I am really struggling to find a new job after becoming unemployed following 3 deaths in the family around 8 months ago. I am 25 going on 26 and have been working for the last 7-8 years in IT Administrator and in the last 2 years a Senior IT Administrator.
For the last 2 months I have been applying for job relentlessly as I am unemployed and was living on savings. I have applied for jobs in IT and in different sectors such as health care as I have an interest in it.
I had 3 jobs before this and each one I applied for I got first try. Interviews were great, companies were fantastic, I just moved on from each after a while looking to broaden my knowledge and try and earn more money.
Over the last 2 months I have applied for around 45 jobs and had 4 interviews up to today. I live on a small island with only 70,000 people so it is quite a lot here and jobs come up far less frequently.
2 of these job roles I got interviewed for were IT Administrator roles. I got told I was not experienced enough by 1 company and the other said they had a "more experienced" candidate. The other 2 job roles I applied for was working in a Pharmacy as an assistant which had zero requirements as all training and courses are provided, this one felt particularly rough as my partner works there and referred me and the information from the interviewer came across as me basically being guaranteed the role as 3 were available, but alas I got told they had people with the relevant qualifications apply even though it was a trainee position. The second one was working with our local children in need program as a Data protection officer (I also have the qualifications for this). I was denied due to lack of experience with microsoft services (I have worked in IT for 7-8 years and have studied it since I was 11 years old) which was odd as it is very clear in my CV under my qualifications that I have passed extended courses relating to Microsoft services and many others.
I feel as I am being punished and I have no idea why. I have had my CV looked at and I have been told it is perfectly fine and I have asked for feedback from these interviews with nothing coming from it.
Is it normal to run into issues like this? I am completely stumped and lost and I am about to give up, even though I can't because I am almost out of savings, I am almost ready to accept it and become homeless. I am really worried for mine and my partners future as I feel like she is going to leave me at any moment and I wouldn't blame her.
How do people continue with this? I have seen posts of people applying for hundreds of jobs and getting nothing