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🎉 After 800+ applications and 3.5 months, I finally landed a job! 🎉
Let me share with you my journey and some valuable insights that I gained along the way. I’ll cover everything from the challenges I faced to the strategies that eventually helped me secure not one, but two job offers. If you’re currently on the job hunt or planning to start soon, this article is for you. So, let’s dive in!
## The Job Hunt Rollercoaster
### 800+ Applications and the Ghosting Game
The first thing that struck me during my job search was the incredible number of applications I had to send out to even get a foot in the door. After experiencing multiple instances of ghosting from prospective employers, I learned some important lessons:
– **Persistence Pays Off**: Don’t get disheartened by rejections or lack of responses. Keep pushing forward and applying to new opportunities.
– **Follow-Up Is Key**: After sending out an application, it’s crucial to follow up with the hiring manager or recruiter. This shows your enthusiasm and commitment to the role.
### The Salary Surprise
I encountered numerous job postings that didn’t disclose the salary range upfront. This became a major red flag for me as I didn’t want to waste time with interviews for positions that didn’t meet my salary expectations. Here’s what I learned:
– **Transparency Matters**: Employers should be upfront about the salary range for a position. It saves both the candidate’s and the employer’s time and effort.
– **Know Your Worth**: Don’t settle for less than what you deserve. Research industry standards and understand your value in the job market.
## Rejecting Offers and Setting Boundaries
I turned down several interview offers for various reasons. Some positions were located in markets with lower pay scales, while others had unreasonable demands from the get-go. Here’s how I navigated these situations:
– **Clear Communication**: It’s essential to communicate your requirements and boundaries clearly to potential employers. This sets the tone for a respectful and mutually beneficial employer-employee relationship.
– **Trust Your Instincts**: If something doesn’t feel right about a job opportunity, trust your instincts and continue your search. Don’t settle for a position that doesn’t align with your values and goals.
## The Final Triumph
Finally, after navigating through the ups and downs of the job hunt, I landed not just one, but two job offers. This experience taught me the importance of perseverance, self-worth, and setting clear boundaries in my job search.
If you’re currently on the job hunt, remember that every rejection brings you closer to the right opportunity. Stay focused, maintain a positive attitude, and keep pushing forward. Your perfect job is out there waiting for you. Good luck! 🌟
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0.24%. Yeah I would rather be homeless.
How do you do make so many applications on such a large scale?
Thank you for sharing your job search experience. I was impacted by a job elimination with the position being supported from India.
Read: private business that does not recognize protected class and would not participate in unethical practices. This was not the first instance but was not medically released to work until late 2023. I am not independently wealthy and was not a good financial manager, SO, I am REALLY needing to get a job. The thought of returning to jobs where I have the most experience makes me anxious/procrastinate.
I would love to be in a social services role but becoming disillusioned with value placed on these professions salaries and program requirements.
Good luck and true enjoyment with your new (Option 2) job after all your hard work and standing firm on your boundaries.
You inspire!
My G-d, I work in sales/marketing events and took a job for lower pay and a few contracts in the meantime. The market is terrible and I may sound pessimistic but I don’t think is getting any better. The recent waves of layoffs will just cause lower pay and a saturated market.
This is actually very inspiring and helpful. I hope this post reaches a large group of people. Congrats OP for landing a job!
Congratulations!! Please rest your brain before you start because 800+ app is a lot! 😃
Congrats and thank you for sharing!
Wtf happened to the Great Resignation???
Congrats ! For your offer #2 , was the pay competitive and what you were expecting or did you have to take a paycut?
I am also in marketing, I am currently at 1039 Applications in less than 3 months, 710 were no response, 148 hard rejections, 22 total interviews, 17 of them being first intial, 4 of them being secondary, and only one reaching the third round. My bi-weekly current application rate is around 12.07 jobs a day (some days I apply 0 if there are dupes on sites or need a break, other days I am doing upwards to 60 a day.
I am in a pretty niche area (SaaS apps for Construction), so I am getting pretty sad at the moment.
