It led to a 404 page. It led to a fucking 404 page. Do I just kill myself? submitted by /u/Britanniafanboy [link] [comments]
At least they're on brand. submitted by /u/cupholdery [link] [comments]
After 236 applications, I finally made one of those job search Sankey diagrams. For some reason it looks like a giant smile, which feels disrespectful considering it is mostly a visual representation of my suffering. Final stats: 236 applications 69 online assessments 2 first-round interviews 1 final round 1 internship offer 235 opportunities to reconsider every life decision that led me here The best part is that the only offer I got was for a summer internship at a top-tier asset manager. So apparently my recruiting strategy was not “network efficiently” or “build a strong pipeline”, but “get rejected by almost everyone until one very serious company accidentally lets me in.” Things I learned: Online assessments are where hope goes to die. Ghosting candidates should count as emotional damage. “We have decided to move forward with other candidates” now appears in my dreams. Around application #147, I genuinely started considering moving to the woods and becoming a mushroom consultant. You only need one yes, but unfortunately your nervous system still has to experience the other 235 no’s. Anyway, shoutout to the 235 companies that helped build my character against my will. submitted by /u/Skynsou [link] [comments]
These are internships and full time applications. ...and it was "1% of all revenues" for 3 months of work (company has 0 revenue right now), followed by "Might be able to get a full-time offer" for 50k/year. I'm just praying on some kind of scholarship to come through so maybe I can go get some more education and maybe do better. I'm finishing up at UCLA Math; I might be able to get into the MA via continuation but there is no stipend. I'm so done. Edit: If anyone could pm me so I can show my resume, let me know. Edit 2: Rejected +1 submitted by /u/SunSteel04 [link] [comments]
Just graduated with a Master's in Accounting. My internship didn't give me a return offer so that was my only experience. Only one job gave me a 2nd round interview and that happened to be the one that ultimately made me an offer. I applied to as many of the top 50 firms I could, Big4 had no entry level roles open anyways. I pretty much exhausted all of the big and medium-sized firms in my local area that even had entry-level roles available, so I was also looking out of state as well. The one that I accepted the offer for is fully remote, and they're starting me at ~$15k higher than entry level roles in my L/MCOL area typically would while the firm is located in a HCOL area so they're paying me ~$10k less than they'd pay local workers, so I guess it's a win-win. I'm just happy I got an offer. submitted by /u/Hayaw061 [link] [comments]
I just need to vent (thanks in advance for reading) because I feel like I’m losing my mind (and my future) and shouting into a void. For multiple years out of college, I did exactly what everyone told me to do. I treated the job search like a grueling, unpaid 80-hour-a-week gig. I customized resumes, networked, cold outreached, built portfolios, bypassed the broken ATS algorithms, and sent out literally over four thousand applications (while temping, working contracts without benefits and multiple service gigs) just to land my current entry-level role in white-collar operations. Finally, health insurance. I could breathe for a moment. I thought the worst was behind me. I thought once I got my foot in the door, worked hard, and proved my execution skills after someone gave me a chance, I’d have a path to climb. Instead, the bottom rungs of the ladder are completely evaporating, my grip is slipping and I'm staring at an even darker abyss than when I graduated college. We aren’t even just talking about basic data entry anymore. In marketing, finops, tech, and strategy-level roles, companies are deploying autonomous workflows and LLMs to handle all the foundational tasks that junior employees used to cut their teeth on. Campaign builds, competitive research, report drafting, financial anomaly detection, code debugging, first-pass strategy decks. Yes, it's happening, it’s all being handed over to a prompt, and this is what I'm being tasked with now as I prepare my AI agent for deployment. Entry-level job postings in the US plummeted by 35% over an 18-month period, driven largely by companies automating junior tasks. Additionally, a recent Stanford University analysis revealed that workers aged 22–25 in AI-exposed fields experienced a 13% relative decline in employment, even while older, more senior executives in the same sectors saw gains. In a recent LinkedIn executive survey, 63% of executives openly admitted that AI would replace at least some of the work traditionally done by entry-level employees. Are we all supposed to be entrepreneurs now? Is everything I do supposed to be monetized for survival? Can we all possibly be tradespeople, including the disabled? How will the world fare with an entire generation of young people, in one of the richest countries of the world, losing the very jobs and entry-level roles that modern history has dictated a rite of passage? The corporate logic is so short-sighted. If you replace all the junior execution and strategy tasks with AI, how are entry-level workers supposed to gain the experience needed to become senior managers or executives themselves? I feel trapped. I did everything right, did well in school, internships, nonstop job history, certifications, optimize my productivity to infinity, survived the brutal post-college application gauntlet, and now I’m watching the entire landscape of work shift into high level, executive skeleton-crew operations where human entry-level roles are treated as an expensive redundancy. What's even scarier is, this just happened to one of my family members, only 2 years before his planned retirement. He's now working an entry level service job just to get the bills paid. If this is happening to our seniors, what's going to happen to us young adults? Is anyone else dealing with this right now? Are you seeing people stuck applying to "entry-level" roles that suddenly evaporate? How are we supposed to survive a career trajectory when the starting line keeps getting deleted? How are my recent grads (2021-2026) doing? submitted by /u/myviewfromoutside [link] [comments]
