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I have 8 years mgt experience in food service mgt and got turned down for a dishwasher job. I’ve had several interviews this week and it’s always sane answer…we have more candidates to interview
Bingo
It's not you, I promise.
With the increase in AI created CVs, recruiters have been dealing with a huge influx of resumes they've never seen before. Their solution? AI, which then supposedly filters out 'AI' resumes, but it's filtering out valid resumes. With the new influx of resumes, and growing number of unemployed people, companies now can be extremely selective, or even pretend to be filling roles for a tax break (oh no we didn't fill the role, we need compensated).
I have a Google Sheet where I recorded my application submissions and responses. From January 9th, 2025, to January 9th, 2026. I had sent 344 applications for customer service and other various roles I am more than qualified for, with under 5 interviews, and minimal to no response.
It's not you, it's the job market.
Because companies can control with AI what they want filtered . As in specific wording and availability
Speaking as a retail store manager, within 1 week of posting a customer service associate position I have 150 applicants. We have to narrow that down quickly or it's just overwhelming to navigate. First thing, assessment score. For my company assessments are scored from red to green. Red being not recommended and green being very highly recommended. Anything below highly recommended is out immediately. I then start to narrow down by availability. Say I have 75 with completely open availability. Now everyone else is out. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with your availability but there are a lot of choices with better availability. It's not personal, I never looked at your resume. We are just trying to find the BEST match. Side note, if someone lies about availability just to get hired and changes it within the first month, we are parting ways. From there I start looking at resumes and experience. 50 have no related experience. I have 25 candidates. Now I start setting up interviews.
This process is time consuming and tedious. There is a trick that can get you in for an interview even if you don't hit all these marks. Call as soon as you apply. Say you want to follow up on your application. Never say you are calling to set up an interview. Don't come in person, we don't have time. If someone calls me, I haven't rejected their application yet, they have a decent assessment score and their availability is workable even if not open, I will generally set up an interview mostly to save myself time going through the applicants. Doesn't mean you'll get the job but you'll more than likely get the interview.
I'm 63 now, and lost my husband in February of 2022, when I was 59. In April of 2022 I started applying for jobs, and to date have applied for over 450 positions...and had 3 interviews, and got hired for one which lasted 2½ months until I passed out one afternoon—that was January of 2024. Since then I've applied to 300 of that 450, and 16 in the last week and a half.
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Go in person and ask to speak with a manager
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Just keep trying
Not so easy to remember when you can’t pay your bills and you eat a meal once a day
Ai is what many retail companies use tofay instead of depending on a HR team or person in the store. They tell ai what words to look for and what availability potential employees should have.
My.ooinion is make sure availability is the same as store hours they are open and keep words positive and sentences short sweet with not being overly wordy
I’ve had my resume professionally gone over so it’s more AI friendly and that still didn’t help
Pick 3 of them that you really want go in person when the hiring manager is in talk to them call them bug them dont be afraid to annoy them it shows persistence and that alone will land you a job. Dont wait for them to denied you. You have to call and show them u want that job by being persistant
Check out cds inside of Costco that's the company that does free samples they seem to always hire and start off good money per hour
After you apply to a retail job, just stop by the next day during a slow time at the retail store itself to speak with a manager, unless they say explicitly not to do that. Managers are very busy and may not get to you at all, so showing up at their place during a slow time allows them to have the energy to look at your CV and also interview you too.
I can’t find a job either!! I’ve applied at 6-7 jobs here in indeed and nobody is calling. I’m starting believe it’s the ghost jobs! And bc of covid
Apply for more, you need at least 500 applications
Is this your first job? Try applying directly to companies and not through a job site like Indeed. Also, go to job fairs when possible. Sometimes you have to network and actually speak face to face to people. Like you said you don’t have any family to connect you but you have you so get out there and be social irl.
I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum, 53 years young and can't even get an offer, 30 years managing QSR, then Family entertainment venues, I don't understand it, been 6 months and lots of interviews no offers, I believe it's my age, but what do I know.
AI rules everything important these days - and I'm genuinely sorry if this advice does not help - but in a free AI platform you can type:
"I am applying to the following job: (Paste the full job description here). Below is my current experience: (Paste your resume content). Please rewrite my professional summary into 2-3 sentences, and tailor my top skills to this job description. Make the language match the tone and keywords of the job post and highlight my experience and measurable achievements where possible. Keep it concise, ATS-friendly, and professional. Limit to one page. Prioritize what matters most for this role and remove anything unnecessary."
I'm hoping maybe this will get it past the company's ATS setups. I think too many companies don't even know how much theirs is filtering qualified candidates. I really hope the best for you.
- 24 year old struggler <3
Just try to look into so app applied jobs. Like insta work And upshift. Don't give up. Your not alone.
Where are you located?
Cardiff, United Kingdom
In my area, the local cities have partnerships with students to get them into a career- is there anything like that in your city? I second a comment here who says try changing your tactics. Pivot, and try searching within your city, county, and look for student career programs- also election season is coming up and they may have paid positions to work as an election worker and help run your local poll check-in, etc. (go to your city website and ask the city clerk about working an election). 17 is the general minimum age to be an election worker- tho it’s a very temporary job it’s very important to the public, and would look great in your resume!
Don’t get discouraged I had the same issues both times I lost my job over the past 15yrs it took Almost a yr each time and there’s a lot of fake jobs and AI generated bs on job searches so it’s not you or your resumè. Keep trying and face to face works better 95% of the time so I would ask every time I go somewhere like stores restaurants etc. places like Golden Corral and buffet places will be hiring all the time! Also try contracted jobs like be your own boss make your own schedule… here in nc we have an app called Instawork and I loved it!
I’d suggest:
- Firstly knowing where you can actually get to. I struggle with this a lot, especially when I get desperate and the first question on my mind isn’t ’can I actually get there?’
- Don’t apply solely on one site, or use one method. Use several sites, face to face, email CVs, walk in and hand one in, just try several methods.
- Keep an eye on key words in the job description and focus on those
- This should be first really but know what you want to do. Having a target makes things much easier.
- Focus on how you apply skills, rather than “I am a good communicator” Okay, but how, even if it’s something simple like you work with people/etc.
- AI can be helpful. I struggle with being too wordy on a lot of applications, and I found putting it through ChatGPT and looking at how it condenses it and working off that helps. THERE IS A BIG BUT HOWEVER. Don’t just copy and paste what AI says, because often it’s very vague and catch all. Treat whatever AI says as suggestions of what you could do in some places, but don’t let AI do it for you. It’s a glorified spellchecker.
The job market is a joke right now, you want experience but can’t get any experience because everyone wants experience to get experience, which often leads to me rolling my eyes when they talk about skill shortages.
Keep trying, I’m in the same boat trying to get out of hospitality because I don’t want to spend 50 years in the same role stuck in part time roles.