I have been unemployed for 3 months. I have had interviews but keep not moving forward in the process. Recruiters refuse to give feedback for legal reasons. I don’t think I ever interviewed this much in my career and never received so many no’s. Anyone else going through the same? I don’t think I ever been through this much rejection in my whole career

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Yes and I’ve been unemployed a lot longer and I’m exhausted and broken. I barely move past the recruiter stage and never get feedback. I got two rejections today, one from a company that has reposted the job several times since February. And in the past industry experience wasn’t required, now it is.

The way the hiring process is currently is that hiring managers are trying to find one reason not to hire you rather than the myriad of reasons to hire you. The concept of potential and learning on the job no longer applies.

It’s demoralizing seeing jobs reposted. I’ve tried to look up who got the job for the companies I’ve interviewed with and 9 times out of 10 it doesn’t seem they actually hired someone.

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Honestly I think some of them are fake roles. I won’t do assignments anymore because I think it’s a scam for free work. I’ve looked back on the companies LI pages to find out who got the job after I was rejected (after doing an assignment) and most of the time the role was never hired for.

I have seen friends take 6+ months to find a new job lately. It’s a tough market right now for certain roles. I would focus on networking and making connections at target companies.

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Also have a look at the Holding Companies career pages. From memory WPP and Publicis Groupe + Publicis Groupe Media had quite a few planning/strategy roles.

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Its the market, its tough out there.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-plum-job-listing-may-just-be-a-ghost-3aafc794

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Keep at it my friend! Took me months during a sabbatical to find my next gig. When I was looking last year it helped me to treat it as my day job vs around the clock.

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