Exactly, it’s been horrible. I have been looking for 7 months now and feel so hopeless. I did have a professional optimize my resume. I have been using 2 different resumes and using Indeed and Ziprecruiter mostly. The problem is hundreds of people apply for 1 job. I have applied directly and through employment agencies. I have had multiple interviews and watched many interviews on how to ace interviews but never get the job. It is now really affecting my mental health but don’t know what to do. My unemployment is about to run out.
@@rosevillewoman2055 I feel you! I’m on the same boat. It’s wild. 😣😖 I’m literally working a part time in maintenance because I need to survive 😭 I keep applying and I just don’t hire.
"You probably won't get screened for a job you don't have relevant experience for." Ah yes, also known as "the job I took out of college because I was trying to avoid homelessness and starving has now determined what I'm allowed to do for the rest of my life" effect.
Maybe in different contexts, but you would be surprised how many people think that they can't switch carriers because it's too late. I used to be a chemist for few years and at 28 I became software developer. My brother who is 24 right said that he never considered switching jobs, because he is working is some field for a two years.
1 optimize resume to comply with ATS 2 have multiple resumes 3 narrow down to a few job boards 4 apply less to spend time networking on linkedin and apply only for jobs you're qualified for 5 create templates 6 use efficiency tools 7 set up alerts
Great Tiffany 👍 Unfortunately the economy, tight competitive environment and unethical recruiting practices afforded…makes your hiring unfortunately rare.
I just wing it. most modern companies dont deserve any more respect than that. people taking crap from companies just makes companies treat them worse.
The dark side of this process is the flippant attitude to time wasting the Hiring Manager is comfortable putting applicants through due to vague listings and the low level of privacy commitment for submitted documents.
Panic Applying. Wow, that's what I've always done and I end up getting work I hate and then quit ASAP. It's important for me now to take a job I am a good fit for and will stay at.
Not an unreasonable question. If a candidate hasn't got an answer for the most basic question it shows a lack of care for the company or role being advertised.
@@GethAndroid nothing basic about the question. Most ppl have to be told what they are really asking about is how company centric you are and how much research you did on the company. In fact there should be an HR to english dictionary.
It surprisingly took me only two months (3 weeks for background check) to find a good job after getting laid off. Thank you Bryan for your free videos here and dream catcher course
I wish I could just work part-time. I feel like my mental health would be so much better. In a dark place right now with my job/situation. Finding it harder and harder to go in everyday, especially in light of news of my company laying off a bunch of people and now expecting us to pick up all the slack. So yes, I’m panic applying right now.
Apply as much as possible. More than half are fake postings or scam, 1/4 wont even bother reaching out even if you are overqualified and the other 1/4 might view your resume at best with a few reaching out.
Hope you’re in a better place. I just graduated with my Masters degree and I could be in the organization you’re in. It’s insurance. Not a job I wanted n they’re desperate to hire anyone but am just in it for the short term money until I find what I need.
Hello Brian, I was glad to hear you mention 'panic applying'. I never thought about it that way but thinking back that's probably how I went about applying for jobs most of the time. Most of my job searching experiences have left me anxious and stressed. My mental health suffered greatly for it
By listening to your suggestion, I didn't realize myself and blamed myself for wasting an endless search by sending my resume. Thank you for helping and making me a better version of myself.
This is what I am wondering. Most of my job experience is in teaching and some sales. I want to branch out. But it seems like nowhere wants to train anyone anymore, which is insane.
@@davidcarvajal5739 your right I agree 190% the only way you get a job these days is it’s who you know u can beg and beg all you want but nothing will help u get the job unless you have connections i seen people find job after job after job after job and they didn’t stay on the job that long they find jobs right away because Its who they know u can beg a boss all u want but nothing helps the boss hires anyone he wants
most decent jobs aren't interested in CVs, they want you to complete their own online forms. so, you put all that hardworking into CV and job site transfers you tot he corporate site where you have to start from scratch.