A 4th interview! Yikes. Glad some offers
I’m begging jobs to stop making us go through like 4 interviews. Its such a joke
I’ll tell you what, my government job is mind numbing, and I can make more money maybe even 40% more money in the private sector, but to have virtually no chance of a layoff and not have to think about this stuff just doesn’t seem worth it to give up. This helped me, the grass is not greener.
Also, we just have one basic interview for our jobs
Yikes, at what point do you start rethinking your strategy?
Congratulations! And thanks for the graph
“The fifth interview I declined required a personality test and an intelligence test after the first screening call, so I declined due to my belief that I should not have to prove my intelligence when I have years of industry specific experience and two degrees, and the hiring team is obviously incompetent if they need a personality test before I even speak with the hiring manager.”
I truly don’t understand this. While it isn’t my preferred method of applying, I couldn’t imagine passing on a potential opportunity for it. Nor would I hold such negative perceptions about the recruiting team.
I just don’t understand where you find all these jobs to apply to. I’ve been doing daily searches and it’s hard enough to even find 10 relevant postings most days. (Data analytics)
Brutal
Did u keep track of your applications in an excel sheet ? ( the exact number 837 )
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Dame, this is what I’m going to have to do. No wonder some people just stay at the same job for 30 years as it’s stressfull looking for work.
I’m happy for you, I have degree in CS and 5 years experience and I’m still on the job search grind. I’ve sent out 423 applications, with a cover letter for 90% of them. It’s been 4.5 months .
Hope for the happy ending like you.
Nice work!
Can you share the email you sent to request the salary range prior to accepting an interview?
Why is it considered ghosting if you have one interview and they don’t call you back? Are you expecting them to say sorry, we decided not to hire you?
I’m genuinely curious because I recall that unless you made it to the last round of interviews, you would only get contacted when you actual get the job.
Tough road, but glad you made it! Enjoy! 🎉🎉
Four interviews? Christ. I’m surprised they hired domestic and didn’t go for the h1-b visa scam.
Congratulations on the job. ✨
Im going through this right now. As a recent graduate, no one is willing to give me a decent job with little experience that I have. My scores and my graduation, that I worked so hard for, are all a waste. Life feels like a blur. Days are going by so fast and Im so confused. Hopefully this isn’t the end of everything I always dreamt of.
One of my close friends works in Tech (not marketing, but still) and apparently it’s really bad right now.
The market is this way because of corporate greed, back before the pandemic it was much easier to get a higher paying job in this field. Then came one dude and said I’m going to sell toilet paper for 5$ a roll and get rich. After that all CEO’s followed suit and fucked the market up.
Congrats!!
Are you kidding me. I literally got my bachelors in marketing only for the last year to have zero progress. I fucking picked the wrong path.
Literally how did you apply to **800 jobs** in such a short amount of time?
Why am I suddenly thinking about seppuku
I got a job today but on my way in I reread the post to find out even though I knew I was pretty much hired that it was only for 8-9 weeks. Oh well. Just got to keep going. At least I got some work for 2-3 months. I was down to $400 and sweating bullets.Â
Don’t bump your head on the way out.
meanwhile It only took me 2 weeks to submit 10 applications for a technician position, realized that I should probably be tailoring my resumes, sent a tailored resume to another company and they called me for an interview the same day.
Its been a solid year so far with that company. Maybe marketing is just way too competitive
The amount of jobs that require some form of detailed application or account creation to just not answer drives me nuts.
Love how you tracked everything. I’ve been doing an aggressive job search since I got laid off last month. Hundreds of applications, a few interviews, lots of rejections, and some jobs I’ve declined. Here have been my personal takeaways:
* The ghosting really is bad, especially when they don’t even have the courtesy to reply back.
* The jobs I declined either had a long commute to their office, a lowball salary, a personality test, a project to complete, or made me submit video responses to interview questions. My time is important to me and I refuse to waste it just to speak to an actual human.
* I’ve noticed companies reposting jobs even after they’ve sent a rejection letter and claiming they’ve moved forward with another candidates which sends a message that it’s either a ghost job or they’re not really serious about hiring despite them claiming to be.
I think we should start creating law that regulate interview rounds, this shit is ridiculous