I don’t know what I’m asking I think more just venting. I live in a small town but with big cities close by I have applied for every job out there to constantly be knocked back.I’m at my wits ends I don’t know what to do anymore.I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and every knock back is just putting me more and more back in my shell.I was a young mum so don’t have any experience with anything really but I don’t think it’s fair that I get knocked back and don’t even get a look in.I’m just broken at the moment and don’t know what to do anymore.I have three kids to provide for and want them to have the best of the world and the opportunities that I didn’t and I feel like I’m failing them aswell. I just feel like a failure and don’t know what else to say or do anymore.I question myself with everything now and even tell myself no point your not worthy of anything good in this life.Sorry I just needed to get it out Thank you for listening
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Study, work experience and you’ll work your way in through connections
It’s really tough, I feel you. Can you volunteer somewhere to get experience and something on your resume? I didn’t know this but there is a website in my area offering lots of volunteer jobs, your area may have the same thing. Perhaps google it and see. Good luck.
I hear ya. I live on the Sunny Coast and have been trying to get back into the workforce since 2019 after caring for my aging parents for over a decade. I have applied for hundreds of jobs, had my resume redone 3 times and haven’t even been able to get one interview. I have handed out resumes in person and still nothing. I have 2 Certificates which apparently without any current experience are worthless. I am in my mid 50’s. I was volunteering up until the mandates were introduced. Get so sick of hearing that businesses are screaming for staff yet I can’t even get an interview. I have more or less given up.
Have you looked at local factories?
Most people look at factory work as beneath them, that's why so many migrants and visa workers do those jobs. But the pay is good and the work is fair. And it's usually permanent, not casual.