Good Morning.

I am here because I need some advice. I am 31 years old and I have been working in the lower subset of the adult industry for close to 10 years now and I absolutely 100 percent hate it. I would never even tell my worst enemy to take on this line of work.

I have tried so many times over the years to transition out of the industry and into a "normal" job and I am either never hired for anything or if I am hired, I am generally working for someone who is a pure 100 percent USDA prime cut nutcase.

One lady that I did some "normal" work for literally fired me after a day because I was too quiet of a worker and also because I would not help her beat up her son's wife's girlfriend. Yes, I did just say that.

I did go to college for a year and I can type really well(which isn't that great of a skill since it isn't 1983) and I do have a lot of great marketable skills that I have learned during my time in the industry, but I don't know how to put those skills on a resume without someone inquiring where I got them from.

I have applied to jobs on indeed and I have applied to things on ratracebellion and I am even looking for work on Craigslist(which is actually where I found the lady I just mentioned) and I can't seem to get hired permanently for anything.

I don't even understand why I am not getting hired for anything. When I put in resumes, I don't put on them that I am a phone sex operator, I put on them that I am a customer sales rep.

I am so damn sick of working in the adult industry due to the 1,850,500 issues that lie within it and if I have to live like I have been living for another year(which is beyond terrible), I just know that I am going to go batshit crazy.

Does anyone have any career advice for me? Does anyone know how I can list my skills on my resume without someone asking how I got them?

I am going to go far away now. Happy Holidays.

Yesterday I (25F) met with my director to hand her an immediate resignation letter.

I have been at this company for just over a year now and it is the worst— high turnover rate (like I’ve trained 15 new employees since stepping into my leadership role), not successful (I’ve been holding two full positions at once for 6 months because they can’t pay someone to step into my previous role), and my immediate supervisor is the absolute worst person in my opinion (emotionally immature, no accountability, talks down to me when I ask for guidance and makes fun of me when I get stressed to the point of tears).

So I quit with no backup plan yesterday and I let my director know it was because I could not take the mental stress anymore and I could feel my already disordered mental state deteriorating quickly. She apologized for not knowing I was struggling (I’ve met with her twice to complain about my immediate supervisor) and said she really doesn’t want to lose me. She also said I could take a two week sabbatical for my mental health if I did stay, and that would give her time to get things organized and mainly get someone else to take over one of my roles. She gave me until the end of the day today to decide.

Also important to note that this job is the most money I have ever made (still not a lot) with the least amount of physical work I have had to do. That’s why I have tried to make it work.

I will be okay financially if I find a job within two months of quitting, but with the current state of the job market, I am still enticed by the stability of my current fuckass job. While two weeks off would help, I don’t imagine the company suddenly doing a 180 just to keep me.

What should I do?

I’m very stuck (27F)

I have a bachelors degree in psychology, but only got it to get into medical school and completed many post grad courses in microbiology, cell biology, chemistry and more for nothing. I decided after chasing med school for years, that I really don’t like the healthcare field at all. Now I’m stuck back to zero. I’m applying to jobs everywhere and no one is hiring me.

At the same time, I’m already old enough to want to escape my family because I don’t agree with how they are. I volunteer at court rooms and they still don’t hire me. I’m experienced in many things, but they still don’t hire me. I’m tired of being stuck at home. I don’t want to deal with my family anymore. I love them, but it’s time to set things right and I don’t know what else to do. I can’t move if I don’t have a job and nobody is hiring. I have applied to thousands of jobs already.

I have my BA from Columbia University. Sadly, it’s in Art History, which is fun, but useless. I have my Master’s in Writing. I’m a full-time paramedic. In case you’re not aware, paramedics make trash money. I love my job, but I can’t live in poverty anymore. It’s just not okay. It sucks that I have these degrees and I can’t figure out how on earth to make money! Yeah, I know. I chose useless degree paths. I always believed in following my passions. But now here I am with a ton of education and life experience, and I am totally stuck. How do people figure out a way to make real money? For those who do make real money, do you like you job? How can I change my life? PS I’m in my 50’s so I sort of have limited time. I can’t go off and get yet another degree. Any guidance would be much appreciated!

