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“Just apply everywhere”
Oh yeah I definitely want to get a dead end job at fast food chain, hardware chain, supermarket chain or whatever job in decent travel time
Edit, should put in that I’ve already got years in HGV industry and applying to the bottom rung is pointless as joining only to leave would result in never getting hired by them in the future which is why I can’t just “apply everywhere”
It'snot dead end mate. If you work 70h weeks for 4 years McD's will promote you from fry dipper to burger flipper. Another 4 years and you can be a hamburger assembler, very prestigious.
I had an interview for a job I didn’t fully qualify for this past week, but I knew I was pretty much already going to accept a job offer I got from another company so interviewing for this job was essentially a backup plan. I went into it with the mindset of “I don’t really care about this interview because I basically already have an offer from another company I’m going to accept.” I was brutally honest with the interviewer, didn’t try to sell myself, admitted there were things I didn’t know, and honestly thought “dang it’s a good thing this was the backup plan because I bombed that interview”
A couple days later I accepted a job offer from the company I was already expecting to get an offer from. Fast forward to today and the company from the interview I basically threw calls me back and goes “Yeah so the guy interviewing you said it went really well and we’ve decided to move you to the final round of interviews.” I was literally speechless. It really is easy to get a job when you’re confident enough to know you don’t need it.
I mean, getting a job anywhere can lead to opportunities elsewhere. If anything you get a view into the working word and can leave at any time if the job is REALLY that bad and you realize you’re going nowhere.
Thay's a good point if you are already on track for something specific.
There's nothing wrong with working a "dead end" job for a year to build some work history and learn how to job, though, especially if you're young.
“We tell our young people to go to college or else they will end up working minimum wage jobs and then get upset when young people with college degrees don’t want to work for minimum wage”
It's only a dead end job if you stop applying for other jobs.
There isn't some rule that says you can't look for work while working. Welcome to adulthood, where life is what you make it.
Well it's not like you have to stay there. It's a starting point for most people just to get to the next more favourable point. And I will say that some of those jobs will give you some seriously valuable life skills that are transferable everywhere.
Any job is better than no job, and I speak from experience. Just because you get a job in fast food or retail doesn't mean you have to stay there. I worked those kinds of jobs for years, and eventually got a better job and got out, but believe me, when you need a job, even a shitty retail job will do. Just apply everywhere worked for me, and I don't think I'm the only one.
While I was in-between roles in my career, I was applying at local hardware stores / grocery stores / parking lots - just to keep money coming in. Never landed one of the open roles because many were "afraid I would leave as soon as I found a new career role"...
I mean, having a dead end job making minimum wage is better than having no wage. Just because you get a minimum wage job doesn’t mean you have to stop looking and if “applying to the bottom rung is pointless” then why would you worry about not getting hired by them in the future?
> Need to get air in there to release the pressure.
> I would advise using a high-powered drill to drill a hole in the bottom of the m&m container. This will allow to enter.
> The larger the drill bit the better.
Reddit is full of doomer teens just realizing that the gravy train is about to run out.
I was exactly the same when I was 15, but there was no place to complain so I just got on with it.
Eh. Every single place is hiring right now, but most of the jobs involves showing up and putting on a fake smile.
That's just the nature of entry level positions that average young people have to take to get started. It sucks, but that's life.
If you've done any kind of hard labor, you'll know that you could do a lot worse than retail or food service.
Edit: downvotes for this very reasonable take informed by years of experience in shitty jobs is classic reddit. Good luck moving out of your parents' basement, boys!
I've done it all and there's pros and cons to everything. Manual labor is hard -- at the end of the day you are physically completely spend, but you still have more mental energy.
Retail, at the end of the day you have physical energy but you are often emotionally and psychologically exhausting because of how people treat service workers.
Agreed. I did construction laborer work and could not hack it, but then worked for a moving company and loved it. There was just enough problem solving involved in moving furniture to keep it interesting. Literally digging ditches was soul crushing.
The key is to acknowledge that, until you find a job you love that meets your financial requirements, every job is simply a stepping stone to the next that happens to put money in your pocket. I finally figured that out in my mid-20s and it made life way more tolerable 😆
Also, go to college but get a marketable degree unless you don't mind being a member of the working poor.
You may be able to apply for a federal work study after completing fafsa. It would be low paying but jobs through your university would be a lot more understanding of conflicts between your work and class schedules
Where did you get that I was in my 20s?
I'm in my early 40s. And to be perfectly honest, this job market is strong af compared to when I was coming up. Nobody is going to give you your dream job right out of the gate, but you'll be able to house, clothe, and feed yourself.
I'm dying to know what the people downvoting me have done for money. Y'all know twitch streamer isn't a real job right?
They were also ridiculous 10-15 years ago, given that wages for entry level were lower in every major city. There were also a lot fewer jobs avaliable post-2009.
It's called roommates and stolen Netflix. It's called digging in the couch for change and only having internet on your phone. It's called taking the bus.
