I was made redundant from my job in the UK heritage sector over a year ago because of a workplace injury, but due to the slavery-age employment laws I couldn’t do anything about it. Then covid lockdown hit and I was isolated for six months by myself. I’m high risk, but because everyone I knew in that city had moved away I didn’t have anyone to help so I had to risk exposure in order to feed myself and my animals. I then had to plan an international move with pets when everyone was shut down because my VISA was running out, and had to move back in with my parents in a country/city I hate with no job and no money and three furry mouths to feed. My mum is a narcissist, so it’s been fun to readjust to living with her abuse. I’ve been rejected without interview by every single job I have applied for in the past year because I wasn’t the most qualified person to apply due to Brexit fucking us all over and a heavily oversaturated applicant pool and next to zero job availability. I have two degrees and a year of full time professional experience along with three years of volunteer experience in the same field, but my career path simply does not exist here, so I have no opportunities to break into my field in this country. In September I managed to be chosen for a very short casual grading position at a local university, but then had that opportunity retracted because of some hiring technicality the person who offered me the position didn’t know about. I’ve not heard back from any of the other positions I’ve applied for in the past four months, until today when I was rejected without interview for a position that only required a high school diploma because I didn’t think to take my Master of Science degree off of my CV. I’ve truly given up. Hope that was sad enough for you, Reddit.