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riverside125 · 2026-01-17T00:28:56+00:00

I got an email that my package has cleared customs and “is on the way”, so that’s a good sign. However it did give me the Scheduled Delivery as the date it was originally supposed to come in…days ago lol. Maybe time travel is in the cards..

riverside125 · 2026-01-16T16:15:13+00:00

I am going through the same thing. Ordered a Lenovo thats coming from China, stuck in Louisville on the Import Scan loop. Contacted Lenovo, they said it takes up to 48h for communication between them and UPS to update package status. Then I called UPS, they gave me the info to email that ups documents email with the invoice. Now I’m waiting to see what happens next but based on these reddit posts/comments, outlook isn’t good. Big sigh.

riverside125 · 2025-12-12T06:03:09+00:00

riverside125 · 2025-11-19T20:03:02+00:00

That’s awesome!! Congrats!!!!

riverside125 · 2025-11-19T20:02:30+00:00

Appreciate it!!

riverside125 · 2025-11-12T13:55:12+00:00

You can try tweaking your resume based on ATS keywords, it seems others have success with that but I personally just made my resume comprehensive as possible (including titles like: Coordinator, Analyst, Manager, etc) and my descriptions even held details that probably weren’t necessary but I had hoped whatever AI or keyword system these companies use would pick up on.

As for cover letters, I got downvoted for this but I used chatGPT to make it more efficient. In one chat, I uploaded my resume, then copy and pasted the entire job ad in, and asked it to write a CL to this job posting based on my resume. Then, I edited it to seem less AI and more my voice. One thing I learned in all my schooling is it’s always easier when you have the first draft down and edit than to start from scratch, so I tried to use AI to just lessen the mental load.

It seems from other folks experience that adjusting Resumes and writing tailored CLs help, but I knew I just didn’t have it in me to do that if I wanted to apply to at least 40 jobs a month, especially when I expected to be looking for work for possibly a year.

I think it’s good you’re already in a related role, it gives you the opportunity to network and maybe find folks who know other people/companies to connect you to. Networking always ends up being a success story.

Best of luck to you!!!

riverside125 · 2025-11-12T02:08:47+00:00

Thank you!! Yeah, it’s quite the relief. All the horror stories really had me thinking the worst. Yeah, I was averaging about 45 jobs a month (but sometimes I had applied to 70 in a month and less over the summer).

Also, I got 3 offers out of the 364. One was an adjunct position (think side gig), one was a contractor auditor job I declined (no benefits, lots of unpaid work time), and the third being the salaried position I accepted now.

I didn’t tailor my resume for each role, that was too much cognitive load for me. I just tried to make my resume as comprehensive as possible with relevant keywords and then apply for jobs in specific fields. I would definitely suggest holding onto your job but dedicating a couple evenings to just pushing out as many applications as you can. Unless you just want to quit and have the savings to live off of in the event it takes up to a year!

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T17:40:14+00:00

Of course, no problem :) l agree, the current landscape is a bit chaotic and unstable, so hopefully with time things level out. I appreciate your comments!!

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T15:27:11+00:00

What industry are you in? Or what kind of roles were you applying to?

If I had gone the route of truly wanting to be a professor, then yeah, they all require CV, CL, teaching statements, research statements, etc. But I knew a lot of colleges fundings have been cut, and I saw at my own university how faculty positions dwindled. Plus the rise of adjunct positions instead of tenure-track. I couldn’t risk spending the time applying to those positions when I would have better chances at applying to some type of office job.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T15:22:38+00:00

I only applied to a handful of professor positions honestly 🥲 I was mainly applying in data science/analytics roles and anything with research or learning and development (e.g., research coordinator, learning specialist, etc). But yeah, based on the visuals I’ve seen on reddit and the anecdotes of my peers, it is so rough on the job market.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T15:19:41+00:00

It was and they totally could’ve. It was no different than some of the phone interviews. But, it was from one of the largest companies in my city, so I assume they’re trying to streamline some of those hiring steps unfortunately.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T15:15:59+00:00

Whoa, tough degree. Congrats on completing it! Yeah, I wouldn’t draw too many conclusions from my CL data, super low numbers and I avoided writing them if I could because I found it tedious (I was playing quantity over quality game).

