> Once you get "high up" enough in the job market and fall down, there is something that is perceived as wrong with you. This seems completely true to me. All

> Once you get "high up" enough in the job market and fall down, there is something that is perceived as wrong with you. This seems completely true to me. All the older candidates I knew had a way harder time. And if you reduce your experience level on your resume, they ask you your graduation year and deduce that you've been "out there" for a while. > I have reached a point of toxic burnout that I'm having incredible difficulty recovering from. I spend my days at a menial job that causes immense stress and mental anxiety, and then I come home and try to look for jobs, apply to a few before getting discouraged and pass out. Same here. I get panic attacks whenever anything job search related comes to my attention.