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Hi,

I worked as a marketing manager I was earning a good salary, the job was month to month.
(worked for the company for 7 months)

I got a call from a corporate that I have been wanting to work for since graduation.

The HR personally called me and said they where very impressed with me and feel that I would be an asset.
Everything was approved locally. I then resigned and 2 weeks later a freeze was put on international recruitment.

I have been unemployed for 2 months now. i am 27 years old, I have a Bcom Marketing management, I have great references. I have sent my CV to hundreds of job postings in the last 60 days. Pnet, Indeed, LinkedIn, Career24, JobVine, Recruiters. All of it. I am beginning to feel hopeless.

Anyone else here around my age in a similar boat?
 
Random Hero said:
Hi,

I worked as a marketing manager I was earning a good salary, the job was month to month.
(worked for the company for 7 months)

I got a call from a corporate that I have been wanting to work for since graduation.

The HR personally called me and said they where very impressed with me and feel that I would be an asset.
Everything was approved locally. I then resigned and 2 weeks later a freeze was put on international recruitment.

I have been unemployed for 2 months now. i am 27 years old, I have a Bcom Marketing management, I have great references. I have sent my CV to hundreds of job postings in the last 60 days. Pnet, Indeed, LinkedIn, Career24, JobVine, Recruiters. All of it. I am beginning to feel hopeless.

Anyone else here around my age in a similar boat?
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Wait you resigned without the LOA and any actual documentation saying you're starting there?
 
Lupus said:
Wait you resigned without the LOA and any actual documentation saying you're starting there?
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Yeah I mean failing at doing something that basic alone would make me wonder how you would do your job otherwise...
 
What jobs are you applying for?

A manager at 27 running marketing doesnt sound right
 
I know its hard to see, but things can be much worse.

I work with a lady that is in her late 50's that will be retrenched soon, and although she has a great CV & Qualifications, no one wants to hire her due to her age.

Stay positive and focus on your strengths. From past experiences, follow each CV submission with a call to the company / recruiter. That already makes you stand out above the rest of the candidates. Companies love candidates that are proactive and show initiate.

I am sure you didnt get to where you are currently by giving up or feeling hopeless?
 
if you are in marketing, and you are not getting call backs, it means you have failed to market yourself well, that means you would not be good at marketing for a company.
 
Random Hero said:
Hi,

I worked as a marketing manager I was earning a good salary, the job was month to month.
(worked for the company for 7 months)

I got a call from a corporate that I have been wanting to work for since graduation.

The HR personally called me and said they where very impressed with me and feel that I would be an asset.
Everything was approved locally. I then resigned and 2 weeks later a freeze was put on international recruitment.

I have been unemployed for 2 months now. i am 27 years old, I have a Bcom Marketing management, I have great references. I have sent my CV to hundreds of job postings in the last 60 days. Pnet, Indeed, LinkedIn, Career24, JobVine, Recruiters. All of it. I am beginning to feel hopeless.

Anyone else here around my age in a similar boat?
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Why not start something yourself? You have access to the internet, you're unemployed so you have time. Import and sell stuff from China on e-bay, amazon etc... Or apply for a youth fund to start something else.
 
Baxteen said:
if you are in marketing, and you are not getting call backs, it means you have failed to market yourself well, that means you would not be good at marketing for a company.
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Think its more the problem of being unemployed than anything else.

Had a taste of it a couple years back. When you working everyone wants you. The moment your CV has no current occupation HR just skip it. Was like that for 6 months.

Ironically the moment someone gave me a chance (Thanx to a friend) the jobs started knocking my door down again.
 
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AlphaJohn said:
Think its more the problem of being unemployed than anything else.

Had a taste of it a couple years back. When you working everyone wants you. The moment your CV has no current occupation HR just skip it. Was like that for 6 months.

Ironically the moment someone gave me a chance (Thanx to a friend) the jobs started knocking my door down again.
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Also true.
But if you are good at marketing you should be able to sell your self on your CV quite easily
 
Baxteen said:
Also true.
But if you are good at marketing you should be able to sell your self on your CV quite easily
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BCom marketing is a very common degree due to low math requirements. Tends to be an oversupply of people with this qualification so its not that easy. Good luck man. My advice broaden what you are applying for. Be willing to work anywhere if it gives you a job at least. The longer you are unemployed the less employable you become.
 
I was almost unemployed at some stage. Got an offer elsewhere, turned it down. They matched my then current income, turned it down. They offered me more, still turned it down. 6 months down the line, the company retrenched and the post I was offered was affected. Glad I listed to my instinct.... Hang in there it will work out.
 
Baxteen said:
if you are in marketing, and you are not getting call backs, it means you have failed to market yourself well, that means you would not be good at marketing for a company.
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Didn't even think about it like that, but good point.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Didn't even think about it like that, but good point.
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reading people's reactions, I realise it could be a scathing burn, but it was actually intened as a point RH could use to improve himself here.

yes, OP messed up by quitting before paperwork was signed, and relocating, and ending a long term relationship, but, this is an oppertunity to grow.

find out how to market yourself better, learn from the mistakes, and move on.

and more importantly OP. go work as a waiter. its hard hours, for bad money, but it is a tick on the employment colum, and that will lead to getting more HR people to look at your CV. as someone else pointed out.
 
So you got a job, resigned your current job, and then was told the job you got is no longer available? No man.
 
Slootvreter said:
So you got a job, resigned your current job, and then was told the job you got is no longer available? No man.
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almost correct.
he was told he got the job and resigned.
he never signed anything for the new company.
 
Baxteen said:
not arguing.

but you do not hand in your letter of resignation before you have signed your new employment letter so things like this cant happen
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New company could still retrench you in month 1 (without having to pay a cent more than that month's salary), so it really doesn't make that much of a difference.
 
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