Karmen J.’s Post

#PleaseShare, especially to other #jobseekers+recruiters, hiring managers & companies. I thought about what to say here or if anyone will read this or even care & then I said f-ck it & started typing. I'm not shy, I'm 57, it is not that hard to find or figure out. Is that old? LOL, are you kidding me, that is not only young but it is definitely not old. I bring 25 years of #talentacquisition & full-life-cycle #recruiting experience to the table & yet, all I get is rejection after rejection after rejection. I even belong to EarnBetter a platform that does an AI-generated version of your resume, then it tailors it to the specific job posting, you want to apply to & still nothing. If I'm not muted, you have seen my GoFundMe postings. I would never ever think of putting myself out there for ALL to see, if I was not desperate to eat, pay bills, feed my dog & the last one I did, it brought in a grand total of $0. Obviously a lot of people are hurting but at my age, I already get the only benefits afforded to me & I never make it past the 12th or 13th of the month, w/o needing help. I have no living family anymore & all there is my old dog, Luna & I'm ready to rehome here because I also need help every month for food & treats. You can only continue to ask for help before people either do not care anymore, sick of seeing the same posts or need help themselves & just cannot help. I've submitted so many resumes, I barely can even do a 'quick or easy apply' & this is not a joke, I'm being dead serious. The job search has affected my mind, body & soul, so much, I have to stop & that is what I'm going to do, stop this nonsense of still having #hope & believing that I will still land. Please feel free to #share or #donate if moved to; https://gofund.me/492ede40 Thank you for reading & #pleaseshare, Paul

Solidarity post: It is so unbelievably hard out there in the job market. I was on the phone with a career coach and told them for my job search I have been: -Applying to all the relevant jobs across numerous job boards and sites. -Writing tailored cover letters for each specific company and position -Reaching out to the hiring managers -Have had many smart people (paid and unpaid) look over my resume and Linkedin -Been flexible on salary, in office schedule, driving distance, job duties, and industries -Doing everything I can to network and leverage my connections. And I'm not even getting interviews. When I asked what else I could be doing to breakthrough on my search, we both shrugged our shoulders. I know I'm not the only person feeling this way, as most of these jobs that I'm applying for have over 100 applicants. Like many of you, I'm discouraged, but I won't quit, so I'll ask my network: What else could I be doing that I'm not already doing to try and secure a job? Let me know in the comments so that other job seekers can level up their search as well.

Just because someone posts a lot on here doesn’t mean they are top of their field. This is not a subtweet and I’m not throwing shade at anyone. But if I made a list of the top 10 people I've worked with in my career like 8 of them don't publish on LinkedIn regularly. Instead they are focused on delivering value in their roles every day. Some people don't like to write publicly like this. While others like to share. Just don't assume the loudest people are the smartest.