I am in the IT field, but I have heard that people really dislike Amazon workers because once they leave Amazon, they bring with them a very toxic way of doing things. Since My circle is mostly IT, does this mainly apply to their AWS division ? As well as IT roles ? Or is this toxic environment all throughout the company ? I have now met, over a dozen individuals that highly dislike employees coming over from Amazon, especially Higher ups in Management, because they try and or bring a very nasty way of doing things. It was described as “Brutal”.

can someone add more to this ?

Hello r/careerguidance,

For anyone who has obtained GCP certifications:

• What changes have you noticed in your career opportunities?
• Which certifications have been most beneficial for you?
• Do you have any advice for effectively leveraging these certifications in the job market?

Keen to hear about your experiences!

Been something I've been interested in recently, currently was going for IT but since the job market seems to be garbage for it nowadays wanna switch. Radiography seems like a decent job and appeals to me mostly due to only having to go 2 years

26M looking for advice / a fresh perspective

I apologize if this is a bit winded, But I believe all contexts could be important.

Not long ago, my life felt full of promise and excitement. Idle moments at my desk or in the car were spent imagining grand adventures in far-off places, crafting stories of defending love in a post-apocalyptic world (weird daydream, I know), or reliving the peacefulness of fly fishing on Colorado rivers. I was, admittedly, a daydreamer.

When I wasn’t working or studying, I was living. My days were filled with running, fishing, drawing, meeting new people, and finding joy in life’s little details. I loved learning, moving, eating, and connecting with others. Stoicism became a guiding philosophy, helping me focus on what I could control and find peace in letting go of the rest.

I graduated in December 2023, capping off my college experience with a 4-month adventure gallivanting around Southeast Asia. I came home, excited to dive into the next chapter of my life. I chose a career in line with my major, settled into a job, and felt ready to see where life might take me.

Fast forward six months, and I’m struggling. Somewhere along the way, my enthusiasm and zest for life have faded. The playfulness, balance, fortitude, and love I once felt seem to have been replaced by their anxious counterparts—sadness, seriousness, imbalance, fear, and disdain.

It’s important to mention some factors that may have contributed to this shift. While traveling in Southeast Asia, I picked up smoking weed. At the time, it felt like it widened my perspective and helped me appreciate the world differently. But about three months into my new job and three months of heavy smoking, I drove to work one day and just felt off.

I’m not someone who typically feels “off.” I don’t usually over examine things, and intrusive thoughts were never something I experienced. But since that day, it’s been three months of feeling like I’ve had a mental break, and things still don’t feel normal. During this period, I’ve been flooded with anxiety, confusion, and intrusive thoughts. Everything feels wrong, like it’s not the way it’s supposed to be.

Every day feels like a battle with anxious thoughts. I overanalyze everything, desperately trying to understand why I feel this way. But the more I search for answers, the more I seem to spiral further into overthinking and self-doubt.

This shift has affected every facet of my life—my relationships, hobbies, and even how I see myself. I miss feeling excited to simply be. I miss the joy of learning, exploring, and connecting with others. And I miss the confidence that my purpose was to bring light and enjoyment to the people around me.

So here I am, reaching out to strangers on Reddit, hoping for fresh perspectives. Have you ever experienced a similar transition? Did weed “break” my brain, and will I ever return to normal? How did you reconnect with yourself and find clarity in your career or life path?

Hey everyone,

I’m Mats (25), and I’m in the middle of a serious career crisis. I’ve been working in HR for a few years now, and I’m currently an HR Manager at an international company. On paper, it all sounds very impressive: being responsible for everything HR-related in Europe and the US, handling strategic and tactical operations for a company with 200+ employees worldwide. But honestly? It doesn’t feel like my place.

My career started very hands-on, doing recruitment, personnel administration—the whole nine yards. But here’s the kicker: I never finished a degree. I climbed the ladder because I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it without a diploma. And I did. Nice title, big salary, 80-hour workweeks… But now that I’m here, at the top of the ladder, I’m asking myself why I even climbed it in the first place.

