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An example of what is wrong in modern job hunting

Joe works in a small gas station and he has a boss and a few coworkers. Joe has worked in the same gas station for years. His social circle consists of his gas station coworkers and his wife and children. Joe lives a normal quiet life providing for his family. Then one day he gets layed off from the gas station job. He has not had the time outside his working hours to network and he has to cold apply to jobs. He has taken care of his family and worked at the gas station. He applies for many retail positions. He is surprised to see that he will have to go trough several interview rounds, psychological assesments and other bs before even getting considered a job offer in a similar position. Joe has years of experience serving customers and now he is being assessed to no end. Joe gets…


Joe works in a small gas station and he has a boss and a few coworkers. Joe has worked in the same gas station for years. His social circle consists of his gas station coworkers and his wife and children. Joe lives a normal quiet life providing for his family. Then one day he gets layed off from the gas station job. He has not had the time outside his working hours to network and he has to cold apply to jobs. He has taken care of his family and worked at the gas station. He applies for many retail positions. He is surprised to see that he will have to go trough several interview rounds, psychological assesments and other bs before even getting considered a job offer in a similar position. Joe has years of experience serving customers and now he is being assessed to no end. Joe gets tired of searching, his wife divorces him and he becomes an alcoholic. Joe would have made it had his CV and experience being noted. Instead he got trapped into endless assesment and interview rounds.

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