u/Bag_of_ok

I had been seeing how brutal the job market is lately and… now I know firsthand it’s no joke. I am struggling financially in my work in education (k-12 school counselor) and needed some extra income. In my state, counselors are paid very little.
Both job postings were part time and fit with my schedule — needing someone evenings and weekends. I literally am a test coordinator for an entire school, and didn’t even get an interview for the part time test proctoring job. And the target job? Just for a cashier/sales floor. I guess I was a bit naive, because I “didn’t think it would happen to me.” But, alas, here I am… and let it be known that this is just two that I’ve heard back from. I don’t even know at this point how many jobs I’ve applied for in the past month. Nothing. Silence.

Edit— I see a lot of folks here talking about how I am overqualified and should remove my education. That makes sense. I will do this next time. But I also want to just say, the thinking I have “other better options” also is not correct. I have applied to so so many jobs. Ones that require my level of education. And hear nothing.
One last “fun” thing I mentioned in a comment is that my salary at my first job in this field in 2022 was the SAME as my mom’s starting salary for the same job (school counseling). The kicker? Her first job was in 2006.