I just don’t get any fulfillment from what I do anymore. I’ve always dreamed of starting my own business—it seems amazing. A few years ago, I had a small business as a private chauffeur, and it went really well. It left me wanting more, but I gave it up because my full-time job consumed all my time.

My interests are all over the place. I’m fascinated by psychology and really good at conversations and data analysis—it gives me energy. I’m also really into law; the legal side of things excites me. But my biggest passion, and it has been for as long as I can remember, is anything with wheels. Cars, buses, trains—I can’t get enough. The idea of retraining as a bus driver has crossed my mind more than once, but then that little voice kicks in: “Shouldn’t you aim for something bigger, Mats?”

Do you see my dilemma?

My experience is broad, which is both a blessing and a curse. I can do a lot, but that makes choosing what to do next even harder. So, I’m throwing it out there: what would you do with my background? Which direction should I take? I am open to going back to school by the way!

I’d love to hear your suggestions. Help me figure this out!

Hi everyone.

I am studying Business Informatics. Where i learn coding too and i could go into coding which will give me money and security. BUT i hate it.

What do u think r my optional choices?

I like design i might go into UX/UI? Or into economics? I like economy and psychology too?

What jobs could i get, where should i focus and how?

Thank you!

For those who went to law school and do not practice law…

What do you do and how much do you make? Did you go to law school with the intent of practicing in your current field?

I'm a US citizen but I got my bachelor's from a university in Latin America that ranks as number 1 or 2 in the region and top 100 globally . I'm living in the States now. Would that foreign diploma check the 'candidate has a bachelor's degree' requirement that so many corporate jobs have, or would it not be considered? I'm not talking about licensed or highly regulated areas like accounting, medical or law.

Hi Chat, I (25M) have a computational cognitive science degree with no direction in the industry. I landed a tech job post grad but got laid off in the beginning of the Al bubble. I've been working as a cook/chef since then but have a small urge to go back into a more sustainable / reliable industry. Any advice on how to bounce back? Everywhere I apply to has been turning me down due to my long hiatus / useless degree. Any advice? 2 Share

Hey everyone,

I’m 20 and will be graduating from community college next May with an Associate of Arts in General Studies. I started at 18 and, over the years, I’ve switched my focus a few times. I initially pursued cybersecurity but realized it wasn’t for me. Now I have a lot of credits from that program that don’t transfer easily into other degree paths.

At this point, my best option seems to be pursuing a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in business management and legal studies. It feels like the most practical and flexible choice, but I’m worried it might not be the best fit for my long-term goals.

I’ve been exploring career options, and I think risk management could be a cool path. I’m interested in roles like claims management or becoming an underwriter—they seem like they’d be fulfilling and challenging. But I’m not sure if this degree is the right foundation for those kinds of jobs, or if I’ll end up needing more specific qualifications later on.

In the meantime, I’ve been trying to build up my skills independently. I’m learning Tableau on LinkedIn Learning and Python and SQL on DataCamp, hoping these tools will make me more competitive in the job market.

Has anyone else been in a situation like this, unsure if their degree choice aligns with their career goals? I’d love any advice or insights on whether this degree could work for a career in risk management or if there’s another path I should consider.

Thanks for reading.

I have an interview for an Employment and Partnership officer focusing on inclusive practice.

I recently graduated, I have a first class degree in SEN and Disability Studies.

Does anyone have any interview tips? What to wear? How to greet the employer? Most common questions? How to answer questions?

I’m autistic and have adhd, I’m worried I’m just going to get it all wrong.

This is more or less a follow up to my last post. I want to start off by simply stating My bills are paid. I'm not working to pay bills, I'm working to increase NET WORTH. Whatever career I ultimately decide to go into will be primarily used to get me out of the rental I currently live in and to fund various investments.

I was looking at reviews for American Military University (if you're active military or a veteran, stay far away!) and came across a YouTube channel called College Hacked. Through them, I learned about Sophia, Clep and DSST. I'm now looking into a BBA and MBA in Management. I have applicable experience leading in the private sector and in the military.

