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I don’t think I speak for just myself when I say that we are tired of going three rounds of interviews with all positive feedback and then suddenly getting rejected or ghosted without explanation, tired of being ghosted after we put effort in, tired of responding to people who reach out to us first, and then inexplicably hearing nothing. It’s literally a full time job for us looking for work that we don’t get paid for, and it’s NEVER been this difficult. Add to that, that should we be lucky to actually get a job through some miracle, the industry right now feels like we could be laid off for no reason the next day. Hard to get excited about any position in this climate. And that’s not even touching on the rampant systemic ageism that makes it impossible for older workers to get a job no matter how experienced and how many awards they have, and makes younger workers wonder if they should stay in an industry where they have an early expiration date, and if they should change industries before it’s too late.
I think that about sums it up .
Crickets 🦗 from the Recruiter though. As one would expect…
Well, many of us have been applying left and right just to be ignored. I guess some got tired.
Does this mean I have a chance now?
Nope