Unemployed

If you’ve been unemployed for a long time especially over a year, how have you honestly survived? Financially, mentally, emotionally because it’s not easy. I think people underestimate how much resil...

Does anyone else feel like life has become very individualistic lately? Everyone is tired. Everyone is busy. Everyone is “working on themselves". Friendships feel different. Community feels different....

How am I unemployed and still burnt out? Like genuinely how is that even possible? At this point I need a holiday from my own thoughts. Has anyone else experienced this kind of burnout?

Has anyone else been feeling a bit unmotivated to keep up their application rates in the craziness of the job market today? I am and would love to hear some things you do to turn things around.

For the people who have been unemployed for longer than 3 months: are you considering a job that isn't ideal? I have tried it, and while it didn't work out, but things have calmed down a little on the...

I can't be the only one that has a list of things I want to do or things I want to buy once I am gainfully employed again. What's on your list?

I finally had the money talk with my partner yesterday, and it was one of the most depressing conversations of my life. We had to go through our subscriptions, our grocery budget, and even our emergen...

1500+ applications and nothing. I’m convinced it’s easier to start your own company than to find a job lol.

How do you answer the ‘why do you want to work here’ question without sounding like a high schooler memorizing school play lines? I had an interview yesterday and it was so hard not to just say it was...

How are you all maintaining human contact when your only coworker is a cat or a very judgmental-looking houseplants? The silence in this house is getting deafening. I used to complain about the noisy ...

I’ve noticed a weird trend where recruiters are asking for my video intro before they’ll even look at my portfolio. My ability to look charismatic on a webcam has zero correlation with my ability to s...

Have you guys been seeing people talk about hantavirus? The thought of another possible outbreak honestly feels so heavy after everything the world already went through. And beyond health, I keep thin...

I’ve reached the stage of unemployment where I’m unironically considering moving back into my parents' basement at the age of 35. My lease is up in two months, and without a steady offer letter, no la...

Sometimes life doesn't go as planned. Job wise, I thought I found a job, only for them to pick someone else. Also when I finally thought I had everything lined up to try to work full time again, one o...

16 months of employment attempts, nothing. 13 interviews, 5 of which where I was potentially about to be hired. 897 applications, 712 ghostings. I feel that I should stop trying at this point.

It's been months and job searching has been slowly chip away at confidence. What helps you rebuild confidence after rejection or silence? Suggestions welcome...and needed!

I really hate my city, Houston. It effing sucks for jobs.

Most companies don’t have a strategy problem. They have a clarity problem. Too many priorities. Too many meetings. Too little conviction.

I got a rejection letter today that was actually personalized. It mentioned my specific portfolio pieces and thanked me for the conversation. It was such a shock to be treated like a human being that ...

There’s a lot of advice floating around online and not all of it is helpful. Believe me, I learned that the hard way. I was told to spend the same amount of hours looking for a job as I would workin...