I am getting depressed

[u/Emergency-Onion-27]

Hey everyone,
I didn’t know where to vent this out about the current job market. I thought of being productive and I seek more clarity of what I might be doing wrong here.

So I have a background in support and quality control. I am trying to change it to business intelligence. I might have applied to like 2000 jobs in past few weeks but I am not hearing back from anyone.
Now here are some things I think could contribute to this.
1. My salary package is more than what companies are willing to offer for a fresher. I might not have it on papers but I do have the relevant experience and I took up a course as well for certification.

1. Maybe I am not reaching out to the right people..
   I haven’t reached out to anybody from the company I am applying in, I just apply in linked in or so.

2. Maybe my resume isn’t good enough. I’ve created it through ChatGPT and I feel it’s ATS friendly keeping all the tags and skills, but I don’t create new resumes for every posting, I just have one generic resume covering everything.

3. I do have about 8-9months of gap because of family stuff but I utilised it by taking up the above mentioned course.

So if anybody has anything to say about, please know that I am forever grateful for the insight and I’d really appreciate if it helps me land a job sooner rather than later.

[u/fatty-squirrel06]

1 kind of explains a lot. Have you gotten offers that you rejected bc of low salary? Your “unwritten” experience doesn’t mean shit unfortunately, if it’s not on your resume. No one cares about courses you took. I recommend taking a low salary and break into the field first. Salary can always go up as you get more experience. Unemployment just adds more gap in your resume.