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   Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 01:15:08 JST Church of Jeff

   With my mental health issues, I’ve now been unemployed for basically three years now. The job I was aiming at won’t hire me because I don’t have enough recent work history.
   At this point, with my sizable life insurance from when I mattered to society, I’m more valuable dead than breathing.

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     Ms. Missy (msmissy@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 01:18:41 JST Ms. Missy

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     @jeffowski I surely felt that way when I was long-term unemployed (four plus years).

     Don't stop trying. I remember feeling like it was futile to keep trying but one certain way to fail is to stop trying. Sounds stupid, but it's the truth.

     (And as an aside, I sent my resume to my current company FOUR times before they interviewed me. What caught their attention that last time? I re-worked my resume in the functional format rather than chronological. They called me immediately and hired me.)