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Alot of them use software to automatically screen people out, specific keywords.
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 ~~trash~~ spam 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.
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. ๐คทโโ๏ธ