Omg the rollercoaster of constantly questioning if I even have any skills/assets, GRINDING writing a cover letter, submitting it, and then feeling fucking victorious for 5 hours and fantasizing about a career in which I grow and flourish lmao. Then starting over again. I absolutely hate it.
I feel like a traitor for commenting though because recently got lucky AS FUCK 😂 I moved one country over, got a dope apartment (while having no income like how), and then after three months of having no energy for job hunting I got hired after writing ONE APPLICATION which was an OPEN application at this company I'd been checking out for MONTHS, AND.. The company aligns with my values, I really fit in, my boss really appreciates my skills, I've been performing really fucking well, I'm not even suffering from impostor syndrome.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Amazing how we Millennials all grew up being told we'd never get a job without going to college. As it feels more and more mandatory, why shouldn't it be free like k-12? Solidarity with all service workers who have degrees out there - this vid is so relatable.
I’ve been advised to lie and act like I’m not educated. I really did think there was something wrong with me when I couldn’t get a job after college. But it was 2005! Shit was about to hit the fan!
A fun thing specific to job hunting as a software developer is postings that require five years of experience with a programming language that has only existed for three years.
"Entry level position" but also "requires 5+ years experience in deep neural nets and cutting edge AI research" [didn't even exist outside of academia 5+ years ago]
I can't believe all the free time, energy and labor we put into just looking for jobs, carefully constructing resumes and cover letters and memorizing how to answer interview questions and pretending like we're excited to work for some random company, simply because we need the money to survive. there are so many jobs that are gatekept behind a cover letter, references, a degree, etc etc and it's incredibly unfair and exhausting. all this work we put into applying and interviewing for jobs so we can pay for essentials and most of the time we can't even get a call back......what are we even supposed to do? idk if I'll ever be able to get a non minimum wage job bc of my lack of a degree/experience in any other field, I've applied to so many jobs at this point and am still getting daily emails from all those weird job board sites, but it's all been for nothing so far
Applying for an internship is fun too. You offer your free labour, spend hours perfecting your application (at least I do) and get a two lines rejection email in which they spell your name wrong.
Yep, my elementary education program required a one year unpaid internship and I was like I am an adult with real bills and my family, how do I survive on no income for a year? They couldn't respond. So I changed back to my history major.
My parents think I’m lazy cos everywhere we go says they’re hiring but hiring process is hell on earth they only hire people they know I’ve gone to countless interviews and I never get hired
I literally just filled out one of those personality tests with questions such as "IF SOMEONE STEALS A PEN DO YOU REPORT THEM TO HR?!" also "ARE YOU FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE THAT SMOKE THE ''MARIJUANA''?
Businesses should NOT be giving their employees personality tests that is creepy AF wtf. (Also, rumor has is that some businesses use these personality tests to select FOR sociopathic traits so...maybe that's a good thing you didn't "pass", though it is shitty they fired you!) Also, I hate that hiring managers don't validate customer service/retail experience.
I’m not that experienced in work world or anything but that sounds like maybe David Wallace in New York told the branch manager they had to downsize a firm number of people because the branch didn’t meet productivity expectations that year and the manager gave everyone a quiz the results of which didn’t matter so they didn’t have to admit the real reason or take accountability
i've had interviews at companies that wanted to schedule second interviews and then....never followed through. every other interview i've had with a company has resulted in nothing. like they literally don't have the courtesy to tell me that they've moved to other applicants, i'm just left waiting.
Job hunting now and I feel this in my soul. I have a several year gap on my resume after dealing with some health issues, among other things, and I feel like it's not doing me any favors.
you can say that you were a freelancer in something you're actually good at like serving or bartending, or say you were a nanny/babysitter for a family member with a different last name...things like that :)
The WORST thing I've encountered is the automated interviews. I've had this a couple of times where you are given a question and have to record a timed response. You get a couple of redos but it has never felt like anything but a awkward talking to a wall. And I've never gotten a real interview after one of those. Also...fuck those companies that want you to do some quirky video resume. While maybe that can work sort of like an art portfolio for content creation jobs, I've seen articles about people using those for other forms of work which is nuts. I'm here to make pivot tables in the spreadsheet mines, all you need to know is a) I've got the skills and b) I show up on time. You don't need me to do a skit about how I love spreadsheets.
@@360shadowmoonthat happened to me and I declined to go any further. Absolutely ridiculous! I prefer a simple process where it’s one interview, one paid assessment test and boom job offer!
i see so many jobs posted that say you must have a license even if driving has nothing to do with the job. I can only apply to retail and fast food jobs because of this
The whole system is so exploitative. We. Need. Job. Guarantees. Especially for those who are neurodiverse and have records. I used to (not long ago) work to help people with disabilities (DD) find jobs and it was HEARTBREAKING. Every day.
I have ADHD, non-existent multi-tasking abilities, but hyper focus and reaction times second to no one. Wound up just making a fortune on my own. But, of course, enough is never enough, so I started looking for remote work to do when I have down time. This society... Man, idk. How is this thing still even functioning at all?
I alluded this on your twitter not too long ago but not putting the salary/compensation is such a pain in the ass. I think it's rather important to know up front if you can afford to take a particular job. It's really not worth your time pursuing something if it won't pay your bills.
My wife just managed to break out of a decade of retail and into the world of 9-5 email jobs. She had a vague enough resume and the HR lady liked her enough to put her in for a project management job instead of the receptionist job she applied for. It was a complete stroke of luck, which is what most non-STEM job hunting seems to be.
As someone in the STEM field jobs are only like a few categories…. Are you a beep boop programming person, a computer sketchy sketch person, a lab rat microscope nerd, manufacturing person who make machine/product more good, or construction developer simp who tests concrete
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm applying for jobs right now and it makes me feel terrible about myself every single day. I've been applying for work on Indeed and they make you take these like quizzes and one of them is like a fake interview for the job that you're not even being considered for because you're just submitting your resume and cover letter. It's literally so absurd. Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching your channel grow ! Appreciate your videos so much.
