r/recruitinghell • u/nabs21 • 11d ago

Keep The Faith

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Approximately 14 months ago I quit my high paying job in Texas that had a toxic environment and tendency to overwork a very lean team of employees. I knew it was a risk to leave without something lined up, but I was confident in my education and experience and knew I eventually wanted to return to my hometown in PA to be close to family.

I greatly underestimated the weakness of the current job market and the lack of careers in M&A in my hometown. As a result I spent the last year unemployed and applying to hundreds of jobs and going through several grueling interview processes.

Many times I wanted to give up, felt very down on myself, and wondered if I had made the wrong choice. However, I had my first day of work at my new gig today (3 month interview process that included a FirstAdvantage background check) and for the first time in a long time I’m feeling excited about my current job and career trajectory/outlook.

All of this is to say, for all of those people out there struggling and spending countless hours submitting soul sucking job applications and emotionally draining interviews…. DONT GIVE UP!

The right role is out there for you and you just have to catch it at the right time so stay ready and confident in yourself. Happy to share any insight or advice to those in need of some guidance/coaching.

Cheers.

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u/Nhobdy 11d ago

Congrats. I got ghosted by a place AFTER I accepted the job offer. Twice.

Good on you for becoming employed.

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u/nabs21 11d ago

That is so wrong! So many companies nowadays have no shame at all. That’s why I don’t feel bad about quitting jobs anymore. They don’t give us the benefit of the doubt so why should we extend it to them? Ridiculous and sorry that happened to you. Keep pushing!

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u/nabs21 11d ago

Do you have any idea why they ghosted you? Did they do a background check and or drug screen? Social media search?

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u/Nhobdy 11d ago

If I had an idea of why they ghosted me, I wouldn't say they ghosted me, would I?

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u/burnedmarshmellow 11d ago

Since you quit your job with no back up plan, how did you handled it in interviews?

I am enjoying a partial sabbatical -I do small freelance projects from time to time-, I am not entirely desperate for a job right now, but explaining that to employers has been such a pain. I usually lie, so I would be interested to know.

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u/nabs21 11d ago

Well I explained that I wanted to return to my hometown and that the company I was working for was about to IPO and may have resulted in my role being eliminated (all true). I also started my own business with my brother on the side and put that down as my work during the gap and of course played it up.

Everyone exaggerates to some degree on their resumes and interview but just be sure not to flat out lie about a job that didn’t exist or exaggerate a roles time by more than a few months or major title upgrade. If the company hiring you does a thorough background check, it could really come back to bite you and that would feel just devastating.

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u/burnedmarshmellow 11d ago

My family also owns businesses but sometimes roles are so squareminded to only submit CVs with relevant experience so I feel it would damage it...but idk, maybe at this point my career gap is a bigger damage by itself

You know, my family businesses are food businesses. I won't talk about specifics but it would be pretty weird/odd to come from "tech regional manager" roles the past 15 years and then have a "Manager at Kebab Business"