I recently moved to Missoula, Montana from Texas for the chance at a better living experience, but it's been 2 months and I've zero luck in getting jobs. I have 2+ years in retail, 3 months delivery driving and warehouse work, amazing computer literacy, a clean driving record, and various other small things. I've applied to over 100 jobs in the last 2 weeks but only gotten 5 interviews. My resume is in good condition as I've asked a friend who used to do interviews if it was alright, and he said it was basically perfect even though I have a 2 year gap in jobs (That was during covid and I tried everything to get a job during that time and literally no one was hiring in my state county at the time for an entry level position. It was literally out of my control). But job interviewers see “big gap” and don't take into consideration anything else, it seems. I'm honestly considering just lying about the gap and saying I worked part time for that same job that laid me off, because I know they won't be calling or asking them about it.
Every interview went just fine, kept eye contact, was confident, asked the right questions, answered the right questions, and even the interviewer seemed like they were relatively excited for me to get the job, then 2 days, 3 days, 4 days later, no job, even after calling multiple times. There isn't anything wrong with me, I have a clean background check, etc. I'm lucky that I have a living situation for now, but if I don't find a job in the next 2-3 weeks then the new rented place my roommates and I got might not be possible to keep because we all need to put in our 1/3rd to keep it.
Sure, I could probably get a minimum wage job with no issue and they would hire me on the spot, but if I'm making $7-8 an hour, I'm not going to be capable of putting down $1100 a month for rent, because I also have to pay for food, gas, etc.
And the longer I go without a job, the longer I will have yet another gap in my resume and that's just not something I can afford to have right now. I've been doing uber eats to make up for the complete lack of income, but it's not something I can do forever and expect to earn a living wage. I'm at a loss here and don't understand why people don't want to hire someone who will literally do any amount of physically possible work at literally any time, rather it be day or graveyard, etc.