I actually had a test that was worse than a personality test. It was a job for Koch Industries where they wanted to test my pattern recognition which okay? But the "pattern" was a single shape and they asked which shape comes next. I apparently automatically failed and was locked out of applying for another job with them for a year
That sounds a lot like an IQ test...which is very weird. What does your ability to think neurotypically have to do with how well you will perform in that job?
@@nuelle2361 Not to be rude, but I study this stuff and IQ has been found to be the most reliable predictor of job performance across jobs again and again. I'm anticapitalist and all, I'm probably on your side, just wanted to answer your question.
@@riotgrrrl8807 Really? But wouldn't it be better to test the individual on the skills necessary for the job instead? Not saying that you're wrong or anything, but testing IQ for a job seems strange and a bit discriminatory.
@@nuelle2361 If it's not very straight forward, there's quite a bit of analysis that goes into finding out the exact skills you need for a position AND finding a valid, economic and reliable way to test for them. When looking at predictors that are useful across jobs, we find that personality wise a high score in consciencousness (one of the big five) and even more a high IQ are desirable. When you take IQ to mean the ability to solve problems and adapt to new information, it kind of makes sense too. I hope that maybe answered your question😊 Edit: Realistically many hiring decisions are made based on first impressions (assuming the same credentials across applicants). So an IQ-test is an easy, quick and cheap way to somewhat improve the hiring process based on empirical data. I am actually thinking about those of us who just don't fit the mold pretty often. The system in place needs to always serve the people, not the other way round. Please don't take my comments the wrong way.
Tbh I would have to wait for a capitalist billionaire to choke on his food so I can swoop in and Heimlich him for the chance to be rewarded an entry level grunt work position, possibly as a janitor in one of his companies. Because that’s more realistic than me finding a job whilst having 2 friggin degrees and 10+ years of random experience in various fields. I feel sick.
When I was applying for a food service job they had me do one of those personality tests and I made sure to respond with the kind of answers they were expecting. It felt like they were trying to suss out who would go around the corporate hierarchy or try to organize etc.
Temp agencies are a gold mine - I finally found steady office work by contacting a local university's temp agency, got assigned a part-time temp job, proved myself valuable to the supervisors, and was offered a full-time position after only a month. It's not always that simple, but I'm just so relieved to be out of the retail/service industry. Rooting for everyone else in similar positions.
As a server working on a degree and also her resume for practicums (free exploitation, yay) this almost made me throw up from from anxiety. Maybe I reached the diarrhea stage early. 🙃
I’ve had exactly one of those and I will never be fooled again. Worst/funniest interview I’ve had to date lol. To be fair the job listing was for an administrative assistant but the interview quickly become a chance for a SALES OPPORTUNITY
The hopeful to hopeless is 100% me. I'm late to this video but it's just what I needed now. Need to stop imagining my new life every time I apply for a job I really love only to never hear back from them. I am also pigeonholed in one industry and trying to get out of it but slim to no chance I feel like I'm having a daily mental breakdown about it but still trying to be hopeful. At least I know I can get a job I don't want in 'my' industry when I run out of money.
Your channel is in odd ways is very uplifting and inspiring because it remind us that we are not alone in a process (such as job search and interviewing with hiring managers) that is extremely difficult to be successful in. Thank you so much for sharing
It is literally impossible to get a job with just bachelor's degree in the IT world. I only know 1 guy ever who pulled it off, he was my classmate in college but also happened to be a genius and he literally invented Alexa by himself with no school resources. That standard is so ridiculous there's still around a 40% never hired rate among fresh college IT grads.
Thanks! Well done! We need more people to ,"Tell it like it is!" One thing I always thought was funny, is that when I went to job interviews where I really didn't care about getting the job, I'd get more offers, but for the jobs I thought I really wanted, I'd never get an offer.
I applied for a job and was told there were 3 separate interviews. I do the first interview two weeks pass before I find out I passed the first stage. I have to wait 2 weeks for the next interview. The process repeats for the next 2 interviews (3 months waiting in total) to be told 2 weeks after the final interview I'm the top candidate but the position is no longer available 🙃✌️
This is the most accurate depiction of the job search I have ever seen. The only part I would add is the networking that you also do - LinkedIn and In-person meetings before you are even considered for the role. It always results in getting directed back to the website anyways. Companies Lie. Say they want people - but they don't. In the end, all the really good roles are going to insiders, regardless of how great you are.
No Kelgore, you don't get it. Job hunting should be legal, where you can hunt a CEO like an animal and if you do, you can pick any job at their company
I remember when I tried to get a summer job in 2019 before I went off to uni. I spent nearly a month looking for one on various platforms, it took forever and there was so much bs restrictions like having to be a career employee at Starbucks if you needed a job or what I call "The Experience Paradox" which is where you need experience to get his job but you need a job in the first place to get that experience. Luckily I got a job as a camp counselor. But the funniest thing i remember was when I was halfway through my contract and I was carpooling with my coworker to the Metro, I got a call from Whole Foods to tell me that they were interested in an interview with me. Literally a month after I sent my resume!
in my industry i have to curate a separate portfolio for each type of job i want-- like character portfolios, background portfolios, storyboard portfolios, all different depending on the style of the place i'm applying to. it's absolutely exhausting.
Job hunting here 🙋 as a developer (kinda), I often have to work on challenges between interviews. So I spend one entire week working my ass off to solve this stuff, I present my solution to the team and they tell me they like it, and then one month later they admit that they chose someone with more experience in the end "😙sorrrryyyy😙😙love you good luck byyyeee😜" Anyway, job hunting is the worst for my mental health (and health in general since I eat trash all day long)
I literally just had this happen to me! (I'm in the UX Design side) they ended up telling me that "We actually realized that we need someone with more seniority within the field" THEN WHY DID YOU WASTE MY TIME??? Luckily this was a paid challenge so I guess my time wasn't too wasted..
