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How do people manage to actually get jobs through online applications (US citizen here)? (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm sure this must sound stupid for many, but I never get any responses, until like 3 days later when I check my spam folder and realize my scheduled interview appointment came from some random server that got deleted as spam mail.

How the hell do people get jobs online? I've only ever landed a job in person.

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[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Do you like, not know that there's other places to apply to? Maybe your resume wasn't attractive. Again, you are competing against people whose resumes and experience could outweigh yours. It isn't just you that could be applying.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The last time I sent a resumé in, it was on indeed.

My resumé reflected my history of electronics repair.

AT&T contacted me. I don't know fuckall about cellular services, and my previous employers made fucking sure I never learned, by compartmentalizing.

I was the soldering technician that can solder wires about the thickness of a human hair and reball nVidia GPU chips. WTF does that have anything to do with cellular services?