Two Weeks Post RIF ….

83 Applications (customized with cover letters). 51 Thank you for submitting an application emails. 10 No thank you emails. 2 Don’t go anywhere, we are still thinking about it emails. 2 first round interviews 3 second round interviews set up or requested (2 for jobs at the same company/different teams)

Doing this for a sustained period of time is going to be exhausting.

Already got 2 interviews！！ My situation: New Grads/Entry-Level, a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Industries from a public university, with three internship experiences (1. New Media Operations 2. Brand Marketing 3. Product Operations). The last internship lasted for 10 months (I posted a post a week ago asking for advice, and I really appreciate everyone’s input~)

Jobright（recommendation list & resume customization)+LinkedIn(outreach)

Jobright： When job hunting, the first issue we need to address is the availability of recruitment information. Jobright matches the resume we upload with our target position and provides a matching score for reference, which is very intuitive. However, as an entry-level job seeker, our recruitment criteria are usually quite basic, so the matching scores for many positions tend to be relatively high, often above 75%.

So, I believe that for entry-level job seekers, job opportunities are the most important factor. Jobright offers a wealth of job listings, and the application process is completed on each company’s official website. (However, for application progress tracking, Jobright cannot automatically update it and requires us to update it manually. Also, the tracking list lacks a search function, so if you apply to many jobs, it becomes difficult to keep track of the application statuses.)

The very important resume section: I will use 10 job descriptions from my target positions as references, then provide these JD to GPT to help me identify the most important keywords and frequently mentioned skill requirements. I will then combine my resume with these “key requirements” to create a “general resume.”（I would like to thanks to Jobright here, as the JDs they provide have already been “cleaned” and are quite clear.）

Based on this general resume, you can customize it according to the position you are most interested in. I directly used Jobright’s tailor resume feature to make changes. Their resume templates are quite simple, which is the style I prefer. However, if any friends are in the arts field or prefer other styles of resume templates, You will need to transfer the information yourselves.

LinkedIn： Go ahead and boldly express your abilities! Your passion! Your aspirations!

In fact, on Jobright, you can find LinkedIn profiles of employees from the companies you’re interested in.

But since there are many employees at a company, you can carefully look for those related to the position you’re applying for and message them. Don’t be nervous—this is a normal thing. Focus on directly expressing your purpose and your enthusiasm for wanting to join the company. You can also use LinkedIn to learn more about the company.

Jobright can help you write outreach messages, but I feel they lack passion, especially for the companies you really want to work for. Not every position requires you to spend a lot of time and energy researching—there should be priorities. —————————————————————

LinkedIn is a great platform for building connections with professionals in our industry. But its job recommendation feature is quite poor.

Jobright can assist with various stages of the job search process, and this is one of the conveniences that AI technology brings to our job hunting today. However, those of us who frequently use GPT can generally distinguish between what content is written by AI and what isn’t. Therefore, we cannot fully rely on AI, especially for outreach messages, as you’re trying to establish a connection with a person. —————————————————————

These are my reflections from this week’s job search process. I hope they can help others, and I also look forward to discussing and sharing experiences with everyone. As an entry-level candidate, I received a lot of valuable advice last time, and I’m very grateful to all of you~ I also hope that more people at the entry-level stage, like myself, can receive more guidance from those who have more experience.

PASSION！！！

Hello guys, let me introduce myself, I am Bessie. I am 20 years old and currently doing gap year from the University of music. I did spend half of the time in Ireland and I came back to France. So basically, I was doing a year to what I really wanted to study. But I am very lost because even if I saw a guidance counselor I’m still very lost. I was like thinking about starting architecture, but I am not sure that I really want to study that. But at the same time I kind of want to learn something that it’s into business like finance or marketing or digital marketing or even like more. Especially if something has to do with entrepreneurship. And I was like looking for hard skills to know because I speak six languages and I’m fluent into four languages but I want to learn something that would to life. And I could invest invest in Youtube and music. Thanks so much

Is there a job site that allows you to upload your resume and simply get a list of jobs that are a best match according to ATS?

So instead of 1,000 applications with 0 transparency or feedback, just filter down to the jobs I can get an interview for.

is it worth it to bother applying for jobs with lengthy 40+ question personality 'assessments'? I have a strong urge to write them off entirely and continue with my blitzkrieg apply-to-as-many-jobs-as-you-can approach. It seems like a huge waste of time, so should I just skip them?

Some of the jobs were government, others I guess got affected by it. They were my last hopes and some I had been waiting for months to see what happens. I was laid off 2yrs ago, and did 3 short contracts in 2023, but 2024 was hell and I've been unemployed for 10 months now. I was hoping one of the jobs would come through, but I got the email it was cancelled despite it being security related.

Not sure what to do anymore. H-1Bs will start flowing in soon, and in 2023 there were over 230,000 let in so they went over the 60,000 + 20,000 education limits. And AI is going to ruin shit as well.

Damn Elon is breaking shit without any regards, just so they can prove something isn't good and privatize it all, so our tax money is funneled to their businesses.