I just saw a job posting where the job post was listed as a sales position but in the last line of the job description they admit this is actually a sales support/customer service position and after two years you are then eligible, not even guaranteed, to be promoted to sales. By that same logic a janitor is eligible to be CEO after X amount of time if they have that grind set mind set
Thank you. I’m sharing your video with people that doubt I’m trying to find work. My fave part of it all is typing on a portable keyboard connected to my phone that runs out of power after 2 hours of typing. Then when the phone reboots i find all of my work wasn’t saved by their program. No problem. I can stay up another two hours-or all night if I need to-since i don’t have a job.
This me now I only have rejection letter or they will interview me or say hey wanna reach out and then never do. Personality quizzes should be illegal I mean what does my personality have to with the job. I also hate that banks or customer service jobs say you only need 1 year of retail experience and have 10 years and I can't get anything but and rejection letter. Yet the job will be still be be back a couple of weeks later. Like just give me a chance people. Teach me I'm willing to learn. Or work at home jobs that say are an interview but are really just the company overview hyping up their company. Like don't waste my time lying to me either it's interview or not. I could be applying for other jobs instead. Assments have made me lose jobs make those illegal too.
One big mistake that people make is to only apply to jobs that fit what they are looking for. Apply for as wide a range as you can and tweak your resume if it's too much of a stretch. If it's something you really are interested in, retool your resume to fit all of the requirements listed in the job description. Apply when they don't have a salary listed. Those are the better jobs. If you get a callback just ask what their budget is. They will tell you 9 times out of 10. After you get past the call back it's 100% selling yourself. Which means honesty is a fools game. Don't outright lie but if they ask if you have experience doing x, the answer is always a very confident yes followed by a triumphant personal story about how x is analogous to something you used to do all the time that vaguely fits the criteria. Finally, personality tests can be tweaked by answering questions based on what kind of person they want you to be vs who you are. In short, it's all bullsh*t. Treat every step as such.
Yes, you hit some key points. I went back to college to get a 1 year diploma in Web Design & Development, and looking for a job in this sucks big time. I've applied to 50+ jobs on indeed with 0 interviews. The last time I looked for work was 5 years ago and it was hard back then too, but now it just seems impossible.
I hate job hunting but I love my friend Kelgore, she rules. I went to a tech school to earn a certificate for a better life but it's just made job searches more desperate and frustrating. My industry is pretending it wasnt obliterated by covid. RIP.
Would you mind saying what your certificate was? I work in a college that offers some short term programs and ppl are always saying that a certification in something is the way to go since you can “walk out here and make 60 bucks an hour.”
Its worst when you live in a rural area in a small town...all the decent jobs or schools are like 44 minutes to an hour or so away 🤷🏽♀️. Its great. Especially when you cant afford to relocate unless living in your tiny car works for ya
Fck this is so accurate. I’m 23 and have worked mostly customer service jobs and a bit of interning at a nonprofit when I was studying Social Work in college and I’m just like....what do I even go for. I don’t even want to work as. I just want decent money 😭
Thank you for this video, it's very relatable and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one (especially the "imagining your new life and setting for only one job" and never hearing from them or getting a rejection email in the best case lmao)
That was a fun video. That's exactly how it is... Even in a country like Mozambique.... Except you never get a rejection letter. I doubt they even read the CV and cover letters. They just end up hiring their friend or someone who paid for the position.
I have been job hunting for the last year.. graduated into the pandemic with a design degree (so overly saturated it isn't even funny) The worst part is that most places now use Applicant tracking systems for resumes, and if you have the specific keywords that are in the job posting in your resume, theres no point in even applying since it probably wont get seen by a person :/
getting my degree at the end of the year at the ripe ol age of 29. anticipating everything you said about job hunting in this entire video, especially considering all of my resume experience is restaurants.
@@nyki7fykxtjxyi I was a lifeguard at the pool and we were all teens to young adults. I'd have no evidence at all, everyone would be against me, and even if I won, I don't think I'd even want to bring the hammer down on either my coworkers or the pool for something a bunch of teenage idiots did. Your advice is good in the general case and I appreciate your attitude towards the subject matter.
job hunting while ND is a pain in the ass. don't bother looking for any kind of accommodations because even an utterance of the word at any time can spell death at the interview or even after working at a company for 3 years.
2020 was grueling for me. My company had to put employees including me on limbo and applying to jobs made me feel like my skills are mediocre as hell and I'm not gonna get hired for what I got a degree for. My mom and my friends told me to detach myself from work because it really shouldn't define me entirely. I got a job around October 2020 but the company I thought was better than my previous one was complete dogshite. They were cost-cutting because of the pandemic which is understandable but 100+ branches and only about 4 people in marketing was a recipe for disaster. Fortunately working for them landed me to a better paying job now and job hunting this 2021 was kinda better. My previous company last October 2020 was a known coffee chain in my country and it boosted my resume enough for people to keep calling me. Although a lot of them were red flags before I landed on a much better startup.
I knew you were ENTP!! :) ignore those idiots!!! Entps are awesome, and one of the best personalities! You think outside of the box, you have amazing problem solving skills, you can see an issue from a million different sides, and you have amazing people skills. You excell at removing roadblocks on projects, you shine when you gotta think up solutions to unexpected problems and you are so good with people you shine so bright when you have to talk a whole group of them through difficult or hard change at work. I would want 10 ENTPs on my team at all times for just those benefits. Truly and honestly. The jobs who rejected you on this are looking for rule following sheep personalities and you aren't a sheep, you're an entp! :)
@@Kelgore no worries! I worked closely with an ENTP on a long and difficult project and they were amazing the whole time in these ways. Knew how to handle difficult people, remove obstructions, knew how to take a new direction when we had to suddenly shift gears, would spend time learning new things constantly, would jump on calls in all sorts of situations to keep the ball rolling forward and the people focused on the goal we are trying to accomplish.. so I want you to know you bring a lot of value with your natural skills and abilities.
