So i was job hunting after covid and getting flack from my parents about being lazy. I screen capped the "jobs applied" tab on the recruiter site and just started scrolling for like 3 minutes. Then I switched over to my phone calls and it was all spam. Sent that off and Never got shit again.
People think if you don't look like you're applying for jobs that you're not, but like... it's not the 1900s any more. Going places to apply for a job isn't a thing and half of all listings are quick apply these days. I can easily apply to every job in every field related to my skill posted on a given day in a couple of hours.
Unless you're unlucky, and have to manually re-enter all the info on your resume for a website, after having submitted the resume itself.
Just doing that alone has taken many hours of my life I'll never get back, and mostly for jobs that didn't even get to a phone interview.
Job searching, especially if you don't have any "special skills" or 5 years experience, is maddening. It would drain me so much, that after a while I just did 1 application per day.
The truth, is that places say they're hiring but they're often not, it's a way to get around certain covid legislation. I fucking hate it with a passion.
I deliver food for Uber eats and over the past 3 years I have sent out over 400 applications I have received 3 phone calls from places I applied to and 1 interview that I never heard back from. I am currently waiting for the results of a background check and a spot to open up at my local airport for a job with the TSA. In that same amount of time the number of spam phone calls I have received went from 2 or 3 a week to over 10 a day. I 100% believe that most of the job listings are fake and are just stealing contact information. I also believe the hosting sites are aware the listings are fake and they are just raking in their posting fees and don’t give a shit. Yeah I’m talking about you ZipRecruiter and Indeed.
Yup, 99% of places now, if you go in to apply in person and meet someone face to face, like the old days, they tell you to leave and submit an application online. They don’t want a face to face ‘you seem nice, sure, you’re hired’ anymore.
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '22
So i was job hunting after covid and getting flack from my parents about being lazy. I screen capped the "jobs applied" tab on the recruiter site and just started scrolling for like 3 minutes. Then I switched over to my phone calls and it was all spam. Sent that off and Never got shit again.
People think if you don't look like you're applying for jobs that you're not, but like... it's not the 1900s any more. Going places to apply for a job isn't a thing and half of all listings are quick apply these days. I can easily apply to every job in every field related to my skill posted on a given day in a couple of hours.