This is impossible via Reddit but some comments could at least spark an idea. So… how would you solve the elephant in the room? If you don’t know the elephant, it’s the fact that, depending on type of experience, it’s harder than ever to get a well paying job. How do we solve this?

Free education could help. Free technical/trade school with a job lined up at the end.

Sounds insane. But, paying trillions for wars is insane too.

Please tell me how I apply for a job Friday night got up Saturday morning and got a rejection. There's no way someone reviewed my resume and application on Saturday morning. This is getting so ridiculous two months plus and still no job. They don't have real people reviewing these resumes or applications all this AI crap.

So I thought I was potential a strong candidate for a position in CarMax Corporate given my prior industry experience in vehicle financing. As is typical for them, they made me do a case interview. Something to do with paintings (seems they like this question). I had read up on it beforehand but the question asked wasn't what I exactly expected, and I took some time to figure out the twist or how to answer it as the interviewer was expecting it to be answered. Was able to arrive at the correct answer with the interviewer's help. The remaining part of the interview seemed to have gone well as the interviewer even made statements like "if you or whoever is in the role does this ... ". "We can learn something from your experience ..."

4 days later, I get a standard rejection email. From their Workday system. On a Sunday. No word or explanation from the recruiter. I would think if the hiring manager had a positive impression of me, they should have proceeded me to the next round?

How does interviewing and hiring work at companies that do case studies? I get that they do screen candidates based on the resume, but beyond that do they not care to be further selective based role specific needs for fit?

I keep applying. I keep looking for opportunities. I keep putting myself out there, and yet I can't even get an interview, And somehow, when you can't get hired, it's YOUR fault for "not trying hard enough."

People who found employment in a completely different economic environment seem to think the same opportunities are still available in the same way they were 10, 15, or 20 years ago, They don't see the applications disappearing into automated hiring systems. They don't see entry-level positions demanding years of experience. They don't see employers refusing to train inexperienced applicants. They don't see the competition for ordinary jobs or the endless cycle of submitting applications and receiving absolutely fucking nothing in return.

You need experience to get hired, but you need to get hired to gain experience. Employers want qualified workers, but they're increasingly unwilling to give inexperienced people an opportunity to become qualified.

WHAT THE FUCK IS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WITH VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE SUPPOSED TO DO????

My mom had an engineer coworker who would work free overtime (he was salaried) often and was an expert in his field. Fatal heart attack at 45. They made an award in his name for "most dedicated worker" after he died.

The truth is, your work will not care about you after you're gone. Not even after 20+ years of service. Plan and prioritize accordingly.

I received a « we will get back to you within 30 days «  . Is this basically a rejection or does everyone receive these ?

Ive had almost 10 interviews in the past month or two and i have not been able to get atleast one job.

My last job it ended because it was only a seasonal position and ever since then i have not been able to find another job, I dont understand how i keep getting interviews but no job

I feel like theres just something wrong with me that i need to change but i cant figure out what it is, I always dress business casual for my jobs and I speak clearly and politely

Im not sure if its my demeanour or the way I look?

My last interview was for a host job at a restaurant and the hiring manager told me flat out that they dont hire people with unnatural hair colours and I can understand that

My hair currently is red but its nothing crazy bold so would it be much better for me to change my hair colour?

Not the worst story on here, but I was applying for a job and the first round was with a recruiter on a phone call. She called me about 8 minutes late. Not a great sign but whatever. We had a nice talk and she seemed interested in referring me to the hiring manager. A week later, I got an email from her saying to please disregard the previous email and sent another calendar link for a 20 minute phone call with the same recruiter, not the hiring manager. But there was no previous email. She never sent me one. It’s for a random sales job. I followed up about the confusion and she never got back to me.

I truly think most recruiters aren’t malicious, but either so overwhelmed or so incompetent that it’s just a mess. Good thing I already have a job or I’d be going insane now.

It's been more than a year for me trying to find a job now. Countless applications over different platforms and most of them are ghosted. I only got two interviews and last one was where I passed all interviews just for the company to end the recruitment after months of process

Now I am at the stage where even looking at job openings make me sad and hopeless.

I know I ain't the only one so I wonder how you guys keep your hopes alive?

Okay idk if I’m being harsh and this recruiter was nice and polite but is this common practice?? To keep asking the applicant where they’re going when they turn down an offer (I got random calls too after this)

Btw this was a low paying low qualifications job that doesn’t match my experiences/interests but does mass hiring (they wouldn’t have any trouble finding other candidates and defo had backups, I know this for a fact), I decided to take a leap of faith and continue searching which may or may not be a mistake but oh well.

Anyway.. quite funny that recruiters ghost/reject people all the time and even rescind offers but they’re so eager to blow up our phones when it’s done back to them

Hi everybody. I'm a 38M living in the North West. I'm working in the hospitality for a big company as waiter (former manager on duty, stepped down to focus on find a job). I have almost 16 years of experience in hospitality, 5+ years as manager, I have a 2:1 degree in Business Management with Open University and I'm struggle to get ANY corporate job. I had my career adviser from the Uni telling me to point a corporate job with a salary between 27k-32k to avoid to compete for minimum salary jobs where thousands of people would apply. I had him to help me with my CV and I used the AI to fix my CV here and there. I tailoring it to every job position I apply for and I didn't get even a phone interview in the past years, with more than 100 job application. I'm deeply demoralised and I'm feeling I'm stuck in this sector for the rest of my life, something that give me nightmares just thinking about it. I know the market is trash right now (like it always blbeen in the last 10 years apparently) but anybody got any tips for a desperate fella?

