There’s definitely no one size fits all solution to a saturated job market.
But, I had 10 years of experience in my current IT field, plus 4x letters of recommendation from the owners of my last 3 jobs (it was technically the same job). I sent out over 600 applications, and got a single invitation to a round 1 interview (answer more questions on their hiring site), and maybe 20 rejections. Every other one was just silence.
Basically the only ways to get into the field now are A) get lucky, B) know a guy, C) become a known quantity at the company. I went with B and C (my wife worked there and got me the temp job).
There’s definitely no one size fits all solution to a saturated job market.
But, I had 10 years of experience in my current IT field, plus 4x letters of recommendation from the owners of my last 3 jobs (it was technically the same job). I sent out over 600 applications, and got a single invitation to a round 1 interview (answer more questions on their hiring site), and maybe 20 rejections. Every other one was just silence.
Basically the only ways to get into the field now are A) get lucky, B) know a guy, C) become a known quantity at the company. I went with B and C (my wife worked there and got me the temp job).
Knowing a guy and/or having a reputation helps a lot. That’s how I got all but 2 jobs in the last 15 years.
The problem is that no amount of that changes a thing if ai replaced employees for those positions (or managers convinced themselves it did).