Angela Sablosky’s Post

Curious are you applying to jobs in NY that are in person or only remote? I've noticed a big uptick in in person jobs even in TA now. I'd recommend sprucing up your linkedin profile right now it just says skills and lists them on most of your job entries. I'd recommend adding content saying what you did and adding metrics. Not sure how often you post on linkedin but I'd suggest commeting on people's posts and engaging since you will show up in people's feeds. This job market was getting better but I feel like its taking another dip depending on where you are located. Keep going you got this.

I had virtually zero follow-up from 60+ job applications despite having a Ph.D. Also, I was passed up for every opportunity at the United States Postal Service, going up against people with high school diplomas in many instances. Realize it isn’t you. It’s them. Move on to greener pastures. If an organization can’t figure out I’m / You’re a hard worker, then it can just keep complaining about not finding any talent.

In these four months how many people have reviewed your resume to help you fine tune it? How many practice interviews have you taken part in? How much coaching have you taken on your cover letter, your LI profile, et al? I ask because it's easy to just apply to a dozen places a day, but if you haven't done these other things then you're not likely going to get a different result without a different approach.

So sorry that you’re going through all of this. I would encourage you to apply for any and all positions you’re interested in and fit most of the criteria. Even if the posting requires a Bachelor’s or other things you don’t have, I’d say apply anyway! You never know what could happen or what’s going on behind the scenes. When you don’t apply to these positions, you’re essentially making the decision for these companies when many of them may see your experience and decide that is way more important than a degree. I’ve applied to positions that I didn’t have all the qualifications and there are times I still had interviews from these applications. I wish you all the best!

Hey Angela, I'm sorry to hear you're struggling. It's the market. It's bad out here and is a numbers game. From what I've heard from others, conversion from cold apps to interviews is about 3% so for every 100 apps you put in you May hear back from 3. Things that you may already know but will help you: It's better to be early than perfect: Jobs were I applied and were in the first 50 applicants to apply had much higher conversion rates. This makes sense to us because once a recruiter has seen enough good resumes they rarely go through the rest. So rather than tailoring a resume, get a really solid one that can fit a lot of different places. Focus on results: gone are the days where you can say "built a team to increase productivity" instead make it results oriented "decreased time to fill by an average of X days" or "redesigned the Talent Acquisiton process leading to a x% increase in hires per month" Network like crazy: Really leave no stone unturned. At a certain point I was sending cold outreach to vp level individuals at organizations I wanted to work at just to learn. Note, these aren't "hire me" conversations but rather "I've always admired this organization and would love to learn about your work."

Angela, each time I see something like this, it reminds me that ATS & AI are in control. 92 applications and I’m guessing less than 10% gave a “human response “, right? I’m from WNY and could possibly introduce you to some of my network in that area with your skill sets. P.S. #8 is admirable and the toughest job of em’ all.

Any interviews? Or getting interviews but no offers?

How many phone screens? How many interviews? How many final interviews?

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