u/Possibly-deranged

My neighbor needs to get a 30 foot long, 8 foot diameter culvert underneath their driveway replaced. Contractor quote came in about $25k... Ouch.. Anybody have any luck with grants, any you can recommend trying? Saw this (https://vtrans.vermont.gov/highway/Municipal-Grant-in-aid-Program) but many seem municipal.

Driveway culvert has a cold water mountain stream running through it, known brooke trout habitat

How's my fellow laid off TW's doing? What are you experiencing, what's working and isn't?

I was laid off in March, tried everything recommended (ATS keyword resumes, applying only on the hiring company's website ads, etc.) and the only thing that seems to work for me these days is contract TW jobs through 3rd party recruiting agencies. Maybe this might get help out someone IDK, at least something else to try if you're not already doing it... or initially pooh poohed the idea of contract work through recruiting agencies (as I did).

* Posted my resume on Dice.com, which got me contacted by a number of recruiters, especially if you can present a specialty of TW and ATS keyword your resume. Landed a W2, full-time, remote, indefinite contract job that way, recruiter reaching out to me. **Be careful of scams**, I got one claiming to be the manpower staffing firm, it wasn't with a phishing email address URL...

* LinkedIn.com, set myself to looking for work. I landed a W2, 4 month, full-time, hybrid, contract that way with the recruiter reaching out to me. Sometimes get junk recruiters reaching out to me, like one brazenly looking for me to introduce her to CEOs/HR that I know, to pitch her services to them...no. Another recruiter wanted me to do code reviews (I'm not a software programmer). Definitely optimize your LinkedIn for ATS and add skill keywords. Whereas applying to LinkedIn job listings, myself was nothing but crickets.

* Joined the WriteTheDocs Slack channel for jobs only, regularly applied to those. No bites. https://www.writethedocs.org/slack/

* Applying to jobs directly on the employer website, landed me a 1st interview in March then ghosted. One employer asked me for an unpaid assignment in March then nothing, ghosted. Been crickets there since March... completely a dead end.

My assessment: Seems employer's are inundated with resumes and even well thought out ATS resumes tailored to their job ad, like yours/mine aren't seeing the light of day by human eyes. Employers are instead delegating to 3rd party recruiting agencies to find TWs for them. Contracts aren't always ideal, don't always come with any paid holidays, any sick/vacation leave, or any benefits.

Myself, senior Technical Writer with over a decade of experience and it's beyond frustrating to get ghosted on jobs I'm fully qualified for. It's brutal out there...

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