By the way, I’m a lady in her late 30s and married. I’m a marketer and a copywriter.
Context: Left my very toxic job in Feb and haven’t been able to secure another employment since I left.
I have been diligently applying for jobs since and have gone for some interviews to no avail. Have been applying not just for the usual ones (marketing, writing) jobs that I have experience in but to short-term ones too. Even went to #SGUnited jobs to take a look but there’s honestly nothing I can apply for.
To date, still nothing. Not even a part-time position.
So begs my question. Are there even truly companies still hiring during these times?
I’m almost at the brink of desperation, as much as I try to keep up with a positive appearance. I still have some savings to lean on but I can’t keep doing that in the long term.
Any advice or leads will be awesome. Thank you in advance!
Here are what netizens think:
- Why not join the bus companies as a Bus Captain? I have a friend used to work in tour agency but then lost his job in Feb when China tourists are banned and the agency went bottom up. He joined one of the companies and is about to graduate from training course aldy.
- I’ve too just lost my job, just managed to find one last Friday morning with a 22% wage increment and was supposed to head down to sign the contract today but everything was put on hold afterwards.
- I believe that every adversity presents opportunities in other areas. I would suggest looking at companies that are in e-commerce, logistics (delivery companies), groceries/supermarkets, online streaming companies etc. Maybe online translation services too as I heard my friend dabble in for EN to Chinese translation.
- Just last month till just last week , we were still hiring IT programmer. 4 openings no applicants at all. It’s a local listed company(retail, real estate) with our own building so not some sme.