How do people manage to actually get jobs through online applications (US citizen here)?
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In-person interviews are not a thing anymore since the pandemic, from what I've seen. LinkedIn is the place to go. Recruiters will schedule a call and they'll usually remind you an email is on the way.
I don't want to work. I want to take a year off. Yet, I got a job interview and I'm not even looking.
Do you have any tips? All I ever get are Indian IT companies that want to offer training attached to a 19% payback.
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- I report any email that is spam as spam, so my inbox is quite clean and I don't miss anything
- I applied to ~600 positions, averaging about 100 positions an hour. You just have to be faster with the application process; don't customize your resume, don't read the job description, just apply
My problem with that is that Google has a fucking mind all its own and will automatically file whatever the hell it feels like as spam, and I have no clue how to change those options, especially when I have no idea what server to expect an interview schedule email to even come from.
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Have you had anyone take a look at your resume? When was the last time you reviewed it? Is it at least somewhat visually appealing? How long is it?
Unfortunately, it may be a good idea to "customize" each submission by incorporating keywords from the actual listing into your resume.
I'm not the one to give advice on this, really, but I've heard of people having a lot of success with networking and reaching out directly to recruiters/managers/ect.
Honestly, my resumé does need a bit of a refresher, but I also think it would start looking more like a scattered mess after 2017.
I used to work in computer, tablet and cell phone repair, for a lousy fucking $10 an hour though. So I got sick of that and basically quit when I started getting side opportunities to occasionally fix hotel door locks for $20 an hour, but that was randomly sporadic.
These days, I get by with whatever odd jobs come up, which range from occasional vehicle repairs to helping elderly disabled people get on and off the toilet.
But I'll be damned if I'm about to go back into fixing $500 devices for a lousy $10 an hour, when one single accidental slip of a soldering iron might cost me an entire week's pay.
I'd rather sharpen lawnmower blades or some shit than gamble with fixing expensive ass devices that I'd never even use myself.
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lol, wow
I know right?
Some say "If you don't have a job, your only job is to get a job"
Others say "Time is money"
Well, if I waste my time filing 100 applications, why ain't I getting paid for my time filing applications?
Filing applications isn't a job, it's a chore, and one that doesn't even pay, unless it's that 1 out of 100 or whatever when you actually do land a job.
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This is oddly comforting. So many websites and opinion articles push the idea of painstakingly tailoring a resume, then hunting down the listing on the website and re-filling in that same resume twice.
On top of that they make you feel like you’re the problem when that doesn’t work and you’ve wasted three hours of your time to maybe get rejected six weeks later.
Thank you for being honest. This will save a lot of time and stress going forward. /gen
Depends on the type of job. In my industry you'd be lucky to find more than 10 job openings in the whole country per month. You bet you want to tailor the everything out of the resume and cover letters.
For basic jobs like retail, you can apply with AI written slop and nobody will notice. All they need to know is your availability.
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Do you have any tips? All I ever get are Indian IT companies that want to offer training attached to a 19% payback.
Yeah it's mostly Indian recruiters. Just hear them out when they contact you. They actually need people. When I apply for vacancies, I got nothing. Never heard about paypacks schemes or anything.
I'm normally not very lucky. Maybe it helps to look like you're not that interested?
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I mean how many jobs have you applied to online? I think about 1 in 100 applications leading to an interview is around standard, although some people will get lucky.
Also the reason we don't explain why you didn't get the job is because given hundreds of applications, that would take hours to do (I personally only look at a resume for 10+ seconds anyways) and we don't want to open ourselves to legal retaliation
Admittedly this isn’t the worst story I’ve heard, but it would be nice if you could appreciate that you’re dealing with human beings, and provide some feedback.
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Honestly, my resumé does need a bit of a refresher, but I also think it would start looking more like a scattered mess after 2017.
I used to work in computer, tablet and cell phone repair, for a lousy fucking $10 an hour though. So I got sick of that and basically quit when I started getting side opportunities to occasionally fix hotel door locks for $20 an hour, but that was randomly sporadic.
These days, I get by with whatever odd jobs come up, which range from occasional vehicle repairs to helping elderly disabled people get on and off the toilet.
But I'll be damned if I'm about to go back into fixing $500 devices for a lousy $10 an hour, when one single accidental slip of a soldering iron might cost me an entire week's pay.
I'd rather sharpen lawnmower blades or some shit than gamble with fixing expensive ass devices that I'd never even use myself.
Just start fixing devices yourself. Make a professional looking ad and do it at home. Advertise on your local facebook groups. Just be upfront about not having a shop yet. Buy broken devices and fix/resell them. Offer electronics recycling and get stuff for free that you can resell/scrap for money. If you need help with ebay I can write up a guide. I've been selling for 20 years.
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Just start fixing devices yourself. Make a professional looking ad and do it at home. Advertise on your local facebook groups. Just be upfront about not having a shop yet. Buy broken devices and fix/resell them. Offer electronics recycling and get stuff for free that you can resell/scrap for money. If you need help with ebay I can write up a guide. I've been selling for 20 years.
Been there, tried that.
I tend to get about three different categories of devices that I refuse to work on.
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Please help me unlock this
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Please fix my 72 inch TV, my kids broke it. Never worth it to even attempt to replace large screens like that, it costs more than the device is even worth.
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Please fix my (insert product name here). Oh fuck, parts cost money, well nevermind...
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Just start fixing devices yourself. Make a professional looking ad and do it at home. Advertise on your local facebook groups. Just be upfront about not having a shop yet. Buy broken devices and fix/resell them. Offer electronics recycling and get stuff for free that you can resell/scrap for money. If you need help with ebay I can write up a guide. I've been selling for 20 years.
