Being on the job market is literally traumatic--the false hope, the string-along, the last minute cancellations. Girlboss advice tells you to be confident and apply even if you don’t meet every qualification, but they don’t tell you how to deal with the rejection. Getting rejected for my writing is one thing but rejecting someone for a job is literally rejecting them from a potential liveli hood! I am SINGLE too so have no other support system but me, myself, & I. I've been on the #jobmarket since 2019, every year gets worse. I'm also SINGLE as fuck, so my support system is me myself and I. Here's how being #single disadvantages you in the US workforce: 1. never invited to social events (which always revolve around couples) excluded from networking 2. No health insurance when I lose my job 3. Treated like a workhorse/free labor since I don't have kids 4. Still have to work on manuscript publication even though I'm UNEMPLOYED 5. Digging into retirement savings to LIVE 6. Unable to ...