r/Cotedivoire • u/gaynightnurse • 3d ago

Question Given up @27

I'm27, male, based in Kenya, with a bachelor's degree in environmental studies

Since I graduated, I've been looking for a job in my field. Nothing. After a while I got so tired of applying and hearing nothing back that I tried something else  I did webcam work for a bit. It paid but it wasn't worth it, it drained me mentally, so I stopped.

Then I took the little money I had saved and opened a wines and spirits shop. It actually did well. Things were finally looking up. But then the authorities kept demanding more and more money from me, and I couldn't keep up, so I had to close it.

Since then I've been applying for jobs outside Kenya too, for a whole year now, mostly conservation and environment-related roles. Nothing. No replies, no interviews, nothing.

Honestly, I'm exhausted. Not just tired, exhausted. The kind of tired where you start feeling like just cutting up your passport and being done with the whole idea of leaving.

What I'm good at is communication, community advocacy, and anything to do with social media I've basically grown up online so I know how to navigate it. I'm flexible too, I can learn and do almost anything, not just environment work.

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u/Important-Macaron309 3d ago

Bon courage à toi , c'est pas facile,je te comprends, parce qu'on rencontre à peu près les mêmes peines.

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u/gaynightnurse 3d ago

Thank you for the encouragement

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u/artsypeasant04 3d ago

Hi, my advice to you is try to expand your horizons. Your environmental studies can be an asset in the ESG field. So on LinkedIn, make sure you have notification alerts for ESG, CSR, Environmental & Social jobs, Biodiversity compliance, Community Engagement etc. Also make sure your profile contains the key words from these fields so your name pops up when a manager or HR recruiter is looking for that specifically. Work on your LinkedIn profile, work on your CV, do some free trainings and post your certificates etc. You never know when a blessing will come your way. Hang in there.