Applying for jobs - getting nowhere

[RabidGranny]

Scabutz said:

Well the interview I had recently went very well it seems and I've been offered the role. Decent bump in pay as well.

I will miss out on my retention bonus but actually with the new pay and bonus in place at the new role I will only be slightly worse off Yr1 and then much better off after that.

Need to say special thanks to dibblecorse for sorting my CV out. Cheers buddy.

Dibblecorse is the man. I highly recommend his work.

[BMRed]

Adding my experience.

Last year I wanted to move into a new role, LinkedIn auto rejections had a well know company email asking for an informal chat then they ghosted.

Out of the blue in December, dream job appeared on LinkedIn. Applied and within 12 hours call with the recruiter, went to interview but didn’t get the job due to my long notice period.

Yesterday a new job popped up (totally out of my expertise) hiring manager emailed today wanting an informal chat.

I have found messaging hiring managers and recruiters have been the most successful in getting “Face time” and standing out from the crowd.

[carboy2017]

I have the same problem of getting nowhere with my applications, I'm a software QA Analyst with 14 years of experience (mostly in the payments industry) and got my CV written by a professional off LinkedIn and so far not had any luck as all i get are the standard rejection emails ( I dont need any sponsorship either)

Im not sure how to overcome this issue and would welcome any advice

[WY86]

BMRed said:

Adding my experience.

Last year I wanted to move into a new role, LinkedIn auto rejections had a well know company email asking for an informal chat then they ghosted.

Out of the blue in December, dream job appeared on LinkedIn. Applied and within 12 hours call with the recruiter, went to interview but didn’t get the job due to my long notice period.

Yesterday a new job popped up (totally out of my expertise) hiring manager emailed today wanting an informal chat.

I have found messaging hiring managers and recruiters have been the most successful in getting “Face time” and standing out from the crowd.

Depends on the role and how long the role has been up. everyone now reaches out so unless your early to applying and reaching out your messages will just be buried under a 100 other candidates reaching out.

[Frimley111R]

carboy2017 said:

I have the same problem of getting nowhere with my applications, I'm a software QA Analyst with 14 years of experience (mostly in the payments industry) and got my CV written by a professional off LinkedIn and so far not had any luck as all i get are the standard rejection emails ( I dont need any sponsorship either)

Im not sure how to overcome this issue and would welcome any advice

It's like direct marketing, you have to hit a lot of adverts to convert just one, unfortunately. But, remember, you only need 1 job.

IME keep a browser open with your main job boards on each tab and the searches in there. Go to each one daily and refresh and apply for the new jobs. I avoided anything more than 24hrs old mostly. All jobs get utterly bombarded with a ton of unsuitable candidates and your CV just gets lost.

Look for rec companies that specialise in what you do and call them. No-one else will. A lot of the success can come from simply being the person that a recruitment company thinks of first.

Apply and forget about every job. Mostly you'll not hear from anything/anyone again so don't get stuck waiting to hear all the time. It'll soon get very demoralising.

Don't spend long job hunting each day, look at the jobs daily, apply and do something else.

If appropriate, tailor your CV for jobs you really want and create a std covering letter.

[C5_Steve]

Frimley111R said:

It's like direct marketing, you have to hit a lot of adverts to convert just one, unfortunately. But, remember, you only need 1 job.

IME keep a browser open with your main job boards on each tab and the searches in there. Go to each one daily and refresh and apply for the new jobs. I avoided anything more than 24hrs old mostly. All jobs get utterly bombarded with a ton of unsuitable candidates and your CV just gets lost.

Look for rec companies that specialise in what you do and call them. No-one else will. A lot of the success can come from simply being the person that a recruitment company thinks of first.

Apply and forget about every job. Mostly you'll not hear from anything/anyone again so don't get stuck waiting to hear all the time. It'll soon get very demoralising.

Don't spend long job hunting each day, look at the jobs daily, apply and do something else.

If appropriate, tailor your CV for jobs you really want and create a std covering letter.

This is pretty good advice on how to do it and not let it eat up your world, it can become very draining especially with some of the sites where you have to enter everything that's already on your CV into a million little boxes.

One addition, I used to keep a spreadsheet with the applications on it. Just basic, name of company, job title, salary, job description, contact details and date applied. Then little boxes for progress. Helps you keep track if you apply for a lot and then when one comes back weeks later you can quickly find it. Also helps you visualise the progress you are making.