TLDR: Have been searching for a job in some capacity for two years since graduating, even though I was employed during most of it. Finally landed a job with better pay, great benefits, and a team I think I will get along with and am excited to start.
I graduated in may 2019 and moved back home. After a few months of applying I took the first job I was offered. It only paid $15/hr but was sorta relevant to what I wanted to do. Early on, I realized I wasn’t really going to get the experience I needed, and the company was in a dying industry which means constant lay offs, restructuring, and changing responsibilities. I started looking for something new but even pre covid there weren’t a lot of opportunities in the area. To help pay loans and get more experience, I started freelancing on the side.
December 2020, I decided I needed to move somewhere else if I wanted to make more and do more. I chose the out of state city I wanted to move to, started applying and had decent interview rates but nothing stuck. In April, I decided to take a leap of faith and quit without something lined up and move anyway, hoping being an in-state candidate would help. I had saved up enough money to last around 5 months and still had freelance work to earn some income and prevent a resume gap.
About a week and a half after moving I got an offer. It was for a fully remote position in another state and time zone, and while it was the salary I wanted, the benefits were subpar (7.5 days pto, bare min insurance would be $200+ a month, no retirement) and no company laptops until after a month (still no word about that). I had a bad gut feeling about the job, cried on the phone to my dad because I wanted to be excited but my instincts were yelling no. I took it anyway because it was at least an offer and knew I could keep looking.
There were more red flags as I started, including a clause in the handbook about discussing wages being a fireable offense (not legal) and a sketchy 3 year non compete in the non solicitation agreement that I got removed before signing. No formal training, just thrown into my job without guidance. The company seems disorganized and overloaded. I haven't learned anything since being here. I was terrified of being stuck in another job I hate for a year and a half like the last one.
Around two weeks after I started, I was invited to interview for a position I had applied to over a month previously. I almost declined thinking I should at least try with my new job but figured I had nothing to lose. The process went quickly and I got an offer for more than the current company with full employer paid health and dental, 15 days pto, retirement with matching, fully work from home with all the necessary equipment provided. Plus, the company is partially based out of my city so there's a chance to meet with coworkers in person, and from the panel interview everyone seems amazing. After signing my offer and getting everything squared away, I put in my notice today after only 6 weeks. I did it in the afternoon and haven't heard back yet so we'll have to see how it goes.
I was scared I’d be stuck in a constant cycle of taking the first offer and looking for something better, but then this great opportunity came along.
This sub has helped a lot over the past two years with interview tips/resources, a feeling of camaraderie, seeing other people's successes and hoping one day I could share my own. And here I am, truly excited about a job for the first time. Can actually afford to pay off loans and live comfortably. Having spent two years applying to jobs in some capacity, it's going to be weird not having to anymore. It will take some time to break the habit of automatically going to indeed/linkedin when opening a browser.
To those still searching, you're time will come. Sometimes you have to take a few shitty jobs first, and sometimes you need to take a risk to get to where you want to be. It's hard, it's demoralizing, and there were so many times I just wanted to give up, but you have to keep pushing. I wish you all luck and hope great things come your way soon.
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