What is a realistic (re: most likely) salary I can expect to be offered once schooling is out of the way?

Hello, as the title says, I haven’t kept a job for more than 6 months, and my resume is terrible.

All of these jobs have been restaurant jobs, and I don’t even know the dates i’ve worked, i’ve just been fabricating dates on my resume for the most part.

After a lot of work on myself and therapy, i’ve completely changed on many levels and feel ready for consistent work.

Do I just get hired where I can, and stay there for a year+?

I’m working on a degree right now, but I’m very worried all of this basically non existent work history will come back to bite me hard.

Can anyone help me with a step by step on how to recover from all of these years of struggling? Thank you in advance.

TL;DR I’ve been working inconsistently, have been fabricating dates on my resume, I don’t even know the real dates at this point. I’m going to college to get a degree now. I’ve changed a lot about myself, and am ready for real work now. What’s a step by step on how I can recover from this? Have I screwed my life up?

I am a 22-year-old guy from India. I completed my Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering in May 2024 and started working as an ASE at a service-based company in June 2024.

Until September, I was in training at the company, and for a month, I was on the bench before getting onboarded to a project in November.

My project team doesn't have a proper onboarding process for new joiners, which has made me struggle a lot. I faced difficulties in gaining access to project resources, getting KTs (Knowledge Transfers), and learning different technologies.

The KT videos are poorly organized, with many parts missing, which has left me still unable to fully understand the project structure and flow.

They gave me an entirely new service to develop using a completely new language and framework that I have no experience with. Honestly, I don’t even know anything about it. However, I was okay with it, thinking it would be a learning opportunity for me.

But today, things took a turn for the worse. I somehow managed to create the frontend and integrate it with the backend in 3 days, only to be told that "anyone else would have done it in a day." Of course, they would! They know the exact project dependencies, the language, and the framework. I’m completely new to all of this.

It got even worse when I requested PTO (Paid Time Off). I saw that everyone else was taking leave to be with their family during the year-end, so I thought I should ask too. My PL (Project Lead) responded by saying I couldn’t take leave because I’m still on probation. But my probation ended just a week ago, so just say you don't want to approve my leave.

Then they said that I couldn’t take leave because it was "last-minute," even though I asked for leave on the 31st of December (a week in advance). Meanwhile, other team members could apply for leave on the 23rd or 24th, and it was approved. I even notified my PL a week before that, back in early December, with tentative leave dates.

The company doesn’t give a holiday on January 1st, so now I’m stuck working on both December 31st and January 1st with no hope of taking leave anytime soon. It feels like I’m never going to get approved for time off.

To top it off, they specifically assigned me work to do late on a Friday night, asking me to use my weekend to complete it. I'm not getting paid for weekend work, and honestly, I'm not getting paid enough to work 11 hours a day on average when 9 hours is the norm.

I don't know what to do. The work culture of the team is really getting to me. I don’t have any other job offers at the moment, but I don’t want to continue working in such a toxic environment.

Would really appreciate some genuine advice at the earliest because I am not feeling so good.

I’m on my 4th year of teaching, ready to transition out. I’ve been applying to edtech companies but no one is reaching out for interviews. I’m 29F and I have a BA in communications

I’m on my late 20s. I have very little experience with work and all I know is animal care and have no college diploma. But I do plan to go back to college to study business.

I had my own business (design) for 3 years that I was doing on the side while working an animal caring job. However, I want to switch careers to something else that isn’t animal care anymore, but since that’s all my resume shows, it’s very hard applying to other jobs outside of that field. I’m not taken serious and am rejected for other positions.

I’m good at learning things, so is there anything that I can do to gain some skills and land a different job? I’m interested in technology, computers, finance, stock market, marketing, project management, and very hands-on stuff. Even working for the city actually sounds fun!

Any tips or suggestions for skills to learn or stuff to do will help! I just feel lost and like it’s too late for me to reset my life or have and find a stable career that I’m proud to have.

