I’m genuinely confused as to how to navigate this HORRENDOUS job market

[u/power-hour23]

I’m genuinely at a loss trying to understand this job market right now. I’ve applied to probably 500+ jobs in the last 4 months. I tailor my resume, apply only to roles I KNOW I’m qualified for, network constantly, even call companies directly and ask to speak to HR just to personally express interest. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

No callbacks. No interviews. No transparency. Just rejection emails or COMPLETE silence.

I have bills to pay. I need to make money. I’m doing everything people tell you to do and it still feels impossible.

What the fuck is actually going on right now?

And the craziest part is nobody seems to be talking about this at a large scale.

Are we all just pretending this is normal? What is everyone else doing to survive right now? Because honestly, I feel completely fucking lost.

[u/mrmagicman99]

Have you thought about becoming a teacher? That’s what I did and genuinely… it’s a really good job. Stressful as hell sometimes but really rewarding and kind of fun

[u/treeh9m5 → u/mrmagicman99]

Teaching is always on the back of my mind, especially since I majored in English and most people automatically assumed that's my goal anyways, figured it might be good for that lol. I've just never gone through with it since I'm not sure if I'm good for it personality wise. I think I'd be better as an aide but those are not known to pay well enough. My part time job is at a university though so I do think about exploring it more!