It really sucks that we live in a world today where us employees and workers bring the company the most value, yet, we are constantly the ones who have to go through years of school, often accepting minimum wage pay the entire way through, just to get a degree that may or may not be valued by some employer when we have to continuously go out of our way to prove our worth to. It should be the other way around. Employers should be coming to us, I know they have career fair events and stuff, but it's not enough. There shouldn't be a lot of people graduating with STEM degrees without any jobs lined up.
Are you saying 90%+ ppl apply for jobs they do not have any background in? If that is the case, I am not surprised they are not very successful. Bryan says your resume should match 70%+ of the job requiements. Which part of this statement do the people not understand? As a side note, if your resume is more than 90% match for a job then you are overqualified and will not be hired either. In that case dumb it down a bit or apply for more challenging roles.
@@myoutuber77 Yes and agree. Biggest problem for jobseekers is they almost all do the same thing - apply and wait. Need to do cold outreach. Found my kid a job (sad, I know) in a week with cold email outreach. I will be doing a video someday on this - soon.
I knew I should have learned to play drums. I'd rather be a broke musician living out of a van than a broke...whatever you want to call this existence.
This is the situation of a friend of mine ( 2 Oxford university masters degrees in STEM ( Mathematics and Economics) ) for a position: 1. Written test ( general) 2. Second written test ( specific) 3. Introduction interview 4. Follow up interview with HR ( low level) 5. New interview with HR ( actual HR manager) 6. another written test 7. another interview with HR, COO and CEO. then he didnt hear from them for 1 month which turned into 3 and no responses to his 15 emails he sent in that time. He moved out of the west and went to Chile, where he owns now a bunch of companies and is a professor at the top university there. Then out of the blue the jackasses i wrote above suddenly responded ( 5 years after the initial written test). He told them to fck off and pound sand
How about a video on how to get real recruiters on linkedin to contact you instead of one million guys in india that have zero affiliation with any agency that these companies actually work with?
Nice job. I spent27-years in global retained search. There are so many "experts" offering advice, huckerstering templates, etc and they do more harm than good.
Basically this guy is suggesting that you bend over hard for companies and hope they will even look at your resume. In the job market now I dont think actual skills play as big a part as nepotism and knowing someone within a company and getting areferral. I know a guy in the tech industry that has over a dozen high level current certifications, Masters Degree and still cant find a job. Meanwhile he checked on positions that were open and found out they were filled by some beginner , but the beginner knew someone. All his skills are going to waste. Its sad to see this take place. Companies need to stop playing around and start hiring based on merit and ability and stop giving jobs to their friends who dont know a damn thing.
Yeah they don't hire you just because you have perfect skills and experience; I just received a rejection letter saying that they've decided to go with someone from their own company. And there more than a hundred people applying for the job.
@@marlenaeva3813 Yeah, I hear you on that. People who havent been through this kind of jerk around job chase will say you are "whining" or making excuses and "Just apply to other jobs" or "Maybe it was something you need to tweak on your resume". Basically people who havent been through this blame everything on something the jobseeker did and dont want to put the blame on the employers hiring practices or lack thereof. Employers need to be called out for nepotism enabling and hiring people based on their ability to kiss the most azz. How long have you been at it looking for a job/career?
Yeeep. It's one of the reasons why I really do hate when he does videos like this. Because he really doesn't understand what the job market is like from a JOB SEEKER'S point of view. He only understands it from recruitment's point of view. And recruitment's point of view is that it's always the job seeker's problem, never the employer. That if you just constantly let yourself be abused for weeks, months, or even years on end, you will eventually climb that mystical corporate ladder (or even set foot on the first rung of it, for that matter). Obviously, this isn't true, but so many people fall for that kind of bad advice. It's really sad, tbh.
Exactly. Point is to get past all the filters the job hunting process has created. Job boards, recruiters, and even HR become mute when you know someone inside the organization you want to work at.