Don't forget on top of the personality and assessment tests you have the same company requiring a second or third or even a fourth interview before they determine whether or not they want to hire you. And then when you finally get the job what do you get? More quizes, assessments, vision tests, physical fitness tests, drug tests, backround checks you name it they require that you do it.
i go to a job interview only to find out it's a temporary project... like wtf would've been great if you mentioned that in the ad thanks for wasting my time energy and hopes for nothing
I kid you not it took me three years after graduating high school to finally get a job. And that was with the help of a temp agency. I've been at my job for 6 and a half years and watching this video has reminded me to be grateful for the job I do have. The struggle was real and I can't even begin to imagine how much harder it is to job hunt nowadays.
My grandmother was haunted by one of the earlier computers in the 1970’s, those ones that are the size of a whole bedroom, she was trapped inside it like tron.😂😂😂😂 your hilarious!
I was doing this the other day and found a place that needed data input for archaeologists. Did some digging bc they were asking for a cover letter and found out it's an oil company. Didn't say ANYWHERE on their website, found out thru wikipedia. Might still apply tho, and that makes me sad.
Recruiters who cold call you and talk about some amazing sounding job for 20 mins then ask if you have questions and you ask how much it pays... No, sorry you just wasted both of our time! I can't take that paycut!!
I didn't go to school, I didn't get a job, I don't have a job, I didn't inherit any money, yet I'm better off than any of you, you'll never get ahead in life working a regular job, so don't go looking for a job, jobs consumes so much of your productive time that you don't have any left to build wealth, enjoy time with your family, or anything else that's important, the purpose of a job is to make someone else wealthy, and give you just enough money to stay above broke, the purpose of public School is to prepare you for a job.
I've been searching for a job since October - no dice. The only people I know who have jobs got them through nepotism. I'm about to yeet myself off the mortal coil and my mum keeps reminding me I'm a worthless burden. I crave death.
i hope you find something that pays you decently soon! please do not yeet. i am back to working in a bar and sometimes it gives me a crisis but in reality its a low-stakes job, i dont think about work when im at home, and i get paid an okay amount for my time. no job you get will please everyone in your life so just do what feels right for yourself
@Kelgore unfortunately I'm disabled as well which limits the jobs I can apply to (though my mum has decided I'm faking it in order to not have to work)
I think the pursonality test is just a challenge to answer questions right down the middle, with a little variation so it doesn't look like you neither agree or disagree to every/all questions. I think the last thing an employers want is EXTREMELY Agree/Disagree any thing. Employers want cogs/sheep just doing work not EXTREMELY disrupting their business model. What does everyone else think? How do these pursonality tests work?
I applied for a amazon job. Just for a way to get money...It was almost Perfect! within my location doesnt murder my wallet with gas money...And then they wanted me to take an in person interview...an HOUR away. Behind a toll-gate and not even fucking garrenteed to get the position
Worst part for me is how you read these job descriptions and they all suck and will ruin your life in some way and yet you have to kiss so much ass to get them. I am just... physically incapable. I don't think I can write another cover letter in my life
Indeed, and glassdoor usually lists the salary, they also have at least 10 jobs in nearly every location in the states, if you live there. Pretty easy to find a job.
Has anyone else tried using an e-portfolio, along with their resume? or maybe just applying with an e-portfolio? You definitely stand out more to the hiring manager and with an e-portfolio, you can actually show what experience you have by showing the projects you've worked on. I would suggest, using this site called Sizigi, which is free to use and really easy to use!
Omg the rollercoaster of constantly questioning if I even have any skills/assets, GRINDING writing a cover letter, submitting it, and then feeling fucking victorious for 5 hours and fantasizing about a career in which I grow and flourish lmao. Then starting over again. I absolutely hate it.
I feel like a traitor for commenting though because recently got lucky AS FUCK 😂 I moved one country over, got a dope apartment (while having no income like how), and then after three months of having no energy for job hunting I got hired after writing ONE APPLICATION which was an OPEN application at this company I'd been checking out for MONTHS, AND.. The company aligns with my values, I really fit in, my boss really appreciates my skills, I've been performing really fucking well, I'm not even suffering from impostor syndrome.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Good lord you just described me in the past 2 months!
Also congrats!
I know how you feel. I will come across an opportunity and binge on what it could be like. . .all for nothing to ever happen or hear back.
Amazing how we Millennials all grew up being told we'd never get a job without going to college. As it feels more and more mandatory, why shouldn't it be free like k-12? Solidarity with all service workers who have degrees out there - this vid is so relatable.
Thank you and I agree! Education should be a great choice, not a financial burden
I’ve been advised to lie and act like I’m not educated. I really did think there was something wrong with me when I couldn’t get a job after college. But it was 2005! Shit was about to hit the fan!
A fun thing specific to job hunting as a software developer is postings that require five years of experience with a programming language that has only existed for three years.
"Entry level position" but also "requires 5+ years experience in deep neural nets and cutting edge AI research" [didn't even exist outside of academia 5+ years ago]
THIS. I saw a job posting for a cloud security engineer that required 20+ years of experience working with the cloud. Like.. what?
I can't believe all the free time, energy and labor we put into just looking for jobs, carefully constructing resumes and cover letters and memorizing how to answer interview questions and pretending like we're excited to work for some random company, simply because we need the money to survive. there are so many jobs that are gatekept behind a cover letter, references, a degree, etc etc and it's incredibly unfair and exhausting. all this work we put into applying and interviewing for jobs so we can pay for essentials and most of the time we can't even get a call back......what are we even supposed to do? idk if I'll ever be able to get a non minimum wage job bc of my lack of a degree/experience in any other field, I've applied to so many jobs at this point and am still getting daily emails from all those weird job board sites, but it's all been for nothing so far
Applying for an internship is fun too. You offer your free labour, spend hours perfecting your application (at least I do) and get a two lines rejection email in which they spell your name wrong.
