As far as I can tell, it is quite rare to send hundreds of serious applications and not land a job. I know, you read all the time about it, but no one in my vicinity ever experienced this.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's real easy to judge the quality of someone else's glass of water if you don't have to drink it.

You are out of touch. Go try to land a position and report back to us how your winning personality and firm handshake got you the job.

[+] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

And yet you were not able to explain what the real problem is. Go ahead and please tell me. As I and all my social contacts do not have that issue, I can only end up guessing.

But what I know is the view of HR. Seeing that 95% of all applications land in garbage, because it is so utterly obvious this person did not even remotely read the job description. Having 2 Master degrees does not change this.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Maybe HR should try reading the job description too, then maybe they'd realize it's impossible to have 35 years experience with dotnet core.

If the company isn't going to take honesty in writing the requirements seriously, why would the applicants bother when applying?

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

What is your field? Maybe yours is wildly in demand.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

sounds like you never applied online, pre-covid you would pretty much spending a fulltime jobs worth of time applying , first you have to craft your resume, cover letter for that job each time. you are probably making stuff up. if you are going for min wage jobs, you can expect an offer very quickly, because they are often desperate for workers.

try doing this in stem, or a masters level field. i have tracked people through linkedin from my college, and they take a long time to find a job even with experience, one person i was noticing was lying about his experiencing.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago

I had 4 jobs the past 6 years, all on senior level in a technical field. All of them AI or space industry.

I usually don’t apply at all and if I do, I use rezi.ai.

Now I switch to my own company, cause I am annoyed by all the employer/hr bullshit.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

as someone with a personality, let me tell you a lot of Americans reallllllly don't like you to have one at work. Especially if, like me, you are from another, non-American culture.

I am kind, funny, conversational with people - I ask about their weekends, I say good things positively, I say bad things seriously but gently. I am constantly in trouble for not "leading with the executive voice" in meetings.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for speaking up. What I have learned is, that a lot line managers have a weak personality themselves. This leads to them cutting off heads of anyone with a bit of confidence. Happened to me all the time and that was in the DACH region.

I on the other hand absolutely love confident people, because they don’t shy away from telling their own opinions. Those opinions are crucial for me to keep in touch with reality.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not just personality, it's also deportment, looks and sometimes your name. I can get a job wearing a god dam burlap sack yet my wife can't find shit even though she has a proven track record of increasing sales by double digits anywhere she goes.

Thank fuck for nepotism! Or we'd all be fucked 😂

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for elaborating and it is very sad to hear, that so many people still have issues with factors that have absolutely no influence on the job. I couldn’t care less about origin, looks, gender. If the personality is right and matches the team, not even the productivity of this person matters, as long as they are a big help for the team.