What Will the Hottest Jobs Be in 2020?

Employers don't owe you a chance; they owe their business and existing employees the lowest hiring risk they can find. https://open.substack.com/pub/artoffindingwork/p/employers-are-not-in-the-give-a-chance?r=4s382&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

In the past few months, I have received a few rejection emails (I guess I’m lucky I even received those) from various companies. Instead of the usual “we went with another candidate who was a better fit” blanket statement, these rejections stated that because of the volume of candidates, they are no longer reviewing applications. I applied to these jobs within 24 hours of them being posted, so it’s not like timeliness of the application was a factor. It’s certainly discouraging to apply for jobs you are qualified for to not even have your application reviewed. Is this the new norm? Why would a company take this approach?

Well, this is a first. I have been doing fliers for my son-in-Law (for free) as I have a side gig as a digital designer and graphic designer. Most of these (until now) were fliers for shows and usually consisted of me finding a bunch of free and/or royalty-free images online and making a photo composite in Photoshop. So he asked me to do an image for a song he's about to release and, since it was a pretty specific request and I don't have hours and hours of free time, I used Photoshop to generate a pretty nice looking illustration and then generated some cool abstract elements for the background and played with it to make a nice composition. He loved it until he used an online tool to uncover that it's AI-generated. Now he's unhappy because the local music scene has been very vocal about "supporting local artists" and not using AI and he's afraid people will find out it's not an actual drawing. So my daughter wants me to draw a similar picture. Now I'm a pretty decent illustrator, but it does take a lot of time that I don't have and there's no editing a pen/ink drawing once it's done. Plus this style isn't something I usually do very often. Am I missing something here? What is the big deal about (not) using AI?

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I was excited about a role and spent time putting together the application material and it required 3 hours to complete. I found the role on LinkedIn and went to the company's website to find out what was needed. Having everything saved in a folder, I was excited to submit the application only to learn that it wasn't an active position even though it was still listed on the site. While normally this would be an annoyance, today, I feel like giving up... I give my all to each submission. I really wanted that first role and have gotten so far in interviews only not to be the right fit. not local, have too much experiences or not the right industry experience for this area. My favorite, the generic response, there were other candidates that were more aligned with the position. I've worked with staffing firms in this area who can't find anything for me as well. I've shared that it doesn't have to be in my field but I want to be able to work. I'm told that they don't have anything. I've contemplated moving to another area but that's not a sure thing but haven't had an interview in this area in over year. Most of my experience is from other areas so is a better fit for larger cities. Should I stay here and eventually I'll find something or is the writing on the wall that I won't find a position? I feel like the Abba song, Take a Chance on Me! This last role, after three interviews, I was passed along to meet the hiring manager and wasn't selected for the interview. All that time, weeks of preparation and selling myself to get to that point and it was for nothing. I was so vested and while I normally don't share interview status, I was so certain that I told a few friends to keep me in their thoughts as I was excited about this one. It wasn't even the fact that it was finally a paycheck after a year of searching but I would enjoy working at that company. I wish someone would just take a chance on me. Sorry for the long message but I can't keep doing this, I'm mentally and physically worn out and sometimes I feel like just giving up as it's not working. How can I have 20 plus years of experience and I can't get a contract, full or part time position. I've applied at supermarkets, coffee shops as I would feel better about having money in the bank and I'm told they don't hire 'seasoned' employees as we'll leave after finding a role. I'm a hard worker, give my all to positions and just want to be able to support myself. Is that really too much to ask? Thank you for listening!

Things were promised that didn’t arrive.I got another job, but I didn’t make it past the 90 day trial. So now there is over a six month gap in my recent experience and I don’t know how to explain it either on my resume or in an interview. What do I do? what do I