Job-hunting for a year-Need advice on possible career pivot and applying

Hi,

I have worked in social media marketing for about seven years, first in broadcast news and later in sports. I was laid off from my job at the beginning of the year and have been looking for a job basically nonstop. I have changed my resume multiple times(I am currently working on a new one), worked on my interviewing skills, and even reached out to a few people. I just can't seem to get hired.

I found out I was going to be laid off at the end of October 2023, and it would take effect on December 31st. I took this time to work on my resume and apply to jobs I really wanted. Once 2024 started, I tried to use this time to reset and work on things that had fallen to the wayside when I got sick. I had a ministroke in 2019 and was eventually diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2021. The past five years have been incredibly hard, and I thought this would be the break I needed from my burnout. Initially, it was nice, but I became very stressed once my unemployment and health insurance ran out.

I bring up my health problems to show that I have dealt with a lot of issues in my short 33 years on this dumb floating rock. I don't expect life to be perfect, but at the same time, there's only so much one person can take. The past few months have seriously started to disrupt my mental health and attitude. I've never felt this bad daily, and I feel like everything I do is wrong. I feel like I'm playing a game that everyone else knows the rules to and I don't. I feel like I'm taking a test for a lesson everyone else was taught, but I didn't go to school that day. You guys get it; I'm struggling.

To make things worse, I don't think anyone else that I was laid off with is still looking. So that definitely means something is going on with me, and it's incredibly frustrating. This isn't working out, and I NEED it to. I am American, and here, you have to work for healthcare. At this point, I think I just need to pivot and find something new to do, but I'm not sure what that should be.

I'm interested in hearing stories of people who have pivoted to a new career. How did you do it? How long did it take? Do you have any tips for someone who is NOT married and can't use a spouse's healthcare insurance? I am also open to any advice on finding a job in this market. I know this post was long, and I appreciate anyone who read it all the way through.

Thanks,

Burned Out Millenial

It sounds like you would benefit from more personalized guidance. I'm a former career strategist and coach and I'd be happy to help, pro bono. I'm also a single millennial who experienced a health event that eventually... a long eventually... led to the diagnosis of an autoimmune disease. Besides going through that and feeling like no one understood the suffering I was going through because of my "invisible disability," I had to step away from my solo coaching business to prioritize my health and take care of myself. That led to me successfully transitioning back into the 9-5 life after several years outside of it during a tough job market. A little over a year later, in a still tough job market, realizing that the culture where I am is not for me, I've been able to transition out to another company. When you're ready, you can reach out at careerstrategyandcoaching at gmail with any questions you have for me and we can get started.