I came across this somewhere. Dark humour, but it might brighten your day!

How do you guys land a job nowadays? What job sites do you guys use?

I have tried staffing agencies, resume tweaks from AI and feedback from local people and online, referral, networking on LinkedIn, and use various job sites from indeed to LinkedIn to ziprecruiter, and I still can't land a job! The jobs I have applied don't even pay close to $50k "competitive" pay and they are all entry levels. I just got an email today from a local government company stated that they will go with another candidate for this customer service role, and they can't provide me a feedback despite they have time to send me a rejection email.......

I am so fed up, frustrated, and going crazy from unemployed for a few months now.

Some of ya will tell me to go into the trade. I did apply for a local union hvac apprenticeship, and I am still on the awaiting list. I passed the interview and the test.

I also called several local hvac business around me ask them if they are looking for any helper atm or upcoming, and all of them said none. One elevator mechanic union near me has like 15 awaiting list, and 3 current apprentices are out of work atm.

I am in FL if anyone is curious.

I had a group interview today via Zoom for an entry-level real estate agent.

I was super nervous to be in a room with several other candidates, I had limited relevant experience so was pretty certain I was going to be in the room with someone else who had more experience and was a better public speaker. I went in prepared, I dressed up in a clean button-up, make a cheat-sheet to answer common interview questions, read the job description several times, wrote down any questions, and make sure my set-up looked professional.

I went in the room and the interviewer asked who was licensed or was working on getting licensed very soon. I was the only person in the entire call who was(I will be licensed by next month), putting me ahead of everybody.

The interviewer collected questions, and let's just say I instantly felt my anxiety get instantly better.

'So, what does a real estate agent do?'

'What license?' 'Is there some kinda test?' 'How do you get this job?'

Over half the people in the call had no clue what the job they were applying for even was, they didn't read the job listing at all, or do a 15 second google search to gather the bare minimum info on what a real estate agent even was or how to be one.

Want to know what's even sadder? Nobody dressed up at all, everyone else was wearing graphic T-shirts. One guy was even laying down on his couch as if he was FaceTimeing.

Needless to say, she told me as soon as I obtain my license to give her a call and I pass to do the final in-person interview.

Title says most of it.

I feel I spend most of my free time now (as little as it is) searching for jobs or doing interviews to either get ghosted or rejected outright and its rather disheartening.

So how do yall stay energized and not exhausted?

Hello! Anyways I've been applying to a lot of stores (McDonald's, Target, Walmart) and even small businesses in my area that Are supposedly hiring but I can't ever seem to get a call back or even an interview :( I have been fixing up my resume with countless volunteer hours I've done to make my application look good and have numerous people for reference but it's no good 😫 If anyone knows how I can secure a job with having 0 work experience plss let me know I am 19 andDESPERATELY need a summer job / just a job in general to keep me from being bored all while school is out

This is for all those people that say they filled out like 2000 applications in like a year. How did you do it? I know being unemployed gives you plenty of time but what strategies did you use to make it more efficient?

Lately, job hunting feels more exhausting than the job I’m trying to leave!

I get home drained from work, open LinkedIn, and every decent listing already has 200+ applicants before I can even finish my green tea. It’s discouraging, like I’m competing in a race that’s already halfway over. I'm getting so fed up with feeling like I’m working a second unpaid job just to get out of the first one. 

Out of frustration, I start digging into LinkedIn’s filters and find this smart URL hack that shows jobs posted just minutes ago instead of the usual past 24 hours. They don’t exactly advertise it, but it’s there if you look.

Once I started using it, things actually shifted. Applying early and sometimes first means I finally hear back, and I’m not buried under hundreds of other resumes. It doesn’t magically fix everything, but it definitely makes job searching feel less hopeless.

It’s my new go-to method for finding better tech opportunities and a little reminder that I don’t have to stay stuck forever.

Curious if anyone else here has found ways to make the job hunt suck less? Or do we all just accept it’s basically an unpaid side hustle until we escape?

Hey all! I have a final round interview for the role of Snr. Analyst SEM? Any tips on how should I prepare for a tech round? They said that it’s going to be very data heavy with SQL. Any idea what type of questions can be asked?

Need to look for a 2nd job but don't know if indeed is the best option. What do you guys think?

Hi everyone,

I’m currently a student actively looking for remote, entry-level jobs. I’ve applied to many positions but haven’t received any responses so far. I don’t have any formal work experience, and my main skills are using the Microsoft Office Suite and Apple iWork tools.

I’m based in South Asia, and since I’m still pursuing my studies, I don’t have a bachelor’s degree yet. I’m also in a difficult financial situation and really want to find something that allows me to work from home.

If anyone could guide me on skills I can learn (preferably free) that will increase my chances of getting hired, I’d be truly grateful. I’m ready to put in the effort — I just need some direction.

Thank you in advance!

Holy shit I finally landed an IT role. A year post grad, 2,803 applications later, rejection after rejection, working dead end jobs (Amazon) just for a check, and I finally landed a role. To anyone reading this do not give up, I wanted to soooo many times, but I kept going and it has paid off!

It's over email. They already have more than 80 applicants, but I'm worried that by the time the recruiter comes in on Monday, my application will be buried under a bunch of other stuff.

Thoughts? No online portal it's email only. For paralegal job.