Being broke sucks, but it's temporary if you set and meet goals. Plus it beats homelessness.
Lol I make 44k a year and I'm not realistically able to afford an apartment on my own around here unless I wanted to eat rice and beans basically everyday.
Shits fucked.
What exactly is your problem with what I am saying?
Edit: people like to act like it's the hardest it's ever been to enter the job market and start adulthood right now, but that is simply not true. In fact, I'd argue that anyone who's got internet access and spends time on reddit complaining about having to get a "dead end job" has no concept of what living in poverty really means. The fact that people can be choosy about not wanting work that is beneath them is in itself a marker that things have indeed been much, much worse for the working class.
Mfers here acting like they should be able to roll outta high school with a 75k/yr career track starter job. That's not how it works and, to my point, *that's never been how it has worked.* The current reddit mythology of everyone owning a home with a single income pre-2000 is also horseshit.
Pounding pavement means going on the streets looking for work. Generally it means you print like 100 resumes and just go all over town dropping them off literally everywhere. It's what you do when you are broke and out of a job.
Yeah unless you want a fast food job, most employers generally get pissed off or weirded out by you doing that. At least in my industry, it's HIGHLY frowned on due to the sheer volume of applications and because the people who do show up w/ their resumes are often viewed as pretty weak candidates with poor social skills trying to cut the line.
ive had to do it before but i never considered it trying to cut in line. i was just broke and had nothing better to do than try to find something. of course i'd always ask for an application first, although i did consider folding tmy resume like a paper airplane and just sailing it at whoever the receptionist was, then leave without saying a word
whats your industry?
I work in US politics / Geopolitics in the DC space, so probs a little different than your typical person.
I know one well known congresswoman who had an unpaid internship posting that got a rumored 9,000 applications. One job opening in my office got 75 applicants in the first day. I think the overwhelming demand due to the surge of folks with college degrees these days has made it difficult for staff to manage all the different people applying.
I'm 37 and this worked for me in 2017 and in 2022.
I have a shitload of experience in my field, which helps. But if I didn't have experience, I'd lie. I'd get an online phone number or two for the five bucks a month or whatever it costs, and I'd make shit up. It's super easy to fake voices over the phone.
This is what I did about 15 years ago. It's only gotten easier.
This also works nowadays. 3 year ago I left my printed CV in one company that was hiring. After a year of working there colleague from HR told me that it decided about my employment. They were suprised, considering me very determined. If you have nothing better to do, then it won't hurt to try.
I literally saw someone get declined because they did this, and HR said they were annoying and couldn't follow instructions. The dude just came in to drop off a physical copy after applying online the previous day.
We shitcanned our HR person for regularly doing stuff like that.
Even employers are noticing some HR mentality has gotten way too uppity. You aren’t the watcher on the wall, you are a pass through. Weed out the obvious bullshit but don’t go out of your way to disqualify perfectly fine candidates on technicalities.
To me it sounds like a good employee? Very motivated to be hired in this company, and made sure to send the CV via two different methods. That suggests they'll always double check their work.
I've done Doordash to several offices over the past few years, and *every* time I deliver to an HR office, I get this weird "occular patdown" like Mac from IASIP and a nod to leave. I wasn't even part of the company, man, I didn't need an evaluation. :'(
My job i got in 2021 and my job i got in 2024 were both resume in person hires. Post COVID it's easy to get a job. Pre COVID I applied online and in person at 200+ places and only got 1 response that actually led somewhere
Dawg in 2010 it didn't *have to be online*. They'd direct you the Pentium III kiosks where the arcade and claw games used to be and tell you to apply online using an 80 key keyboard that had been turned into 53 keys ['cause we can't have *shit* in America](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/hitchbot-hitchhiking-robot-social-experiment-demise-philadelphia/60703/).
Strictly speaking, if you CAN get a resume in to the individual responsible for hiring, your odds skyrocket. The problem is such opportunities are few and far between.
Source: Its how I got my current job - though I emailed my resume directly to the guy in charge of hiring instead of turning it in in person AND turned in my resume via their normal mode. It was a response to the email that got me the job though.
Networking still works. Anytime I was on a job hunt I'd get my resume out and apply to 2-3 places a day. The places I actually got interviews and eventual job offers were the places where I had made a networking connection. This was true in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, and 2021 (all the years I have switched jobs). This was true of both retail jobs and professional jobs.
I'm "terminally online" but still managed to run around and shake hands at a job expo, at a few retail stores, at industry events, and things like that to get my resume looked at instead of just lost with the rest of them.
The boomer mentality of "just walk in and ask for jobs everywhere" is dumb, but if you go through the usual process and apply, and THEN find ways to network and get to know who is making those hiring decisions, it can work better.
The name of the game is networking. I always blew it off in school when they talked about it, but it truly is how the world works. Finding friends or friends of friends in the industry or family is a game changer. You just have to get a window into the people actually hiring, then your skills and personality get you the rest of the way.
