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Church of Jeff

With my mental health issues, I’ve now been unemployed for basically three years now. The job I was aiming at won’t hire me because I don’t have enough recent work history.
At this point, with my sizable life insurance policy from when I mattered to society, I’m more valuable dead than breathing.

@jeffowski I surely felt that way when I was long-term unemployed (four plus years).

Don't stop trying. I remember feeling like it was futile to keep trying but one certain way to fail is to stop trying. Sounds stupid, but it's the truth.

(And as an aside, I sent my resume to my current company FOUR times before they interviewed me. What caught their attention that last time? I re-worked my resume in the functional format rather than chronological. They called me immediately and hired me.)

@jeffowski
"from when I mattered to society"

You still matter to society.

Unfortunately, society is going through its own mental health issues right now, and a whole lot of important things have fallen apart. Many of us, like you, are trying to fight for decency and respect and other human rights. We need you to keep up what you've been doing!

I hope your post, just now, reflects only a momentary feeling that will pass quickly. If not, please reach out to someone who can help.

@jeffowski Society is much, much larger than employer-employee matchmaking. And to put things in perspective, employees don't matter all that much more than dirt to their employers anyway.