u/Tumbleweed829

I've been applying to 20 places a day with tailored resumes for the past month and am genuinely about to have an aneurysm.

I've had two interviews where they said they liked me and I was a good candidate and didn't hear anything. I'll settle for anything atp.

My background is mainly retail, clerical, and office. My degree is in business administration, and I'd like to avoid retail if I can.

Any tips or company recommendations would be very much appreciated.

Does anyone know of any places hiring in Chicago? I've been applying to 20 places a day with tailored resumes for the past month and am genuinely about to have an aneurysm.

I've had two interviews where they said they liked me and I was a good candidate and didn't hear anything. I'll settle for anything atp.

My background is mainly retail, clerical, and office. My degree is in business administration, and I'd like to avoid retail if I can.

Any tips or company recommendations would be very much appreciated.

Hiii. Midwest, workaholic, about to graduate, upper end of attractiveness (hopefully you too). Platonic messages only. Password is candy since 90% of people don't read these. Preferably close to my age so 25-28 only. I don't go to bars, drink, smoke or have tattoos/piercings, and prefer you have a similar mindset. Let's talk about how much this world sucks

A lot of guys don't include anything about their personality on their posts. Most just list a short list of things they like to do or what they are currently doing/their status (bored at work, just got out of a relationship etc). It doesn't give us anything to grab onto. Please describe yourself in adjectives (not just "feeling lonely" "gym fanatic") so we have an idea of who you are and if we would click or not. We care what your hobbies are and how your day went, but it doesn't give us the full picture.

What's your normal temperament? What are your values? What's important to you in a relationship or friendship? What qualities stand out in you? What makes you laugh? Stuff like that

(25, female, non smoking, no medications/drugs, no allergies)

Here's a photo. They're not this big right now, but still pretty big, and pretty much all along my left and ride jaw except near the bottom/chin.

So I've been struggling with this issue for about 8 months and it doesn't seem to be going away. I've had x-rays of outside and inside my mouth, a CT, and an ultrasound and nothing is ever seen.

These lumps are disfiguring my face. An ent shot one with a steroid injection, it shrunk somewhat but the round, stiff disfiguration and small bump is still there. They are sore and if I accidentally touch my face it'll hurt really bad for a second.

The ent said my sinuses aren't blocked, I tested negative for dental problems/viruses, yet the issue remains.

One swelled so big overnight that I had to go to urgent care because I suddenly was getting fever symptoms and bedridden with no fever.

They were confused that I tested negative for viruses but threw antibiotics at it which worked to shrink it down from half the size of my jaw but still remained.

I even had to stop my Invisalign treatment permanently because of this, as it would make it even more swollen.

Antibiotics and ibuprofen that urgent care seemed to help temporarily, but obviously I can't stay on them for the rest of my life. I'm 135lbs and eat healthily.

I tested negative for the blood cancer blood test screening, however all of my white blood cells counts and lymphocytes are above the high end of the scale.

They're pretty firm and start above my jaw bone and if i press down I can feel the huge lump going inwards from behind my jaw bone.

I am not asking for medical advice. Just direction

(25, female, non smoking, no medications/drugs, no allergies)

Here's a photo. They're not this big right now, but still pretty big, and pretty much all along my left and ride jaw except near the bottom/chin.

So I've been struggling with this issue for about 8 months and it doesn't seem to be going away. I've had x-rays of outside and inside my mouth, a CT, and an ultrasound and nothing is ever seen.

These lumps are disfiguring my face. An ent shot one with a steroid injection, it shrunk somewhat but the round, stiff disfiguration and small bump is still there. They are sore and if I accidentally touch my face it'll hurt really bad for a second.

The ent said my sinuses aren't blocked, I tested negative for dental problems/viruses, yet the issue remains.

One swelled so big overnight that I had to go to urgent care because I suddenly was getting fever symptoms and bedridden with no fever.

They were confused that I tested negative for viruses but threw antibiotics at it which worked to shrink it down from half the size of my jaw but still remained.

I even had to stop my Invisalign treatment permanently because of this, as it would make it even more swollen.

Antibiotics and ibuprofen that urgent care seemed to help temporarily, but obviously I can't stay on them for the rest of my life. I'm 135lbs and eat healthily.

I tested negative for the blood cancer blood test screening, however all of my white blood cells counts and lymphocytes are above the high end of the scale.

They're pretty firm and start above my jaw bone and if i press down I can feel the huge lump going inwards from behind my jaw bone.

I had put out 1000s of applications with hardly any responses (and a few devil corps reaching out). I wasn't picky and had been applying to several different jobs. After I did these things I got 2 jobs. Heres what helped me:

1. I had set time aside to make 10 different resumes depending on 10 types of roles I was applying to. I put it off because it seemed painful but it actually didn't take long. I started with 2 and made copies, tailored my experience, summary, relevant classes and skills (I had worked at several different places, and cherry picked the relevant ones) to help bypass the AI filters. I named every resume by the first letter of the general role I was applying for followed by "Resume" so it didn't get too confusing.

2. I haven't graduated yet. I put my degree along my expected graduation date (Expected Aug 2026).

3. I don't lie on dates or employers as I'm scared of getting blacklisted.

4. I made a cover letter. This one I haven't tailored to a company. I made it more about me as a person and why I would be beneficial than about my experience so I didn't have to tailer it. Helped me bypass the AI system as well.

5. I found out that if you don't fill out "Full availability" for all times and days of the week they auto reject you (at a lot of places).

6. I look up the company and see what their employees wear so i can wear something similar and the interviewer can visualise me working there.

