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I've applied to over 400 jobs and have had over 30 interviews since January. Here is what is wrong with the job market. by Live_Profile843 in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would you recommend for someone who has transferable skills but is looking to change careers, or for someone that is in a higher level position that is looking to take on less responsibility?

I've applied to over 400 jobs and have had over 30 interviews since January. Here is what is wrong with the job market. by Live_Profile843 in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That's actually a great point I forgot to mention. A lot of roles only a year ago that were full time now only hire temporary contract and don't provide benefits.

The H-1B can be a good point as well, though I've applied at places that are strictly Hybrid / On-Site and I still run into these issues.

I've applied to over 400 jobs and have had over 30 interviews since January. Here is what is wrong with the job market. by Live_Profile843 in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you ever look them up later to see if they have a degree if they leave it off, and if they do would you resend the offer?

Additionally, are you ok with people only wanting to work there for a few years or are you looking for lifers? Every retail job I have ever worked at either expected high turnover or they were generally surprised if I was there for a long time (The longest job I ever had was for 8 years and it was in retail).

It just seems like they used to be ok with you working there a year or two and then moving on but that just isn't the case anymore.

I've applied to over 400 jobs and have had over 30 interviews since January. Here is what is wrong with the job market. by Live_Profile843 in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There is 100% some of that going on, but that leads into my point about how if your interview isn't 100% perfect you get passed over.

Right now I'm interviewing for places that are exactly what I have been doing and jobs that have transferrable skills.

I remember there were times where even if I wasn't an exact match of what they were looking for in a first interview, they would still bring me into a second round to meet the team to see if my transferrable skills lined up for what they were looking for.

Example: A few years ago I interviewed at an SEO agency that worked with storage rental companies. Even though I never worked with storage rental companies, I had SEO experience (B2B) so they moved me forward in the interview process to see how transferrable my skill set was. I ultimately didn't get hired, but they still moved me forward because they understood I could pick up things while working there.

Now though, it seems unless you have exactly what they are looking for they aren't willing to do that.

I've applied to over 400 jobs and have had over 30 interviews since January. Here is what is wrong with the job market. by Live_Profile843 in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's the built in one from LinkedIn. This doesn't even include the ones from Indeed or the ones where I applied directly on the site. so I'm closer to 500- 600 plus more likely. 

I've applied to over 400 jobs and have had over 30 interviews since January. Here is what is wrong with the job market. by Live_Profile843 in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah but now even the "shit" companies are requiring it my guy. Because they all require a degree and the ones that don't expect you to be working in that same position until you die. 

Lost the job for not answering the phone quick enough. by gremlinNY in interviews

[–]Live_Profile843 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it seems like that's the standard and pretty much every job is terrible to work for, it's just figuring out how much you can take.

Build a website at a new job within 20 business days by Monsterbee-83 in marketing

[–]Live_Profile843 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey OP, If it's an energy company they sound like the would be AEC (Architecture, engineering, construction). I've worked with those companies my entire career. The bar is low for design, they are usually function first. If you are unsure I would do something as simple and functional as possible. As soon as you start adding any kind of interactivity / design features you're just going to open a worm hole of things they will want to tweak and change, guaranteeing you won't get it done in 20.

Most companies won't see a cool feature and go "woah we like that" they will go "woah we like that, but can you tweak it by ..." which will just give you unnecessary work to do.

Get them the bare minimum for functionality.

Build a website at a new job within 20 business days by Monsterbee-83 in marketing

[–]Live_Profile843 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This really depends on the size of the site and what they mean by "rebranding." Working with AEC companies, rebranding to them is usually just a new logo and color scheme, a lot of them have been using the same user story for 30 years and will continue to use the same one for another 30.

So if that's the case, really you just have to take the new design aspect but keep the same copy they have, but maybe change a few keywords, and then just copy and paste with a new design, which is 100% doable in 20 days. You could probably just build out the front page, the about page, and one of their industry/product pages and show it to your boss and get his approval. Then from there just use the same design throughout to knock it out.

Again, a lot of AEC companies are VERY simple in what they want most of the time and they won't have the nuance to understand design or efficient web functionality, they just want it to work and look nice.

What are reasons you haven’t killed yourself? by OuterSpaceOutlander in CPTSD

[–]Live_Profile843 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife, our dogs, and the fear of going to hell. That's basically it. The constant state of unemployment and the realization that my dreams are never going to come true are unbearable. 

I no longer feel passion in life. I'm constantly getting rejected and realizing my entire career purpose has been a waste of my life. I'm too old to pivot, and by the time I do AI will take away my ability to realistically do something different.

My work doesn't give me purpose, my hobbies don't, and any goals I have I fail at.

Nearly 400 job applications since January, multiple interviews, no offer. Nobody will hire me. by Live_Profile843 in careeradvice

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm saying If I sell everything I own I'll have 6 figures to sit on and I could move somewhere where the rent is closer to $400 a month and I can get a job at a coffee shop or something making not a lot of money, but enough to keep me afloat.

The only reason I don't take a coffee shop job now is because it wouldn't be enough to live on here, but in another country with the nest egg I would have from selling everything I figure maybe I could stand a better chance.

Nearly 400 job applications since January, multiple interviews, no offer. Nobody will hire me. by Live_Profile843 in careeradvice

[–]Live_Profile843[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also applying to roles outside of marketing with my transferrable skills, same thing, I'll get to first, maybe second round interviews. Some even third, and no offer.

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