Bet they didn’t even try nepotism
So insane when i read these. I feel for y’all, that would really suck to apply that much. You could try moving to a smaller city?. Ive been hired at every job ive applied to, and I’m not even a programmer or crazy smart engineer type. And now I make almost as much as those folks. Its either dumb luck or I just give off good first impressions. And no, it has nothing to do with family, they’re crazy people and I’m mostly cut off from them.
If I had to apply now though, I bet I’d have a harder time because of tech bs and I’m old.
Ive only lived in cities under 200k people.
I think a person without a job can’t often afford to move to a different city. Moving within the same city is already expensive. Moving to a different city costs something like $10k, and then a lot of places won’t rent to you unless you can provide proof of employment/income.
Yeah, it does suck. There needs to be more assistance for those people
Maybe take a shower and don’t wear pajama bottoms to that job interview
Application isn’t even close to an interview
So tired of telling the older crowd—including my parents—that shit no longer works that way…
I’m pretty sure it actually does work this way in many places. Young people these days barely have any social skills and that just clashes with the boomers that are running things. So if someone confident and charismatic finally comes along, they’ll likely get the job. But I’m also not in America and Americans tend to be pretty loud and outgoing anyway, so it may not be true for the US.
I didn’t get a single respone to hundreds of applications i sent online. A local business asked if I wanted a job after some comments I made. The ladies in the office threw away my resume and cover letter cause it was too much for the boss to take in. I got the job after an in person interview with the boss.
I realize i got pretty lucky but small towns and local family businesses absolutely still operate on the “smile and a handshake” technique. I even got my apartment in the area without a job through a similar in person interview and handshake with the landlord.
Nah, it does. Service industry though, or independent retail. Get a stack of CVs, pound that shoe leather. Bars, restaurants, smaller shops, cleaners, gardeners are all good candidates. Be prepared to work a shitty job. Turn up and smash it. Next job will easier to acquire
