Gone are the times when CV was enough. Now they want you to make an account to apply to their jobs. I had some jobs requiring me to fill in extensive brain-dead tests without anyone even having a glance at my CV. I mean, people don’t even really look at your CVs, do they? Now everything gets AI filtered. I got rejected from a position I believe I was overqualified for in ~5 minutes from applying. I had an interview today and I’d love to get the job, but I was sent a very overcomplicated form which is basically a retelling of my CV after the allegedly read through my CV and we had an interview where they could’ve asked me anything, which also features a references list! Why? It terrifies me they’d contact my employer and if they don’t hire me, which I assume they won’t, I’ll be seen as unloyal and therefore most likely to get overlooked when it comes to any promotions and whatnot. I hate it so much. I just want to work. Make me do work related exercises, not stuff for HR, please. PLEASE. PweAssseEEe. :cccccccc
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I hate how ridiculously employer-sided the market is at the moment
Meanwhile the news and government just don’t shut up about how workers have too much power right now and are being paid too much and unemployment’s too low
Motherfuckers what world are you living in? Everyone I know is saying how they’ve been applying to jobs for months and heard nothing.
The only nice part is when old people not yet retired, who dunked on younger generations also experience the job market and are confused, because they’re used to hearing back quickly, while now they struggle to find job offers, usually don’t hear back and when they do, the offer is really bad.
at the moment
i have bad news
The thing to understand with these overly complicated application processes, ridiculous tests, and AI filtering is that they exist not to ensure the highest quality candidate but rather to give hiring managers and HR departments plausible deniability. It’s there so if a new hire ends up being a liability they can say “oh we used the latest AI analysis! We made them do brain teasers like Google does!” It’s fault avoidance. Just think of it as a system to game.
Btw I actually got fired once for listing my current employer as a reference. I pretty much slacked off at work constantly so that was given as the reason, but honestly the real reason was clear. Fortunately I was accepted for the new job a couple hours after I was fired, but there were definitely a few hours there where I was wondering what I was going to do. I recommend if you have any other references not listing your current employer.
I’m not surprised, sadly. I listed someone who worked for me who got laid off and recommended for me to seek another job due to how my company treats employees who invest themselves into it. Honestly, I’m more worried they’ll ask me for documents, because I never get asked, but I legit have nothing (I’ve been homeless and moved countries many times, I have no clue where some of the stuff I should have went, but I tried to get copies in the past and didn’t succeed, because every institute wanted me to show up in person and I’ve neither the time nor the resources to fly to them). I hope my enthusiasm for being their slave shines through and they choose me.
