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Anyone found employment recently?

DigbyDevon

Hi all,

Has anyone had much luck finding a job as of late?

Everyday I am applying for all sorts of jobs and at best I might get 1 interview every few weeks which then goes nowhere. I don't even get a response or "Thank you but you have not been successful" email afterwards. 

I was on the phone to a lady from the National Careers Service and she told me that she was struggling to find a new job herself. 

Has anyone got any tips or advice if they have been successful? 

Thank you

Parents

  • It's definitely a struggle. I was getting nowhere and ended up doing IT voluntarily for a charity and was able to get a permanent job a few months down the line.

    This is purely anecdotal, but I've had many different jobs over the years. I found that they tend to hire who they liked the best, rather than the most suitable or qualified candidate. I would try and find out who was interviewing me, if it was an individual, or a panel. I would do some digging, look for their LinkedIns, try and see if there was anything I could find some common ground with them on then try and use that to my advantage in the interview.

    Unfortunately playing the game is just one of those things we have to do and any small thing you can do to get ahead will help. 

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  • It's definitely a struggle. I was getting nowhere and ended up doing IT voluntarily for a charity and was able to get a permanent job a few months down the line.

    This is purely anecdotal, but I've had many different jobs over the years. I found that they tend to hire who they liked the best, rather than the most suitable or qualified candidate. I would try and find out who was interviewing me, if it was an individual, or a panel. I would do some digging, look for their LinkedIns, try and see if there was anything I could find some common ground with them on then try and use that to my advantage in the interview.

    Unfortunately playing the game is just one of those things we have to do and any small thing you can do to get ahead will help. 

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  • in reply to NotLikeThemButICanPretend

    I agree with you to be honest, it does seem that "If your face fits" type of thing.

    It's like they have an idea of the personality, not just the experience, they want from someone. I'm not sure if I am too chatty, too friendly and thus come across as hard work. 

    As horrible as it sounds, I have been to some places and on further inspection the employees do have a similar sorta appearance as well. I never noticed it but my father did and it does now play on my mind. Hopefully I am wrong though. 

    It very much is playing the game at the moment.

    Thank you so much for your response.