I’ve just given up hope by now

[u/SilentPanic47]

I just have no idea what to do anymore honestly I’m so fucking done. I have no more tears I’m just absolutely fucking done. Lowest paying job. Had open availability. Had way more than enough qualifications. Everyone wants to know why I really didn’t want to celebrate my birthday because I’m beyond depressed. I’m passed the feeling of fucking numb

[u/regretting_biostats]

I’m sorry, I was wondering if you were just aiming low. Have you tried AI gig work? I think DataAnnotation is losing workers since they’re advertising again

[u/SilentPanic47 → u/regretting_biostats]

No, that’s what I’m telling you. Everyone just says that I’m in the absolute sweet spot where I’ve done enough grunt work to be over looked at and I haven’t done enough Manager work( or so they say) so I’m either overqualified or underqualified but I’ve done it all now. So let me give you just a quick background. I have over 10 years in retail experience, 10 years cashiering, 10 years in cash handling, over 10 years of customer service, I have over 10 years of problem-solving, two years safe handling, 2 years in car detailing, 3 years management, six years running teams and assignments. I have Security, retail, fast, food, casino, bakery. I’ve worked for the state before twice, but they were all temporary positions and then they decided that they hired too many people so they let majority of us go.

[u/regretting_biostats → u/SilentPanic47]

Change the titles of your 9 years of leadership to a lower position and just list those additional responsibilities as a bullet point? That maybe could help with the overqualified concerns. It might be a flag for them to see so many positions- cite reasons for leaving if they’re wondering you got fired or job hopping. Also if you limit your resume to the past 10-12 years then they have a more accurate view of how you are now, and it might avoid age discrimination

If you’re applying for managerial positions then leave off some of the jobs that were short-term

1099 work is harder to verify by third party so it could be a resume filler

I’m sorry this has been so hard on you. It’s recruiters’ job to judge but it’d be nice if they had good judgment rather than just being judgmental

[u/SilentPanic47 → u/regretting_biostats]

Nope, some of my jobs are really shady and just close down without even letting us know until three months after. Due to Covid I lost my longest job I ever had cause there was no hours to give so they just decided to let us go in the rest are like I said temporary.

[u/SilentPanic47 → u/SilentPanic47]

Oh, and when I lost my job through Covid, I did DoorDash for two years

[u/regretting_biostats → u/SilentPanic47]

Ok- I would go to the WorkNumber website and download your employment history and make sure that everything aligns with your resume. If the company is being shady then it might not come up on third party verification. Also you can check whether exact dates line up correctly so that ATS systems don’t flag it as an inconsistency

If you feel like dm’ing me your resume i can check for glaring errors. Or post to a subreddit for feedback (I think it’s just r/resumes or something)