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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Unfortunately this did not pan out for me at all when I tried to move out of IT support. Now I make fries and sandwiches (I don't even make them, I just put the toppings on). If possible I'll probably do this til I die, not cuz I love it, but because I never want to go through with the job application process ever again.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

You have to go out and get a bullshit CompTIA certificate, otherwise no one will talk to you anymore.

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[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

You are not suppose to lie - you are suppose to apply for jobs that you are insanely overqualified for. Why? Because your competition is doing the same thing.

[-] Overshoot2648@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Apply for jobs that say you are under qualified, but that you are actually very much overqualified or at least matched for.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

I am having such a problem with this right now. Everyone says, "apply for this, who cares if you don't fit the qualifications?" And I'm like, "they probably care." I just have a hard time believing some company is going to look at my resume when I don't fit the criteria and then hire me. I am going way out of my safety zone on that right now, but I'm still not convinced.

[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

Most recruiters have no idea what they are recruiting for. It's like a game of telephone, by the time the job description reaches you, it has gone through so much dressing and corparatification it either describes a whole IT deparment or nothing specific at all.

Getting hired needs an entirely different set of skill than whatever job you will do. Well except maybe if it's marketing, because the whole process seems like a song and dance where you need to sell yourself.

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[-] bill_1992@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

The problem is the job market has basically priced in exaggerations on resumes. People exaggerate all the time and don't get punished for it.

If you don't exaggerate, you may even miss out on opportunities and hamper your career goals whatever they may be, because they already assume you exaggerate and already account for it when reading your resume. And if you don't exaggerate? Well, they're happy to pay you less than they would've.

Certainly at least in tech in the Bay Area, fake it till you make it is the norm. I've met plenty of people with amazing resumes and references just to see them not be as good as advertised.

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