Yep, my elementary education program required a one year unpaid internship and I was like I am an adult with real bills and my family, how do I survive on no income for a year? They couldn't respond. So I changed back to my history major.
My parents think I’m lazy cos everywhere we go says they’re hiring but hiring process is hell on earth they only hire people they know I’ve gone to countless interviews and I never get hired
"So why do you want this job"
Well, yknow, I need money in order to buy food, pay rent, and generally exist. So that's the main reason. Yeah.
I literally just filled out one of those personality tests with questions such as "IF SOMEONE STEALS A PEN DO YOU REPORT THEM TO HR?!" also "ARE YOU FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE THAT SMOKE THE ''MARIJUANA''?
Businesses should NOT be giving their employees personality tests that is creepy AF wtf. (Also, rumor has is that some businesses use these personality tests to select FOR sociopathic traits so...maybe that's a good thing you didn't "pass", though it is shitty they fired you!) Also, I hate that hiring managers don't validate customer service/retail experience.
Yeah I think that's a way is disqualify candidates
I’m not that experienced in work world or anything but that sounds like maybe David Wallace in New York told the branch manager they had to downsize a firm number of people because the branch didn’t meet productivity expectations that year and the manager gave everyone a quiz the results of which didn’t matter so they didn’t have to admit the real reason or take accountability
i've had interviews at companies that wanted to schedule second interviews and then....never followed through. every other interview i've had with a company has resulted in nothing. like they literally don't have the courtesy to tell me that they've moved to other applicants, i'm just left waiting.
Job hunting now and I feel this in my soul. I have a several year gap on my resume after dealing with some health issues, among other things, and I feel like it's not doing me any favors.
It is truly the worst! I hope it goes better for you than it does for me 😂
you can say that you were a freelancer in something you're actually good at like serving or bartending, or say you were a nanny/babysitter for a family member with a different last name...things like that :)
The WORST thing I've encountered is the automated interviews. I've had this a couple of times where you are given a question and have to record a timed response. You get a couple of redos but it has never felt like anything but a awkward talking to a wall. And I've never gotten a real interview after one of those.
Also...fuck those companies that want you to do some quirky video resume. While maybe that can work sort of like an art portfolio for content creation jobs, I've seen articles about people using those for other forms of work which is nuts. I'm here to make pivot tables in the spreadsheet mines, all you need to know is a) I've got the skills and b) I show up on time. You don't need me to do a skit about how I love spreadsheets.
Holy shit I’ve never encountered either of these! That’s insanity unless you’re in media production or something
I don't think video resumes are standard so don't worry about them. If a company asks for one...run.
Urban Outfitters made me do that shit lol RIP (I never heard back of course)
@@360shadowmoonthat happened to me and I declined to go any further. Absolutely ridiculous! I prefer a simple process where it’s one interview, one paid assessment test and boom job offer!
All the time and energy just to get a job, any job, is draining. Even taking assessment tests makes the job not worth getting.
i see so many jobs posted that say you must have a license even if driving has nothing to do with the job. I can only apply to retail and fast food jobs because of this
The whole system is so exploitative. We. Need. Job. Guarantees. Especially for those who are neurodiverse and have records. I used to (not long ago) work to help people with disabilities (DD) find jobs and it was HEARTBREAKING. Every day.
And that was in a good economy.
I have ADHD, non-existent multi-tasking abilities, but hyper focus and reaction times second to no one. Wound up just making a fortune on my own. But, of course, enough is never enough, so I started looking for remote work to do when I have down time. This society... Man, idk. How is this thing still even functioning at all?
I alluded this on your twitter not too long ago but not putting the salary/compensation is such a pain in the ass. I think it's rather important to know up front if you can afford to take a particular job. It's really not worth your time pursuing something if it won't pay your bills.
My wife just managed to break out of a decade of retail and into the world of 9-5 email jobs. She had a vague enough resume and the HR lady liked her enough to put her in for a project management job instead of the receptionist job she applied for. It was a complete stroke of luck, which is what most non-STEM job hunting seems to be.
Implying that STEM job hunting doesn't require dumb luck?
As someone in the STEM field jobs are only like a few categories…. Are you a beep boop programming person, a computer sketchy sketch person, a lab rat microscope nerd, manufacturing person who make machine/product more good, or construction developer simp who tests concrete
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm applying for jobs right now and it makes me feel terrible about myself every single day. I've been applying for work on Indeed and they make you take these like quizzes and one of them is like a fake interview for the job that you're not even being considered for because you're just submitting your resume and cover letter. It's literally so absurd. Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching your channel grow ! Appreciate your videos so much.
that is so kind, I hope you have great luck in your job search
I actually had a test that was worse than a personality test. It was a job for Koch Industries where they wanted to test my pattern recognition which okay? But the "pattern" was a single shape and they asked which shape comes next. I apparently automatically failed and was locked out of applying for another job with them for a year
That sounds a lot like an IQ test...which is very weird. What does your ability to think neurotypically have to do with how well you will perform in that job?
@@nuelle2361 Not to be rude, but I study this stuff and IQ has been found to be the most reliable predictor of job performance across jobs again and again.
I'm anticapitalist and all, I'm probably on your side, just wanted to answer your question.
@@riotgrrrl8807 Really? But wouldn't it be better to test the individual on the skills necessary for the job instead? Not saying that you're wrong or anything, but testing IQ for a job seems strange and a bit discriminatory.
@@nuelle2361 If it's not very straight forward, there's quite a bit of analysis that goes into finding out the exact skills you need for a position AND finding a valid, economic and reliable way to test for them.