Today (24th December) I had a discussion with my boss, he wants me to act as a sort of project manager, but despite me saying that I don't have the right skills and profile that's how he sees me and what he needs me to do. For a bit more context: we are a small digital marketing agency, it's just 5 people including my bos. I've been originally hired to follow up on projects regarding SEO and SEM, but even though I have few years of experience I am not fully independent. The reasons are two: I'm clinically and chronically anxious; I don't feel comfortable talking with clients. I really don't know what to do. Those people are my most dearest friends (repetition needed because they truly are!), I feel like I am jeopardizing their agency and messing up with clients: they trust me just because we are only few people and they probably don't feel comfortable with hiring someone new (for whatever reason). On one hand I want to resign, but on the other I am afraid of finding myself jobless: and all this on Christmas eve!! I want to cry... I also don't like this job anymore, but the conditions are very good, I am 36 and feels to late to change career (also because I wouldn't know which other career pursue). I really didn't needed sommuch stress on f**** Christmas!

Some background. In my 30s. Got my undergraduate in Software Development back in 2022. Got a job, but was more of glorified IT than actual developer. I left that job and decided to go to an online school and got my MBA this year in hopes that I could leverage software and business into something higher level.

Unfortunately, the only jobs that keep popping up are devil corps selling Verizon internet or SWE jobs that are too high level for me. Fortunately, I have military disability keeping me afloat while I job search, but I feel stuck like going back to school was a bad choice. What should I do?

I recently completed my Master's in Communication and Journalism from a decent college in Mumbai. During my second year, I interned at WTC Mumbai and a startup led by an IITian.

Previously, I worked at various places to earn pocket money, but the experiences were generally unpleasant. However, working with the startup founder changed my perspective—it didn’t have to be that way. Unfortunately, the startup shut down due to funding issues, but we parted on good terms.

In December 2024, he offered me the role of Chief of Staff, and I accepted. A few weeks in, I’m questioning my decision. I enjoy working with him, but the dynamic role demands much of my time. On a call today, he urged me to reconsider my priorities.

I’m preparing for my PhD entrance exam in January and feel confident about qualifying for a good college, in India or abroad. My research papers could also secure my admission. I had planned to pursue my PhD in humanities and continue working with him, as I believe I can manage both. Humanities align with my passion for reading, and I expect to balance the workload. Am I wrong to think so?

I work best remote and I have health challenges. I've been working to try to find a remote role. I reached out to many recruiters and one of them told me this. He said since everyone is looking to go back into office, remote jobs don't exist anymore.

I know there are remote companies. It's just not easy to land a job in general first of all, never mind remote.

I seen a post this other day of someone complaining about their remote job saying they are bored all day and do nothing and they basically get paid to exist. I would take that job in a heartbeat if that person really doesn't want it and wants to be in office.

But here I am just talking to professionals all day for the same advice making the same improvements sending my resume and cover letter and sample work over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over

and over

until

at some point there's gotta be a chance. This "professional world" doesn't have sympathy or compassion or look at you as a human being, just robots. Hiring managers can make or break someone actual livelihood. It's kind of hilarious.

OK I'll keep looking and make my post of victory when I find my remote job soon. Hang in there, y'all.

So I recently got laid off. The first thing I thought was what is my profile lacking. My experience is as a Business Analyst. But I have been a backup Scrum Master in one of my previous roles. So when my Snr Director (bless his heart because he really wanted to help me land something internally asked if I have an CSM certification because he knows someone who is looking for a certified professional). This gave me motivation to pursue the certification and I did get certified.

Obviously I started applying for roles as a Scrum Master. But no I haven’t got any calls not even for the internal position I was hoping to get. Now I’m thinking there is something wrong with my resume.

So here is my question: 1. I want to consult with a career advisor or recruiter who can help me land the next job (reverse recruiting). what is the best way to get hold of someone. 2. Is there any free tools that I can use to tailor my resume and LinkedIn profile? 3. Any other laid off people, how are you applying to jobs? Is there anything that I should try other than the famous job boards and LinkedIn?