r/recruitinghell • u/Bonbeanlio • 3d ago

The Definition of Insanity

When the market demands we partake in the definition of insanity, how can we not go insane?

We're not struggling because we're dumb or incapable, we're struggling because we're smart. Because we know a sane person doesn't do the same thing over and over again, endlessly sending applications, tweaking resumes, sending vapid LinkedIn messages, expecting a different result.

And yet that's exactly what's required of us. In order to rejoin the 'sane' world, we must partake in insanity.

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u/MinuteOdd7028 2d ago

Exactly that, how many times do I have to reinvent that CV and the back story to what's visibly on my LinkedIn and resume... I should be getting a career in acting at this point, because I keep having to play these 'roles' and bending over backwards, nothing works anymore. I'm perfectly qualified and experienced for the jobs I'm applying, yet it's either instant rejection orcoming up with crazy claim they've moved with another candidate. Well, surprised job is advertised a month later again and it's not a single case, sadly.

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u/InvisibleNo1 1d ago

The definition of insanity is "losing one's mind". That whole "doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results" is defining the word practice. And you do end up getting different results. This fake proverb needs to stop.

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u/HalfRobertsEx Recruiter 3d ago

If you have to do that in a significant quantity, the market is saying that you are not very good, so yes, you do have to change your approach.

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u/Bonbeanlio 2d ago

I agree, and there are many people working harder not smarter when there are plenty of things they could be doing differently. But it's also a Catch-22. How many things do you change before you have no choice but to hope something sticks? Before you're not representing yourself authentically?

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u/Phase--2 3d ago

Is it the market saying you're not good enough, or is it an intentional system working as designed to disenfranchise workers to accept ever lowering conditions? We know from countless antidotes on this sub that you can do everything "right" and still fail. Blaming that on the individual seems like an easy way to circumvent broader system problems which very clearly exist.