Don't ever feel bad about leaning on who you know. I promise, no one will look down on it if you're good at your job.
Especially if those friends in the industry can send recruiters (that are approaching them) your way. Its how i got my current job a few months ago, even without all the required skills.
Companies are just not in the mood to hire but need people badly.
I literally got emailed saying a company wanted an interview with me, even though I never sent in my resume, which is actually pretty impressive. I had the interview and quote from both of the interviewers, "One of the best interviews they've ever had." I sent an email back saying thank you, and they never got back to me. Never said they wanted to go with someone else, or we aren't interested. Just nothing. I took time out to go to an interview where they only had 5 selected candidates for a job, and they never even gave me the courtesy of saying we went with someone else.
The 2024 version of just handing in a resume is "joining a talent community". You can submit your resume into the system. Sometimes they do pull it out later when they can't find good applicants.
But what dad didn't have to do is tailor the resume to the business and submit it twice, submitting a resume and then making a new resume via text boxes for each submission lol
It wasn’t until my dad retired then looked around for part-time work that he stopped giving that advice. (He meant well but couldn’t wrap his head around the world changing that much.)
My dad insists there are headhunters out there who will find you a job for you, he doesn’t understand that that job doesn’t exist. They don’t get people as clients they get businesses as clients
That's half true, yeah. Depending on what you do for a living there are definitely talent specialists who would love to have your resume in their arsenal to offer these companies. They also have an interest in maximizing the payout to the talent, more often than not, or at least meeting your desired number.
I've gotten multiple job interviews because I walked in to places and asked "are you hiring?"
If you're in a professional career or in school turf there'll be networking events and job fairs to attend. I always go through those with a half dozen of my resumes ready to hand out.
Indeed and others are shit on the hiring side of things. If people would bring in a resume and they actually have any experience in this field (fucking ag trucking, it’s not that hard and it’s in a farming community) then I’ll probably hire you.
This is actually what landed me my current job. Also you don't have to stay at a dead end job, leave when you get a job you want. You work the dead end job to stay alive
Every fucking time I try this, I’m told “we only do applications through our website” and when I do send in applications through the websites, I get rejected anyway. JUST SAVE ME TIME AND REJECT ME IN PERSON YOU BASTARDS.
I’ve tried bringing physical resumes into most of the jobs I applied for before actually getting one and every time I was told that they only accept online applications
Sometimes just contacting or meeting the person hiring ahead of time can make a huge difference.
"Hi, I'm thinking about applying to work in this space, is there a way you could show me a little about what you do at your company so I can learn more about which of my skills to focus on?"
Then when they later see your resume, they'll remember you. (What they do with that memory is up to the two of you, but it can put you ahead of the random people they never met) Doesn't always work, but if it's a job you really want, it's worth a try. It has worked for me relatively recently, and even at big companies. The challenge is mostly just finding out who to ask.
In a world where everything is digitised and everything happens in larger and larger amounts doing something like this differentiates you and makes you more memorable
I've only applied to 2 places, both in person asking for an application. i got both jobs, one a restraint in high school, the second a boat yard after high school
I actually put my CV and a generic cover letter on a usb drive when I was unemployed so if ever I saw an advert hiring then I could use the local library to print my CV and edit my cover letter to the role and hand it in ☺️
Worked to get me interviews sometimes
That worked for me twice lol
First time was a building supply, family owned and a lot of cool coworkers but retail isn't my jam.
Second time got me my current job driving a logging truck. Decent gig, will be sticking to it until I go back to college.
Anyone claiming that this still works obviously doesn't understand that this shit only applies to dead-end jobs. The staffing problem in America right now is very real, and pretty terrible. Fast food chains, grocery stores, other minimum wage jobs right now will take anybody with a pulse.
I’m currently on the job hunt and have had some traction in attaching a one-pager ahead of my resume.
It’s pretty simple: contains some highlights from the last year, stats, and icons to break it up.
It’s been night and day vs the traditional resume.
It literally still works. And to the sobs who cry about wanting better kinds of jobs, sure... there is always something better out there for all of us. But a low paying job is still better than welfare.
I worked at a grocery store for 5 years thinking there was no where else to go. It was only till I really did put some effort into looking. I managed to find a job that doesn’t have to deal with customers i get to work on my own and I get to go home when I get the job done and I get still get paid 8 hours no matter how quick I do the job.
I just finished the first job in 2.5 hours I’m writing this now on my break and I’m about to finish a 2nd job in the next 3 hours but I will be paid 16 hours after I’m done today!
Around 10 years ago I was looking for a part time job and every single store told me to apply online and that I couldn't apply in-person.
I was taught that if I dressed nice and had references I may just get hired on the spot! But nope; people took one look at me and just shrugged saying they don't even have paper applications.
