Not great, I've been looking for a remote role in engineering. I only ever hear back from about 1/10 of online applications. I've started trying the custom resume for each job approach but it takes forever to apply. And I haven't seen an uptick in responses yet. LinkedIn suggests jobs that I'd be a good fit for and in under 1 hour of that job being posted it has over 100 applicants.
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2024
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Pretty shit at the mid/late career level over here. I have to be over 50 applications over the past month and a half and have heard back in some form or another from about 30% . One out of about every 10 companies that contact me without applying have something for me in my minimum salary requirements range, and only one of those has come back to say, "sorry, we actually filled that one already." I can't seem to get any sort of unemployment pay because my state sucks very particularly hard on that account, and I may have to make it to November to be sure of real employment. Having a great time
There's some cold humor to this if one's an anxious sort over applications. Toss'em about fretting over things, then get awkwardly relieved over no responses, least for a moment till you remember you could really use a damned response
Been running into mostly silence as well, so I know what it's like
I'm a recent university graduate who has been working in different entry positions since early high school. I thought a health Bachelors was going to finally allow me to obtain stable, relevant employment but it has done none of that so far: Healthcare institutions only care if you're a nurse and the one corporate job I got is substition-based, so I can only work if someone calls off which is highly inconsistent and unsustainable.
I feel like my only option is to apply for grad school in a medical profession pipeline, but I'm nervous about asking for letters of recommendation.
Most relevant job apps either deny me after a few days or simply do not respond. Even research or lab jobs no call me after a while, regardless if I follow up by contacting them directly.
Edit: Additionally, I can't even get unemployment as my last job was PRN during my intense year of classes and they need you to have been working near full-time hours for a number of weeks to get it.