Everyone's familiar with the "XX people applied" stat on LinkedIn job postings. At some point, LinkedIn changed the wording to "XX people clicked apply" or "Over 100 people clicked apply" to more accurately reflect what that number actually represents.

Well, while messing around with the LinkedIn API, I discovered two interesting stats hidden in their data:

• Total number of job views
• Total number of people who clicked 'Apply'

Here’s how you can find them yourself in Chrome:

1. Open the job listing in your browser. The URL should look something like this https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4119480297/
2. Right click anywhere on the page and select "Inspect". A window should open at the bottom or side of the page.
3. Click on the "Network" tab and reload the page.
4. In the "Filter" text box, search for voyager/api/jobs/jobPostings
5. You should see a single result. Click on it and select the "Preview" tab.
6. Click on the "data" field.
7. Press Ctrl+F (command+F for Mac) and paste in views
8. You should see something like "views:1146"
9. Press Ctrl+F (command+F for Mac) and paste in applies
10. You should see something like "applies:179"

There's probably some cool stuff you can do with this data at scale, but I mainly wanted to share this since I thought it was cool!

I also shared how you can find the original date a reposted job was posted https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/1idyfxu/i_found_a_way_to_see_the_real_date_a_job_was/

Got any interesting use cases for this data? Drop them in the comments!

I have a highschool diploma as my highest degree of education, but I'm pretty sure my IQ is over 120. I'm wondering if employers would prefer seeing MENSA as a qualification for the type of jobs I want or not. I've been in a production operator in manufacturing, but I would like to change careers to just about anything else. Mainly, something thats not operating machinery or grunt work but just something that pays the bills. It could be something in the manufacturing industry as long as it's not something that's as detrimental to my health and safety as most manufacturing jobs. For example, I'm about to apply for an SMT job, which is a type of manufacturing that I don't mind as it's relatively safe compared to other manufacturing jobs I've had like running a press that produces 50+ lb parts. I've worked an SMT operator before and learned a lot about the machines to the point where I could program the machines myself. Some other jobs I'm interested in would be like sales (as long as it's a product I believe in, I dont think I could sell something I dont believe in.) or management, IT, QC or safety (although I believe most safety jobs require some certification.)
Would having MENSA on my resume help, or do most employers see that as an overqualification or don't want people who are going to be too much of an independent thinker?

How many jobs should I be doing a day to see success? I know a few years back 3 a day was pretty good but the way things are going now...idk if that's enough.

Anyone else? I actually got an email from a job I applied for stating they’re “suspending the recruitment process for this position” because of the recent executive orders issued…

As if the job market wasn’t bad enough.

Edit: so many typos

Candidate here. This is for INTERNAL company recruiters only. On a scale of "Highly encouraged" to "don't even try", how do you feel about this? We're talking Director-level+ or Principal individual contributor role in the Data + AI industry:

Let's say I found a job post (on your company career site), apply to it maybe, then find out through my research who it reports to and message the hiring manager on LinkedIn indicating my strong interest (and asking for a quick chat). Thus, just networking to push my self ahead of crowd honestly.

Shunned practice? or totally fine with you?

Agency recruiters: feel free to comment, though I wouldn't pull this move if it's a role you reached out to me about and have a contract with your client (hiring company).

Hello. I recently was laid off in 2024 and have been looking for a job since. While waiting for my unemployment claim to be accepted I was just recently offered a role at a good company but as a contingent worker (12 month contract).
I had one interview with the hiring manager and a team member but other than that was offered the role right away following that interview. I expected more interviews to come since that is what the hiring manager said would happen, but today (2 days after my interview) I was given an offer...

I am only about 5 years into my professional career as a data analyst specializing in HR Analytics (People Analytics). What is there to consider when it comes to a contingent worker position? Will benefits be covered? Is there actual 'promise' for a permanent role like my recruiter and prospective hiring manager suggested?

I run a website called Job Search Database and thought you'd be interested to see which 20 niche job boards people have been visiting the most over the past month. I'll link directly to each site to undermine my self-promotion. I hope you find it interesting.

20. Space Crew - Space jobs

21. 80,000 Hours - Social impact

22. Sportstech Jobs

23. Welcome to the Jungle - Tech

24. Climate Base

25. Remote.co

26. Remoters

27. flowremote - Webflow-based

28. National Council of Nonprofits

29. Tech Nonprofit Job Board by Fast Forward

30. No Whiteboard - Engineering jobs without the whiteboard

31. Idealist.org - Social impact, non-profit

32. GreenJobSearch.org

33. Simplify

34. Just Remote

35. Clearance Jobs - Jobs for people with security clearance

36. 4 Day Week - Companies committed to 4-day week

37. We Work Remotely

38. Remote Army

39. Remote Rocketship

An HR rep from A company called me a day after two interviews letting me know that everyone liked me and they would like to give me an offer. They knew I already held another offer from B company so I gave them a number I got from B which was about 10K higher than A offered in the call. HR rep told me she would talk to hiring managers and get back to me with an offer letter a day after as it was my due date to let B company know.