When looking at predictors that are useful across jobs, we find that personality wise a high score in consciencousness (one of the big five) and even more a high IQ are desirable. When you take IQ to mean the ability to solve problems and adapt to new information, it kind of makes sense too.
I hope that maybe answered your question😊
Edit: Realistically many hiring decisions are made based on first impressions (assuming the same credentials across applicants). So an IQ-test is an easy, quick and cheap way to somewhat improve the hiring process based on empirical data.
I am actually thinking about those of us who just don't fit the mold pretty often. The system in place needs to always serve the people, not the other way round. Please don't take my comments the wrong way.
IQ tests are illegal. Please report.
Tbh I would have to wait for a capitalist billionaire to choke on his food so I can swoop in and Heimlich him for the chance to be rewarded an entry level grunt work position, possibly as a janitor in one of his companies. Because that’s more realistic than me finding a job whilst having 2 friggin degrees and 10+ years of random experience in various fields. I feel sick.
When I was applying for a food service job they had me do one of those personality tests and I made sure to respond with the kind of answers they were expecting.
It felt like they were trying to suss out who would go around the corporate hierarchy or try to organize etc.
"Now you begin a new chapter where someone else can exploit your labor all day" my god if that isn't the truest statement I have ever heard...
Temp agencies are a gold mine - I finally found steady office work by contacting a local university's temp agency, got assigned a part-time temp job, proved myself valuable to the supervisors, and was offered a full-time position after only a month. It's not always that simple, but I'm just so relieved to be out of the retail/service industry. Rooting for everyone else in similar positions.
Thank you Kelgore job hunting makes me want to DIE
I’m glad I’m not the only one lol
I'm intimidated out of applying to any posting that uses business-speak jargon-any jargon-but especially patronizing bullshit like "passionate".
As a server working on a degree and also her resume for practicums (free exploitation, yay) this almost made me throw up from from anxiety. Maybe I reached the diarrhea stage early. 🙃
Love to get an interview for what is rapidly becoming more clearly a MLM sales recruitment.
I’ve had exactly one of those and I will never be fooled again. Worst/funniest interview I’ve had to date lol. To be fair the job listing was for an administrative assistant but the interview quickly become a chance for a SALES OPPORTUNITY
The hopeful to hopeless is 100% me. I'm late to this video but it's just what I needed now. Need to stop imagining my new life every time I apply for a job I really love only to never hear back from them. I am also pigeonholed in one industry and trying to get out of it but slim to no chance I feel like I'm having a daily mental breakdown about it but still trying to be hopeful. At least I know I can get a job I don't want in 'my' industry when I run out of money.
Your channel is in odd ways is very uplifting and inspiring because it remind us that we are not alone in a process (such as job search and interviewing with hiring managers) that is extremely difficult to be successful in. Thank you so much for sharing
It is literally impossible to get a job with just bachelor's degree in the IT world. I only know 1 guy ever who pulled it off, he was my classmate in college but also happened to be a genius and he literally invented Alexa by himself with no school resources. That standard is so ridiculous there's still around a 40% never hired rate among fresh college IT grads.
Did all this, got the job. A month later I was fired because they hired one too many people for the job and I was the last one.
I love when interview you in person, they say they'll get back to you, and never do.
Thanks! Well done! We need more people to ,"Tell it like it is!" One thing I always thought was funny, is that when I went to job interviews where I really didn't care about getting the job, I'd get more offers, but for the jobs I thought I really wanted, I'd never get an offer.
I applied for a job and was told there were 3 separate interviews. I do the first interview two weeks pass before I find out I passed the first stage. I have to wait 2 weeks for the next interview. The process repeats for the next 2 interviews (3 months waiting in total) to be told 2 weeks after the final interview I'm the top candidate but the position is no longer available 🙃✌️
This is the most accurate depiction of the job search I have ever seen. The only part I would add is the networking that you also do - LinkedIn and In-person meetings before you are even considered for the role. It always results in getting directed back to the website anyways. Companies Lie. Say they want people - but they don't. In the end, all the really good roles are going to insiders, regardless of how great you are.
No Kelgore, you don't get it. Job hunting should be legal, where you can hunt a CEO like an animal and if you do, you can pick any job at their company
I remember when I tried to get a summer job in 2019 before I went off to uni. I spent nearly a month looking for one on various platforms, it took forever and there was so much bs restrictions like having to be a career employee at Starbucks if you needed a job or what I call "The Experience Paradox" which is where you need experience to get his job but you need a job in the first place to get that experience. Luckily I got a job as a camp counselor. But the funniest thing i remember was when I was halfway through my contract and I was carpooling with my coworker to the Metro, I got a call from Whole Foods to tell me that they were interested in an interview with me. Literally a month after I sent my resume!
in my industry i have to curate a separate portfolio for each type of job i want-- like character portfolios, background portfolios, storyboard portfolios, all different depending on the style of the place i'm applying to. it's absolutely exhausting.
Job hunting here 🙋 as a developer (kinda), I often have to work on challenges between interviews. So I spend one entire week working my ass off to solve this stuff, I present my solution to the team and they tell me they like it, and then one month later they admit that they chose someone with more experience in the end "😙sorrrryyyy😙😙love you good luck byyyeee😜"
Anyway, job hunting is the worst for my mental health (and health in general since I eat trash all day long)
I literally just had this happen to me! (I'm in the UX Design side) they ended up telling me that "We actually realized that we need someone with more seniority within the field" THEN WHY DID YOU WASTE MY TIME???
Luckily this was a paid challenge so I guess my time wasn't too wasted..
