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?
I am in the same boat. Can’t even get an interview it seems.
At this point you basically just have to know someone, especially for tech jobs.
I just got an offer for a job after 7 months of searching. Was it from one of the hundreds of applications I submitted online?
Nope, it was because I took a grunt work job at the company my wife works at, and her boss put in a good word for me. I’m over qualified for the position with a decade of applicable experience, but I doubt I would have gotten it if I didn’t know people. And I still took a 50% pay cut (although I know I was grossly overpaid at my last position because federal contractor money)
Yeah, and I’m considerably new to the field. Not unskilled but like entry level new, as far as professional tech experience goes. I was trying to change careers from business degree / accountant when I was laid off.
Really trying not to go back to accounting as it was mind numbingly boring.
I’m just gonna keep trying until something gives and have fun learning more in the process.