I’m sure there’s been tons of posts about this but I just gotta vent. From my experience it’s been this:
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No new listings for days, even weeks. Hell, I can’t even find any volunteer work.
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Not enough experience no matter the position level. And the occasional 3-5 years experience for what’s supposed to be entry level. Okay?
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insane amount of applicants (and that’s just the ones I see on indeed, so probably more depending if others applied elsewhere) and my chances don’t ever seem good even when they’re hiring multiple candidates. It’s just been a throw you’re name in a hat type of situation.
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Not hearing back. Either ghosts jobs or too lazy to reject people.
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Rejections from simpler jobs. Just recently got rejected for a janitor position at a small university despite having experience doing the same kind of work at my high school. 60 + people applied and they were hiring three. I don’t know about you but that seems like a lot of applicants for a janitor job at a small private university. Who are all these people?
It probably doesn’t help that I have niche
degree (film production) and there’s no positions for anything like that at the moment. So like other college aged kids/recent graduates I’m looking for some kind of summer gig but it’s rough out there. It’s discouraging, depressing and maybe this is dramatic but it seems like there’s no hope, especially for younger folks.