Question for you about using job boards... how do you target corporate recruiters (full-time employers) and avoid staff augmentation recruiters (for contractors) when you post your resume on a job board ?
What about an old guy who had the carpet pulled out from his feet at 60, and who's two previous careers (40+ years combined) now seem obsolete? I hadn't been jobless since 1987. Most of your information seems to be directed toward younger folks who are in the generation to switch jobs every few years.
Im curious your thoughts on blue collar open interviews / hiring events. You bypass the ATS and get in front of a person. But the competition is fierce and you wait a long time for a very quick interview.
I've been through so many toxic work environments, I set boundaries now, I demand be treated like a human being - I don't take corporate rudeness personally any more.
I unfortunately might be looking for a new job myself, now. I missed the message from earlier in the month, but my office is now moving to a hybrid status and that's not what I signed up for. The job though has a LOT of benefits I've never had before, or not to this extent, so the hunt is going to be hard. I did get a text for a job this morning that pays quite a bit better, but they've not responded back yet and I still need to see if they can match all of the perks my current job has (along with the details of the job. More pay is great, but not if the job is going to be a soul-suck). Either way, I'm not excited for my co-workers and bosses to see how introverted and reclusive I am, lol. Online communication allowed me to sound more social than I really am. Introverts aren't easily considered for promotions or raises.
I like in the idea of using an Excel spreadsheet to note where I am in the hiring process. Documenting on paper is good too, but it takes a lot of paper.
I going to keep looking for jobs where my skills transfer. My field is low paying and has no work life balance. Hopefully I can combine my Hospitality with another hospitality/ something job.
I was recently laid off as a new grad. I've been applying for a month with very few screenings. Thank you for your information and I will not start optimizing my resume and target jobs that matches my experience(even though most entry-level jobs now require 5+ years of experience). Still, it is rough. I never felt so hopeless in my life...
@@lizzi437 Can always start learning that trade now. I mean, if it'd take you a year to learn, how old will you be in a year if you don't learn that skill?
All of these job seeker help videos need to start with a clear disclaimer that if you have serious skills gaps (but actually "certifications"), you aren't the one the video is for. There's nothing these videos can do for you until you find a way to gain those skills.
Totally agree skills and certifications seem to open doors very fast. I was applying for jobs before without any specific skills to point too and never got even a single interview. Once I had just a few months of training the interview and offers seemed to flow so yep totally right. RU-vidrs never spend much time talking about good jobs take extra long even once hired!!
Apparently employers will pass over your resume if you have a break in employment, which is crazy. People get burnt out, I know I do. I want to get back into the job force to help my family out, but nowhere wants to hire.
An excellent - if extremely frustrating - point on the need for an exact or near exact skills match when job searching. Something that I hear constantly from folks - trying to be helpful - who have not been unemployed lately is, "Apply anyway, even if you don't meet all the qualifications." Folks, that may have been viable advice 5 years ago, but these days it's a waste of everyone's time. In biotech, for instance, there was a time when you could become a project or program manager with a PMP and tangential tech or clinical experience. Now, if you don't have a PhD and bench experience in the field, you will likely be eliminated immediately. Hiring managers want people who can plug and play from day one. Unfortunately that leaves many of us as slaves to what may be very niche experience.
False. As long as you have the skills that are transferable, it’s always worth a shot. You aren’t wasting anyone’s time but the person who reviews your resume. There is always a chance you can get the job if your resume has something of interest to a recruiter/hr. You are basically saying “it IS too late”, which is entirely misleading and couldn’t be more wrong.
@@youtubedeletestheoppositio8188 I haven’t stopped doing it, and have tailored my resume for each role. But I have been turned down first round for roles that are far closer to my previous experience than the last shift in my career a few years ago. And as the video suggests, hiring managers are being very, very picky these days. Also, there is a cost, psychologically, from the drumbeat of rejection emails.