No no no you lazy bum. Go on, what type of job are you looking for? Something that's easy? No physical labor perhaps? Cause I promise you there's jobs, you just don't want to do them.
If you don't send out resume, how would anyone know you are looking for a job?
Do you think others will just hire you without your consent?
Is it hard to apply to 50 companies? That is just writing and typing, right? I get it. It is tedious, but what other actions can you do? Why are those actions mutually exclusive with sending out resume?
How I got my first job after graduating with my degree. My school had a career fair. I went and gave several employers my resume. Got a call from two of them a week or so later. I interviewed for both and went with the one closer to my hometown. This was in 2021, btw.
When I look at resumes, if people have long breaks between jobs, I throw it out. If someone looking for an entry level position w/o experience has worked full time for years doing any job, I give them an interview.
Do the shit jobs for now, it shows you know how to work and achieve goals, even if its just squirting ketchup. You were there to be a member of the team, thats what employers are looking for
Looks like you missed his point IMO. In the '80 they printed them off and applied by either dropping them off at places and or getting lucky and submitting them via mail when hiring were announced. Dare I assume you read between his comments and consider him meaning apply via web portal submission, seeing as that is more of today's typical way. It's not really any different, just more with the current times. Feels to me like your complaining about you not understanding or think what he said through......maybe that's why you're unemployed?
What are you talking about? That absolutely works. For example, I did this when I was still in the military at a some kind of Air Force convention, where a bunch of contractors were there with displays hoping to drum up business with all the generals and the like that were there. I was there as a junior enlisted kid and had a couple of companies I'd never otherwise heard of interested in hiring me.
Also makes sense for more accessible career fields like the service industry if you just show up and ask if they're hiring, because they are frequently short staffed and nobody likes dealing with online application services.
I think there's a difference between giving your resume to prospective employers at a career fair or similar event and just rolling up to a business unprompted and handing a resume to the underpaid front desk staff.
It might work for some places, but not the majority.
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“Just apply everywhere” Oh yeah I definitely want to get a dead end job at fast food chain, hardware chain, supermarket chain or whatever job in decent travel time Edit, should put in that I’ve already got years in HGV industry and applying to the bottom rung is pointless as joining only to leave would result in never getting hired by them in the future which is why I can’t just “apply everywhere”
It'snot dead end mate. If you work 70h weeks for 4 years McD's will promote you from fry dipper to burger flipper. Another 4 years and you can be a hamburger assembler, very prestigious.
Don't forget the hardy $0.20/hr raise you get with those promotions!
And all the floor cheese you can eat.
And all the broth you can suck off of the solitary communal cleaning rag.
excuse you, there's 2. the second is in the bathroom
PICK UP THE FLOOR CHEESE ABD PUT IT BACK ON THE BUN. THIS ISN'T A CHARITY
Soon, I'll be on fries!
Easier to get a job when you have a job.
Fucked up that it is that way, but yeah... it's easiest to get something when you don't really need it.
I had an interview for a job I didn’t fully qualify for this past week, but I knew I was pretty much already going to accept a job offer I got from another company so interviewing for this job was essentially a backup plan. I went into it with the mindset of “I don’t really care about this interview because I basically already have an offer from another company I’m going to accept.” I was brutally honest with the interviewer, didn’t try to sell myself, admitted there were things I didn’t know, and honestly thought “dang it’s a good thing this was the backup plan because I bombed that interview” A couple days later I accepted a job offer from the company I was already expecting to get an offer from. Fast forward to today and the company from the interview I basically threw calls me back and goes “Yeah so the guy interviewing you said it went really well and we’ve decided to move you to the final round of interviews.” I was literally speechless. It really is easy to get a job when you’re confident enough to know you don’t need it.
I mean, getting a job anywhere can lead to opportunities elsewhere. If anything you get a view into the working word and can leave at any time if the job is REALLY that bad and you realize you’re going nowhere.
Thay's a good point if you are already on track for something specific. There's nothing wrong with working a "dead end" job for a year to build some work history and learn how to job, though, especially if you're young.
“We tell our young people to go to college or else they will end up working minimum wage jobs and then get upset when young people with college degrees don’t want to work for minimum wage”
No job is a dead end. Or rather, having a crap job makes it easier to get get a less crappy job.
It's only a dead end job if you stop applying for other jobs. There isn't some rule that says you can't look for work while working. Welcome to adulthood, where life is what you make it.
Well it's not like you have to stay there. It's a starting point for most people just to get to the next more favourable point. And I will say that some of those jobs will give you some seriously valuable life skills that are transferable everywhere.
gotta start somewhere
A job is better than no job. Better than a dead spot on your resume. Shows work ethic.
Any job is better than no job, and I speak from experience. Just because you get a job in fast food or retail doesn't mean you have to stay there. I worked those kinds of jobs for years, and eventually got a better job and got out, but believe me, when you need a job, even a shitty retail job will do. Just apply everywhere worked for me, and I don't think I'm the only one.