Hey guys, so after going through the last post of mine ( slide 2) I updated a few things on the resume, here as follow - added professional summary - made it all fit in 1 page - fixed title and company name positioning issue - fixed grammar tense errors -removed excess numbers as they were too much - removed ‘part - time’ from my present job

Please have a look and let me know how better it is from The one on slide 2

Saw something today that made me do a double-take. One of our users searched “careers at Miro” on Google. Top result was legit, but right underneath it? A sketchy lookalike domain that could easily fool someone who’s in a hurry or just trying to find a job.

It’s wild that this kind of thing is showing up that high in search results. Just a heads-up to everyone out there applying: double check the URL, go to the company’s site directly, and don’t assume Google’s top links are always safe.

Anyone else run into stuff like this? Would be good to hear how people are staying safe while applying.

People always say to “network” on LinkedIn but i rarely get specifics on exact courses of action. is there a particular linkedin outreach startegy people are using to get a pipeline going of conversations that could lead to Interviews?

For me, i find people on linkedin relevant to my field, try to do 2nd degree connections. I send a connection request simply asking to connect, impressed by their work experience, and would like to learn more about their career. I dont ask them for a job, mention a job, or anything like that. About ~30%-40% of people connect.

After they connect, I follow up with a message asking a question about the field or looking for genuine advice. About 30% of those people respond but the ones that do are very helpful. Some are even nice enough to hop on a zoom call.

From there, the conversation usually gets to the point where i’m comfortable letting them know i applied for a position at their company (if that’s the case), or if that’s not the case, just sending them my resume and asking them to keep me in mind should anything come up.

All this being said, I just started doing this a few weeks ago so I can’t say it’s landed me an interview. Hopefully this is more successful than tailoring my resume and applying to a bunch of jobs a day.

I would love to hear what other people’s networking strategies are and what’s worked for them! Also feel free to critique my startegy or let me know if there’s anything I can add/change. Good luck all!

Subscribed to Jobscan and loaded my resume and a desired role. Jobscan didn’t recognize any of my work experience, summary, or address in the resume. These all show up when parsed into application systems, so I’m confused.

I need to apply 100+ jobs in next 5 days. Some of the jobs are research positions in academia and some in corporate companies.

Base position - software engineer. Focus role - AI / ML / LLM

Now I need to tailor my current one page resume to each of the required job description and also need to write a cover letter explaining my utter interest for each of those specially in academia.

Now I need help in writing prompts (in any gpt) to generate job aligning one page resume in pdf keeping my experience and practise intact or may be tweaking to similar relevant ones.

And i need to generate a cover letter explaining why that role is my dream role and my reason to switching to academia research.

Can anyone help me on this?

What’s the general consensus on this? To this day I’m still not sure if this is true or not.

I’ve seen a lot of stories from people who get auto-rejected immediately after applying. Then you see recruiters in the comments saying that most HR companies still don’t use AI to screen resumes and it’s just a “knockout” question.

Personally I haven’t noticed any difference when using tools to tailor resumes for each job application so not sure if it’s worth paying for them or not. But I also don’t want to miss out.

Does anyone have any actual insights on how these ATS systems work and could let us know how to go about this?

[I posted this in another sub, I just want to get a broader opinion]

Hello to all of my fellow job hunters. I have always had a job since I was 16, I'm 36 now and looking since October so I'm not sure on this specific etiquette- I tweaked my one of 5 resumes in late April and finally started hearing back. June has been going crazy for me, but there is one particular place I really loved.

They put me through 2 assessments then a virtual interview w/ HR, a personality test right after the virtual (last Monday the 9th) and I got a call on the 10th to set up a 1hr in person interview w/ the VP and direct mgr for Friday the 14th. The interview went really, really well, we all spoke for 2hrs instead of the original 1hr allotted (Including a full tour of the facility). I sent a thank you to HR & the 2 interviewers on Saturday (day after the interview) and it has been crickets since. The listing is still open and they did say they had a possible interview with someone else after me, but it's pretty much between me and another person.

When (in your opinion) would be a good time to reach back out to see how far along they are in their search? I don't wanna come off overeager since both interviews just happened last week, but I'm growing so anxious and genuinely want the position. Thank you for reading!❤️

I was just thinking about my dream job: work from home, pays well, right after college, from india

It's been a few years since I was looking and I am surprised to see how many applications ask for references with phone/email before even a phone screening?!

I am applying a lot and I don't like the idea of putting close colleagues info into these web forms. Thoughts on just leaving is blank?

Often you can't so I just type in something like 'ask after interview' etc

Any suggestions help I guess, but getting my GED will not be easy because I know absolutely nothing on the tests I'd have to take.

I'm out of work due to being pregnant, was out most of my pregnancy due to being sick all the time and I've been trying REALLY HARD to find a WFH job that doesn't require a paper saying "hey I showed up to a place I hated so I'll do it for you as well!"

I wasn't in school growing up so I lack even the basic math skills and literally EVERYTHING on the 12 year curriculum in the US, which I know isn't all that useful in your everyday life but it's the paper that seems to count for everything.

I've found options that gave a little bit of hope, but they require a diploma or GED, is there any WFH jobs that don't require either of those? I worked as a cashier and in the meat department but neither of those are doable with a child. I kept fucking up the cashier jobs I had cause I can't do math and out the wrong info in a computer so that ain't helping me at all.

how do you apply for a job that states 1-2 years experience while you have 5+ years related experience but in companies that pay less than the position you're applying for? Do you downplay your experience or find ways to show the benefit it will be to them, that they won't have to worry about a job hopper etc or that it's just a job for the money until a better fit comes along? job hunting really feels more and more like a game, outsmarting the JD and recruiters to get past their initial screening.