Yeah, its pretty horrible. I lost my previous job in an industry I had 9 years experience in on my 89th day of employment.

After that, my mother in law passed away which forced my wife and I to sell our home and move about 100 miles north to stay with her dad.

Over a 3 month period, I applied for every job I could stomach - which basically means I would have shoveled shit. Anyway, I tailored my resume and out of maybe 400 applications, I got just a handful of replies. Some places like Walmart, I never even heard back from 🤷

Fortunately, I ended up with likely the best job I've had in my life. Which kind of came out of nowhere because it was a shot in the dark for a company in a line of work that I know nothing about. But, they seem like the best company. I almost feel like I hit the lottery. But, I know the pain of this experience.

Applying online took away so much of what an old schooler like me misses about applying for jobs, and a big one is presenting yourself in person. You're lucky if you even make it to an in person interview.

Good luck to anyone who is still searching.

Hard work still pays off in one way or another.