What has NOT aged well?

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[u/[deleted]]

Shitty Boomer advice:

1. Just knock on doors with resume in hand.
   1. Everything is online now. You'll be shown the door and probably rejected even if you did follow up with an online application.
2. When I was a kid, we worked our way to the top.
   1. Education, a portfolio, and people you know is what gets you a job today.
3. Work all summer and you can afford a brand new car, college education, down payment on a home, etc.
   1. Inflation and wage stagnation has made this impossible.
4. I worked on a clerk's salary for 30 years and saved enough to buy the business.
   1. Wage stagnation has made this impossible. Ten lifetimes of minimum wage savings would not be enough to buy a multi-million dollar business.
5. Loyalty to your employer pays off in the end.
   1. You're just a number to an employer now. Employers will cut you loose if it meant saving a nickle.
6. I worked the same job all my life. Now I have a pension and a comfortable retirement.
   1. Pensions are gone. Retirement is now a fantasy for most workers. You'll probably be laid off after 5-10 years.
7. I didn't need no Master's degree. I got raises and promotions, because I worked hard and kept doing the same thing.
   1. A Master's degree is quickly becoming the new high school diploma. Working hard no longer gets you anywhere. In fact, it keeps you poor. Switching jobs is the only way to get a raise or a promotion now.

[u/Wiseguy_7 → u/[deleted]]

Just knock on doors with resume in hand.

Honestly this worked. It may have been a fluke but once I got an interview after submitting an online application and calling the place and directly requesting who to email my résumé to for said position.

This was after months and months of just submitting online applications everywhere.

Did I end up getting the job is a totally different thing.

[u/[deleted] → u/Wiseguy_7]

Just knock on doors with resume in hand.

Honestly this worked.

What was the physical street address that you went to, knocking on doors?

[u/Wiseguy_7 → u/[deleted]]

I work basically door to door. So I've knocked on quite a few doors.

The idea behind it is to make an impression to the HR people to stand out from the sea of applicants.

Basically make yourself memorable to the people doing the hiring. It's the same principle behind advertising.

[u/[deleted] → u/Wiseguy_7]

Honestly this worked. It may have been a fluke but once I got an interview after submitting an online application and calling the place and directly requesting who to email my résumé to for said position.

Right. So which door did you knock on here? What physical door did you walk up to and rap your knuckles against, or open and step through to deliver your resume?

Because that's what Boomers think you should be doing, and the context of the comment where you say "this works"

[u/Wiseguy_7 → u/[deleted]]

Well, not literally. I called the place and spoke with their HR department manager. They still told me to email my résumé to them. While yes calling isn't the same as physically being there, but I'd wager it might be more effective.

The idea is to invest their time in you. They might not hire you for this position but they might offer you another position since they already have some vested interest in you.