I have 16 years of experience and have never been fired, but after 14 months, 3,000 applications, 27 interviews, countless hours of tests, assessments, and free work, I'm out of money and ideas. I've used LinkedIn, Indeed, InfoJobs, RocketHire, Handshake, FlexJobs, hand delivered CVs, and have been directly emailing my CV to businesses. I also have a professional website and websites I use for freelance work but the are not included in this post to avoid the AI/mods taking it down for self-promotion.
This is my newly revised 'general use' CV. I've been using eight different targeted versions divided into an ATS-optimized set and a designed set for use in person, and available in English and Spanish.
I am hoping for any feedback anyone can offer. I can legally work in the US and European Union.
I just added my "current" employer because everyone has been telling me that not being currently employed is what was hurting my resume most. The work is real, it just isn't traditional employment.
Also, since I am losing my mind, I've been considering some crazier routes to getting my CV in front of hiring managers that include: Targeted digital advertising served to employees of [company], adwords targeting google searches for the name of the executives and hiring managers, a billboard, donut packaging that doubles as my CV so I can deliver my CV as a food delivery to the hiring managers, etc. If you've employed any creative or out of the box methods for getting seen that have worked, I'd love to hear them!