Laid off in May. Applied to at least 70 jobs. This has been the typical response from rejected submissions:

Thank you for your interest in [insert company name here] and taking the time to apply for the Senior Director Head of Product & Design. While we were impressed with your experience and qualifications, we have offered the position to a candidate whose skills more closely match the requirements of the position.

I’m applying to jobs that are what I’m qualified to do.It’s so demoralizing.

like
Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

me too - I was laid off in March, and before that September. With GenAI submitting resumes and tailoring resumes for people, HR is swamped. The best advice I have gotten which seems to make sense is to network and reach out to people at the company to get noticed. I also revised my resume to be ATS compatible and two pages (that's a challenge). Only highlight 10 years of experience. And tech leadership positions may not recover until early next year.

like

The economy is flooded with talent and it is slow on the uptick to absorb it. I think it is starting to get better, but it can be discouraging when out of work. Look for part time gig assignments that are open ended. Some money coming in allows you to stretch and then grab another and keep trying for the main job. It will come eventually.

like

Senior Director Head of Product & Design is quite the position so I would not take it too personally.
What really helped me is that I stopped relying on JoB boards and Linkedin Applications, but just contacting recruiters and scheduling a phone call with them,

like

Related Posts

Does anyone have a tool/ site that calculates what the offer would need to be to leave a current role, all things considered? Of course, it’s anything more than you’re making now, but I’m looking for something that accounts for LTE, the hassle, risk, etc.

like
like

Layoff going on in Synechron ?

like

Any indoor basketball courts in downtown toronto I could go to for drop ins/21 etc. I used to play before but the pandemic took me out of routine and I'm looking to get back to the court during winter (hopefully somewhere indoors)

like

Does anyone have advice in how to transition into a corporate job from a small company?

like

What time do we get salary? Ab tak aaya nahi. ICICI ka account diya hua hai

like

What health insurance bkd has? Any 401k match?

like

Happy New Years everyone!! Wishing you all have a smooth busy season with cooperative clients and minimal review notes!

like

I am 25 years old with roughly no savings. I am a consultant with a technical background. Are there any tips in side jobs/ways to make more money for savings?

like

crying ceo killed everyone today on LinkedIn 🤣🤣🤣

Post Photo
like

How much does KPMG KGS offer for
Role: Consultant
Location: Pune
YOE: 9
Profile: BA, Financial Services Solutions

Reporting your shares to independence reporting. Do you guys actually follow through and not trade restricted stock? If you have a separate brokerage account, what’s the risk? At what level does it matter (manager, senior manager, etc)

like

Looking for some interesting plays that are not Doge, GME, etc (already in those 😅). Thoughts?

like

⚠ OFF TOPIC ⚠
GYM 🦈 please suggest diet chart for fat loss (vegetarian) & (office going)

1. How can I build 6 pack abs on vegetarian diet and I'm not interested to take creatine or any cutting steroids. How much time will it take.

2. How much weight should I lift and how to improve weights in gym for weight training.

6 feet height
80kg weight
22% body fat
4 months gym

like

Which is the good budget friendly perfume??

I have premium one from Boss Hugo... I kept it for special occasions 😜😜

like

This one is going to make some of y’all mad, but it’s so annoyingly unnecessary. The most irritating part is “is it a shirt day or a skirt day”…. Like women don’t wear shirts with skirts and men don’t wear shirts with pants. Shirts and skirts are not mutually exclusive. I’ll just leave this here.

Post Photo
likesmart

Need help with preparation for AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

like

Any in-house antitrust counsel willing to offer up some advice? I just started in a firm's well-regarded antitrust group. What do I do over the next few years to make myself most marketable to move in-house? And when is that move actually feasible/ideal for antitrust specialists?

Seems like I can pull work from the whole discipline (merger clearance, civil lit, criminal) — should I spread myself across all of it to maximize my skillset/marketability?

All thoughts and advice welcome. TYSM :)

like

Do sales engineers need to create their own slide decks for demos or can they walk through the software itself? Thanks!

like

Additional Posts in Digital Consultants

Anyone from a major holding company (wpp, omd…etc) who made the move to consulting care to answer some questions I have ? TIA!

like

Strategy or Tech?

like

Where can I get a detail for dummies overview? I’m hoping to learn key terms, KPIs etc thanks for the help!

Friends- I have few exciting opportunities for those who are within the digital marketing practice. Please let me know:
Adobe Marketing Cloud- Campaign, Target, Audience Manager etc. TIA

like

What makes the most sense if you are trying to become a data scientist? Working at Accenture as a digital analyst or going to a startup and take an offer an junior data scientist? Can’t decide!

likehelpful

Ex ACN Digital Products Consultant. Looking for referrals into similar competitive firms that are rapidly growing. Any takers?

like

While in system implementations, how do you augment user adoption?

This involves training, however what other approaches and tools/solutions do you lean on?

like

The Deloitte folk are all too busy doing Salesforce implementations 😂

like

Has anyone found the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification to be helpful for people in non-technical roles? Any experience in how potential employers view this cert would be greatly appreciated!

like

Service design seems a popular role in consulting in the past year or so, certainly seeing more grads go down this route. Is there much overlap with business analysis? When I’ve worked with service designers the output seems to be another version of a process map, are there other skills and experience needed? I’m wondering how easy a move would be from business analysis to service design...

like

What are the coolest exits from Digital?

like

Even without LinkedIn, I see a lot of people younger than me in much better roles. They started off with relevant jobs right out of college. I graduated in 2009 when the economy tanked and worked in retail for years before I was finally able to land in corporate. Does anybody else struggle with this as well? I’m constantly comparing myself to others who are younger than me.

like

What are the key skills required to transition to digital? I’m looking to make the move

like

Do technology companies go thru a digital transformation? How?

This digital bowl is beat

like

For hiring a senior leader on your team, would you place higher value on a PMP cert or Six Sigma certification?

likefunny

Consulting is a serial offender for crazy decks. Is anyone else fed up of being asked to format other people's messy ugly decks 😑 like seriously it's not that hard, I'm not your personal DTP.

like

Anyone in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) space? I am AEM architect and looking for change. Open for referral, if your team/company is hiring for AEM architect/Lead? Thanks

Interested to hear from people @ IBM ix (or know people who are) - what's it like to work there?

like

Will augmented reality become successful quick enough to keep human workers in the factory, or has advanced robotics progressed enough that full automation is already the answer? 🤖

like

New to Fishbowl?

Download the Fishbowl app to
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
That was just a preview…
Sign Up to see all discussions
  • Discover what it’s like to work at companies from real professionals
  • Get candid advice from people in your field in a safe space
  • Chat and network with other professionals in your field
Sign up in seconds to unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.

Already a user?
Login here

Share

Embed this post

Copy and paste embed code on your site

Preview

Download the
Fishbowl app

See what’s happening in your industry
from the palm of your hand.

A phone with Fishbowl app

Scan your QR code to download
Fishbowl app on your mobile

Download app

Sign up for free to view this conversation on Fishbowl

By continuing you agree to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Already have an account? Log in

Sign up for free to continue using Fishbowl

By continuing you agree to Terms of Use(New) and Privacy Policy(New)
Messaging rates may apply

Already have an account? Log in

For account settings, visit Fishbowl on Desktop Browser or

General

Legal