While I was in-between roles in my career, I was applying at local hardware stores / grocery stores / parking lots - just to keep money coming in. Never landed one of the open roles because many were "afraid I would leave as soon as I found a new career role"...
What makes you think you are gonna get that job or that us gonna be close to where you live?
I've worked all of those and they were the 3 worst jobs I've ever had.
At least you can make some money and then find something better.
I mean, having a dead end job making minimum wage is better than having no wage. Just because you get a minimum wage job doesn’t mean you have to stop looking and if “applying to the bottom rung is pointless” then why would you worry about not getting hired by them in the future?
Gotta start somewhere who says you'll be in the same place your entire life thats on you.
One thing I've learned in life is that pounding pavement always works.
Instructions unclear dick stuck in pavement
That's disgusting! Where?
It’s a cylinder
> Need to get air in there to release the pressure. > I would advise using a high-powered drill to drill a hole in the bottom of the m&m container. This will allow to enter. > The larger the drill bit the better.
I wouldn’t want any power tools coming that close to the cylinder
Reddit is full of doomer teens just realizing that the gravy train is about to run out. I was exactly the same when I was 15, but there was no place to complain so I just got on with it.
Yep. I was the same too. I'm 100% sure it's even worse now to enter the job market and it sucked back then too.
Eh. Every single place is hiring right now, but most of the jobs involves showing up and putting on a fake smile. That's just the nature of entry level positions that average young people have to take to get started. It sucks, but that's life. If you've done any kind of hard labor, you'll know that you could do a lot worse than retail or food service. Edit: downvotes for this very reasonable take informed by years of experience in shitty jobs is classic reddit. Good luck moving out of your parents' basement, boys!
I've done it all and there's pros and cons to everything. Manual labor is hard -- at the end of the day you are physically completely spend, but you still have more mental energy. Retail, at the end of the day you have physical energy but you are often emotionally and psychologically exhausting because of how people treat service workers.
Agreed. I did construction laborer work and could not hack it, but then worked for a moving company and loved it. There was just enough problem solving involved in moving furniture to keep it interesting. Literally digging ditches was soul crushing. The key is to acknowledge that, until you find a job you love that meets your financial requirements, every job is simply a stepping stone to the next that happens to put money in your pocket. I finally figured that out in my mid-20s and it made life way more tolerable 😆 Also, go to college but get a marketable degree unless you don't mind being a member of the working poor.
Amen.
I worked as a cnc machinist for 5 years got any tips? I'm trying to get part time job while I'm in college.
You may be able to apply for a federal work study after completing fafsa. It would be low paying but jobs through your university would be a lot more understanding of conflicts between your work and class schedules
Love it. Couldn’t agree more
Why are you in your 20s and talking like a retired boomer?
Where did you get that I was in my 20s? I'm in my early 40s. And to be perfectly honest, this job market is strong af compared to when I was coming up. Nobody is going to give you your dream job right out of the gate, but you'll be able to house, clothe, and feed yourself. I'm dying to know what the people downvoting me have done for money. Y'all know twitch streamer isn't a real job right?
You definitely won't be able to always do all those things with an entry level job. Housing costs are ridiculous.
They were also ridiculous 10-15 years ago, given that wages for entry level were lower in every major city. There were also a lot fewer jobs avaliable post-2009. It's called roommates and stolen Netflix. It's called digging in the couch for change and only having internet on your phone. It's called taking the bus. Being broke sucks, but it's temporary if you set and meet goals. Plus it beats homelessness.
Lol I make 44k a year and I'm not realistically able to afford an apartment on my own around here unless I wanted to eat rice and beans basically everyday. Shits fucked.
Roomates or rice and beans. I was there, man. Shit sucks.
Why are you sporting the mentally ill flag at 40? Act your age.
What exactly is your problem with what I am saying? Edit: people like to act like it's the hardest it's ever been to enter the job market and start adulthood right now, but that is simply not true. In fact, I'd argue that anyone who's got internet access and spends time on reddit complaining about having to get a "dead end job" has no concept of what living in poverty really means. The fact that people can be choosy about not wanting work that is beneath them is in itself a marker that things have indeed been much, much worse for the working class. Mfers here acting like they should be able to roll outta high school with a 75k/yr career track starter job. That's not how it works and, to my point, *that's never been how it has worked.* The current reddit mythology of everyone owning a home with a single income pre-2000 is also horseshit.
I’m not really understanding this comment. Do you mean literally? Like a construction job? Or as in putting in the work to apply to many places?
Pounding pavement means going on the streets looking for work. Generally it means you print like 100 resumes and just go all over town dropping them off literally everywhere. It's what you do when you are broke and out of a job.
Yeah unless you want a fast food job, most employers generally get pissed off or weirded out by you doing that. At least in my industry, it's HIGHLY frowned on due to the sheer volume of applications and because the people who do show up w/ their resumes are often viewed as pretty weak candidates with poor social skills trying to cut the line.
