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submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

Especially with the rise of "ghost postings" so quantity over quality is greater than ever these days

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[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe it's the shit market that I'm applying to, but when I apply for a retail job, they want a fully filled out application (that auto fill always Borks, so I have to type everything in manually) as well as a cover sheet and some places want you to take a personality quiz that you have to pass for hr to even see your application. I couldn't imagine applying to 4 jobs a day, let alone 40.

I imagine we are talking about corporate postings where you just paste a link to LinkedIn and that does most of the work?

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

if indeed doesn't allow me to quick apply, it's gotta be a dream job to even want to go to their site and do even more work.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Jesus that sounds so demeaning. I haven't had to apply for a job in about 15 years now. All networking, and I was poached and offered my current job. Union now, so I'm set. I don't remember having to jump through so many hoops when I was younger and applying for a job, but recently I passed by a Wendy's and there must have been 50 people lined up outside with resumes because there was a job posting. That many people for one burger job, that's hard times.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago

Lol holy shit I forgot about those "personality tests." They are (well, were at least, I imagine its still like this) basically just a way to filter out people too stupid to not know what answers they want to hear. Questions like, "You see a coworker stealing money from the register, do you: a) pretend you didn't see anything, b) join them and start a gang, or c) tell the manager on duty"

Shit is so laughably stupid.

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, the trick is to pretend you are A mixture of Ned Flanders and a ditzy cheerleader when you answer.

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

The most recent one I took almost felt like a placement test trying to see if you had management material, which could be problematic for someone applying to be an entry level team member, but giving management answers.

Maybe I'm over thinking why I got passed on by a grocery store after two in person group interviews.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, about that cover sheet. Did you not get the memo? We're putting new cover sheets on all the applications now, mmmkay? If you could just do that from now, that'd be great.

[-] CMonster@discuss.online 3 points 4 weeks ago

I've worked for several big corps have never seen anything like that.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

lucky you, it's becoming more common.

[-] kungen@feddit.nu 2 points 4 weeks ago

And then when you get past all that, they suddenly want a group interview.... like, sit in a room with many other candidates and have an interview.

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

'Ill perform better in my position because I'm two inches taller and can reach the back of the top shelf without wasting company time sourcing a ladder!'

[-] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah all of the lower end jobs are like this unfortunately, anything that gets pasted more than 3 times a year on indeed or any job site. Middle/management side it's like that but with 3-6 interviews instead and no guarantee of a job. Trade jobs seem to be the outlier, but harder to actually find who all is looking and for them to "legitimately" (insurance/taxes) employ you. High end is 80% networking so a lot of the ground work is already done (but still a total time/energy sink that I can't be bothered for).

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