One of the things I’m seeing a lot of is difficulty in the process of hiring. From people I’ve spoken to who were seeking jobs, they expressed a struggle to get even a response, despite following all the best practices. From people I’ve spoken to who were looking for people to hire, there is a frequent complaint about being inundated with unqualified applicants, non-communicative applicants, and people who, to me, read like people burned by corporate BS at previous positions.
The systems we have for filling jobs are terrible, and the solutions people are coming up with are only making it worse. AI HR is being flooded by AI applications. People are using old school SEO tricks to try to get their applications seen by a human. Applicants are being asked to show up for multiple interviews and do make-work to compensate for the fact interviews are a terrible method of vetting applicants. And despite all the time, money, and systems developed to handle HR, ‘knowing a guy’ is still the best shortcut to a position.
Comment on 'I need a job to save my life': Inside the desperate hunt for work in America
tburkhol@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This feels like corporate propaganda meant to discourage job seekers and make people willing to take worse jobs at worse pay. It’s full of anecdotes and emotion, and the few hard numbers are without historical context.
Labor force participation among 25-54 year olds is at all-time high. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060 It’s lower in all workers fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART but that seems likely to be influenced by early retirements and more people 18-24 staying in school longer. My favorite graph - unemployed people and unfilled jobs - fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1CJfC is swinging back to more job openings than people searching.
This is not to diminish the struggle of people looking for work, or the struggle of people just to afford basic necessities. I am just suspicious of the steady drum beat of ‘times are harder now than ever before’ from corporate media, because I have heard that story constantly for years.
sunsofold@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
vinsombra@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Perhaps the difference in anecdotal reports lies in the widespread corporate tendencies to post hollow job listings. Positions they are not really hiring for, just “keep a pulse on the market”, or trending data, or perhaps contact info of potential hires when they actually will hire…
SillyDude@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
The company I worked for during the pandemic is still hiring for every single position in the company. All of these positions are filled, they just keep the postings up to say they’re hiring and occasionally find someone willing to do the job cheaper(what happened to me).