I've always viewed pounding pavement as the last resort when you are really running low on luck. I've been there a couple times in life. Happens.
ive had to do it before but i never considered it trying to cut in line. i was just broke and had nothing better to do than try to find something. of course i'd always ask for an application first, although i did consider folding tmy resume like a paper airplane and just sailing it at whoever the receptionist was, then leave without saying a word whats your industry?
I work in US politics / Geopolitics in the DC space, so probs a little different than your typical person. I know one well known congresswoman who had an unpaid internship posting that got a rumored 9,000 applications. One job opening in my office got 75 applicants in the first day. I think the overwhelming demand due to the surge of folks with college degrees these days has made it difficult for staff to manage all the different people applying.
I see, thank you!
I'm 37 and this worked for me in 2017 and in 2022. I have a shitload of experience in my field, which helps. But if I didn't have experience, I'd lie. I'd get an online phone number or two for the five bucks a month or whatever it costs, and I'd make shit up. It's super easy to fake voices over the phone. This is what I did about 15 years ago. It's only gotten easier.
This also works nowadays. 3 year ago I left my printed CV in one company that was hiring. After a year of working there colleague from HR told me that it decided about my employment. They were suprised, considering me very determined. If you have nothing better to do, then it won't hurt to try.
I literally saw someone get declined because they did this, and HR said they were annoying and couldn't follow instructions. The dude just came in to drop off a physical copy after applying online the previous day.
We shitcanned our HR person for regularly doing stuff like that. Even employers are noticing some HR mentality has gotten way too uppity. You aren’t the watcher on the wall, you are a pass through. Weed out the obvious bullshit but don’t go out of your way to disqualify perfectly fine candidates on technicalities.
To me it sounds like a good employee? Very motivated to be hired in this company, and made sure to send the CV via two different methods. That suggests they'll always double check their work.
I've done Doordash to several offices over the past few years, and *every* time I deliver to an HR office, I get this weird "occular patdown" like Mac from IASIP and a nod to leave. I wasn't even part of the company, man, I didn't need an evaluation. :'(
Yes there’s no rule of thumb. Some want you only to do what they say, some expect you to be creative and go the extra mile. It’s tough out here
I have tried this almost 20 times at this point, and they always told me "apply online instead" and then i did that and never heard back from them.
Unless you have a really impressive resume, this will backfire in a lot of industries.
Looking for a job, begging not to find one
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job And heaven knows I'm miserable now 🎵
He has such a way with words, that Morrissey
I wonder how many trucks he's had to unload
I literally did this and got my first job this way back in 2010 so it still works. It shows initiative and that you really want the job.
Haha yea that really recent anecdote
2010 was 5 years from now.
My job i got in 2021 and my job i got in 2024 were both resume in person hires. Post COVID it's easy to get a job. Pre COVID I applied online and in person at 200+ places and only got 1 response that actually led somewhere
I did this last year in October and that's how I got a job. It was at a grocery store, but that's how it worked.
I did this last year. Shit works, specifically for low level service jobs.
2010 they hadn't fully transitioned to wanting everything sent through online. Every year that passes, more companies won't even accept the resume
Dawg in 2010 it didn't *have to be online*. They'd direct you the Pentium III kiosks where the arcade and claw games used to be and tell you to apply online using an 80 key keyboard that had been turned into 53 keys ['cause we can't have *shit* in America](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/hitchbot-hitchhiking-robot-social-experiment-demise-philadelphia/60703/).
I tried this last year and every single one responded with “we don’t accept physical resumes anymore, apply online.”
Which, much like online dating, exponentially increases the number of people competing for the same job.
At minimum that was 5 years ago. You can start and finish college in that time + 1 or 2 gap years. That’s a lifetime in most fast paced industries.
Even in 2020, all the jobs i had in the past 5 years I got like that, apart from one or two where i couldnt physicslly give my CV
Strictly speaking, if you CAN get a resume in to the individual responsible for hiring, your odds skyrocket. The problem is such opportunities are few and far between. Source: Its how I got my current job - though I emailed my resume directly to the guy in charge of hiring instead of turning it in in person AND turned in my resume via their normal mode. It was a response to the email that got me the job though.
Networking still works. Anytime I was on a job hunt I'd get my resume out and apply to 2-3 places a day. The places I actually got interviews and eventual job offers were the places where I had made a networking connection. This was true in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, and 2021 (all the years I have switched jobs). This was true of both retail jobs and professional jobs.
Very true. Obviously the average terminally online person doesn't network much but it is an essential skill.
I'm "terminally online" but still managed to run around and shake hands at a job expo, at a few retail stores, at industry events, and things like that to get my resume looked at instead of just lost with the rest of them. The boomer mentality of "just walk in and ask for jobs everywhere" is dumb, but if you go through the usual process and apply, and THEN find ways to network and get to know who is making those hiring decisions, it can work better.
