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Anonymous
I am sorry to hear about the difficulties you are experiencing. Do you have a support network? Are there job seekers' services available in your area? Can you speak regularly with a therapist and close confidants? It sounds as if you need a boost of confidence as well as some knowledge about how to find the right opportunities for you. Have you considered relocating to a region that might have more job options?
Starting a family, while a valid concern, is perhaps a concern that is beyond what you might be able to focus on at the moment. If your most pressing issue is securing employment to improve your financial situation, this is the matter that needs the majority of your attention.
Renet Myburgh
I am in the working capital of South Africa Johannesburg and struggling. In the whole of Southern Africa This is according to all sources the working capital of all.
My confidence is ok, i am proud of my accomplishments and what i can offer any company i am just concerned with why it is so hard for me.
The wheel has to turn soon....
Renet Myburgh
I meant May....:) xoxoxo