u/LaylaRose00122

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Like so many others on here, I was sending hundreds of resumes and getting little to no response. Then I also had the added anxiety about being an older worker and definitely felt the ageism come into play during some interactions with recruiters.

I finally got an interview with an organization and it took three interviews to offer me the job. Now that I’ve been working for a few weeks, my new employer has mentioned a few things that made me stand out to them during the interview process. They are:

**1. Prepare, but treat the interview like a conversation.** They had me come in for an interview in front of 5 people AND gave me the questions I was expected to answer in advance. Apparently, there were 6 other candidates for the job and they said I was the only one who didn’t come into the interview with a laptop or notes with their answers. They said the other candidates read their answers to them. I came in and just had a conversation - gave my answers, used past examples from my experience and how they applied to the situation.

**2. Research the company.** I did research on the company ahead of the interview so when it came time for, “Do you have any questions for us?” I was prepared with a few questions about recent happenings and how they fit in with the role I was applying for. They loved that and said other candidates asked questions about benefits and how the job would benefit them.

**3. Follow up**. I followed up each interview with an email to the people I met with and included something about that specific interview so it was tailored and not just a canned, “thank you for meeting with me” note. My new colleagues said that it really stood out to them because none of the other candidates did so.

I started a few weeks ago and am really happy at the job. I almost didn’t apply because I didn’t have all of the exact job requirements - so don’t let that deter you.

Thank you to this group and there is a job out there for you.

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Guys, the writing is on the wall. This whole game is a scam. It's rigged. and were in denial.

Everybody is acting like this is normal. It's not. Evidence 203448 came in graduated uni and like beautiful scam clockwork, there are no jobs in what you studied, only jobs that didn't even need a degree at all.

And a lot of reactions i see about this are like a weird passive acceptance, like "that's just the way it is." or like this system is like a law of nature. like there's the sun, moon, and a highly exploitative capitalist system.

Jobs are a symptom of a broader problem; the system itself is rigged and broken, and everybody is in denial about that fact or as a collective we are just docile and accept it.

Final note, will you, as an individual, get a job? Yes, you have to survive but its 100x harder than it was before. And every year the difficulty increases and increases.

I don't even know the endgame of this rigged game is.