I'm an 8 year veteran with a degree (I tell all not to make this mistake) and my wife as well. We can't find work since being part of a lay off last September. We have applied to over 100 companies and denied before interview on all but two. I was stood up for an interview twice by the same company and then denied when I applied again.
These are the things against us: White, Christian, Patriots, Unvaxxed.
There are many in worse positions than we are but would really be thankful for prayers on our behalf. Thank you all very much and God bless you!
I know what you're going through. I'm also a vet with a degree but haven't worked in my field since 2016. I've been doing seasonal jobs, temp gigs, online freelance work and trying to start a business. Now its super tough to get back into my old industry because I've been out for so long, got into some legal trouble, and the big employers tend to be woke companies that don't like seeing big gaps in employment history or having lots of different jobs and no clear direction, but that's just what I've had to do to get by.
Maybe those of us going through similar situations can get together in a co-op group to help each other out. I feel like I just need to find people trustworthy enough to go into business with but I don't know anyone with an entrepreneur mindset and the time and drive to partner up. If you are interested in chatting about this, hit me up.
You can make quite a bit of money if you are a self-starter. You can learn to make websites for friends, fam, small business on wix.com (templates, drag and drop). Undercut everyone else's prices and do a really good job. Make sure they are very happy with your work. Put their reviews of your work & portfolio of small sites on your own website. Learn and work hard.
Yeah I've done this but wix sucks and I taught myself a lot of other web dev stuff but not so good at marketing and social media.