Over 2500 resumes for a single position - my story
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Anonymous
That is absolutely true in 90% of situations, private or public sector. |
Anonymous
| So OP’s story is the good old boy network still rules. Great. |
Anonymous
don't worry, your gov with Democrats leading the charge are making sure we import a million more H1Bs for the "skills" shortage, that has lasted over 35 years. I expect this Congress to introduce and pass a bill to limit H-1B visas to a small number of critical-need talents. If you do not act, the program will continue to drive Americans out of these fields. |
Anonymous
If golf has a rich history of racism, please explain why there are so many asian players on both the PGA/LPGA golf tour? Aren’t they also minorities? |
Anonymous
Why are sports teams mostly blacks but team owners mostly white? |
Anonymous
lol then why was wfh so popular and remains so |
Anonymous
Benefits outweigh the cons, plus everyone’s remote it’s actually an equalizer |
Anonymous
It’s traded racism for classism. In 2022, the median household income for Asian Americans was about $100,000, • while for non-Hispanic White Americans it was around $77,000. As for black players in golf, they only started allowing play in 1975, six years after OP was born; Augusta didn’t allow black players until 1990. Any sport where you have to fork over CASH to play every single time is clearly a sport for the privileged. |
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Most jobs posted on the internet attract hundreds of resumes. That's just reality.
Internal jobs at my F500 have hundreds of applicants whenever engineers feel motivated to apply. We have thousands of engineering employees, many young, many looking for a promotion, many open to leaving engineering for another function. It's true that "vibes" often steer the hiring decision. I feel the number of phone interviews is too high based on what I've seen. Also, although the pay is high for an outside the DMV job. It's hard to tell how high up this job is. It might be more normal for DMV IT. More scrutiny would be given to an upper-level hire. It is important to recognize that OP hasn't strolled right into this job. I am angered that our economy doesn't effectively repurpose mid-career people and so many go unemployed and under-employed for so long. I would pay for myself to go to college again if I thought I had a chance of being able to start on another type of career arc without discrimination. |
Anonymous
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2500 resumes and they picked the guy who played on the CIO's college rival golf team.
I'm sure you can do a good job OP, but it is enlighting. |
Anonymous
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The takeaway here is to find common ground with the decision maker interviewing you. I don’t know if OP is male or female or anything. It doesn’t matter. It’s the common ground that makers.
In many cases, the decision maker is female. So, women, find the common ground. |
Anonymous
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My company in 2024 received 1.6 million Applications and they hired 5,000 last year.
So 1.6 million people applied 5,000 jobs. Do the math. Great companies routinely get 1,000 to 3,000 applicants per job posting. I was in final round at Google once. I was shocked I made it past thousands of people to be only the 2nd best which ment no job. It’s rough out there |
Anonymous
| Great job and kudos to you! I'm 55 and in a tech field, so I know the job search can be tough. Congrats on doing so well. |
Anonymous
Yup, this was my takeaway - oh look, white male privilege at work again. |
Anonymous
Do you know what history means? |