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I’ve worked in the SaaS world for nearly a decade. I’ve never had an issue getting a new job every couple of years. The best path for promotions and salary increases in this world. I was unfortunately part of a layoff back in the summer, and I have never had such a hard time finding work in my life.
Every time I go to apply to a job that’s fairly new, I can see there are already a couple thousand applicants. Suddenly my decade of experience isn’t enough to land an interview, much less a job.
It. Sucks.
Im so scared to get a layoff. I have no college experience but have been at my job for 7 years + 5 years at my prior tech job. and now I get to do consulting and coding I love my job. We’re also a new team (specific for API projects) and if we can’t prove our worth quickly I see layoffs in my future. I have no idea what I’ll do if that happens.
I wish you the best of luck with finding something. It’s even harder with some of these big companies dropping work from home. My current job is 100% remote
Best of luck to you too. I also just had my first child and moved across the country. Timing could not have been worse. I haven’t been to an office since the day they sent us home for “2 weeks” while covid calms down. I’ve started applying to local jobs, willing to give up remote work. Never thought I’d be willing to give that up.
Keep a healthy emergency fund to soften any transition you might go through.
I wish I could. In a situation where I’m basically paying for 2 houses on top of my family.
I was speaking to a recruiter about this today. They hate it. Their entire lives are now sifting through a thousand shit resumes. He said, and I quote, "it's a hot mess. I feel like I'm panning for gold".
Try otta.com. it's less trash than LinkedIn.
It honestly feels like it's by design. They didn't like that anyone in the working class was even remotely comfortable.