Job Searching Is Getting Depressing!

[cookinggal]

I've been searching for a job already a month. Today there is only 1 new job posting on Craigslist, None on Indeed.com and the one on Craigslist is a Valet Attendant something not even in town. Its honestly a little depressing.

 

[The Albatross]

You've just been to some interviews... but it is good to keep looking. Don't get discouraged and keep your eyes wide open for opportunities.

 

[I Can Do This]

Try it for 5 years!:confused:

 

[Resilientbibliophile]

Greetings,

I just received a rejection letter from a nearby library for a part-time position, about 25 hours., no benefits, etc. I would suspect that no less than eighty applications were received in total given trends, whereas the deadline for application was this past Friday @ 5:00 pm. The thing is that I took delivery of the rejection letter so very rapidly - on Monday afternoon in point of fact. I don't know - it seems so personal if no time is allowed even to sustain the illusion that a reasoned review had been made of what I had submitted.

Others were doubtlessly victims of what I judge to be a lack of grace and tact, whereas envisioning sport being made of 'processing all the rejections' on a whirlwind Saturday afternoon (even if this wasn't strictly the case) just fills me with the blackest contempt. Some aspects of me want to write back, underlining just how tacky the 'process' was when viewed from the outside. I can't imagine doing that to anyone - especially in this job market, rather delay a week and at least lend the process the outside appearance of a reasoned an impartial process consistent with maintaining everyone's dignity if nothing else. Thanks for reading this...

M.

 

[circe47]

What I saw coming has actually come to pass. Before I got sick, I had a vision that pretty much every employer was going to go by way of "temporary staffing." This means employers don't have to pay bennies to it's employees. Pretty much the only way I was able to find work after getting sick was by re-registering with my old temp agency and doing fill ins. Had a couple of interviews- with people young enough to be my children. I began to get more and more self conscious about my gray hair and wrinkles.

Nobody wants to hire anyone smart or experienced. It's too hard to make them into nice compliant slaves who don't mind not being paid what they're worth.