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Graduates could see some job challenges as employers keep hiring steady (www.woodtv.com)

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[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I applied to over 50 jobs and you only hear back from 10

That’s the best ratio I’ve ever heard, the fuck? I’ve applied to around 400 jobs in the last year, probably more now but I stopped keeping track around 300 because keeping the list took too much time. I’ve had I think 7 or 8 interviews? Half of those interviews completely ghosted me after, no response at all, not even to say I didn’t get the job.

Most people I’ve talked to in the last year have said their ratio is around 2%. The recruiter I talked to said 2-4% is normal and if you’re getting that there’s nothing to be done as far as improving your resume, you just need to keep applying.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Now I’m just ranting bc I’m tired of being unemployed:

I don’t think hiring managers should be allowed to use any technology more advanced than email and a forum where you can post your listings. You get to post a job description, request that a resume and references be emailed to you (and a cover letter only IF the job pays more than $100k) and then you can start making phone calls.

No looking at people’s social media. Ban LinkedIn and arrest its owners for violating and helping others violate equal opportunity employment laws. No questionnaires. No making me fill out all the info in my resume into a new format. Certainly no AI screening.

I don’t even want them to be allowed to do background checks that are any deeper than “Was this person fired for doing a job field related crime?” like if someone was convicted of embezzlement not hiring them in finance.

Honestly in my ideal world all hiring would go through one central government operated job board. Basically expand USAjobs to cover the entire private sector and all state governments instead of just the feds. Super strict control over what information employers are allowed to have.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Affirmative action always gets brought up as some sort of "gotcha" around hiring practices, yet A) quotas have been illegal since 1978 with University of California vs. Bakke; and B) white people benefit the most from affirmative action, especially white women in higher education.

Employers absolutely have prejudicial biases against various groups and they weasel their way around whatever laws are in place. In a world that makes sense, it's like you said: central government operated job board. We already do government planning for things like libraries and roads. Why are we not doing that for every sector? We've seen what the fuck happens when private companies try and build roads, schools, and prisons. Why are they being trusted with job and labor allocation? How much waste is there because some good ol' boys ignore qualified candidates while they search for some white failson?

Of course, it's because the bourgeois run everything and we're talking about something one step closer to the proletariat seizing the means of production.