My direct manager goes on leave soon and the company just brought in a brand-new VP. Today has been an absolute nightmare. This morning, the new VP hit me up demanding a step-by-step breakdown of my "workflow" for a report I manage daily. While I was drafting a basic response to him trying to explain this manual process without sounding defensive, a different manager who works directly with the CEO pulled me into a separate project: they want me to send over all my historical call-listening notes because they are running a program with Claude to automate my exact tracking tasks this week. I feel completely iced out, blindsided, and deeply disrespected. They are using my direct manager’s exit and a VP to audit my daily tasks, demand my historical data logs, and try to build a prompt to phase out my labor. It feels like a coordinated corporate ambush to pick my brain for data before pulling the rug out from under me. I have been relegated to these manual tasks and removed from context that would further enable more strategizing or analysis. I am the lowest rung, but I use AI and save tons of time too. My workload has actually increased with manual labor as I use AI for other tasks (it's like been a snowballing role erosion as I automate more, I take on more). Has anyone else survived a company weaponizing your own data logs against you to test "AI efficiency"? Am I crazy for thinking they are setting up to replace me the second my manager walks out the door? How should I play defense here while they run this pilot? Is there any chance I am not being let go if I have been feeling this way for months? They are now auditing my work versus AI as we speak. I'm really grateful for the experience I've gained being that it's such a crappy job market, but I'm feeling so trapped and hopeless with AI automating entry level work. Yes, I am aware that my tasks are easily automated. I have been relegated to these tasks and removed from context that would further enable more strategizing or analysis, this was my first corporate job. I am the lowest rung. Applying to jobs everyday. Getting an interview is so hard and I've had my resume optimized repeatedly. If this were 2022 I'd have been able to take the hint already. submitted by /u/myviewfromoutside [link] [comments]
Got an interview tomorrow it’s the 4th one this month wish me luck submitted by /u/DrewHarville [link] [comments]
This is real recruiting dystopia, mixed with sci-fi AI slop. Two days ago an account posted on this sub a viral rejection email (see first image). Well, that was just an advertisement. Here's why: The post was published multiple times by different accounts. The guys tried it here on r/jobs, then on r/ChatGPT (deleted), r/ArtificialInteligence (viral but removed), and finally on r/snorkblot. The founder’s account (image 3) is veeery active. And as you can see, he posted similar formats in the past. The company immediately started bragging about it on LinkedIn and X. It even went viral on X. Crazy submitted by /u/Active-Load-9034 [link] [comments]
I spent 5 years of my life on a mechanical engineering degree and I'm gonna go homeless lol. I wasn't even a shitty student and had lots of projects. I even interned at a good company. And I'm gonna be homeless lol. I can't even get a job fixing arcade machines. I don't know what to do, its been close to 9 months of searching. submitted by /u/CrapMaster32 [link] [comments]
Guys. I applied for this job (a full time receptionist role) three weeks ago. One week in, this person (HR rep) emailed me saying I got shortlisted for the job, and the next step was providing details of my whole existence history (4 page form) as well as the front AND BACK of my licence. I thought this was excessive, considering I hadn't even had an interview yet. But I really wanted this job so I just thought what the hell, and did as I was told like a good desperate candidate. A week later (today) I get an email saying they now need a digital biometric facial scan of me (yknow—as a normal part of their recruitment process). So me being hesitant as I still haven't met ANYONE from this company, I'm like...is this even a real job? Anyway, I sent the recruiter an email (which could have been more polite ig) saying I would love to meet them in person and complete all necessary checks, but as of right now, they haven't even offered me an interview, so I am hesitant to give them sensitive info yada yada yada. The receuiter replied IMMEDIATELY saying that they are happy to discontue my application if I don't comply, and that their "system" "won't let them" schedule an interview without biometric recognition. (See pic) For context, this is for a role at a one off FACTORY who makes and fixes scales (yes literal weight scales). This is not a chain company with some crazy international level of HR. I basically said see ya to them cos I don't trust these guys. But basically I am wondering, should I have just done it? Or was I right to be like WTF submitted by /u/Far_One8374 [link] [comments]
Why did I even bother at this point? submitted by /u/blaggablagga [link] [comments]
