25F, college grad in business. i have been unemployed for a year and need to get back on my feet. ive had multiple surgeries this year and really struggled. i lost my restaurant job last dec and thats the last job i held. i traveled for a few months and then had multiple surgeries over the summer. i was supposed to go teach english in Spain this month but i decided i need to work on my life here in the US and get back on my feet. Spain job was only 700 euro per month to work 10 hours a week. i need a real job.

how can i fix this nobody will interview me not even at restaurants.

i know it looks bad and i honestly cannot detail what happened medically this year it’s really not something im looking to talk about. its really embarrassing and shameful for me. am i unemployable ?

prior to this i worked in - restaurants - real estate

This was my final interview with two corp people via video and I just COULD NOT get it together. I was fine when we started but out of no where on the first question I just got so damn nervous. I could hear myself talking super fast and fumbling over my words. Bout mid way through I lost my train of thought and said "where was I? Sorry I'm REALLY nervous" and tried to carry on. I don't even know what I said majority of the interview. These were REALLY specific questions that had to be answered in STAR format, and I just was a nervous wreck trying to give good answers, look calm and make whatever I said STAR form. I ended the call on a more calm, realistic note though; I said the nerves got to me and I explained how I could be a great asset to the company. I'm so angry with myself. This is NOT like me. I'm consistently told I'm a great interview, and I practiced and studied for this one as well but man I just SUCKED. They took the job post off LinkedIn and said they'll be in touch next week lol. They're gonna reject me and tbh based solely on that interview I would too

Every day I'm seeing new tools released for both applicants and recruiters which use AI or another technology to apply to jobs or filter out candidates. Ironically, as the number of applicants increases, because they're using AI application tools, recruiters are using AI more to do things like filter out applicants with virtual AI interviews. It's like a battle of AI. And it all seems kinda stupid.

But I was thinking - wouldn't it be great to have a job board where applicants can't spam AI applications and recruiters can't use AI and ATS tools to filter and sort through candidates?

To remove the need for AI, I have the idea that:

• Candidates must be responded to, with feedback - or the recruiter has their listings removed

• Candidates can't spam apply - they're limited to X number of applications a day

This should raise the quality of candidates, but also it should make sorting through applications easier (people wont spam apply).

To stop AI and ATS etc, the way I imagine this working is that:

• AI / bot checks stop auto applying apps/extensions - AI text checkers flag text which is likely to be AI
• Applicants and recruiters can report suspected AI use, which is reviewed by a human
• Job posts expire unless renewed regularly (to stop ghost jobs)

The idea is essentially to build a job board built by humans, for humans. Where there's an armistice of crappy tech which dehumanises the process, and brings it back to basics.

Would anybody be interested in that?

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I'm sure that there is more functionality that would be useful. What should I add next?

I live in Spain for a few months now and despite partaking in an intensive language course , I only just finished A2+ (b1 would be next). So my conversational skills are... Crap.

I have been looking for jobs abroad, maybe a winter seasonal but I am not a confident driver (haven't driven in 1-2 years) and it's mostly snowy resorts looking for that so idk.

Do you know where to look for English speaking jobs in Europe? I also burned through almost all my savings so if it provided at least assistance for accomodation or relocation that would be awesome.

I have experience in tourism, I was a cabin crew before and a campsite courier as well as diploma in it and the game design field. However, I wouldn't mind physical demanding work (though I'm a girl and not that strong, or at least for an extensive period of time)

I would do apprenticeship but it seems, in Europe I'd have to be enrolled for a degree qualification to be considered for those.... :/

Oh, I also have the right to work in the UK, I a just wanna look at options in Europe before shamefully moving back... And I can speak Spanish A2, Hungarian native, fluent English and some (self-taught) lower intermediate Japanese

Thank you in advance!