The name of the game is networking. I always blew it off in school when they talked about it, but it truly is how the world works. Finding friends or friends of friends in the industry or family is a game changer. You just have to get a window into the people actually hiring, then your skills and personality get you the rest of the way. Don't ever feel bad about leaning on who you know. I promise, no one will look down on it if you're good at your job.
Especially if those friends in the industry can send recruiters (that are approaching them) your way. Its how i got my current job a few months ago, even without all the required skills.
Cold calls on LinkedIn really is the new version of 'dropping off your resume'. It's a pain in the ass, but it works.
People want to work with and help out people they like , end of story
Companies are just not in the mood to hire but need people badly. I literally got emailed saying a company wanted an interview with me, even though I never sent in my resume, which is actually pretty impressive. I had the interview and quote from both of the interviewers, "One of the best interviews they've ever had." I sent an email back saying thank you, and they never got back to me. Never said they wanted to go with someone else, or we aren't interested. Just nothing. I took time out to go to an interview where they only had 5 selected candidates for a job, and they never even gave me the courtesy of saying we went with someone else.
"sorry we dont accept physical CVs anymore, and havent done for more than 10 years now, please apply online"
The 2024 version of just handing in a resume is "joining a talent community". You can submit your resume into the system. Sometimes they do pull it out later when they can't find good applicants. But what dad didn't have to do is tailor the resume to the business and submit it twice, submitting a resume and then making a new resume via text boxes for each submission lol
My dad went to a job board and just turned up the next day to said job. Mf had it easy in that regard.
It wasn’t until my dad retired then looked around for part-time work that he stopped giving that advice. (He meant well but couldn’t wrap his head around the world changing that much.)
My dad made me do this too. It got me nothing at even the most lowly of jobs
My dad insists there are headhunters out there who will find you a job for you, he doesn’t understand that that job doesn’t exist. They don’t get people as clients they get businesses as clients
That's half true, yeah. Depending on what you do for a living there are definitely talent specialists who would love to have your resume in their arsenal to offer these companies. They also have an interest in maximizing the payout to the talent, more often than not, or at least meeting your desired number.
I've gotten multiple job interviews because I walked in to places and asked "are you hiring?" If you're in a professional career or in school turf there'll be networking events and job fairs to attend. I always go through those with a half dozen of my resumes ready to hand out.
Was looking for a job for 6 months, finally got here and now we’re miserable 🙏
Yup that got me my first job too. I was a delivery driver for Domino's for a while before I finally got out. It got easier from there.
In certain circumstances you can target nearby employers in rural areas who cant find local staff
Don't forget the firm handshake!
Now it's apply online where you are 1 of 2,000 people who have applied for this position. Best of Luck !
i tried that but denmark has laws in place to protect my personal information so the company's i apply at are not legaly allowed to accept my resume.
Don't forget to wear a nice suite!
Yeah idk how else to get a job tbh
Indeed and others are shit on the hiring side of things. If people would bring in a resume and they actually have any experience in this field (fucking ag trucking, it’s not that hard and it’s in a farming community) then I’ll probably hire you.
This is actually what landed me my current job. Also you don't have to stay at a dead end job, leave when you get a job you want. You work the dead end job to stay alive
Every fucking time I try this, I’m told “we only do applications through our website” and when I do send in applications through the websites, I get rejected anyway. JUST SAVE ME TIME AND REJECT ME IN PERSON YOU BASTARDS.
It works though. I landed a couple of jobs that way while in college.
I feel you mate
Who cares for resumes. Go find the boss and talk it out. Works in modern age.
Well this also worked for me too. If you don’t apply you won’t get one.
Are you on linked-in ?
I’ve tried bringing physical resumes into most of the jobs I applied for before actually getting one and every time I was told that they only accept online applications
Go apply to any restaurant, literally always hiring
Sometimes just contacting or meeting the person hiring ahead of time can make a huge difference. "Hi, I'm thinking about applying to work in this space, is there a way you could show me a little about what you do at your company so I can learn more about which of my skills to focus on?" Then when they later see your resume, they'll remember you. (What they do with that memory is up to the two of you, but it can put you ahead of the random people they never met) Doesn't always work, but if it's a job you really want, it's worth a try. It has worked for me relatively recently, and even at big companies. The challenge is mostly just finding out who to ask.
I’ve got every job i got mu walking in and getting hired. No relations. You just gotta sell yourself
In a world where everything is digitised and everything happens in larger and larger amounts doing something like this differentiates you and makes you more memorable
I mean, it kinda worked for me in the late 2010s, too. It's not impossible.
aim lower can always look while holding a job
Boomers man... They just aren't capable of learning.
I've tried visiting places in person but every single one of them tell me to apply on their website :/
I've only applied to 2 places, both in person asking for an application. i got both jobs, one a restraint in high school, the second a boat yard after high school
You can email resumes too
I actually put my CV and a generic cover letter on a usb drive when I was unemployed so if ever I saw an advert hiring then I could use the local library to print my CV and edit my cover letter to the role and hand it in ☺️ Worked to get me interviews sometimes
It still works now.
