Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare - eviltoast
  • Frog-Brawler@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I get random messages on LinkedIn from people that want to interview me weekly, and my team has also seen some voluntary turnover. I’m not sure that I believe the article.

    • zib@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      In the last 3 months, I’ve managed to get 2 interviews and the last one ghosted me. It’s still pretty bad for some of us.

    • ChexMax@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      My husband in tech related job has been out of work for almost a year. He applies to things daily and has an interview once every two weeks or so (not counting many follow up interviews). He’s a decent interviewer. The usual response is, we like you for this, we’ll keep you in mind in the future, we just had so many applicants and the other guy is a better fit (or, we suspect, will do this job for less money). My brother in tech has also been out of work for months. Maybe your area is doing well? Our area had massive tech layoffs and is now way over saturated, and one of the main employers of our state (a tech firm) has been on a hiring freeze for months and months. Believe the article.

    • scarabic@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Get your resume out and see how long it takes you to just get a response asking to schedule a call. I’ve been job hunting opportunistically for 6 mo the and have applies to maybe 50 jobs and I have gotten 3 rejection emails and that is IT.

          • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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            2 years ago

            Software / data engineering. ML and spatial background aside from CS stuff

            • scarabic@lemmy.world
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              2 years ago

              Yeah well, you are still in far greater demand than supply even if that demand has dipped 50%. I’m in consumer software product management leadership and it’s slllllow out there.