Hi chapo, How the fuck do you find work when you have major gaps in your resume?
Short story: I went through a long fucked up period dealing with addiction and mental health issues. I'm fairly okay now mentally/psychically. But I'm having a real hard time finding work. Last time I had a "real" job was over five years ago, also around the time I graduated college. But I have nothing to put on my resume since then. I have zero networking connects, no one to put as a reference.
I need a job real bad but I don't know what to do. With no experience and no connects I feel like no one wants to hire me, but I can't fulfill those requirements without finding work that I can't get. I fucking hate it.
I'm also dogshit at doing interviews and I don't know how to explain long work absences without freaking out employers. What can I do?
P.S. I don't wanna say where I live for privacy reasons but I do not live in America.
Once you're in you're in is 100% true, not just of the company, but the workforce writ large. My last three jobs, steadily increasing from $65k to over 100k now, I didn't apply for, I was recruited. My boss gave me a $10k raise yesterday because he knows headhunters are out looking for my skills. And no, I'm not a programmer or even in IT.
where exactly does "in" start? I remember mentioning you had a very privileged upbringing earlier
I definitely never got a job due to family connections, my family disowned me when I came out and we didn't speak for ten years. I did get my BS for free.
I guess like my point is that growing up wealthy and having access to a quality education, health care and generally being away from poverty is an "in" to some.
I'm not trying to be inflammatory but like where does "in" actually start in your perspective? Or is that a little too broad of a question to answer?
Oh, I'm not arguing that I haven't had a huge head start. All I'm saying is that once you have a job it's easier to get another job.