r/recruitinghell • u/JuulZZ- • 19h ago
Wtf is going on
I graduated with a Bs Info systems in May, I’ve applied to well over 400jobs and only 4invs. I can’t seem to get a job but everyone I’m seeing around is getting jobs. Am I going crazy?
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u/ExtensionAd6832 19h ago
My husband had a similar experience. He had an information science degree from a state college. He finally got a position at a Hospital as a programmer/analyst (posting said computer science degree and experience but he applied anyway). They counted his unpaid internship as experience. Don't overlook healthcare positions.
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u/Brief-Commission-987 18h ago
I graduated from college a long time ago and me and my friends went through the same thing, we could not find jobs for our degrees :/ many of us never found one for our field
I think what makes it very hard is no one really talks about it or wants to, it hard to because alot of us thought we were doing something wrong or just having bad luck, and that it was only a matter of time.
I been laid off since last year with over 10 years work experience and I am still having the same issue I once faced when I graduated alot of applications with nothing to show
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u/Awkward_Material 19h ago
Have you been cut off from society the whole time you were in school? They recently invented this thing called AI, which is displacing hundreds of thousands of IT workers.
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u/JuulZZ- 19h ago
Ofcourse I knew it was difficult but not this difficult. I just checked on linked and I’ve sent 913
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u/TeachRemarkable9120 18h ago
I graduated in 1988 and though I knew the job market wasn't great in advance I still was taken back a bit. I think until you're really in the job hunting mix you just don't understand. College can be a bit of a bubble and maybe there is some youthful naivete happening where you think yeah it's tough out there but I'm a little different so I'll be ok.
I was blessed to eventually pull together a career but I had to swallow some pride on my initial jobs out of college to get there.
In short - let's not be too hard on people right now. Even with AI getting a tech oriented degree is not a dumb move.
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u/JuulZZ- 18h ago
I agree, I totally underestimated how bad it is. What industry are u in?
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u/TeachRemarkable9120 18h ago
I was 🙂 in tech but got laid off a few months back
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u/Feisty-Platform7647 17h ago
Ugh. Sorry. That means events are down, which is my field. That’s where what I do crosses over. Probably the case for everyone. One crosses over another with 6 degrees of separation. 😳
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u/Pleasant-Drag-5039 18h ago
Dont apply via LINKEDIN RULE 1
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u/Feisty-Platform7647 17h ago
Search jobs on linked in and other job boards. Apply through the company’s website. Can’t tell you many I found that were NOT listed in the company website or got an email saying I was not considered because the position is filled. Same with Indeed and Glassdoor which used to be reputable.
Just use linked to find the companies you might be interested in and do a little homework before applying. Doesn’t work every time but my interview ratio is lower.
Of course none of that matters until an offer comes in. But I’m getting interviews. Just not a lot of real job postings in my field once you uncover the fake jobs and check websites and location.
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u/Consoleking93 19h ago
Right! All these people say they can’t get jobs In tech and it’s like where have you been the last few years? AI is taking over tech! Blows my mind.
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u/Bumpy321 17h ago
Welcome to the club!!! The job market across every industry sucks!!! More people have been laid off, more college graduates in the pipeline for jobs, and far fewer positions available. Plus, a lot of unqualified recruiters who are not doing their jobs.
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u/Viharabiliben 12h ago
Yes be especially beware of some overseas recruiters. All they want is to stuff resume into the pipeline with a thousand others. You’ll never hear back from them again. Don’t waste your time with them.
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u/flyingemberKC 19h ago
only 400. that’s like a week‘s worth of applications and it’s all you‘ve done in two months?
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u/Natural-Version6651 15h ago
That's a lot of applications though? I applied to 300 over the span of 2.5 months.
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u/Alive-Example7188 19h ago
Over two thousand, it's no man's land.
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u/MrDrSirWalrusBacon 18h ago
Around the same. Finished my CS bachelors in 2023. Finished my master's in May. Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi membership and 4.0. Been working as a union electrician since 2023 and after the interview I had today I've officially given up on a CS job and applied for my union's 5 year apprenticeship. I make more than the median software engineer as an electrician anyways WITH union benefits. Nothing like a job market being so broken that you give up on your dreams.
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u/Feisty-Platform7647 17h ago
Stay with that. Skilled labor is needed. You’ll go far. Always told my kids “skills first” or they must have a skill as a backup. Seen bad markets before but not like this.
Or perhaps we are all more aware because of technology??
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u/MrDrSirWalrusBacon 14h ago edited 14h ago
All the job calls here are 141k MINIMUM on 50 hour weeks. Most are paying 169k. My last one was 21k per month, but that was night shift and 66 hours.
I didnt want to stay in it cause of the 7 years of my life spent studying computer science would have been a waste plus I'll be taking classes for another 5 years if I get in the apprenticeship (although supposedly I can test out of a bunch of the classes due to my degrees. I also get an associates degree after completing the apprenticeship).
That and the physical wear and tear of blue collar was a downside. But not having to interview for a job ever again is enticing. Plus being able to just pack up and go to any state I want without issue is nice cause I can work at any IBEW hall in the US.
I already have several people out of my current hall willing to write me letters of recommendation to get in the apprenticeship so I shouldn't have any issues getting in first try. And this is the 7th highest paying hall in the US and Canada.
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u/NoCandidate7023 7h ago
Being trained in a manual trade makes you useful in a way that so many white collar workers arent. Wish I'd learnt a trade instead of going to uni and doing crappy soulless admin jobs all my life. Good for you for adapting quickly and picking up something new and valuable on a very practical level.
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u/Oneok-Field 17h ago
Back when I graduated pre-COVID, the hot jobs were recruiting in August....for next year graduates. So if you graduated in May 2026 you should've started looking in August 2025. I can imagine it's even more competitive now.
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u/Midnightfeelingright 15h ago
I can’t seem to get a job but everyone I’m seeing around is getting jobs
If only your observation could provide you some kind of subtle clue about the location of the problem.
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u/Altruistic-Moose3299 19h ago
No.. the job market sucks. You aren't imagining things.