Two days and one reminder email later I still haven't heard from A. I can't believe they just ghosted me.. feels so unprofessional. But now I'm thinking maybe this is why they gave me verbal offer over the phone not via email (which company B did). Is this common?

My bf has been without work for 3 months and I don't know if it's that hard to actually find a job, or if he is even trying at all. He won't talk to me about it so I don't know. All I know is he only puts in online applications and does not go in person to ask for applications or submit them. I also think it might be his age and work history? 26, never had a job for more than a year due to moving. And has only worked 3 jobs total. He only is a high-school graduate, no college or trade work. And I believe he is applying to jobs at his level...fast food, grocery stores. That sort of stuff. So is 3 months a realistic wait so far, or is he actually not trying at all? Located in Texas.

I dont really go to the Best uni in my country

currently in 1st yr of undergrad (4 months remain) recently I was reading the comments by a recruiter and he said ATS automatically rejects an international cv,same for every other stuff I hear.I'm working on personal projects and skillsets and wish to settle abroad but that seems like a unrealistic thing each day.
I dont have the money to do a masters abroad and I fell that is just throwing cash away anyways ....

So what is the realistic situation ? What should I do if moving abroad is possible ?
I'm doing a degree in industrial engineering (Has ZERO jobs here) moreover I'm also working towards robotics,finance & coding personal projects .....and a member of an small editorial club as I enjoy literature

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY QUESTION PLEASE DONT IGNORE

Hi guys,

I'm European and I'm trying to find some American angencies or companies hiring Performance Marketing Specialist (Google Ads Specialists) do you have any reccommendations for me. Where can I search or apply?

I realised I'm just copy+pasting the same email over and over again so I decided to just list the addresses for the recepients in the bcc field (which is how you ensure the recepients can't see the other recepients getting the email). I listed 60 addresses and sent out the email. I immediately got a couple of automated emails back that my email was rejected because the recepient address didn't allow me access the inbox or sth like that (anti-spam measure?). A week later I was applying to a single job the regular way and I got the same message. Which made me wonder if my account is labeled as spam.

I used MxToolBox to test my gmail account and it said it was okay. I sent a test email to a person who lives with me and it didn't end up in spam, but who knows if that's a good estimate.

How do I even tell if what I'm sending is getting through to anyone? Should I just add MxToolBox address among the recipients next time? Should I just not send mass emails like this because they get secretly silenced? How do I automate this boring af process?

https://preview.redd.it/y7ifv786v5ge1.png?width=1694&format=png&auto=webp&s=d04950da81a0b09dedd67e60a8bc4016a8746944

Really annoying when job applications state optional for these questions but then also require them to submit the application.

Hopefully I'm a final candidate in a dream role. I received an email on Friday that said the decision makers were out of town, but returning on Monday and making a final decision on Tuesday. It's Thursday and I haven't heard a word. My application status is still listed as "under review".

Should I just be patient, or would a reaching out help?

Hi all, I've been feeling very lost on how to change the type of work that I do for a living. For the past 5 years I'd been working as a ux (user experience) researcher and then in September of last year I was laid off. Since then I have been unable to find another ux role and if I'm being honest with myself I didn't really enjoy the field that much to begin with.

That's where I feel like I'm hitting a snag. I would like to try another field of work/ type of job but I'm not really sure how to go about doing that. I've been customizing resumes for the different fields of course but what do I do about things like linkedin or other online career boards. I've watched in almost real time where I send in a resume, talk to a recruiter, then I can see where someone from that company has viewed my linkedin, and then here comes the rejection email. I'm aware that working in ux isn't exactly the same as recruiting or administrative work (these are the new roles I'm aiming for) but I feel like the existence of my linkedin is harming more than helping.

I guess my main questions would be:

• How did you change careers to an adjacent field without going back to school?
• What did you do about your linkedin profile when you were trying to change your field?

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I have been applying to job for 1 1/2 year now and only landed one job interview. I keep getting rejection emails, literally hours after apply or something many months after when I forgot what the job application was for. I have been applying in a field that a majority of my career experience is in. No higher than my experience, I even applied lower levels of my experience. I got rejection stating my background does not align with the job description, when it’s the same job position. Anyways, I considering working with a professional to revise my resume and opt my LinkedIn. Not a fan of Linkedln, however it seems to be the going social site for professionals right now. I am worrying about spending so much in hopes of landing an interview, but it may not happen. Has anyone used a professional? What was your experience and what was the reality outcome? Did it help with job search and getting into the system pass Al? Was it worth it?

Hello community,

I was recently offered a FT retail job, but I'm unable to take it due to conflicting commitments — commitments that are more closely aligned with my desired career / learning path.

However, I would like to maintain positive relationships with my interviewer and the team that supported my hiring.

What is the best response that I can give when declining a job offer, so that I do not burn any bridges? Could I re-negotiate the offer somehow? How should I respond to the offer in a way that shows eagerness, passion for the job, and (simultaneously) clarity about my commitment to my career path (which has nothing to do with retail)?

I would love to keep future opportunities open and maintain positive relationships in my workplace.

Thank you.