[vijucat]

I love such stories. Right now, a lot of folks I know are struggling to find jobs, so I read the part about how he got a job the first day he was out of jail with some astonishment and nostalgia for the simpler days, when showing interest was often enough to land the job! Now, hoop number 1, the AI resume filter, is a strange obstacle that one has to jump through first.

[gavinray]

The job market is rough. My wife went back to school for audio/sound design, finished the program + got a bunch of certifications.

She's been trying to get anything, even an unpaid internship, doing sound design, going to local meetups, online conferences, and hasn't had much luck.

But I told her: it's just a matter of persistence and time. If you're agreeable to be around, passionate about something, and just show up everyday, eventually something is likely to happen.

[jzemeocala]

As someone who has worked in the music sphere with many hats over the past few decades: her best shot is to get people talking about her, perhaps find some local musicians she likes and offer cheap\free recordings to fill in her portfolio and get that word of mouth started.

Successful people in the music world (both on and off stage) HAVE to mingle with musicians (not other engineers) heavily to get noticed and recommended

[Joel_Mckay]

Without a portfolio it will be difficult.

Would recommend joining a local film club, and get a few small projects done. Additionally, volunteer with local church events, or regular city music festivals.

Also, could join the local union intake for the production studios. It will be awful until one gets the base hours completed, but it is a feast or famine kind of work schedule some can tolerate. Fine work if you are still a kid.

Finding stuff online is usually a fools errand these days mostly due to "AI" data mining operations, or outright cons. Best of luck =3

[ChrisMarshallNY]

The key, for me, was to get a computer. Once I had that, the world opened up.

It allowed me to "get my hands dirty," and experiment, as well as build a portfolio.

To this day, I have a large amount of public code. It's a habit that I've had, all my adult life.

[firesteelrain]

I applied to 100+ places in 2005. Took a job an hour from home for a year and half. Eventually found something closer to home. You take what you can find at the time until you find where you want to be

[gerdesj]

I'm from the UK and another age 8)

I applied for about 50+ jobs as a graduate engineer in 1991. Back then you wrote letters. Hmmm: You printed letters - mail merge was a thing.

You signed each one by hand, with a quill pen and used a wax seal and cast a Spell of Engagement.

OK, you signed your covering letter with a pen (might be a Biro but I did use a Parker and Quink, myself) You also had to put your covering letter and curriculum vitae (CV == resume) in an envelope and pop a stamp on it (2nd class) and post it. None of that Linked In bollocks.

Your covering letter would be bespoke to the company approached. You did some research and mentioned something pertinent.

Nowadays I'm the employer.

[theonething]

Don't forget the specialty resume paper.

[gerdesj]

Not around these parts. We write on Basildon Bond 8)

[firesteelrain]

Wow!

I applied over and over using Monster dot com.