LogFAQs > #922678606

What's your housing situation? How's your finances? Your mom may be short on money and just wants additional help. If she isn't and she's more worried about who you're becoming and you're work ethic or something, you probably just have to communicate more and better.

Applying for jobs sucks. Most places just ghost you. I recommend creating a portfolio of your works (make sure they look nice and don't suck), a resume that indicates clearly what skills you have (especially software skills), and a filing system for all the places you've applied.

If you're good with Excel, specify that you know how to create sheets, write formula, use vlookup, create pivot tables, etc. I don't know why some companies have such a hard-on for basic Excel, but saying you're proficient in it is not enough (plus, some people lie about their proficiency, which I saw a lot since I trained a lot of new employee).

Maybe sign up for a job searching website. I still have recruiters emailing me about positions even after I closed my accounts. I don't know how they're finding me. Must've missed one or something when I was closing them. Making a filing system is mostly for your own moral and benefit because it's gonna get demoralizing to not get any responses, but the system should keep a count for you to know that you're working and making progress. You can even borrow stuff from previous cover letters if positions are similar.

Anywho, life is a big waiting game a lot of the time and most people have no patience. Just keep doing what needs to be done.
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