Has job hunting become impossible, or am I just completely burned out?
I don't know if I'm looking for advice or just wondering if anyone else feels like this. I'm exhausted. I've been chronically homeless for almost a year. I recently made the hardest decision I've ever had to make and sent my daughter to live with her dad full time because she deserves stability. I've been her primary caregiver since the day she was born, so this has completely shattered me. This past year wasn't spent sitting around not working. I was caregiving for family members full time without pay while trying to manage my own health. Now that the family member I was helping is independent again, I'm being asked to leave because I've "overstayed my welcome." So now I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to live while also trying to find a full-time job. I have a bachelor's in Human Services with a concentration in Mental Health. I've worked in student services, legal administration and operations, administrative support, care coordination, and process improvement. My brain naturally thinks in systems. I see where things break down, why they break down, and how to make them work better for both the employees and the people using the service. But applying for jobs has become its own full-time job. Every application wants a different version of my resume. Every ATS checker wants different keywords. Every AI screener seems to want something different. I've been told I'm overqualified. I've been told I'm underqualified. I've removed experience to seem less overqualified, then worried I made myself look underqualified somewhere else…
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I don't know if I'm looking for advice or just wondering if anyone else feels like this. I'm exhausted. I've been chronically homeless for almost a year. I recently made the hardest decision I've ever had to make and sent my daughter to live with her dad full time because she deserves stability. I've been her primary caregiver since the day she was born, so this has completely shattered me. This past year wasn't spent sitting around not working. I was caregiving for family members full time without pay while trying to manage my own health. Now that the family member I was helping is independent again, I'm being asked to leave because I've "overstayed my welcome." So now I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to live while also trying to find a full-time job. I have a bachelor's in Human Services with a concentration in Mental Health. I've worked in student services, legal administration and operations, administrative support, care coordination, and process improvement. My brain naturally thinks in systems. I see where things break down, why they break down, and how to make them work better for both the employees and the people using the service. But applying for jobs has become its own full-time job. Every application wants a different version of my resume. Every ATS checker wants different keywords. Every AI screener seems to want something different. I've been told I'm overqualified. I've been told I'm underqualified. I've removed experience to seem less overqualified, then worried I made myself look underqualified somewhere else…
Posted by /u/Primary_Brilliant979 on r/recruitinghell
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