How do people manage to actually get jobs through online applications (US citizen here)?
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Do you like, not know that there's other places to apply to? Maybe your resume wasn't attractive. Again, you are competing against people whose resumes and experience could outweigh yours. It isn't just you that could be applying.
The last time I sent a resumé in, it was on indeed.
My resumé reflected my history of electronics repair.
AT&T contacted me. I don't know fuckall about cellular services, and my previous employers made fucking sure I never learned, by compartmentalizing.
I was the soldering technician that can solder wires about the thickness of a human hair. WTF does that have anything to do with cellular services?
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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.
You just keep applying. I got my current job by applying on the website.
Also yea, check your fucking spam folder or try to make the filter less aggressive. It's not good if you're missing interviews.
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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.
For what it's worth, I've never once had an interview request or professional email go to spam on Google mail. Not once in like 15 years.
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You just keep applying. I got my current job by applying on the website.
Also yea, check your fucking spam folder or try to make the filter less aggressive. It's not good if you're missing interviews.
How do you even change the spam filter options?
When I started my Google account, GMail was still in beta. Where the fuck are their options?
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For what it's worth, I've never once had an interview request or professional email go to spam on Google mail. Not once in like 15 years.
Thank you for the useless information. My Google account is over 20 years old, back when GMail was still in beta testing.
How the fuck do you change the spam filter options?
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Thank you for the useless information. My Google account is over 20 years old, back when GMail was still in beta testing.
How the fuck do you change the spam filter options?
Why would I tell you after you posted such a dickhead reply?
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Why would I tell you after you posted such a dickhead reply?
Because your 'information' is completely useless and doesn't provide any answer to my question.
Apparently Google doesn't even have an answer or solution to the question either.
I'm not fucking stupid, I actually do know how to research things...
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Because your 'information' is completely useless and doesn't provide any answer to my question.
Apparently Google doesn't even have an answer or solution to the question either.
I'm not fucking stupid, I actually do know how to research things...
Ok cool man. Enjoy continuing to miss interviews I guess. Cya.
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Ok cool man. Enjoy continuing to miss interviews I guess. Cya.
Cya - Dave Mirra
Yeah, I'm a BMX rider too, bicycle and vehicle technician as well.
I don't really need an online application anyways, especially if the response is gonna be auto-filed in the trash.
Fuck Google, fuck AI. Thus far, I've gotten more regular work by just showing up in person and showing I know how to turn a wrench and get my hands dirty.
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How do you even change the spam filter options?
When I started my Google account, GMail was still in beta. Where the fuck are their options?
I use the Spam Digest addon. It sends me a daily email and i quickly glance to see if something went to spam that wasn't suppose to. I'm sure you could do this with a daily reminder. But I wouldn't.
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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
trashspam folder?I mean what exactly is your point? Check your spam next time maybe? If you hadn't missed the interview you might have got the job. Thats how people get jobs online, by replying to postings, scheduling interviews, and attending the interview.
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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.
Make sure your skills section is filled out. That’s mostly what recruiters use to filter their searches. I’ve added a new skill before and had a message from a recruiter about that specific skill within a week.
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Make sure your skills section is filled out. That’s mostly what recruiters use to filter their searches. I’ve added a new skill before and had a message from a recruiter about that specific skill within a week.
Interesting. I haven't updated skills in a while. I'll try that next. Thanks.
Wait, are you sure it's skills section and not skills used in job experience section? -
I mean what exactly is your point? Check your spam next time maybe? If you hadn't missed the interview you might have got the job. Thats how people get jobs online, by replying to postings, scheduling interviews, and attending the interview.
You're right, hindsight is 20/20. Live and learn.
In that particular case, it wouldn't have really mattered much anyways. When I filed that application, I filed for a particular location. No car, my transportation was bicycle only at the time.
Part of the application asked me if I was willing or able to travel further to other locations, to which I answered no. But sure enough, the interview was scheduled at their store like 10 miles away, not the local store I actually applied to which was only a bit over a mile away.
It wouldn't have been practical at all, like what if it's raining that morning? What if it's crazy hot outside and I arrive drenched in sweat? Even if the weather was good that particular day, the weather is always changing. I can't be expected to have reliable daily transportation that far away when I'm on a bicycle.
It's challenging enough to plan a daily scheduled bicycle trip within a 2 mile radius when there's no way to guarantee I have favorable weather conditions to ride in.
But I guess the real point of my post and question was really looking to figure out how to fix the whole issue of valid and important emails getting automatically filed as spam.
Unfortunately, according to all my research, there doesn't seem to be any way to do that, especially when I have no clue what server to expect a response email from. I mean, you'd think the email should come from the same server you filed the application on, but apparently not.
Sigh, guess you gotta dig through the trash to get a job online anymore.
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Interesting. I haven't updated skills in a while. I'll try that next. Thanks.
Wait, are you sure it's skills section and not skills used in job experience section?Last time I messed with it, when I added a new skill, it let me choose which job experience it was relevant to, so I think they’re linked.
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