It is self-explanatory - but let me give you some personal details:
I was laid off from a professional position a year and a half ago. I've been applying for work since then, but also caring for my ailing mother. I need to re-enter the job market during a time when the economy is suffering. How and when to explain this season of my life to an employer - in my resume? Cover letter?
Thanks!
Thanksgiving 2017, the contract position I didn't get, was later contacted by a recruiter for the same position at the start of the 2nd week of January 2018. Pay rate was lower $ 20-25/hour, I originally submitted for $ 27/hour. The 2018 recruiter told me his candidate got an offer back when I interviewed for it a couple weeks before Thanksgiving 2017. His submission declined and never joined the team for that project. They didn't do anything about their project in December 2017 and I suspect they will do nothing about it again, until Thanksgiving 2018, it's how they roll.
The current employee/employment atmosphere has changed since I began my career in 1979.
Loyalty really doesn’t exist anymore as employers know they can get someone else to do the job and pay them way less to boot. The companies take advantage of the person’s youth and inexperience and hire them not only with a lower rate but not enough hours for you, the employee, to be able to even get healthcare benefits.
My advice to you is to keep looking and eventually you will find an opportunity. Takes a lot of effort and let down but that’s life.
I myself am happy to have retirement on my radar now vs decades in the future.
And negotiate well anyway at your interview to get that hourly rate you requested because THEY need you now.
Tech skills are needed for any job these days too.
Hang in there!
How did I do it? Thinking outside the box, and started looking in less competitive markets. I moved 450 miles away, sold my home and went on with my life. That position did not work out. Within six months I started looking for positions closer to home. After being there for a year I was able to find work within 120 miles of home and my kids and families. I have now been here for about a year and this is my home.
I learned I much prefer small communities and am enjoying life here. Getting ready to build a house and making that permanent commitment.
It can happen but you need to be willing to update skills and make any changes necessary. Is it hard? You bet, the hardest thing I ever did was that 450 mile move and I do not have a spouse or other person that made that move with me. But it has worked out wonderfully! Thank you mom for the strength and independence you taught me.