@@TimeaIsTrying omg it's the worst!!
never heard about a paid challenge, that sounds great 😅
good luck in your job hunting ❤️
@@SallyLock103emeCaris Thanks! Good luck to you as well! :)
@@TimeaIsTrying thanks ❤️
I just saw a job posting where the job post was listed as a sales position but in the last line of the job description they admit this is actually a sales support/customer service position and after two years you are then eligible, not even guaranteed, to be promoted to sales. By that same logic a janitor is eligible to be CEO after X amount of time if they have that grind set mind set
Thank you. I’m sharing your video with people that doubt I’m trying to find work. My fave part of it all is typing on a portable keyboard connected to my phone that runs out of power after 2 hours of typing. Then when the phone reboots i find all of my work wasn’t saved by their program. No problem. I can stay up another two hours-or all night if I need to-since i don’t have a job.
This is why I just lie to everyone
This me now I only have rejection letter or they will interview me or say hey wanna reach out and then never do. Personality quizzes should be illegal I mean what does my personality have to with the job. I also hate that banks or customer service jobs say you only need 1 year of retail experience and have 10 years and I can't get anything but and rejection letter. Yet the job will be still be be back a couple of weeks later. Like just give me a chance people. Teach me I'm willing to learn. Or work at home jobs that say are an interview but are really just the company overview hyping up their company. Like don't waste my time lying to me either it's interview or not. I could be applying for other jobs instead. Assments have made me lose jobs make those illegal too.
One big mistake that people make is to only apply to jobs that fit what they are looking for. Apply for as wide a range as you can and tweak your resume if it's too much of a stretch. If it's something you really are interested in, retool your resume to fit all of the requirements listed in the job description. Apply when they don't have a salary listed. Those are the better jobs. If you get a callback just ask what their budget is. They will tell you 9 times out of 10. After you get past the call back it's 100% selling yourself. Which means honesty is a fools game. Don't outright lie but if they ask if you have experience doing x, the answer is always a very confident yes followed by a triumphant personal story about how x is analogous to something you used to do all the time that vaguely fits the criteria. Finally, personality tests can be tweaked by answering questions based on what kind of person they want you to be vs who you are. In short, it's all bullsh*t. Treat every step as such.
Yes, you hit some key points. I went back to college to get a 1 year diploma in Web Design & Development, and looking for a job in this sucks big time. I've applied to 50+ jobs on indeed with 0 interviews. The last time I looked for work was 5 years ago and it was hard back then too, but now it just seems impossible.
I hate job hunting but I love my friend Kelgore, she rules.
I went to a tech school to earn a certificate for a better life but it's just made job searches more desperate and frustrating. My industry is pretending it wasnt obliterated by covid. RIP.
Would you mind saying what your certificate was? I work in a college that offers some short term programs and ppl are always saying that a certification in something is the way to go since you can “walk out here and make 60 bucks an hour.”
@@WitchPaper1I studied cosmetology at an Aveda clinic, which was poorly managed and understaffed
Its worst when you live in a rural area in a small town...all the decent jobs or schools are like 44 minutes to an hour or so away 🤷🏽♀️. Its great. Especially when you cant afford to relocate unless living in your tiny car works for ya
Going through this now. Trying to break out of nannying, which is what I’ve been doing since completing university in 2020. It is TOUGH
The only reason I got my job is because I started as a temp worker and my manager liked me enough to hire me full time
Fck this is so accurate. I’m 23 and have worked mostly customer service jobs and a bit of interning at a nonprofit when I was studying Social Work in college and I’m just like....what do I even go for. I don’t even want to work as. I just want decent money 😭
I find a lot of places just don't call back but post a lot.
Thank you for this video, it's very relatable and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one (especially the "imagining your new life and setting for only one job" and never hearing from them or getting a rejection email in the best case lmao)
That was a fun video. That's exactly how it is... Even in a country like Mozambique.... Except you never get a rejection letter. I doubt they even read the CV and cover letters. They just end up hiring their friend or someone who paid for the position.
I have been job hunting for the last year.. graduated into the pandemic with a design degree (so overly saturated it isn't even funny)
The worst part is that most places now use Applicant tracking systems for resumes, and if you have the specific keywords that are in the job posting in your resume, theres no point in even applying since it probably wont get seen by a person :/
getting my degree at the end of the year at the ripe ol age of 29. anticipating everything you said about job hunting in this entire video, especially considering all of my resume experience is restaurants.
I was sexually harassed a lot at my old job, and job hunting is still WAY more degrading.
Sue them
@@nyki7fykxtjxyi I was a lifeguard at the pool and we were all teens to young adults. I'd have no evidence at all, everyone would be against me, and even if I won, I don't think I'd even want to bring the hammer down on either my coworkers or the pool for something a bunch of teenage idiots did. Your advice is good in the general case and I appreciate your attitude towards the subject matter.
Degree in Computer Science...
Current job: letter carrier
Best way of utilizing my computer skills..... lulz
job hunting while ND is a pain in the ass. don't bother looking for any kind of accommodations because even an utterance of the word at any time can spell death at the interview or even after working at a company for 3 years.
2020 was grueling for me. My company had to put employees including me on limbo and applying to jobs made me feel like my skills are mediocre as hell and I'm not gonna get hired for what I got a degree for.
My mom and my friends told me to detach myself from work because it really shouldn't define me entirely. I got a job around October 2020 but the company I thought was better than my previous one was complete dogshite. They were cost-cutting because of the pandemic which is understandable but 100+ branches and only about 4 people in marketing was a recipe for disaster.
Fortunately working for them landed me to a better paying job now and job hunting this 2021 was kinda better. My previous company last October 2020 was a known coffee chain in my country and it boosted my resume enough for people to keep calling me. Although a lot of them were red flags before I landed on a much better startup.
