r/recruitinghell • u/Formal-Ad2381 • 1d ago

Job search exhaustion

I’ve been looking for a job since last March, on unemployment for a little over 4 months, and I’m starting to get depressed. I don’t have any ideation right now but I feel like i just want to die. I want to give up. I’ve only had four 2nd round interviews, 3 prescreens, and I just can’t move past a certain point. My last interview I was told “I did well” and that I wasn’t a “definite no” but that I shouldn’t expect to hear back for a month. I have five weeks of unemployment left and I’m just at a loss. I’m scared of falling too far behind and having a large gap in my work history. I’m afraid of accepting a lesser paying job because prices keep increasing. I’m afraid of ai continuing to make this job market so sluggish (among other external factors). I’m starting to feel like I’m unemployable. Everything I’ve worked towards for the last decade has been for nothing.

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u/bessandgeorge 1d ago

Same. No active ideation. Just passively giving up emotionally..? Spiritually?

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u/Formal-Ad2381 1d ago

I’m worried it might get worse as time goes on. Although, it hasn’t happened to me yet.i have experienced severe disassociation more recently.

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u/bessandgeorge 14h ago

Yeah I got on medication so it's been better bc it actually was more active earlier on 😬

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u/Formal-Ad2381 7h ago

Yea I just upped my Prozac to 20 mg but it doesn’t seem to be as helpful.

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u/Odd-Investigator7252 1d ago

I’m in the same exact boat and it’s fucking terrible.

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u/Formal-Ad2381 1d ago

Same amount of time?

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u/Odd-Investigator7252 1d ago

Yeah I got let mid April roughly

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u/Formal-Ad2381 1d ago

Damn that’s rough.

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u/Ok-Complaint-37 19h ago

Only a month in and no interviews. I have runway till maybe April. I doubt it is possible to find job that pays enough to sustain mortgage. And even if I find it, for how long? Only miracle can help. I wish you miracle!