Employing the Unemployable

Recovery
#1

This might seem like a strange place to look for insight and if it comes off as inappropriate please let me know…

Basically I’m a youngish professional with a stellar career over the past decade and I’m days away from 6 months clean time. My employer waited until I had gone through rehab to lay me off (thanks guys!) with no severance, benefits, etc.

After rehab I was already in a financial hole and I’m networking with people I know but sending out blind resumes with this 1-year gap in employment is not easy to finesse.

I don’t care about the money. If I can pay my bills and maybe have $100 to put into savings every month I’ll be happy. But is there some way I should go about marketing myself? How honest should I be about recovery? Is there a way to market it as a strength?

Any and all feedback would be much appreciated!

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#2

I would look into clean and sober housing, to get a base to start with and have supportive people around you. Maybe the job wasn't going to be a part of your recovery. Network with ex coworkers and see what kind of work is out their in your field that you want to work. Or this could be a good time to maybe learn a trade. Find some spiritual balance, get in shape. I know it seems like a crappy place but when your doing the right things in life everything tends to fall into place.

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#3

So unfortunately I do have a current lease. I did get a roommate which cuts the bills in half and my monthly expenses are somewhat reasonable. Even an entry-level job while I look for something I like would pay the bills. It would be hard to get out of the lease though…

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#4

Yea that's a tough place to be :pensive: . I don't even know what the pay is your way. Time to get on the grind of job searching. Which you probably been doing. It's crazy how fast life can just switch up on us. Time to network at meetings, maybe church if that's your kind of religious beliefs. I do know that when we trust that everything will work out it does. Law of attraction. I didn't know how I was gonna go to school for interior design all I knew was that's what I wanted to go for. And I leaped and everything did fall into place.

#5

Yeah I’m going to make it work, even if I need to cobble together a few jobs here and there to keep from getting evicted.

For the sake of transparency (we’re all here for the same reason, right?) I work in political and communications strategy and up until I was placed on leave last year I made $12,000 a month. My rent was $2,200 which was reasonable for what I get. So quite a dramatic and humbling change from that to getting by on $20 here and there while I look for work…