cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52088358
I know the market is ass rn, I’ve been looking for a job since I graduated in November of last year with no luck. Every application I get a response like “you are great, your skills are great, you meet every criteria but we found someone better”. I recently decided to start replying to emails to ask why I wasn’t picked (I reply only to emails that aren’t from no-reply or if the say I can ask for feedback). So far I have not even received one reply. Am I wasting my time??? I feel like it’s just from automated systems and they don’t even look at it. Is everything literally a ghost job?? If you have ever asked for feedback have you gotten anything useful from it?
Even if they were to tell you it is likely to be bullshit, and the honest answers are pretty much limited to “someone else had more xp with what we wanted” or “we liked someone else’s vibe better”
I have a friend that asks and he’s been told “we didn’t think the c suite would like your mustache” and “your shirt was too colorful”
I once got told I didn’t get the job because my suit was old fashioned