7. This one's kind of dirty but some companies have franchises. I made note of which one I worked at in the past and looked up which ones communicate with eachother. If they didn't I applied there and said I haven't worked there before. Worked for 1 of my jobs.

Hope this is helpful. I haven't seen these tips yet and I left out the obvious (like make sure there aren't any spelling errors). Feel free to add to this in the comments

Assuming Trump doesn't declare dictatorship of course. This is the list that was published last month of potential candidates:

Democrats:

Andy Beshear, governor of Kentucky

Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey

Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Roy Cooper, former governor of North Carolina

Jason Crow, U.S. representative from Colorado

Andrew Cuomo, former governor of New York

Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago

John Fetterman, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania

Ruben Gallego, U.S. senator from Arizona

Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. senator from New York

Josh Green, governor of Hawaii

Michelle Lujan Grisham, governor of New Mexico

Kamala Harris

Maura Healey, governor of Massachusetts

Mark Kelly, U.S. senator from Arizona

Ro Khanna, U.S. representative from California

Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota

Wes Moore, governor of Maryland

Chris Murphy, U.S. senator from Connecticut

Phil Murphy, former governor of New Jersey

Gavin Newsom, governor of California

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. representative from New York

Jon Ossoff, U.S. senator from Georgia

Jared Polis, governor of Colorado

J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois

Gina Raimondo, former secretary of commerce

Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from Vermont

Josh Shapiro, governor of Pennsylvania

Elissa Slotkin, U.S. senator from Michigan

Josh Stein, governor of North Carolina

Ritchie Torres, U.S. representative from New York

Chris Van Hollen, U.S. senator from Maryland

Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee

Raphael Warnock, U.S. senator from Georgia

Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan

Republicans:

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas

Katie Britt, U.S. senator from Alabama

Doug Burgum, secretary of the interior

Tom Cotton, U.S. senator from Arkansas

Spencer Cox, governor of Utah

Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas

Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida

Byron Donalds, U.S. representative from Florida

Tulsi Gabbard, former director of national intelligence

Matt Gaetz, former U.S. representative from Florida

Marjorie Taylor Greene, former U.S. representative from Georgia

Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations

Josh Hawley, U.S. senator from Missouri

Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services

Kristi Noem, former secretary of homeland security

Rand Paul, U.S. senator from Kentucky

Mike Pence, former vice president

Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state

Vivek Ramaswamy, 2026 Ohio gubernatorial candidate and 2024 presidential candidate

Marco Rubio, secretary of state

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas

Tim Scott, U.S. senator from South Carolina

Elise Stefanik, U.S. representative from New York

J.D. Vance

Glenn Youngkin, former governor of Virginia

Has anyone lived in either of these places? I have a car. I'm a female in my older 20s trying to see which city people like more.

Reasons I chose those 2: same day trip from southern Ohio (I have some family there), higher minimum wage

Questions I have: how humid are the summers, are the people friendly, how bad is the traffic, are they safe (especially from smash and grabs), are they expensive to live in (compared to Cali), any advice you have

Also considering nyc suburbs :)

Just wondering if I'm not the only one who's noticed this happening lately? When I'm actively typing in a payment or redeeming rewards on the Savor Card

Everyone's always ragging on California. If I had seen it before I listened to all those people I would have moved here twenty years ago, money be damned

E: I don't know anyone who is naive enough to move somewhere simply because a song or a movie was made about it. I don't talk to Republicans. Every person I have met, whether they have been there or not, say that California is on fire, too expensive, only for the rich, too many homeless, and there's poop on the sidewalks. That's all I and many others heard about California, from people all across the US, on both coasts. It had initially scared myself and many people I have met away.

I am soon moving to Beaumont CA from Seattle. It's about an hour and a half away from both LA and San Diego. Anything I should know? Has anyone lived in this general area before? Is the traffic better there?

I am a 25 biracial female. People didn't bully me outright or as much as they did until my early 20s. I think something about my appearance throws them off or people would not get so angry for no reason with me. I'm homeless now, and I've had to change shelters because they accused me of lying about my homeless status because I am look youthful, am not on drugs, have good hygiene and my clothes look new so they think I have money and/or am lying about my situation. I'm not exaggerating, several workers have said they think this. They don't believe me when I say I live in my car or that my parents are dead even when I attempt to show them proof. Every time I've ever mentioned my parents are dead when people demand an emergency contact people just say something sarcastic, roll their eyes or change the conversation so quickly like they want me to know they truly couldn't care less. I'm not asking them to care?

I tried to go to another shelter and they randomly accused me of looking scared during intake and it not being the right place for me despite me not doing anything to suggest I was scared. I've worked with the homeless before I became homeless. He refused to tell me what he meant and kicked me out for asking. Whenever I work, people don't introduce themselves and talk to me like I'm a dog or furniture they have to step around (except other people who are bullied). At one place I worked a woman made up nasty rumors about me cheating with her boyfriend on her because I said hi back to him while walking by. I worked directly with him but barely spoke to him. Not to mention he was twice my age and not my type at all. It was a professional relationship, and she accused me for months and eventually she got fired for stopping production to accuse him of cheating on her with me. Even though she was fired she had damaged my reputation with her bizarre lies and people called me a whore.

At other places women gossip within earshot about how weird/ugly I look. It honestly feels like I can't win and everyone feels like commenting on my appearance or demeanor uninvited or make wild assumptions about me that would be cleared up with a simple conversation but they think they're right. I'm trying to save up for plastic surgery to look more conventionally attractive/average but no one wants me to earn a living or be housed anywhere for long enough. It feels like everyone just wants me to disappear, but I am not suicidal so that's not happening.