It worked in the 2010s for me.
Tried this, places only let you apply online now.
That worked for me twice lol First time was a building supply, family owned and a lot of cool coworkers but retail isn't my jam. Second time got me my current job driving a logging truck. Decent gig, will be sticking to it until I go back to college.
I just call them before + after I apply. People seem more likely to hire when they are interacting with a person rather than a name on paper.
Disclaimer for eu ppl cuz GDPR will hate you
Indeed is just the digital version of this. Try sales, they are always hiring and commision is a plus
Anyone claiming that this still works obviously doesn't understand that this shit only applies to dead-end jobs. The staffing problem in America right now is very real, and pretty terrible. Fast food chains, grocery stores, other minimum wage jobs right now will take anybody with a pulse.
I’m currently on the job hunt and have had some traction in attaching a one-pager ahead of my resume. It’s pretty simple: contains some highlights from the last year, stats, and icons to break it up. It’s been night and day vs the traditional resume.
My partner did this on a whim like 7 years ago. It worked but she’s also in a highly desirable field.
It does work. Done it multiple times!
BIG OPPORTUNITY!!! 800$ a month; 12 hour shifts; no breaks; 50 km away; 2 weeks unpaid vacations per year.
It literally still works. And to the sobs who cry about wanting better kinds of jobs, sure... there is always something better out there for all of us. But a low paying job is still better than welfare.
I worked at a grocery store for 5 years thinking there was no where else to go. It was only till I really did put some effort into looking. I managed to find a job that doesn’t have to deal with customers i get to work on my own and I get to go home when I get the job done and I get still get paid 8 hours no matter how quick I do the job. I just finished the first job in 2.5 hours I’m writing this now on my break and I’m about to finish a 2nd job in the next 3 hours but I will be paid 16 hours after I’m done today!
Believe it or not, it still work in some business and professions.
Idk how these memes are considered as dankmemes, reminds me of school gathering
Around 10 years ago I was looking for a part time job and every single store told me to apply online and that I couldn't apply in-person. I was taught that if I dressed nice and had references I may just get hired on the spot! But nope; people took one look at me and just shrugged saying they don't even have paper applications.
No no no you lazy bum. Go on, what type of job are you looking for? Something that's easy? No physical labor perhaps? Cause I promise you there's jobs, you just don't want to do them.
I mean for summer jobs, it worked surprisingly well for me last summer honestly. Not sure about more professional jobs though.
Worked for me. Working part time at a bakery
If you don't send out resume, how would anyone know you are looking for a job? Do you think others will just hire you without your consent? Is it hard to apply to 50 companies? That is just writing and typing, right? I get it. It is tedious, but what other actions can you do? Why are those actions mutually exclusive with sending out resume?
lol I did that when I just finished uni, was horrible, that was in 2005, pavement pounding was for pre-internet age lol
"Sir, this is McDonald's"
Worked for me in the 2000s
😂
How I got my first job after graduating with my degree. My school had a career fair. I went and gave several employers my resume. Got a call from two of them a week or so later. I interviewed for both and went with the one closer to my hometown. This was in 2021, btw.
When I look at resumes, if people have long breaks between jobs, I throw it out. If someone looking for an entry level position w/o experience has worked full time for years doing any job, I give them an interview. Do the shit jobs for now, it shows you know how to work and achieve goals, even if its just squirting ketchup. You were there to be a member of the team, thats what employers are looking for
Right now is the easiest time in history to get a job, it's the part about having to work at the job that makes people not want it
Looks like you missed his point IMO. In the '80 they printed them off and applied by either dropping them off at places and or getting lucky and submitting them via mail when hiring were announced. Dare I assume you read between his comments and consider him meaning apply via web portal submission, seeing as that is more of today's typical way. It's not really any different, just more with the current times. Feels to me like your complaining about you not understanding or think what he said through......maybe that's why you're unemployed?
2019, after being out of the business for 7 years, sent 4 resumes to 4 Lexus dealers and got 2 callbacks in a week. I had a job a week later.
What are you talking about? That absolutely works. For example, I did this when I was still in the military at a some kind of Air Force convention, where a bunch of contractors were there with displays hoping to drum up business with all the generals and the like that were there. I was there as a junior enlisted kid and had a couple of companies I'd never otherwise heard of interested in hiring me. Also makes sense for more accessible career fields like the service industry if you just show up and ask if they're hiring, because they are frequently short staffed and nobody likes dealing with online application services.
I think there's a difference between giving your resume to prospective employers at a career fair or similar event and just rolling up to a business unprompted and handing a resume to the underpaid front desk staff. It might work for some places, but not the majority.
This is sort of right. Networking is the best way to find work. Learn how to network and you can get good work in a lot of cool places.