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I'm Still Here, Still Stuck. 7-16-2021
4 years ago
Hope everyone is doing alright. I just figured it's time to give some quick updates on how things have been going on my end. It's been.... okay I guess.
Work stuff:
I know I mentioned it a few times on my main account, but it has been pretty rough. I'm still in the same position as an inventory tracker at an auto parts factory. It feels like they keep asking for more while taking away more of the resources to actually get the work done. A lot of my physical and mental energy goes to dealing with the same problems with mixed support from management and my teammates.
Job hunting stuff:
What little time or energy I do have leftover should and often has gone to finding a new opportunity I can call a career. A lot of persistence with a lot of demoralizing ghosting and rejection over factors I have little control over. Some things I run into a lot of: Job says "Entry Level" but wants 2-3 years of very specific experience, the algorithm recommending jobs I'm grossly overqualified for, the algorithm recommending jobs I'm grossly underqualified for, getting out competed by 3000 other candidates for this oddly specific job, or even getting ghosted when it's just me and one or two other people....
On a side note.. any advice on how to improve professionally presenting myself online would be more than appreciated.
Life stuff:
So my brother is going to be expecting his second kid early next year and my dad is going to retire from his job next summer. My parents are then considering moving to North Carolina to be closer to my brother and I'm most likely going to move there too if no promising opportunity keeps me here.
Art stuff:
I should have a couple of pieces coming very soon. One is ready as soon as I make time, another should be close, and several more in various stages.
Anyways, enough ranting... hope you all have been holding up through these crazy times and thank you all again for all the support you have given through thick and thin!
Work stuff:
I know I mentioned it a few times on my main account, but it has been pretty rough. I'm still in the same position as an inventory tracker at an auto parts factory. It feels like they keep asking for more while taking away more of the resources to actually get the work done. A lot of my physical and mental energy goes to dealing with the same problems with mixed support from management and my teammates.
Job hunting stuff:
What little time or energy I do have leftover should and often has gone to finding a new opportunity I can call a career. A lot of persistence with a lot of demoralizing ghosting and rejection over factors I have little control over. Some things I run into a lot of: Job says "Entry Level" but wants 2-3 years of very specific experience, the algorithm recommending jobs I'm grossly overqualified for, the algorithm recommending jobs I'm grossly underqualified for, getting out competed by 3000 other candidates for this oddly specific job, or even getting ghosted when it's just me and one or two other people....
On a side note.. any advice on how to improve professionally presenting myself online would be more than appreciated.
Life stuff:
So my brother is going to be expecting his second kid early next year and my dad is going to retire from his job next summer. My parents are then considering moving to North Carolina to be closer to my brother and I'm most likely going to move there too if no promising opportunity keeps me here.
Art stuff:
I should have a couple of pieces coming very soon. One is ready as soon as I make time, another should be close, and several more in various stages.
Anyways, enough ranting... hope you all have been holding up through these crazy times and thank you all again for all the support you have given through thick and thin!
