Current Events > I really forgot how stressful looking for work is

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Haven't worked for 6 months due to medical issues. Finally get back to looking for jobs, barely any jobs in my field (IT) where I live, and a lot of them are asking for references, which apparently I'm not allowed to give due to recent changes in retail protocols. At least where I live, retail supervisors/managers are no longer allowed to be used as references even if you did a good job there. So I'm forced to use personal references which a lot of places hate.

Back to looking for work. If this keeps up I might end up just starting a side hustle, as I'm in desperate need for money, due to E.I not approving me for assisted income, and the only other income support out there hasn't updated their pay outs in about 20 years, so they are still paying 400/m when basic living is at least 1500.

First world problems.