‘Hundreds of job applications’: young people on their struggle to find work

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  NPR noted this morning that several of the AI gatekeepers who do the initial screening of applications are biased against Blacks and Asians, and maybe 50% of your applications are going to companies which use the same AI, so half those individual opportunities are really just one racist rejection. (If you aren’t Asian or Black you could still be getting screened out of 50% of jobs by one thing the AI is rejecting.)

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Smaller companies are less likely to have AI screening for applications. Pretty sure my job didn’t have it and the very first contact I had was with a person, CV only application, maybe a couple check boxes like “are you in or willing to travel to <town>” that took a few seconds when sending it.

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• Artisian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Good to see anecdata that actually include the people they are about, instead of what an old person thinks their lives are like.

  Getting started today does seem bleak.

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• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In the 2010s, I didn't consider it a reasonable day if I hadn't sent at least 200 resumes between 8AM and 5PM.

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• Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Im super annoyed at my company. I keep reccomending ppl and they keep ghosting them or doing internal transfers. Like why waste months of time posting role?

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  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They already know who they want in the position. Leaving it open is just to give some coverage that they considered other candidates even when they have no intention to do so.

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    • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Feels so disrespectful to:

      • me the person interviewing
      • The person looking for the job
      • The department that needs a person.

      Like i get holding out for some candidates but 6 months !?

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