I'm closing in on a year of unemployment, by far the longest period I've experienced. Despite all the nonsense about record low unemployment.
In that year I've completed roughly 800 job applications.
Out of those 800 job applications, I was contacted in a follow up roughly 10 times.
From those ten follow ups resulted 6 interviews. Out of those six interviews:
- One was highly unprofessional with the interviewer being late, disinterested, and sending a rejection email as I left the building. I regret not filing a discrimination complaint.
- One was unprofessional, no one seemed to know about the interview they scheduled, the pay was the lowest of them all for reasonably specialized work, and it was too far to daily commute. Hiring manger told me how difficult it was to fill the position. I rejected the offer.
- One I rejected for being both unprofessional in the interview process, extremely low in pay, and unable to guarantee even 40hrs/wk. Pay would have been a third or less of my previous year's income.
- One I rejected for being economically unfeasible due to living costs in the location the job was based. Had a short conversation with the hiring manager about about his terrible difficulty in filling the position.
- One I did as a sanity check on even though I was over qualified for the job. It was also conveniently 10 minutes from my house. I had all the specialized certifications they wanted for the position. The interview was conducted professionally. This position paid a little better than a third of my previous year, I did NOT reveal this information to the hiring managers. I receive a canned rejection email three months after the interview.
- Only one interview was with a target, career consistent company. Interview was iffy on professionalism and blatantly rushed even though I had traveled 8 hours(!) for the interview. They were well aware of this fact. I'm still waiting on a rejection email from this one a little over a month later.
Not once through any of this was I given feedback or even the opportunity to ask for feedback. Hiring managers hid behind automated systems and very carefully conceal their contact information.
**Key question: How does one even go about getting feedback on job apps when the hiring managers hide so carefully?
- I have contacted temp agencies, they never follow up. My job history isn't consistent with the types of employment generally associated with such places.
- I have exhausted my entire social network in networking attempts
- I have never been fired. I have been laid off, but this is common in my industry and I wasn't singled out, it was everyone.
- I do not job hop, I have TWO jobs that span the last 8 years.
- There is nothing wrong with my employment history, well until now.
- I am largely location independent and worked outside of my resident state during my last employment.
- I've been physically in three states looking for work.
Yet here am I now almost a year out of work with the corresponding glaring gap in my resume. This does not fit in with the narrative of record low unemployment.
**Key question: How do you keep companies from simply tossing your resume after seeing a year-long gap?
I've now exhausted every major player in my industry with multiple rejected job applications. I'm pretty sure my account is simply blacklisted on at least a few company websites. I'm at rock bottom with my self confidence and motivation shattered. All job hunting advice I've found is regurgitated drivel and irrelevant to my situation.
I could understand if there was something wrong in my work history, but there's nothing. I feel like I wasted my youth working 80hr weeks and being "responsible" only to find myself unemployable out of the clear blue sky. I feel scammed to say the least.
I'm looking for some unconventional feedback/advice on the situation that's not the same rehashed nonsense you can find in all the career blogs. "Go volunteer." No!
Any suggestions?
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