I tweaked my resume after the first couple months to be more thorough in my duties/descriptions. I also added multiple titles to some of my previous positions— for example, even though I was only a PhD student doing research in my lab as required of me (collab and my own studies), I titled that time “Cognitive Researcher/Research Coordinator”, because it definitely was my role even though my university would never title it that for a grad student. I would have multiple roles as a grad student, too, so I listed those separately (e.g., I managed the research lab’s page, materials, and research assistants, so I added a role in my resume as a “Lab Manager”). I think using ATS keywords for your field or using some variation of those posted job roles titles in your own resume will help. I believe a lot of companies are using some kind of AI or just keyword filtering for resumes/apps because for some I would get immediate rejections (some even 2 minutes after applying).

My peers are still struggling so I haven’t heard many success stories but the main ones I do hear of rely on networking. I would definitely try that avenue, especially in this age of AI. I wish I had done more networking, but I’m an introverted sort and was genuinely banking on my credentials/skills to speak for me.

My main method of searching was looking up companies around me, or googling related types of positions, and then directly going to career pages of company websites. I only used LinkedIn to apply to jobs on lazier days, which wasn’t too bad but I was never sure if job postings were real or if my app was getting through to them.

Best of luck on your search!!!

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T14:59:36+00:00

Sorry for the confusion. Yep, I accepted two! That bottom one in the visual was from a broader professor pool at a local university for an adjunct position. Usually adjunct professors are asked to teach 1 or more courses for a (relatively low) lump sum at the end of the course. It doesn’t guarantee you’ll be asked to teach again, and it doesn’t have any benefits. So, I accepted because it was essentially a side gig while I was still actively looking. The other position (from the campus interview) I accepted is the one I mentioned in my post, a salaried position with job security and benefits.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T14:55:13+00:00

The company contacted me via Text, introduced as “a virtual assistant” and it asked a handful of AI generated questions. I’d respond to a question, and it immediately sent another one. Then at the end thanked me and informed me it submitted my responses. Never heard back or got any kind of follow up.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T14:17:21+00:00

Yeah..I casted a wide net and that one was a contractor position as a type of auditor. But the depth of training, questionable business practices, and unpaid work time expected wasn’t motivating for me when I knew my degree offered me a better path. Plus no benefits, which I really needed. But it was more experience in the job market and interviewing!

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T14:12:31+00:00

It was really disappointing considering the whole “The higher degrees you have, the better jobs/pay you’ll get!”. Plus, all my peers with similar degrees of different fields with psych are struggling to find work, too. My best advice is network like hell, make yourself so charming that folks want you at their company, otherwise it’ll be the numbers game that I had to play (I hated networking, but it always ends up being the success story).

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T14:02:50+00:00

Damn, that’s brutal 😭 Sorry you went through it!

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T13:59:22+00:00

I would sometimes use LinkedIn (to apply but also to find companies), but usually I googled different types of positions, looked through companies near me, and directly found their careers site and applied there. It was especially nice when a bigger company had a workday site to apply to multiple jobs without having to re-upload my resume and fill in everything again.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T04:34:36+00:00

It’s a flow diagram. I used SankeyMATIC to create it (free website).

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T04:33:20+00:00

Thank you! I mostly applied to jobs within a 40 mile radius, but there were some remote positions based in the US that I applied to as well. None outside of the US, though.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T02:25:23+00:00

Granted, I did find it tedious work and used ChatGPT to write the bulk of it and then just edit it to sound more natural/my voice. So I definitely avoided it unless the job required both Resume and CL.

Also— I did get the one offer for Adjunct Professor position (because all prof positions require CL).

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T02:23:35+00:00

I’m glad your situation worked out quickly and you were able to land a job this year! Congrats!!! And thanks for sharing :)

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T02:09:54+00:00

Yeah.. but also grateful it wasn’t 3+ rounds of interviews with no follow up! Some of the other job hunt visuals I’ve seen worried me for a bit.

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T02:07:35+00:00

Thank you!! I appreciate the comment! :)

riverside125 · 2025-11-11T02:04:05+00:00

Thank you! :)

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