I was recently laid off. I have 20+ yrs experience in digital marketing, working at everything from startups to large corporations.
I’ve been auto-rejected twice by screening programs while applying, because I don’t have a Bachelor’s degree. Even though I have an excellent skill set match to these roles, a human never even gets the chance to read my resume. This is frustrating!
How can I and others like me who don’t have the paper but have great experience get past the robot gate?

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Networking. Even if you had the degree networking is probably the answer after 20 years.
It sucks for those of us who are introverted, but this is the curse of being a social species.

Oh I’m doing that, too. Folks have been very supportive. However, the application itself has been rejected out of hand. Luckily, in one case, j was able to reach out to my contact and they had the HR team reverse the decision but that isn’t always going to be the case

I have a MBA and 10 years experience and I constantly get rejected. So please do not feel the degree is relevant. The ATS is destroying the hiring process.

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