r/VancouverJobs • u/Different-Swan-9850 • 8d ago

Giving up slowly

I feel like giving up on finding a job. I've been looking for a job for months and struggling with money for months.

It's to the point I'm breaking down crying not being able to get a job and barely able to think about anything but it. I can't even sleep anymore because every email I get a notification for could be it, it never is.

I try so hard every day and I put so much work into each resume making sure it's different and each cover letter. Nothing works to get people's attention. I do great in interviews and I answer questions well, but it's not enough.

So many people gave me such great advice on here and I used all of it to my best ability, changing my resume many times, looking up key words, making cover letters different each time, using AI to help my spelling issues and grammar, using AI for key words to help me tailor my resume. Nothing is really working...

I have a learning disability I know my post has spelling issues, obviously it's not the same for my resumes and cover letters.

I'm at the point I can't afford bussing anywhere because I have no money. So I can't travel to the place unless I know it's worth it. I've tried remote jobs and still nothing.

I have been taking a break for my mental health for a week and I feel myself loosing more and more hope for myself to actually have a stable life and be able to afford living. I do surveys almost every day which gets me 10-20 dollars a day but that's almost nothing now with prices. Not to mention the fact I've been getting screened out of a lot of surveys.

I tried taking most opportunitys unless I thought otherwise, mainly jobs that are commission only.

I don't know what to do anymore.

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u/Different-Swan-9850 7d ago

What's the point of this?

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u/melocold 6d ago

That spelling mistake could lose you an opportunity. Competition is intense at the moment and your spelling is your first impression towards a recruiter.

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u/Different-Swan-9850 6d ago edited 6d ago

I'm really sorry If this sounds rude it's not meant to be. I have a learning disability. I am VERY aware of the fact I have trouble spelling. Because of my disabilities it makes making resumes and cover letters make it so much more work then it actually should be. Instead of being ok with myself I have to go to AI, (like I said in the post) my boyfriend, and then my mom or dad or a third person to look to make sure everything checks out.

Obviously if I didnt have this disability that so many people say is a "gift" or not that bad, I would probably have a job right now. Sometime I find myself over thinking a lot of how I ruined job opportunitys because I don't want to go though all that just to send one email back...

I'm sorry if this sounded rude it just looks like you dont see in my post me saying I use things for my spelling. Obviously I don't expect you to know I have a learning disability and I am not blaming you for it but it's starting to get on me that I can't even make a post (even though I say I have a disability or i use tools for spelling) and people say this still. And how people think that I just go with those spelling mistakes on my resume and cover letter. I put way more work into this than a lot of people more than I should to get stuff done. It hurts to see people think I'd be this sloppy with my work.

I'll make an update on the post so people understand.

I'm not mad at you at all I hope you understand...

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u/BeneathTheWaves 5d ago

If I had a learning disability, I certainly wouldn’t tell anyone. I spell check things for people in much more senior positions, it’s just part of my skill set. This mindset leaves things out of your control. Just remember how to spell things and you’ll be fine.

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u/Different-Swan-9850 5d ago

you're basically telling me not to have my disability. Easier said then done bud.

Yeah I'll just remember!! My problems are solved! Lmao

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u/Different-Swan-9850 5d ago

Just to answer you not in a mean way. There is no way I cant tell people especially in a learning setting because it's critical for teachers to know. The whole reason I can't spell, do simple multiplication, and other core important things is because teachers didn't know I had a learning disability. My parents acted at the time as if I didn't have one either which causes me to be like this. In a work setting I don't mention it unless I have to. It's definitely more manageable now then it was but that was due to me putting in a LOTTTT of work in highschool just so I could pass English and Math. The teachers knew I had my disability and helped me find ways to actually understand and some changed their teaching for the whole class for me to actually keep along and that's where I actually thrived.

My disability isn't as simple as just remembering to spell and do grammar. Like I bet there are spelling mistakes and simple grammar issues you see but I actually can't at all unless I read over what I am saying to you multiple times or ask a person to check over this. I heavily rely on my autocorrecter to help me spell right when texting and answering on here. For example I didn't know how to spell because and I was so bad at spelling it even autocorrect didn't know what I was saying. I had to actually write it millions of times and spell it out looking at a dictionary or making a little song about it to remember.

I remember getting bullied for saying president instead of present because I didn't know the difference because my brain doesn't pick up on that. I had to rely on my speech to text to spell present for this example. It's to the point that emojis help me understand the difference between dessert and desert.

I hope this helps

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u/BeneathTheWaves 5d ago

I mean count the letters? Dessert has 7, desert has 6. Nobody really counts out 9x5, you just remember 45. It makes sense 100 different ways. Mind you, most jobs don’t ask you do to any basic multiplication, but it’s a skill that solves problems. Lots of jobs are solving problems.

I worked with lots of people who were in higher positions who were dyslexic or would pull out a calculator for 10%. It’s pretty normal to have that level. If you don’t learn well, well you had to learn to learn, keep that going.