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I would probably apply for about 20-40 jobs a day. (Yes mostly while I was at work-computers/internet were obviously not monitored and I still got my work done simultaneously).
I did that before when I first got out into the workforce. It sucked when you don't remember which job you applied for and you don't know anything about because you haven't done enough research. I once blew a phone interview with an investment company that way.
I'm doing somewhere around 4-6 a day now. I would like to work up to maybe 8 to 10 a day. I just got my first phone interview after 12 resumes sent out. So hopefully I'll find something that I can see myself staying in by December.
I know another who's also in the job search process. They said they sent out 60 resumes in four months and they still haven't found a job yet. Maybe the fact that they majored in Economics had to do with it but I sent out far more than that even at the height of the economy.
I am beyond disgusted. It's like throwing your resume into a black hole. Really hurtful to one's self of self, and I have a frigging job, although it's not ideal.
I feel greatly for those who don't have any employment. I really feel their pain.
I agree. i have a job too that i hate. i've been applying for other jobs for awhile now with no luck. the whole applying online process is VERY tiring. but i guess at least we have jobs so we're not worrying about being able to have food and a place to live etc.
what i hate is when you're super overqualified for something, and you have college degrees and tons of experience and you get a letter back saying you didn't 'meet our qualifications'. it's VERY angering. especially when you know that most of the people working there are like 19 year old kids with only a high school diploma and little experience, yet they got HIRED.
but i know for a fact that places don't always pick people for a job based on if they are the most deserving, there are lots of other factors.
1. people are hired if they know someone who is doing the hiring.
2. for entry level jobs, often they hire people who they feel they can 'trap' in the position for the long term, like people with no educations or who have families to feed etc who will be forced to never leave and be in fear.
3. the person hiring holds a grudge against college grads because he/she never went to school
4. they just hired the first people they interviewed and didn't even look at anybody else's resume.
5. someone stupid is the one doing the hiring.
I agree. i have a job too that i hate. i've been applying for other jobs for awhile now with no luck. the whole applying online process is VERY tiring. but i guess at least we have jobs so we're not worrying about being able to have food and a place to live etc.
what i hate is when you're super overqualified for something, and you have college degrees and tons of experience and you get a letter back saying you didn't 'meet our qualifications'. it's VERY angering. especially when you know that most of the people working there are like 19 year old kids with only a high school diploma and little experience, yet they got HIRED.
but i know for a fact that places don't always pick people for a job based on if they are the most deserving, there are lots of other factors.
1. people are hired if they know someone who is doing the hiring.
2. for entry level jobs, often they hire people who they feel they can 'trap' in the position for the long term, like people with no educations or who have families to feed etc who will be forced to never leave and be in fear.
3. the person hiring holds a grudge against college grads because he/she never went to school
4. they just hired the first people they interviewed and didn't even look at anybody else's resume.
5. someone stupid is the one doing the hiring.
My mom was hired at the gas company and a insurance company where she worked for 14 years without a resume. All she did was complete a application and was later hired which was the norm for 1975.
My mom was hired at the gas company and a insurance company where she worked for 14 years without a resume. All she did was complete a application and was later hired which was the norm for 1975.
Resumes aren't the problem. The problem is those interminably long account creation processes. When you can just send a resume/cover letter, at least you will only spend more time if they select you for an interview. All that "previous 10 years employment" BS should happen after the interview process.
Oooo looks like somebody's pissed at the availability bias (or heuristic, whatever you physchs wanna call it)
Word it whatever way you will (as long as you understand what you're trying to say and not just strutting). I'm neither a "psych" or a "physch" but, yes, there is no doubt that I find it very irritating when someone takes one example of a situation and creates a "fact" from it. That's not only a classic example of a systematic error (in this case a huge one) but is simply foolish, the problem being that there will always be a handful who read it and believe.
Resumes aren't the problem. The problem is those interminably long account creation processes. When you can just send a resume/cover letter, at least you will only spend more time if they select you for an interview. All that "previous 10 years employment" BS should happen after the interview process.
That's why people have the option of not creating an account to deal with that long process. I always been the type of person to avoid things that irritate me
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