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My job hunting experience may be quite atypical then, as I've gotten about 50% of the jobs I've applied for. It's probably a lot easier since I work in the trades. I can just email a handful of local companies even if they're not actively hiring, and a few will probably call me back.
Thanks for sharing.
I think my experience has been the opposite. Last time I got a job I applied for was 2005. Granted, I was with that company for 14 years, but since 2019, literally every job I have gotten (4 at this point) has been because recruiters reached out to me, while probably 95% of jobs I proactively applied for never even bothered to interview me. I've even seen job listings I applied for expire and get relisted without them even talking to me, which felt utterly humiliating.
It's weird, simultaneously being in-demand enough that people reach out to offer jobs to me out of the blue, but at the same time being unable to even get an interview on my own. Really makes me think this phantom jobs thing is true.
After I was laid off in February due to Musk and his bullshit, I submitted several hundred applications to jobs I was very qualified for, and provided multiple letters of recommendation from the owners of my previous jobs.
Of all the jobs I applied for, only one of them moved me to stage 1 of the hiring process which was a questionnaire. Never heard back.
Ended up having to get a physical labor job at the business my wife worked at until an entry level position opened up, and probably only got the interview because she worked there.