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> The tech market isn't doing very well. I get that, but why can’t I find anything else. Years ago, when I was working retail jobs, they would hire fucking an

• Hermitian909 3y ago
  Retail not hiring people like you before the downturn as well. Your resume now signals "white collar upper-middle class" and retail will assume: - You'll still be looking for work when you join - You can't/won't work hard All my friends with PhDs in non-marketable specialties have faced this problem for a decade.
• mac_cain13 3y ago
  Of course I have no idea how you present yourself or how things exactly are at your location on earth, but they could feel you're overqualified. If you have tech jobs on your resume they could easily assume they can't pay you and/or you get bored at the job and leave quite quickly. In my experience the best way to get in somewhere is to build a personal connection. Try to reach out by phone or in person to the other side. Make sure you understand the person and the company on the other side. That really helps to get to the top of the list, especially at smaller companies. Then still it can take a thousand no's to get one yes. Good luck! Hope you land a job soon!
• doix 3y ago
  Don't include your tech experience in your CV if you're applying for retail jobs. You're probably getting screened out for being "too experienced" since they think you'll churn as soon as a better opportunity comes along (which is true).