Related Posts
How to check bench ageing in Virtusa?
Favorite TED talks? Medical or otherwise
I freaking love wearing khakis
Additional Posts in Advertising
Anyone on here worked with Edelman? Pros? Cons?
What’s the best agency to work at?
New to Fishbowl?
Download the Fishbowl app to
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
I'm convinced 90% or more of the job market is all BS at this point. I continually see the same jobs I've applied to posted and reposted multiple times from the same company. I'm not talking over 3-4 months, I'm talking more than a year with the job posted, closed, posted, closed, posted, etc. And that's the jobs/companies that I'm actually watching because I really wanted the position or thought it was a perfect fit. I can only imagine if I were broadening what I was paying attention to. The system is rigged or broken for sure.
Too many people chasing fewer and fewer jobs.
It’s that simple
My apologies but everyone has been using that tactic since circa 2018.
The kids out of college can’t find jobs and the 45+ can’t either. This is going to crash our economy, people have already started losing their homes. Consultants and freelancer can’t get unemployment benefits. There is no safety net and people are going to starve.
It’s happening to farmers, Wall Street peeps, Amazon factory workers. It’s spreading like cancer.
Yes, I do that as well. That’s how I have 7000 connections with people I don’t actually know. System is beyond rigged.
I usually find the person who posted a job, connect with them adding a note and give them my details and portfolio link. I also let them know I applied for the job on the link they provided. This seems to really help in getting me considered for the role as opposed to just applying on the provided link.
I do something similar. I very often manage to track down the job poster’s email and send a note and even just send a note to the department head that pertains to me.
I’m there with ya. And I’m sorry.
Not sure if you’ve been doing this, but consider seeing who the job posters are and bringing your application to their attention. More points scored if you see whom you know who works at the place of interest and have them also put in a good word. Good luck
Linkedin is not for finding a job, anymore. It’s FaceBook masked with a LinkedIn skin. Companies don’t see traction on it either. I wish my company had another app to market in that truly speaks B2B. I want to forge relationships for business matters in the industry I work in and IN THE USA, not see that you are celebrating 1 year at ABC Company or it is National Take Your Dog To Work Day.
I see so many job posting that target me as ‘you’re a top candidate…’ and that description of the job has nothing to do with what I do of have done in my career. Or I get 25 people in Philippines who want to connect…what or why would I need a connection to the Philippines? Algorithms for LI are a joke and a solid waste of time.
I've done all the tricks that are recommended: send a personalized note to the hiring manager, develop your brand, connect with people in the org. Nothing. The system is at the very least broken, or at worst employers are nefariously inflating their hiring needs. CD1 is correct. The economy is going to go to crap. And big tech is still preaching this, "AI is going to save us" or "AI will create at much efficiency" BS. The next 5 years look really ugly.
AI involvement has broken the job application process.
AI use by employers has spurred AI use by applicants, creating a giant tsunami of applicants as people submit as many applications as they can to see if anything sticks.
An utter sea of generic formulaic resumes to pass AI, but underwhelm a human recruiter or hiring manager.
Hard to be seen, hard for employers to find a good fit.
We need to stop the madness, go back to humans dealing with human written resumes and cover letters.
It’s the only way.
Just because the AI exists for this doesn’t mean it’s a good use for it.
I think we’ll start to see the pendulum swing back. AI is touted as a solution for everything but clearly it’s not.
Anyone remember the great resignation- it’s a pendulum. The market needed to reset based on some of the realities of over priced talent and the bands that clients were willing to pay. And that AI thing….
Funny, it was only a couple of years ago that people were ghosting recruiters, freelancers were triple dipping, and the mood was completely different.
LinkedIn is fake - that is all
Rising Star
Guarantee it’s not an age thing. It’s a systemic thing. I’m right in my employable prime (30s mid-level) and the vast, vast, vast majority of all applications go absolutely nowhere without a referral.
Same feeling. I changed my profile pic and so nobody knows how old I am by looking and my college graduation date is removed. Also, I have had many referrals and only two have gone anywhere. I've applied to over 100 places at least.
Pendulum is not swinging in our favor anytime soon
Most of the jobs posted are fake or posted for legal reasons. I am 6 months into my job search and applied to over 3,000 jobs. I am often picked to interview with teams already knowing they are hiring a friend. Some told me so in the interview. They have to post it and interview a few people anyway and waste people's time. Some are for potential future roles and candidate shopping. You get to see how cruel people are when they post a fake job. I've also seen companies using it for marketing purposes,.especially collecting email addresses and scams. It's unbelievable really.
We are the modern Caveman. Extinction is coming if we continue on this AI 🤖 train. Homo Sapiens are competing with AI and we will not win.
Cavemen—referring most commonly to Neanderthals—went extinct about 40,000 years ago due to a mix of climate change, competition with Homo sapiens, and possibly factors like disease, interbreeding, and natural catastrophes.
I think I applied to 500 jobs, about 2 years ago, when I was unemployed, and I received 3 interviews. I'm not saying this to brag, only for full context - I have won major awards (Cannes, Clios, One Show, etc.) as a creative director, as an art director/designer, as a copywriter and as a photographer - and all I could get were 3 responses in Miami.
(Ended up leaving to San Diego for a long-term freelance.)
Sorry to hear this; I'm in the same boat. I've had five interviews in the last couple of months. You’ve probably already done this, but your CV needs to be easily readable, showcasing all the most important information at a glance. Recruiters spend only seconds reviewing CVs, so it has to be short, clear and concise. Good luck with the job search 🤞