The problem with the plug and play employee is that they are already in a job and the job ad is setting the salary too low based on their experience (normally not even at median). That candidate is probably at the top where they are, why would they leave to have to build up their credibility all over again. Its a catch-22 for everyone, the company goes on without a candidate, you are still unemployed and the star candidate wants to negotiate a better salary.
Apparently one resume is NOT a one size fits all. Now I just gotta tailor it accordingly to the job description that shows. Thanks for the tips!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
But what if your resume is all retail management for last 6yrs? How can I optimize it if I want to transition into business office roles? I am having no luck..its been one month since I lost my job.
Why is it taking so long to find a job? Because AI and automation is shrinking the job market. Employers do not need so many employees as they did in the past.
Multiple resumes strategy is old school. Nowdays the resumes should align completely with the linkedin profile otherwise you are inflicting an unnecessary self harm.
Your resume should completely align with the job posting while not conflicting with your LinkedIn profile. Employers want specific things, and 10 different employers seeking candidates for the exact same position are all looking for 10 different things. The same resume will NOT work for all 10. You can use the same base resume and tweak it with just a few replaced keywords here and there, but you HAVE to customize each resume for each job you apply for no matter how perfect you think your resume is. It's not the quality of your resume that matters these days, it's your ability to concisely show how YOU qualify for the position you're applying for that matters.
@@asinsodojrn Based on the principle that a resume should strictly be one page you don’t have enough space to add more details, on the contrary Linkedin provides more flexibility on that regard. To your point of adding different keywords based on the posting, yes I agree but at the same time this is not considered tailoring in a traditional sense.
I live in the UK, no degree, 23 years old and on my butt. I’ve been looking into get into university to get a degree because I want to go down the teaching route but finding a job, closer to home and with the same or more money is so difficult. Everywhere I look they say that I’m not experienced enough or whatever. Even as a Legal Assistant in several law firms I still struggle to find any similar roles. On top, I hate my job and the people I work with. I don’t want to go for another firm but it seems that may be where I end up. Stressing, crying and anxious constantly. It’s been a struggle, hoping to get a job that I enjoy soon but it’s hard
I'm on unemployment pay right now that only barely pays the rent. I have however decided against "panic-applying". Yes, I am constantly taking money from my savings account to be able to live and eat healthy, but I also don't want to apply for a job I really don't want. I *have* to apply for a certain amount of jobs per month per the unemployment agency, but I customize my résumé for each, and really try to stand out. So far no luck and some ghosting by companies, but I try to stay positive. Maybe one day...
@@neelrastardust3052 Unfortunately not yet. I have applied for exactly 30 jobs now, no luck. It's because the competition is enormous in my field, because the market is oversaturated by people with my education
We need to push congress to make these companies who have massive corporate coffers that lay people off to boost their stock to be held accountable. I want everyone reading this to write their congress man/woman for mandatory 5 year severance packages for any company that did not have to lay off and it's paid out of the billions in corporate coffers. Similarly how if you file bankruptcy you can't have a bunch of assets, they must be sold, yet corporations can use corporate greed and sit on billions and lay workers off to boost stock. Write your congressman today and tell them you want corporate reparations and mandatory 5 year severance packages for solvent companies that lay off for no needed reason except greed and numbers.
That attitude won’t get you hired. I am sick of this whole selling yourself to employers thing. You go on a date aka an interview and try to portray yourself as the best prospect. If they like you they try to lock you in quickly before you know who they truly are. After you are committed aka hired, they start taking you for granted and start looking for your replacement.
How the hell do you know if the company laid off for "greed"?!! Have (you) ever run a company - or for that matter (owned) one?!! Answer: no - I'm sure.
One unintentional thing with unemployment is that you may take a job that is vastly lower than the job you had... I have found out that really hurts you in the eyes of some companies when you're applying.
yes great tips , what about those in a career transition since covid what they did before they can no longer do and thats all you have on a resume what you did for all those years in one area and no current skills in computers . Also I find it had to come up with titles for job postions just to put them in on indeed, and what you can actually qualify for
I’m looking for a job in the banking industry. I have 20 years experience as a Santander employee. Got laid off in November 2023 due to “structural changes”.
