cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52088358
I know the market is ass rn, I’ve been looking for a job since I graduated in November of last year with no luck. Every application I get a response like “you are great, your skills are great, you meet every criteria but we found someone better”. I recently decided to start replying to emails to ask why I wasn’t picked (I reply only to emails that aren’t from no-reply or if the say I can ask for feedback). So far I have not even received one reply. Am I wasting my time??? I feel like it’s just from automated systems and they don’t even look at it. Is everything literally a ghost job?? If you have ever asked for feedback have you gotten anything useful from it?
Once, with a bullshit technicality.
They needed someone with a CCNA certificate for hardware discount reasons, and mine was going to expire the day before the interview but I had an exam scheduled the week after the interview. I passed the exam but because I didn’t have one when the interview happened they didn’t consider me.
Did they demand the proof of the cert, including the expiry date?
Because if you did clearly also mention - and also showed proof - of the renewal exam, that’s grade-A bullshit. They were searching for an excuse.