u/Junior-Cranberry-763

Recently been laid off and serving notice, need advice please. Have been applying for jobs in my same field but getting ~3% response rates (just for the first round interview or HR screening)

Had thoughts about using this opportunity to pivot completely - perhaps doing a bunch of AI courses and reposition myself as an AI subject matter expert (already have basic certs and use AI tools daily, as mandated by previous company). It won’t be easy for sure, but it feels like the best bet in this terrible job market.

Anyone with prior experience and willing to share? I’m curious what you guys did in the interim while job hunting to sustain yourself financially… any tips are much appreciated!