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Been job searching for a year and no luck. What to I do now? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by moonlitsky@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have been trying to find an entry-level position for a year with no success. I have tried everything that I can think of:

-Use job boards such as LinkedIn, Indeed, SimpleyHired, WeWorkRemotely, FlexJobs, and other job boards.

-Reach out to my network on LinkedIn asking for assistance.

-Reached out to my career center at my university (they seemed more interested in working with current students).

-Worked with recruiting agencies (had some success, was able to get some interviews, but haven't contacted me about any recent openings).

-Tried reaching out to my local community and see if they are hiring or looking for part-time workers (they either told me to apply online or they didn't have anything at this time).

-Taken some online courses to beef up my resume

I have a BA in English and I knew it was already going to be difficult to find something, but I never thought it was going to take this long. I don't know what to do at this point. I feel I tried everything and I have gotten nowhere. If anyone can provide me some advice, that would be greatly appreciated!

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ask friends and family to look over your cv. There might be something off about it that you haven't noticed.

Your degree isn't my domain but it would help to know what jobs you are applying to. What's your applying rate? I aim for 15 applications per day and usually get a job within a week or so. Not every sector has that many openings however.

[–] moonlitsky@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

I've had my resume looked over dozen of times, but I guess it can't hurt to look it over one more time. I started applying for maybe 10 jobs a day mainly in mainly writing & editing jobs, customer support/service, and tutoring. Now, because I've been doing this so long and haven't been getting results, I kind of apply for jobs that I can just qualify for, but not so consistent. I kind of got discouraged with applying for jobs.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Definitely this. There are so many minor things regarding formatting or how something you wrote may sound off to someone else that you generally won't know or notice wirhout an outside perspective