Wait wait, offer electronics recycling?
Fuck, I've been pushing for that for like 20 years around my area, that's like impossible. Nobody takes that shit, I can't even get anyone onboard with salvaging the gold from boards, and I gotta keep the scrap mercury safe from other idiots that would just as soon toss it in the landfill.
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Been there, tried that.
I tend to get about three different categories of devices that I refuse to work on.
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Please help me unlock this
stolendevice.. -
Please fix my 72 inch TV, my kids broke it. Never worth it to even attempt to replace large screens like that, it costs more than the device is even worth.
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Please fix my (insert product name here). Oh fuck, parts cost money, well nevermind...
Offer to buy or recycle #3.
#2 parts like control boards and power supplies are worth money on ebay.
#1 maybe crimestoppers money. See if you can get the serial number and check with the device manufacturer or the cops.
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Wait wait, offer electronics recycling?
Fuck, I've been pushing for that for like 20 years around my area, that's like impossible. Nobody takes that shit, I can't even get anyone onboard with salvaging the gold from boards, and I gotta keep the scrap mercury safe from other idiots that would just as soon toss it in the landfill.
There's places you can mail just the valuable boards and take scrap steel and copper to the metal recycler. Don't take tv's or smoke detectors. Sell good parts on ebay.
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There's places you can mail just the valuable boards and take scrap steel and copper to the metal recycler. Don't take tv's or smoke detectors. Sell good parts on ebay.
Define what is considered a valuable board.
Around my area, if I happened to show someone any device, even if it was originally worth $5000 in working condition, they wouldn't even give me $5 for it if I even fixed it.
They'll just turn around and brag about the latest shit they bought off of Amazon or something. Nobody gives a fuck around here anymore, electronics are like candy to these dumbfucks anymore.
Where the occasional money is at around here is if someone's vehicle breaks down and they need someone to replace their starter or alternator or brakes or something.
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Have you had anyone take a look at your resume? When was the last time you reviewed it? Is it at least somewhat visually appealing? How long is it?
Unfortunately, it may be a good idea to "customize" each submission by incorporating keywords from the actual listing into your resume.
I'm not the one to give advice on this, really, but I've heard of people having a lot of success with networking and reaching out directly to recruiters/managers/ect.
I used reddit for resume advice, and they critique it, r resume I believe. But make sure to be specific in your request otherwise you might get all over the place answers. But it will be hard if your resume is lacking experience.
I feel like networking is done mostly in person and tech mostly used LinkedIn
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Offer to buy or recycle #3.
#2 parts like control boards and power supplies are worth money on ebay.
#1 maybe crimestoppers money. See if you can get the serial number and check with the device manufacturer or the cops.
Wait, you mean when I actually did track down exactly where a stolen computer came from, and spent an hour or so with the cops, you mean I could have actually gotten paid?
Fuck, I had to wait on my boss to go on vacation before I even reported that shit (wasn't the boss that stole it, but he requested me to unlock it for the thief customer).
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I don’t know. I’ve been applying for jobs for seven years online, and I haven’t gotten a fucking thing.
Might be your resume, or even that you have too much experience. Some employers are looking for desperate low level experience in some cases
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I'm sure this must sound stupid for many, but I never get any responses, until like 3 days later when I check my spam folder and realize my scheduled interview appointment came from some random server that got deleted as spam mail.
How the hell do people get jobs online? I've only ever landed a job in person.
Alot of them use software to automatically screen people out, specific keywords.
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Define what is considered a valuable board.
Around my area, if I happened to show someone any device, even if it was originally worth $5000 in working condition, they wouldn't even give me $5 for it if I even fixed it.
They'll just turn around and brag about the latest shit they bought off of Amazon or something. Nobody gives a fuck around here anymore, electronics are like candy to these dumbfucks anymore.
Where the occasional money is at around here is if someone's vehicle breaks down and they need someone to replace their starter or alternator or brakes or something.
It's not a lot, but it's another revenue stream to consider.
https://www.scrapmonster.com/scrap-yard/price/electronics-scrap/4
You can also tell people you'll recycle it for them and actually just fix it yourself if they're not going fix it anyway.
I sell a lot of vintage electronics like vcr's, tape decks even a laser disc player for $300 one time. I have a whole package of random belts for the tape decks, which are easy to replace. I also do a lot of car parts as well as other random items. If you have a source for those hotel lock parts that are getting thrown away anyway then look uo how much they sell for. (Search ebay and filter by sold)
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Alot of them use software to automatically screen people out, specific keywords.
I do believe you misread my post in some way.
It's not that the company I applied to rejected me, quite the opposite actually. They sent me an email for a scheduled interview, but Google decided to automatically toss that email right in the spam folder.
I didn't figure that out until like 3 days after the appointment when I got a bug up my ass to actually check my spam email folder.
How the fuck did I have an opportunity to at least get an interview, yet Google basically decided to throw it in the
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Wait, you mean when I actually did track down exactly where a stolen computer came from, and spent an hour or so with the cops, you mean I could have actually gotten paid?
Fuck, I had to wait on my boss to go on vacation before I even reported that shit (wasn't the boss that stole it, but he requested me to unlock it for the thief customer).
You can always use it as goodwill for your business. Take a selfie with the cops and make a facebook post like "Another stolen phone recovered thanks to the local pd!" People eat that shit up and it gives you some legitimacy and clout, maybe even a piece in the newspaper about how you just like helping the community.