Is it just me or does this company want me to do like 4x different roles or do I just misunderstand the role? The title is IT Service Desk Coordinator Level 1 IT support, Customer Service, Service Coordination AND Office Admin?? It seems companies want you working to exhaustion while paying minimal?? Pay is listed at $20 submitted by /u/Appropriate-Fig-292 [link] [comments]
I apply to probably 15-20 jobs a week. I end up with at least 2-3 screening calls, and 2 interviews a week. Lately it’s been 1 in-person (final round) interview a week for the last 3 weeks. I know I shouldn’t complain about interviews but I’m so so burnt out, especially having been doing this for weeks with nothing to show for it. More interview practice is always good but I feel like at this point I’ve had so much practice, and I’m just utterly burnt out on the preparation, framing, practicing, masking, etc. Just cancelled an interview for the first time ever, said I was sick, sort of true but I just couldn’t bring myself to show up for the in person while my energy is utterly defeated today. I think it’s time for a break. submitted by /u/Glad_Bodybuilder6997 [link] [comments]
As the title says, funds were running low, unemployment was nearly drained, morale was at an all time low, and I would wake up everyday feeling exhausted and tired. I really focused hard on local jobs and companies in order to be the fastest and strongest candidate available and got lucky that through my different connections I was able to get an interview within a couple days of an initial posting that was only on ZipRecruiter. I was unemployed for about 4 months after being laid off from the job that saved me from a previous lay off. I feel like I’m still unsafe but this is great for my family and I can finally start looking forward more. Honestly the worst part of the search is always the lack of communication between companies and the fake listings that make you feel unwanted and less than. TLDR, got a job in the knick of time and can somewhat breathe again. submitted by /u/trashsenegal [link] [comments]
I (30/f) abruptly got laid off my healthcare job back in November, and over 400+ applications later I still haven’t landed anything since. I loved my job. I was great at my job. I never planned to quit my job. I was there for almost 2 years. They completely eliminated my role due to “company restructuring“. My unemployment benefits ran out in May and I’ve been couch rotting more than I’d like due to stress. I have never in my life been without a job for this long. Even jobs I am overqualified for, I KEEP GETTING REJECTED! I am so sick of anxiously checking my email everyday for some good news. So sick of stressing about how I am going to keep paying my bills. I don’t have a car so getting out my apartment is difficult. What the f*ck did we do to deserve living like this!? EDIT: Thanks everyone (except the obvious one) for the responses and empathy. Very helpful to know I am not alone! We have to stay positive. submitted by /u/thinkpositivexo [link] [comments]
I mean, shit, I haven't been able to enter any career field for eight years in adulthood now. I'm not disabled, I'm not stupid, I'm not rude, I JUST NEVER GET A CHANCE. The job market is only getting worse and worse. I don't have any other method to make money aside from labor. And you need money to make money. So, if I can't get a job, and I don't have money, am I supposed to die? Our system relies on economic growth so much it's killing the fucking planet. We once ran out of annual renewable resources at the end of a year. Today we run out of annual renewable resources MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, so we kill the planet to create more. And with economic growth, that timeline will only get worse. And economic growth is where jobs come from. So what should we do? We have to pick between the planet surviving, or society surviving only for society to die when the planet dies. submitted by /u/Primary_Avocado_5273 [link] [comments]
Bets on this role not existing in the first place? Edit: The company is "Ivee" and its some ai training platform bullshit - just to name and shame submitted by /u/imago89 [link] [comments]
Standard questions, you know? submitted by /u/cupholdery [link] [comments]
The job market is horrible right now but I just want to rant about the state the market has been in for my entire adult life. When I was a teen in high school (2010s), all of us struggled to find part time jobs. All of us. If your parents couldn’t get you in, then you couldn’t get a PT job, simple as that. By the time I graduated engineering school (2017) the job market wasn’t any better. I graduated with 400 other people and I knew grads that couldn’t find a role for more than 2 years. That’s just not ok for a technical degree. I ended up having to move to the US from Canada to find work. Then I lost my job during covid and decided to go back to school to do my masters. I graduated in 2023 with a masters of science and I STILL struggled to find a job, despite thinking I was competitive. I had a graduate degree and a few years of experience as an engineer and my thesis research. It doesn’t make a difference in the end, and I ended up accepting a job that had the same wages as an entry level engineer. Every job I’ve had since I graduated was a contract position. It’s so rare to have a company even hire you directly. There are no benefits, lower wages, and no incentives to stay. Everyone is so temporary and so replaceable. My current role doesn’t even have enough desks for everyone, yet insists we come in person! We are constantly on the verge of layoffs and in constant fear of losing our livelihoods. I have never felt secure in my work since 2017. This is genuinely no way to live. submitted by /u/Super-Long-5639 [link] [comments]