qumefox · HackerTrans

This is not poor advice. It's what's required to land a job in this market if you've already exhausted your network. If you can land a position using your network, yeah, that's definitely going to be a better/easier route, but when your network is also unemployed/not hiring at all/involve fields you're not suitable for, spray and pray is the only way you're going to get something now days. Though i'm hesitant to back the AI usage, and personally haven't resorted to it.

qumefox

11 mesi fadiscuss

Same here. The only 'few minutes' ones are the 'easy apply' ones on linkedin, etc. The others range from 20 minutes to an hour.

qumefox

11 mesi fadiscuss

Personally, I make them get to the point ASAP. These calls seldom last more than a minute when it comes out that they're pushing no benefits contract jobs that are paying well below industry average.

qumefox

11 mesi fadiscuss

Yeah lying or excessively padding one's resume is likely just going to bite one in the ass if they do actually get an interview.

My current hurdle though is soft skills related, rather than technical. I'm not the most social or outgoing person in the world, I'm there to do my job, not be everyone's best friend. However sadly the vast majority of my recent experience has been in support, so those are the types of positions i've been applying for and the interviews i'm getting are 90% behavioral questions, which I feel I do horribly on regardless of how much I prep.

qumefox

11 mesi fadiscuss

I'm currently in the job market and I get loads of unsolicited offers too. The issue with these is at least for me they've all been no benefits contract positions paying well below the industry average. These aren't jobs anyone but the most desperate would accept.

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