Anyone else out there who has practically given up on applying and is hoping the job market just picks up at some point, or changes so that it isn't so competitive?

After a year of applying regularly, focusing on jobs that I feel overlap well with my experience and resume, I've only gotten a reply once.

I have my application process pretty dialed in; I craft a resume per job application. But it usually takes about an hour to do it right.

Doesn't seem worth the effort anymore.

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I’m in the same situation as you i don’t know how many job posts i have applied to and haven’t gotten a single response

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It is certainly a weak job market, and I'm sorry to hear about your difficult time. Hope you land an opportunity soon, so keep trying.

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Definitely same. It’s insane and completely disheartening.

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Over the past 10 months, I’ve considered giving up at various times but I just keep going because there’s nothing else to do. Same here; resume fully dialed in and adjusted periodically. Targeting roles appropriately so that I’m almost a 100% match, which makes not getting a job even more confounding. I’ve had a fair amount of interviews, but there are usually at least two finalists besides me and I haven’t been able to close the deal. Too many good people for too few roles. I’m guessing August-September might have a brief “burst” of jobs being released, but that’s it…this year is so screwed.

No #it.

Have you tried searching for hourly work through an agency?

Do you mind sharing some agencies?

The hour per app is probably the part killing you most tbh. I hit the same wall and started cutting it down by making 2-3 core resume versions, then only swapping in the top keywords / bullets from the JD instead of rewriting everything from scratch.

That usually gets me 80% of the way there way faster, and the last 20% is just making sure the wording acctually sounds like me. I also stopped guessing on formatting after I had one resume get mangled by an ATS because of a nice-looking table lol.

Might be worth checking whether the issue is reeally the tailoring or if something in the resume is getting filteredd before a human sees it. Do you know if the one reply came from a company that uses Workday or R‍e‌u‌ѕ⁠m​е ‌Jd⁠g‍е Greenhouse?

I feel that you need to work your network. The only interviews I've had I've made connections with past contacts or are introduced to roles. Even weak acquaintances work well. There are just too many resumes for a recruiter to vet, usually the first few get through and if they find a fit they stop looking.

In the same situation as you, making countless CVs for multiple job roles. Can't even land a retail job. :c

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