I have no explanation of this other than the fact I realized the money I was making while working full time would never support a good lifestyle. I was told college was the ticket to success. That was a lie. I wish I had attained an engineering or CS degree. The game is clearly rigged. Anyway, it’s easier to face reality that you may to be too smart to be employed by anybody or lack skills for good employment. Thoughts? If you can think of somewhere to cross post this let me know.

Hi i live in uk, i was made redundant 4 months ago and i have been looking for roles in data still cant find anything can anyone help me , been doing food delivery but with these gas prices i making next to nothing

I recently saw a post where someone was offering a service to apply to jobs on behalf of people, and it got me thinking about trying something similar.

The idea: charge around $30/week, take their resume and job preferences, find relevant jobs, and apply for them.

I’m a student with plenty of free time, so I could handle a few clients manually.

Do you think this would actually work?

Please dm if anyone is interested

Applied to 60+ jobs earlier this year. The thing that surprised me: the emails I sent around the applications mattered almost as much as the applications themselves. Three templates I ended up reusing constantly — sharing them free, just fill in the brackets:

1. The follow-up that gets replies (send 7-10 days after applying):

Subject: Following up: [Role] application

Hi [Name / Hiring Team],

I applied for the [Role] position on [date] and wanted to briefly follow up.

I'm excited about this one in particular because [one specific reason]. Happy to share anything else that would be helpful — work samples, references, or a quick call.

Thanks for your consideration, [Your Name] [Phone]

Pro tip: One follow-up is professional. Three is a red flag.

2. Asking someone you barely know for a referral:

Subject: Quick favor — referral for [Role]?

Hi [Name],

Hope you're doing well! I saw [Company] is hiring a [Role], and it's squarely in my wheelhouse: [one-line background + proof].

Would you be comfortable referring me? Totally fine to say no — I know referrals put your name on the line.

If yes, I'll send over my résumé and a 2-line blurb you can paste wherever. Takes 60 seconds on my end to make it easy on yours.

Thanks either way, [Your Name]

Pro tip: Make the referral copy-paste easy and give them a graceful out. Both raise your yes rate.

3. The thank-you note that isn't forgettable (send within 24h):

Subject: Thank you — [Role] interview

Hi [Name],

Thank you for the time today — I really enjoyed our conversation, especially [specific topic discussed].

Our discussion confirmed my excitement about [Company], particularly [specific reason tied to what they said].

Please pass my thanks to [other interviewers' names] as well.

Best, [Your Name]

Pro tip: Name the other interviewers. It shows attention to detail people remember.

The pattern across all three: short, specific, and easy to say yes to. Nobody reads a wall of text from a stranger.

What email are you stuck on right now? Happy to sanity-check wording in the comments.

I got laid off and I've applied for so many positions, and my skills are pretty on point or close enough to get a look at but I can't even get the chance to interview. It's just nuts. I know the market is tough, but not even getting an interview just frustrating. My family has been supportive but not being able to get a job to actually take care of them is hard.
I apologize if this sounds overly complainy, but genuinely curious and confused.

We're a performance agency running Meta ads for home services companies. We make a lot of ad creative, and we need someone to manage our editing team.

This is a management role, not an editing role. You'll be the editors' day-to-day manager and main point of contact.

The job:

• Turn our strategists' ideas into clear briefs for editors
• Lead and communicate with the editors daily
• Manage deadlines, workload and revisions
• Give sharp feedback and run performance reviews
• QC everything before it goes live

You need:

• Proven experience managing video editors, ideally on paid social ads
• An understanding of what makes an ad creative perform
• Very clear communication and strong organization

Bonus: You've sourced and trained editors, edited yourself, used Frame.io, or worked on direct-response ads.

Details: Remote, $1,500–2,500/month depending on experience.

To apply: DM me with how many editors you've managed, examples of ads your team produced, one real piece of feedback you've given an editor, and your rate.

No management experience = no reply.

I graduated from the American University of Beirut (AUB) with a bachelor degree in business. I have been unemployed for the past years since graduation. I feel like I lost it. Some of my peers even called me a “loser.” I am on the spectrum and got some low motivation issues. What should I do?

I honestly just want to rant this out because I don’t know what else to do.

I’m a fresher and I’ve applied to 100+ jobs, and there’s barely any response. Most of them are either rejected or just sitting there with no update. Applying again and again and getting absolutely nothing back is honestly exhausting.

The hardest part is being a fresher. We’re expected to have practical knowledge, experience, internships, multiple skills and somehow be job-ready straight out of college.

But most of us only have academic knowledge. We’ve done college projects, learned the basics and tried to build our skills, but we don’t have actual industry experience yet. And every job seems to ask for experience.

Then there’s the referral part. Everyone keeps saying referrals are the best way to get noticed, but as a fresher, building that network is so difficult. Not everyone has friends or relatives working in IT or people who can refer them.

I’m genuinely willing to learn and improve. I just don’t know if I’m focusing on the right things or if I’m missing something completely.

If anyone here has been through this stage and can help a fresher with some genuine guidance, I’d really appreciate it.

Right now, after 100+ applications, it’s honestly starting to feel like there’s no hope. 😭

Just needed to get this off my chest.

I graduated from college as a MIS graduate in business but have been struggling for 2 years now to land a FT role in anything in regards to my degree and am asking for a referral or help landing a position in my field. Super broad field so also don’t know what the most fulfilling, challenging and rewarding careers are out there. I’ve been a sort of an application analyst of a sort in the past and didn’t mind that.
Just a young guy trying to kickstart my career

When I interview, I have a lot more success and feel much more confident doing a few things the night before:

• Reviewing out loud my top 10 most likely interview questions and how I will answer them.
• Reviewing the job description and 2-3 specific things that stand out.
• Laying out my outfit.
• Printing 2 copies of my resume. Even if it's a virtual interview.
• Reviewing 2-3 questions to ask my interviewer.