I’ve been without steady employment for over a year now. I’ve only been able to get one temporary job that lasted for a few months, but since then, nothing. I have a degree, years of experience in my field, and certifications. Nobody wants me. I recently applied for a job that I’m very qualified for, that my friend’s dad works at. They sent me an auto reject. If having all the qualifications asked for and then some, years of experience, a degree, certifications, AND a referral isn’t enough, then what the fuck is?
Most recently, I had an absolute unicorn job I interviewed for. It was in my area, transit distance, looking for my level of experience, and since it had an intangible product, was relatively unaffected by the tariffs and shit. I talked to two recruiters for screening, both said I’m an excellent fit. I interviewed two team members, they liked me so much, they advanced me to the final round minutes after the interview. I did the final interview, and it went quite well. I was given an update by the recruiter two days after, there’s just one person left to interview, it’s just between me and that person, and the two guys I interviewed first liked me better, but it’s just down to the hiring manager’s choice. And then I got rejected, because the other guy had more experience than me. WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WASTE MY TIME AND LEAD ME ON LIKE THAT IF YOU WERE JUST GOING TO GO BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE?
My parents also paid for a career counselor for me, and all she could say was that I seem to be doing nothing wrong, and I just need to wait for an offer to come through. Gee, thanks. That was totally worth $200.
I even apply for the absolutely shittiest of places, paying well under what I’m looking for, but not even they’ll take me. How the fuck am I supposed to get a job if no one wants to hire anymore?
I was recently let go from my IT job because my new boss is an ass and said they didn’t need a programming person anymore and they were doing some “reorganization” (I was in the middle of a difficult script they assigned me to do and never finished, lol, they are going to struggle, and of course, this is bullshit and I suspect other reasons for my early termination) after gaslighting me and telling me I don’t have to worry about my losing my job and that they would find work for me in hardware. Everything they ever told me was a lie, and it didn’t take even a month for them to betray me on everything they said. Absolute sociopath. Worked there for over two years. I didn’t realize how much the old boss liked me and worked hard to fight back against higher ups snuffing out our team.
I am getting out of the IT industry and working towards getting my CDL so I can work with my spouse, doing month straight work and a week off, and pay off our debts and save for me to go back to college for electrical engineering. My autistic ass probably can’t get a job in IT because I am too smart in the industry that I threaten the incompetent managers and higher techs.