[HN Gopher] Ask HN: How have your recent job application experie...
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Ask HN: How have your recent job application experiences been?
How did you discover the role? Did you apply through the careers
site or a job board? Have you even heard back? What level of
experience do you have? Just curious how the year has started for
people looking for a new role.
Author : v1l
Score : 5 points
Date : 2021-01-15 22:34 UTC (28 minutes ago)
| superbcarrot wrote:
| Pretty tough so far. Discovery - mostly through job boards. I'm
| also struggling with some career direction questions and getting
| a response or scheduling an interview just makes me more anxious
| instead of helping. Seriously considering putting off the job
| search for a time when I feel better or I have a better idea
| about what I want to do.
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| I've also never personally experienced the tech trope of being in
| high demand, getting multiple great offers or amazing
| salary/perks. It seems a lot more uphill than the exepriences
| that other people share online.
| kylebenzle wrote:
| I did a Phd in life sciences at Ohio State about three years ago,
| found it difficult to find a job in my field where I was living
| (Columbus Ohio), so spent $17k and 6 months doing an online data
| science course with New York Data Science Academy.
|
| I have applied to around 100 positions, had three interviews and
| countless form rejection letters.
|
| I am stuck working remotely or in the city I am in now so
| understand its been hard but I am just about to the point where I
| think I will not have a real "career" in my lifetime. I fluctuate
| between blaming my poor choice in going into the life sciences
| and the "economy" in general. Between unemployment, food stamps
| and living at my parents things are going pretty well.
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