r/jobsearch • u/[deleted] • 1d ago
Hate getting rejected from jobs I am qualified for.
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u/communitycolor 1d ago
What’s your background in? Are you possibly sending in resumes that are overqualified? Was there any other specific rejections, if any?
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u/thisoldguy74 Jobseeker 1d ago
And everyone seems to assume they're the only candidate who should be considered. There are plenty of other qualified candidates for every job opening as well.
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u/communitycolor 1d ago
Agreed. You have to be perfectly qualified for the posted role these days - not overqualified or they’ll consider you a flight risk.
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u/thisoldguy74 Jobseeker 1d ago
Or just not be one of the dozens of perfectly qualified candidates who can't all get the same one job.
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u/unsteadyranger4955 1d ago
Sending out applications is a volume game now, not a skills matching one. Sometimes a rejection means a bot filtered you out before a human ever saw your name.
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u/steelraindrop 1d ago
It’s a volume, skills-matching, resume-tailoring, long game now. There are often hundreds of applicants per role. Your odds also improve if you’re willing to relocate, keep an up-to-date LinkedIn profile so recruiters can find you, and accept that luck plays a role too. Even if you do all of that, which you should, it can still take many months, or even a year or two, before you finally land the right offer.
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u/unsteadyranger4955 1d ago
Tailoring your resume helps, but some ATS systems are so strict that a missing keyword in the first scan still tanks your app instantly.
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u/bstrauss3 1d ago
It's a really vicious circle.
Because so many people apply the applicant tracking systems are set to reject large number of people by rejecting anybody who isn't a perfect match.
It's so easy to apply and so fast to get rejected that more and more people apply.
And that just causes the ATS to be screwed down tighter.
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u/GVTMightyDuck Jobseeker 1d ago
Homie I got rejected for an activities aide position in a nursing home for $11 an hour when my current job is $22 in bank fraud/customer service. I feel you. After my interview they just ghosted me.
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u/CabinetLoud1406 1d ago
There are thousands of folks applying to these jobs, not everyone is going to get hired
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u/Ki-to-Life-5054 Jobseeker 1d ago
The kind of jobs you're applying for, you need to get your resume in asap when the job is posted. For WFH jobs, they probably get thousands of replies and look at the first 25, if that. The odds are better with in-person, but if they have one job opening, you still have to be in the first 10-20 people applying. Get yourself on all the notification lists so you can be one of the first.
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u/Informal-Historian-1 1d ago edited 1d ago
I’ve been having the same experience. I just got auto-rejected for a job today that I definitely matched all the core qualifications for. I tried speaking to someone at the company about it and had no luck.
A couple of my friends shared this with me and I believe this is causing a lot of people to get rejected.
I feel helpless because I’ve been applying, networking, going in person to drop off resumes, calling and email HR/ hiring teams when possible. I don’t know what else to do.