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Hey everyone! 🌟
I wanted to share my success story with you all because I know how tough the job market can be. After 14 months and over 2000 applications later, I finally landed a career job that I’m excited about! It was a long and challenging journey, but I never gave up hope.
Here are some key takeaways and advice from my experience that might help you navigate your own job search:
– Working in food service humbled me and increased my respect for those in the industry.
– The software industry can be tough, so consider niche skills or focusing on relationships.
– Utilize AI tools for job searching to save time and personalize applications.
– Stay positive and focused on your goals, even when things get tough.
– Networking with friends and contacts can make a big difference in your job search.
– Consider stepping-stone jobs or career changes to open up new opportunities.
Remember, you’re not alone in this journey. Keep pushing forward, stay motivated, and don’t be afraid to think outside the box. You’ve got this! 💪
Let me know if you have any questions or if there’s anything specific you’d like advice on. Together, we can support each other in reaching our career goals. Good luck to everyone on their job search! 🌟
I hope you are proud of yourself and tell yourself so. I was laid off from my tech role as a support engineer in February and I’m literally cleaning the apartment building I live in to make rent (which I’m late on consistently). I totally get the humbling experience one gets doing service work that seems like such a fall from an engineering role. At this point I’m thinking career change but have so little energy and motivation for the studying required to transition to data analysis. I’ll be moving in with my sister in a month and I just ow I’ll have the safety of secured housing/food where I can focus more. It’s been so demeaning the failed interviews and feeling not good enough. Thank you for taking the time to post here. This was helpful and hopeful
> Get help from friends and contacts. The job market right now is driven by nepotism, seriously.
I have been writing code for 40+ years. The networking is the best way. Only time I got a job without any connection was when there was a dot-com boom.
Not sure it should be called nepotism but if you are a known quality, it is much easy to hire you.
There is a book “[The No Asshole Rule](https://www.amazon.com/Asshole-Rule-Civilized-Workplace-Surviving/dp/0446698202?dplnkId=a0ee89b1-e1be-44fe-8367-2913f30e9453&nodl=1)”. It’s nearly impossible to judge the character of person from the interviews. But if someone can sponsor you for good person to work with, it’s a huge plus.
This goes both ways. If you are in position to suggest that you know the candidate is a good person, that person has higher chance of being hired.
A couple of companies ago, I saw Andy walking in for a job interview. I went straight to HR and told them to not hire him, cuz he is a jerk. He didn’t get the job.
You do good job, and always nice to other people. It will come back and help you.
First things first, congrats, I hope you get to stay at your job for a long while and get to see even greener pastures from here on out.
But also, for other software that are in your shoes when you were at your lowest point, do you recommend they do what you just did, or do you think it’s too much of a crapshoot to easily recommend it for everyone? You said it yourself, the software industry is in shambles. So I just want some clarity if your advice should be taken for all long term unemployed tech workers here.
It’s true, trying to remain positive while job hunting is crucial to help you not lose your mind in the process.
Congrats! Glad to see a happy outcome here. Did you get questions about your employment gap, and how did you answer?