I have been unemployed for the past 6 months and have been rejected in a dozen of interviews. How can i get my confidence back?
I have done by Engineering from IIT Delhi and I have a total 8 years of work experience in data analytics and product management. I was making over 80 LPA in my last job. I have tried everything. Have asked for a referral from so many people. Agreed to take a massive paycut. Prepared really well for the interviews but i am not getting the results. Most of the times companies don’t even let you know the outcome. After every interview i am hopeful that i will get it this time but to my disappointment they don’t call back. Every time i get a call from an unknown number i get hopeful that this might be the HR or the recruiter calling to congratulate me. My parents call me daily asking about my job situation. I have started avoiding their calls. I have even stopped replying to my friends. I feel like a total loser. I have never failed so many times in a row. I barely feel like getting out of bed now.
IITD alumni? I have known handful of them who only recruit delhi alumni in their startups
Start doing small, even low paid, analytics gigs. Try and do a small one for large Indian companies. They will pay very low and that too after a lot of chasing. But if u do it well they will give u another and then another. But if u bill too much they will resent it! Funny how that works. Then find another client and another one. Do ur own business.. bcos of IIT tag u will get some projects quite quickly. First do all. Then get picky. Eventually take 1-2 quality ones and 1-2 lucrative ones. After a while u may have to hire someone. Do that only if u have 6m-1yr cash in bank for their salary. Once there is more income hire another. Then chase profits. Eventually u will have a good biz. Remember to file ur taxes and keep ur compliance clean. CAs are cheap.. get one to do ur taxes, gst etc. Good luck!
@Mandrake how to get first project.
Talent acquisition team who are reading these kind of post, have empathy towards your candidates. Understand it’s market have excessive candidates. This doesn’t mean you keep looking for candidates and leave the ones who have gone through the process. Don’t play with someone’s hope and job 🙏
Try freelancing . It's a tough environment that's it . No point blaming yourself
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