If you look up my username on LinkedIn, you can get a good summary of my career. Most of my jobs have been go in, fix things, then on to the next thing; though the immediate COVID period was pretty bumpy in that regard (shorter-term gigs). I'm pretty sure I need another cert or two at this point, but have had some family issues distracting me the past few months from studying/focusing on what's next. I'm also working three different things right now (1 5-10hr/wk PT job + 2 intermittent gigs). I can't remember the job market being this bad or picky in my life; and I actively wonder how I'd be able to leave the field entirely. It feels like everyone wants a unicorn on the cheap these days.
Something with a "solid" 10-15/hrs a week would be an improvement over what I have going on right now; let alone full-time work. How do I even find such a thing on LinkedIn/Indeed/whatnot? Reddit's gotten me at least two jobs in the past, but the state of things there seems to be less promising these days. I figured I'd ask here to see if anyone else is in a similar situation, and how they're managing.
Thank you.
A couple thoughts for you:
Looking at your experience, it looks good.
As a hiring manager, I would ask you what was different about the job you stayed at for 7 years, vs the many that are less than 18 months.
It's not a deal breaker, but you do have very few tenures that even reach two years.
As a manager, it takes me up to two years to get a staff member to the point of being really valuable to my organization.
I don't have any problem with a large number of short tenures.
But when a resume has mostly tenures under two years, I need to discuss with the candidate whether there's a way I can make a longer stretch of employment (with my team) work for them.
I would expect your resume to land you conversations, so I would encourage you to be prepared to talk about that point. Doesn't need to be a big deal, but some managers are going to want to discuss it.
This is an interesting and unexpected take on the near future market. Nice to hear somebody thinks it may start warming up again that soon.