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Thesaurus
Oct 3, 2004


The childcare resume filler is probably your best bet, unless there is also any other experience/skill related thing ypu can also add in. If pressed, you can explain that you were helping your nephews and sister during a difficult time in their lives.

You got an interview, so you must be doing something right.

If you're that concerned about how a certain position might make you seriously depressed or screw you up, the thing to do is to get some therapy to figure out the underlying reasons. Above all, you don't want to fall back into alcoholism etc

You don't need to take the first thing to come along, but you need to get back in the job market to refresh your resume so you can position yourself for the jobs you really want.

Focus on getting a job and getting settled in working full time for a bit before you make any big changes like moving out. Your living situation probably isn't ideal, but you need to save miney for a while and readjust to having a job.

Any other leads?

Thesaurus fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Apr 1, 2017

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Thesaurus
Oct 3, 2004


I forgot to add: don't mention the depression or imply that you have struggled with mental health issues. It doesn't sound like you were going to anyways, but doing so could only hurt your chances because people are bastards. Keep any interview focused on what you bring to the company and what you're capable of rather than trying to explain away or make excuses for something in the past.

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