Getting a new job can be a drag. There’s lots of ups and downs, twists and turns, and lying-on-the-floor-thinking-I-am-a-failure moments. But also some ridiculous and hilarious stuff like weird relocation offers or CEO interviews with unexpected twists.
Anyhow, since the career space is already full of all sorts of “motivational” and “actionable” advice, we decided to mock that out a bit too. Because let’s face it: there’s too much #recruitinghell going on already. Why add up to that?
So guys, let us know what you think of our Career (Con)Quest series. Yay or nay? Can’t relate? We would really love your feedback on our first batch!
Below are some of our favorite comics created in 2019 (more coming up on a weekly basis in 2020!)
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Learned a tip from a friend. Most large companies use buzz word filters to narrow down what resumes actual make it to a physical person. In the footer of a word doc, enter in all the buzz words for your industry. Then make it 2pt font and change the text color to white so it won't show up if printed out. The filter will pick up the buzz words but who ever prints it out won't see it.
My sister had to be talked out of telling her interviewers that the job was conveniently located for her. Not what they are interested in hearing...
This. I used to get this a lot. "You'll get bored and leave us." I was unemployed! I wasn't going to leave. I wanted to work!
At least they called. I usually do not even a rejection email. If you make it to the interview, you should at least get some kind of notice that you did not get the job.
I was once told I was overqualified for the job. Which was true. But, I wanted a job with fewer responsibilities as my current job was actually ruining my health. Never had the opportunity to discuss why I had applied for this particular job.
That happened with where i work now, but years of persistence overcame that obstacle. TLDR: Applied for same entry level job 4 different years and finally got hired after my higher education wasn't paying off in in the job market. details below... I applied after high school and they told me to got back to school or get more experience. So I applied again after working retail for a while but work experience wasn't enough either. So I applied again after getting an associates degree and they thought i was over qualified. 40k in debt later, i couldn't make any use of my ITT degree without experience in the field. So kept working service and retail until with my fourth application i got the entry level job... I worked my butt off for two years and applied from within for a technician job to make use of that worthless associates degree. Finally, just to add insult to injury i payed my student loan off just before the ITT went under and the government started forgiving peoples loans.
This just seems like such a freakin'... TRAP. "Oh... yeah... you're just... not QUITE qualified enough, we know we said this skill would be nice... but we REALLY meant it's necessary"... then... "Oh, yeah, you're overqualified and you'll probably leave in 6 months"... or... "we THINK you're overqualfied and should be in another job catgeory... so you're probably going to leave..." - THEN... "Oh, you're a good fit, but you said you had these other aspirations..." then... "You stated you were dedicated to us and now you're pursuing other aspirations? So you lied to us? Your inability to be honest in the beginning means you don't get a referral from us": It's so much c**p.
Don't overdo your strengths - this just sounds more like arrogant boasting.
Love the drawing style! From my personal experience - and I know this sounds weird - the less expectations I have, the better the interview goes. I'm not nervous and able to just be myself and chat away with the interviewer. I'm also more comfortable asking my real questions about the company, not the usual questions you find online. A job interview should be on eye level. Sadly, that's way too often not the case.
I don't think that sounds weird - if it makes you more comfortable and confident that should be a good thing.
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Don't forget you are there to interview them about the job as well. They have to sell it to you just as much as you have to sell yourself.
The thing I find most annoying about job hunting is when they want you to upload your resume to their job site, when you have already uploaded your resume to 100+ job sites, and then after uploading, they want you to reenter all the information from you resume into their forms. I usually assume anyone who wants me to do mindless work because their system is bad is a place I do not want to work.
It is far easier to read and compare applications where the information has to be given in the same format. Where the requests for information are the same and it results in you getting everything you need instead of there being a gap because someone missed it on their resume/CV. If you are ploughing your way through over a hundred applications you want to be able to do it as easily as possible. It's hard work trying to find decent staff. Any potential staff member that can't make it easy for employers to read their application is not someone they want to employ.
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Love the drawing style! From my personal experience - and I know this sounds weird - the less expectations I have, the better the interview goes. I'm not nervous and able to just be myself and chat away with the interviewer. I'm also more comfortable asking my real questions about the company, not the usual questions you find online. A job interview should be on eye level. Sadly, that's way too often not the case.
I don't think that sounds weird - if it makes you more comfortable and confident that should be a good thing.
Load More Replies... Don't forget you are there to interview them about the job as well. They have to sell it to you just as much as you have to sell yourself.
The thing I find most annoying about job hunting is when they want you to upload your resume to their job site, when you have already uploaded your resume to 100+ job sites, and then after uploading, they want you to reenter all the information from you resume into their forms. I usually assume anyone who wants me to do mindless work because their system is bad is a place I do not want to work.
It is far easier to read and compare applications where the information has to be given in the same format. Where the requests for information are the same and it results in you getting everything you need instead of there being a gap because someone missed it on their resume/CV. If you are ploughing your way through over a hundred applications you want to be able to do it as easily as possible. It's hard work trying to find decent staff. Any potential staff member that can't make it easy for employers to read their application is not someone they want to employ.
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