#JobSearchStruggles #TechJobWoes #CareerAdvice
Hey there! First off, let me just say: **Congrats on landing your new job! 🎉** Just kidding! You know what? **You’re fired after just three days** for not being a ‘Mac expert’. Totally wild, right? Let’s dive into this craziness as it really highlights some of the struggles we face in the job market today.
So here’s the deal. You’ve been pouring your heart and soul into your web development skills and snagging that computer science degree—things you expected would open doors. But instead, you’re stuck in a cycle of job hunting that’s just, well, exhausting. It’s frustrating when you’re throwing your resume out there like confetti, but somehow the hits just keep missing.
Here are some common pain points many of us face:
- **Expectation vs. Reality:** You’re overqualified for entry-level roles yet not deemed suitable for technical positions. How does that even add up? 🤷♂️
- **Job Descriptions Gone Wild:** Companies twist expectations with requirements that weren’t mentioned during the interview process. Like, who knew VLOOKUP was a deal-breaker for order fulfillment? 😩
- **The Balancing Act:** You’re hustling non-stop—networking, revising resumes, still struggling to make ends meet. The pressure can be suffocating. 💸
With all of this in mind, what’s the solution? Here are some thoughts:
- **Strategy Shift:** Maybe focus on niche job opportunities that match your skills better. Sometimes, less competition means a higher chance of standing out.
- **Skills Development:** Consider brushing up on those specific skills like Mac proficiency or VLOOKUP. Online courses could be a game-changer! 📚
- **Networking is Key:** Reach out to industry professionals, not just in your field but also those who can offer insight into the e-commerce world. Build relationships, and you might find unexpected opportunities.
But I want to hear from you! **What’s been your biggest hurdle in the job search?** Have you had any wild experiences that left you questioning everything? Share your stories or any tips that have worked for you! Let’s support each other through this. 💪
Remember, you’re not alone in this struggle, and it’s okay to vent a little. Even the toughest journeys lead to the brightest destinations! 🌟
I’m in the same spot. 😒 it sucks. I get through the interviews and turned down for similar reasons in the final rounds. I work part time in a gas station right now but I’m barely breaking even. It’s killing my soul. No advice just solidarity.
Not knowing how to use VLOOKUP is a major red flag imo.
While the vlookup thing is interesting i highly doubt its the cause of all your problems.
It has nothing to do with your skills as a person and mostly to do with the state of tech right now. People with a resume as stacked as a cvs receipt arent having an easy time either. You just have a lot more competition in a field that is flooded with the unemployed
try ladders .com it has some ok jobs on there it helped me find a ok office job
I honestly think you tech dudes and dudettes need to just start your own company.
Be bad ass bosses together and show the world yall are legit.
I bet you even get your ex bosses applying to your jobs and you then fire them after a day
Sounds like a run of bad luck, I doubt it’s your fault and you need to look at it this way. A lot of what you said you can’t help personally.
Your CV needs to be dynamic, tailored for your applications. You need to use software and AI to beat out all the other CVs, these days an dumb AI filters CVs before they are looked at by a human. Everyone getting ahead is using sites that help build a resume. Do not let employers who you are over qualified for a role, they’ll think the first chance you get you’ll leave. You really should know all of MS office, including a vlookup function in excel, it’s shit and a contentious topic but it is what it is.
I went through three rounds of interviews with a publisher once, not counting the call from an HR person plainly exhausted by this dipshit managing editor trying to coach me to REALLY play up my SEO experience. (It was pretty good, but this was plainly the rejection point for every candidate prior, and I didn’t have to read between the lines to tell that, either.) Did a quality job answering every question she had, only for her to reject me in the final couple of minutes because I’d used a different SEO program than she had.
For the uninitiated, this is like the difference between driving a Ford or a Chevy.
The only thing I can really think of here is that maybe you smell bad or something? It’s a bit weird to get fired that quick for not being able to use a computer. Make sure you’re not pinching pennies hard enough that you smell like a homeless dude.
Keeping pppearances up is 80% of the game.
Right now it’s supply and demand. There’s a huge supply of out of work talent and we may already be in a recession so not much demand. It’s not you. It’s not me. It’s this shitty situation. A lot of great, talented people are out of work currently. Hopefully we see the fed cut interest rates soon and do so aggressively.
I know someone else said this but honestly you’re just screwed on timing. It’s a terrible time to find a tech job, particularly a lower-level one, but any one honestly. I want desperately to hire some entry-level and junior people but our execs will only let me hire nearshore contractors because they cost less and are easier to lay off later. I love my contractors (they’re good people too) but it’s not the same as having an employee who’s bought-into the mission.
I’m happy every day that I’m not laid off too, it sucks out there.
How can you add value to the business? How can you set yourself apart from others? I’m old and have hired and fired more people than you can imagine. How important is it for you to work at a computer?
Firing someone after 3 days for not knowing everything immediately just seems like horrendous management. It would be so much cheaper to just teach someone the easy stuff.
Showing yourself as tech savvy in an interview and then not knowing the *very first* formula you should learn in the *most basic* program used by every business on the planet means that you presented yourself as something you are not. In an interview, that’s not cool. As an interviewer, that leads to more questions about what you might have lied about. Which then leads most people to regret hiring you
If you’re going to get a job in the tech world, learn how to do some basic shit. And no, editing VBA isn’t tech savvy. It’s like reading a sentence in English and changing a word here or there (yea, I used to do that too)
Well joke should be on them because XLOOKUP is far superior (and easier) than VLOOKUP
Avoid vlookup like the plague
Check out builtin if you haven’t. Tech is a beast right now, good luck and hang in there (also unemployed in tech).