, and not one of them has bitten. People make it seem so easy to get a job and it’s not. I don’t understand why I can’t get a job as a dishwasher after being named one of the best writers in my state just last year. My dream is to be a photographer but that doesn’t make ends meet. At this point I’m considering putting that photo experience to good use and starting up an OF but of course there’s no guarantees with that. I’m just so tired man. Like I don’t understand what’s wrong with me. It’s literally been the most demoralizing experience and it feels like employers make it like that on purpose. They act like I’m making their lives difficult by answering their ads when I’m the one writing a cover letter after cover letter and application after application and driving and calling all over the place just to be rejected. Does/did anyone have this issue? How did you get out of it? Thanks for reading and have a good one