I knew you were ENTP!! :) ignore those idiots!!! Entps are awesome, and one of the best personalities! You think outside of the box, you have amazing problem solving skills, you can see an issue from a million different sides, and you have amazing people skills. You excell at removing roadblocks on projects, you shine when you gotta think up solutions to unexpected problems and you are so good with people you shine so bright when you have to talk a whole group of them through difficult or hard change at work. I would want 10 ENTPs on my team at all times for just those benefits. Truly and honestly. The jobs who rejected you on this are looking for rule following sheep personalities and you aren't a sheep, you're an entp! :)
lmao thank you thats nice to hear
@@Kelgore no worries! I worked closely with an ENTP on a long and difficult project and they were amazing the whole time in these ways. Knew how to handle difficult people, remove obstructions, knew how to take a new direction when we had to suddenly shift gears, would spend time learning new things constantly, would jump on calls in all sorts of situations to keep the ball rolling forward and the people focused on the goal we are trying to accomplish.. so I want you to know you bring a lot of value with your natural skills and abilities.
Don't forget on top of the personality and assessment tests you have the same company requiring a second or third or even a fourth interview before they determine whether or not they want to hire you. And then when you finally get the job what do you get? More quizes, assessments, vision tests, physical fitness tests, drug tests, backround checks you name it they require that you do it.
i go to a job interview only to find out it's a temporary project... like wtf would've been great if you mentioned that in the ad thanks for wasting my time energy and hopes for nothing
I kid you not it took me three years after graduating high school to finally get a job. And that was with the help of a temp agency. I've been at my job for 6 and a half years and watching this video has reminded me to be grateful for the job I do have. The struggle was real and I can't even begin to imagine how much harder it is to job hunt nowadays.
just got a prager U ad on your video... I felt dirty
My grandmother was haunted by one of the earlier computers in the 1970’s, those ones that are the size of a whole bedroom, she was trapped inside it like tron.😂😂😂😂 your hilarious!
Attention too detail, you crack me up
My degree is in communications too 😆 never used it...it could be applicable everywhere but no one really appreciates it.
I was doing this the other day and found a place that needed data input for archaeologists. Did some digging bc they were asking for a cover letter and found out it's an oil company. Didn't say ANYWHERE on their website, found out thru wikipedia.
Might still apply tho, and that makes me sad.
Why does this hurt
too real! (really love your videos btw)
I picked a bad time to get in to tech, they are currently doing hiring freezes and layoffs... I guess they don't have A.I. money anymore
Nailed it, exactly how I feel
Omg we have the literal same job template. 😅
Lmfao Those reapplication emails get me every time. I swear. 😂
I usually have a beer or two before indeed perusing....
Not to mention as a woman bartender I wonder what’s going to happen to me post say.. 35? Will people keep hiring me when I’m “old” lol
35 is not old, 60-70 now that's old
Recruiters who cold call you and talk about some amazing sounding job for 20 mins then ask if you have questions and you ask how much it pays...
No, sorry you just wasted both of our time! I can't take that paycut!!
Job hunting was easy for me, circa 2016 - 2019, after getting out of prison and off probation, c. Now it feels like a slog.
The diarrhea phase 😂.
As i watched this, an ad for a beachbossinfluencer popped up.
I didn't go to school, I didn't get a job, I don't have a job, I didn't inherit any money, yet I'm better off than any of you, you'll never get ahead in life working a regular job, so don't go looking for a job, jobs consumes so much of your productive time that you don't have any left to build wealth, enjoy time with your family, or anything else that's important, the purpose of a job is to make someone else wealthy, and give you just enough money to stay above broke, the purpose of public School is to prepare you for a job.
Yes, job-hunting is AWFUL.
I've been searching for a job since October - no dice. The only people I know who have jobs got them through nepotism. I'm about to yeet myself off the mortal coil and my mum keeps reminding me I'm a worthless burden. I crave death.
i hope you find something that pays you decently soon! please do not yeet. i am back to working in a bar and sometimes it gives me a crisis but in reality its a low-stakes job, i dont think about work when im at home, and i get paid an okay amount for my time. no job you get will please everyone in your life so just do what feels right for yourself
@Kelgore unfortunately I'm disabled as well which limits the jobs I can apply to (though my mum has decided I'm faking it in order to not have to work)
I think the pursonality test is just a challenge to answer questions right down the middle, with a little variation so it doesn't look like you neither agree or disagree to every/all questions. I think the last thing an employers want is EXTREMELY Agree/Disagree any thing. Employers want cogs/sheep just doing work not EXTREMELY disrupting their business model. What does everyone else think? How do these pursonality tests work?
I applied for a amazon job. Just for a way to get money...It was almost Perfect! within my location doesnt murder my wallet with gas money...And then they wanted me to take an in person interview...an HOUR away. Behind a toll-gate and not even fucking garrenteed to get the position
Oh good God why that school in particular. Just hit a little too close to home.
Lol are you a proud ASU online grad too?
@@Kelgore Well yes but also no. Was actually an on campus student then Covid hit and everything moved online.
Worst part for me is how you read these job descriptions and they all suck and will ruin your life in some way and yet you have to kiss so much ass to get them. I am just... physically incapable. I don't think I can write another cover letter in my life
Great video
It still sucks job hunting in 2023 and this video is so accurate even now! 😂
Indeed, and glassdoor usually lists the salary, they also have at least 10 jobs in nearly every location in the states, if you live there. Pretty easy to find a job.
did you like your own comment lol
Wow we really are in a recession.
My least favorite part is the cover letter. You have to change it every time and it never sounds right. Too many run-on sentences!
*sigh* you're right...
Going through this right now
Job hunting Sux! I hate it, I hate jobs and how do I escape this hell? I keep thinking entrepreneurial is the only escape! 😢
*salary commensurate with experience*
Misery and Company sitting in a tree...
Looking forward to doing all this in four years :)))))))
You so right on this veido and over 45 happend le thanks about ghost
You're funny!
Has anyone else tried using an e-portfolio, along with their resume? or maybe just applying with an e-portfolio? You definitely stand out more to the hiring manager and with an e-portfolio, you can actually show what experience you have by showing the projects you've worked on. I would suggest, using this site called Sizigi, which is free to use and really easy to use!