How long was everyone's job search?

14.5 months, it was grueling tbh. Ended up at a company I like with great colleagues but I'm honestly unsure if I've fully recovered from the amount of stress I put on after 70ish applications/rejections.

since 2019

I never apply for very competitive roles or graduate schemes.

Are you tailoring your CV to each position you apply to? This small tip alone did wonders for me because I used to send the same CV to every company SMH (don't do that, always tailor it to the job position it increases your chances by a lot). Also use places like cvlibrary, LinkedIn and matchtech.

ofc my man each cv and cover takes a while ha. study the description and try score as many points on ATS

ATS?

Cover Letters are not always necessary! Oh and don't waste your time applying for very competitive grad schemes/job roles.

Agreed. I learned the hard way it's just not worth the stress.

applicant tracking system

filters out 80% of cvs then the top 20 cvs with highest scores will get read by a Human

'i demonstrated leadership' = 0 points
'i demonstrated leadership during project X using X leadership style ....' = 1 point

normally the more competitive the programming the better structure and organised it is. you will meet many people your age better bonuses and will be Alot happier. I made it to final 10 for a grad role with 1003 applications so there's defo hope!

what's Ur status

Oh.

I had a good paying job but I didn't enjoy it so I left. Currently going through a bit of a career change.

back on hunt?

what you going for now?

Yes.

Mechanical design engineering (sticking to my core discipline, I was doing marine previously).

Graduated last year. Still ongoing. Not been too many positions for grads. Case of constantly looking. Lack of experience is an issue, seem to get interviews but come up against someone with experience. Widening my horizons in terms of role yet still something I'm interested in. Applied for jobs through agencies in other cities but get asked how would you move or we are looking for someone local. Even retail jobs have been more thin on the ground in 2021. A numbers game indeed yet you still need to have pukka application.

Try to get your CV right, and tailor it to that industry. Learn the keywords of the ATS, fabricate extra-curriculars you could have done at university but didn't. Alot of it is just playing a game.

Literally pick an industry...recruitment is hot right now for example, it's ****... But it gets you some experience. I'm in executive search, which is fancier recruitment, but I mainly got my job because of my language skills. But I haven't done a single internship ever lol. I do have a Russell group and a highly ranked dutch uni on my CV (MSc).