Erica Williams 1 second ago Hi Brian, thank you for the tips and all of this sounds good in theory. HOWEVER, I am faithfully doing all of the suggestions and cannot land a job. I am preparing for interviews, responding to content on LinkedIn, connecting with people on LinkedIn in my career field, PRAYING, following up, not hounding the hiring manger. I have had my resume reviewed, and still nothing! By the way, I work in the HR field, so I don’t know if it’s my name, which clearly identifies my race, or my age. Please advise on this scenario. I don’t want to appear desperate, but sadly I am. The constant rejection is too much for me. I have even taken a chance and asked for feedback following interviews, which I cannot get for legal reasons.
sorry to hear of your challenges but the HR/recruiting field is having an extra hard time landing new roles due to the huge reduction in open rec across high tech. if you're in a different industry then i can't comment on it.
Man this sucks I only worked 2 jobs all my life got laid off from them both after decades as a hard working American so my resume is not the greatest an I don't wanna lie with job experience I'm very smart can learn fast im computer literate but I'm not college educated just a high school diploma because I worked mostly all my life cause I had too sadly I had no time my only choice at this point is dead end jobs through indeed an other job apps an local agencies or try an get a degree an hope I don't go homeless in the process
That part about not having enough experience for a job..so how do you explain one of my friends getting a job he had no experience for with a huge salary and benefits? Either he lied about getting that job or some companies don't care about the lack of experience and are more interested in your skills/attitude/personality.
im looking for my first job everyone ignores me i made a human interface device. a web scraper, balistic computer and now im working with local private AI. im trying to get hired by a computer store
I dont understand, ive been laid off since covid (2020). And i need to bounce back in a new endeavor, but i want to continue in the automotive field ( i worked previously in the aerospace industry), how do i switch ?
There isn’t a better option for recruiter discoverability than LinkedIn. You can also use industry-specific tools like a GitHub or maybe Reddit. Perhaps a simple website. But a well-optimized LinkedIn presence will probably expose you to 95% more recruiters than other methods.
I've been in tech for 8 years and have never gotten hired off of Linkedln. The truth is, most are trash job opportunities and annoying recruiters trying to sucker you into a job you don't like, you don't want or you aren't qualified for!
Love the content! Curious to ask… what makes your course material better or what separates your courses from Andrew Lacivita’s? I’m not asking for stone throws or to create a recruiter rivalry, as I appreciate his and your respective content as I’ve learned a lot in a short period of time. I’m just wondering how you might tip the scales for me to purchase your material instead of his. 😊
I can’t comment on Andrew’s material, which I’m sure is great. My perspective is from that of a corporate recruiter with deep insider knowledge. I’d suggest going with your gut on this one and whoever you resonate with more. I’m sure you can’t go wrong in either direction.
I would go to the dentist any day rather than put up with a toxic deadly company and have panic attacks every day and be searching for a new job in a horrible market.
Thanks a lot for such informative videos. Request your advice on getting back into workforce after 2+ years of career gap due to medical emergency at home. I couldn't upskill myself during this period as most of the time was spent on taking care of my ailing mother. Since situation is settled now and I am ready to join workforce but it seems to be a dead end as no reply from companies despite of multiple applications having ATS friendly Resume'. I left my last job as an AVP-Finance and would like to restart with same level or a level below at least. Can you please help me in such situation by sharing your suggestions? Thanks!
No. No. See, this is the problem. I look for jobs, but there is nothing in between "flip burgers" and "be an astrophysicist". I cannot under any circumstances to physical labour of any kind, given that I'm multiply disabled, so I MUST have a desk job, but I CAN'T GET a desk job because, like I say, the parameters of EVERY. SINGLE. SITE. I have been on are "fry cook" or "astrophysicist". There is no in-between.
