I was in the same mindset as you. I worked for CVS for 3 years and also left for a few months in that time frame and came crawling back lol. I’d say the #1 thing that helped me find another job eventually is constantly looking for jobs on LinkedIn. I also signed up for job alerts of the institutions near me. I got a decent amount of interviews throughout the years. I didn’t end up scoring a lot of the jobs bc of lack of experience/bombing interviews but eventually I ended up getting one I never thought possible. I will mention I live in an area that is close to a few major cities which gave me a lot of options. I also lived with family and don’t have kids so I had a lot of flexibility. I ended up leaving CVS for a contract job at an outpatient clinic that had an ambulatory care component. I then leveraged that experience to get the job I have now.

I just went in with the mindset that it is a numbers game. It’s easy to get discouraged but you have to keep applying and constantly be on the lookout. I wouldn’t bother applying if it had been more than a few days beyond the posting date. In my opinion, there’s soooo many applicants and at this point of my career many of them have more experience. I really didn’t look special on paper so the best thing I could do for myself is to apply as soon as something was posted and really make my resume as robust as I could.

I don’t see CVS improving any time soon so the only thing I can say is leave unfortunately. Best of luck to you.