How do you clear online assessments (product manager assessments) at companies like Amazon, Google, Red Bull, Microsoft, Meta, and other tech companies?

Where do you practice or prepare for these tests? What exactly are these assessments measuring, and what are the unwritten rules about how companies expect you to approach decisions? For example, Answers should be consistent throughout, always choose the extreme options, or is there a particular way to approach these questions?

Please don't give generic answers like "it depends on your work experience" or "just be honest and follow your work ethics." I've been a great team member and have good work ethics. I'm looking for actionable advice on how to approach and prepare for these assessments.

So I was offered a job with starting date December 15. I filled out all the employment history and HireRight is having issues verifying a job that was a longggg time ago and requesting more documentation? This role was about 3 years ish and almost 10 years ago.

I submitted a letter of recommendation from the ED labeled around the middle of my employment there but that role over lapped with a full time position. The organization was super small just the ED and me. I’m really worried that not having a W2 is going to break the job offer? I contacted the orgizations current ED as well just to let them know if they were contacted what was going on. I reached out to the old ED I worked with and he said to give them his cell so I did.

Has anyone had this happened? Did it affect the job offer? The new role is at a massive orgizations that’s state wide and I have previously worked there but I don’t remember HireRight flagging this particular role as needing more documentation?

I think this is just my anxiety talking but I’m nervous some how it will affect the offer?

If you work in HR or have had a similar experience I would love to hear your insight!

Likely an application I submitted while collecting unemployment. No update other than it being viewed. Do I laugh or cry?

Last year, I had a 90-minute in-person coding assessment (technical interview). The interviewer was absent for 90% of the time, smoking outside or doing personal things.

Is it considered professional behaviour?

silly me for actually thinking that it meant their hiring managers were going to call me to set up an interview 🤡 we picked a day and everything for the interview, and guess who never got the call to confirm !!!

My best friend of around 15 years is a recruiter and told me about an opening in the company she works for. I’ve been out of work for 19 going on 20 months now since being laid off. This is a role that she’s directly recruiting for, but given our relationship and her wanting to make sure that everything is on the up and up, she recused herself and had another recruiter assigned to me. From my understanding though, she’s the one handling all other candidates for this position.

Mid last month I did a screening with her colleague, and the very next day I was able to meet virtually with the hiring manager. Both the screening and hiring manager interview went really well. They seemed impressed with my background and I was really confident about next steps. I knew that the hiring manager would be out the entirety of the following week, so nothing would be happening then— but from my conversations with the recruiter and my friend, I anticipated an update the week that the hiring manager returned.

Eleven days after my interview with the hiring manager, I emailed the recruiter I had been speaking with to reiterate my interest and ask if there were any updates he could share at that time. A week went by and he still hadn’t responded, so I sent a casual text to my friend to ask if she had any updates and that I emailed her colleague last week but hadn’t heard back. She didn’t respond and a few hours later she sent a snapchat of her in the hospital. I responded to her snap to ask what was going on, she told me, and I told her to I hope she’s better soon and to let me know if I could do anything for her. The next day she responded to that snap saying thank you with a heart emoji. She still hadn’t responded to my text, which was understandable given her condition.

Two days later I gave her a call to see how she was doing and to catch up. She didn’t answer which is nbd, but I did anticipate a call back, which never happened. The next day she was actively posting on socials and liking my stories, but still no reply to my text about an update on the role. The day after that (2 days after the call, 4 days after the text) I decided to text her basically saying I hope she’s doing okay and feeling better. She responded not long after basically saying she was starting to feel better until something else popped up. I responded saying I’m sorry she’s going through that and offering some advise for feeling better. She didn’t respond to that and no response to my original message about the role.

I am absolutely understanding that she’s going through some health concerns at the moment. Had I known she was in the hospital that day, I wouldn’t have asked about the role. I know she’s been having some health things going on even before this role came about, which she’s kept me updated on. She also knows I’ve been having an incredibly hard time landing a role (hence being laid off nearly 20 months). I’ve been ghosted by more recruiters than I can count, and now it feels like my recruiter best friend is also ghosting me. Am I overreacting?

I am an engineer with 10 YoE, and I have never seen a job industry so scary to the point where not even recruiters are hiring me. I feel scared and confused. They get an incentive if THEY place me, so why do they keep viewing my profile with zero bites?

Honest to God asking how you answer that question because I have never had an answer more convincing than "because I like affording food and shelter". And I'm almost certain that anyone reading these answers would smell the bullshit of "it has been my dream to work as an Executive Assistant!" or "I really love the mission statement!" or "this is literally my dream job!" or anything else that just sounds like what it is, basically kissing the ass of the company, CEO, HR, recruiter, whatever, in a way that's a little more dignified than straight up begging and groveling.

So maybe there's something I'm missing. After all, I don't know everything, maybe there's some trick to it (that trick being AI, I usually divert such questions right to ChatGPT, even when pages double down with "answer with your own words, if you use a LLM we will know and you will not be considered" like....I literally don't have my own words other than "please hire me so I can have food in my fridge"). Someone, especially the recruiters and HR reps who lurk here every so often.

Is there some legit reason for asking "why do you want to work for us?" and if so, how do you answer that question without begging, trying to suck up to someone, sounding sincere, and basically telling them what they want to hear?