they are simultaneously uninterested in and incapable of understanding the job market. It's so much easier and more satisfying to just shout "fuck you, I got mine"

Just to give you some hope in humanity, my father is a baby boomer. He totally understands and has a lot of empathy and worry for his grand children who are in college right now.

yES, MY PARENTS HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD IS IT

It's not just the 70s. Even in the 90s (when I graduated), the days where you could go get a job right after high school making a living wage were all but gone. You had a much better chance with a college eduction of any kind than you do today, but even then it was no guarantee depending on the degree. Don't make it all about your generation, a lot of generations have struggled.

​@@BlitzkriegOmegaTry being over 50 and looking for a job. Ageism is real.

It was done way before their wokeness😂

​​@@inquisitvem6723What makes Harvard woke now?

​@@volatilememory9338racial and diversity quota. If you're Black, Moslem, lesbian or runs climate activism, AND you add your she, her, airplane pronouns. You get to the front of the line.

@ondreiii Harvard was sued for racial discrimination against Asian Americans for admission. It had nothing to do with LGBT or religions. Harvard lost based on the Supreme Court ruling for race conscious admssion. Can you provide more information on your claims regarding LGBT and religions "cutting" the line?

​@volatilememory9338 That is exactly why they were sued. They were artificially lowering the pass mark for black and Latino applicants, and raising the pass mark for white and Asian applicants. Because white and Asian is not diverse, and black and Latino is diverse.

YOU ARE RIGHT!!!! I had an agency called me and sounded I am about to get a job and kept saying my resume impressive (hiring managers never say that) and set me up for an interview with her manager first and then they said we will send your info to the hiring manager(google) (22/h) then they never come back. A real hiring agency they sent my info to the hiring manager (google) (the same company!) (28/h)! without all of that crab (my manager interview) (which by the way he said that happen if you got the job not before!) in 3 days he emailed me that I have face to face interview with the hiring manager (google!) and guess what I got an offer!! Believe it or not once I had a face to face interview the girl from the first agency called me and said I just want to tell you that your resume is shortlisted which is a good thing and I did not forget about you (yeah right you called me because you saw my name on interview) so the first agency never sent my info or the hiring manager told them. Boy I will call her and tell her I got the job! have you sent my info to the hiring manager because I asked him and he said it is the first time I seen your resume! because the hiring manager deny double submit! so yeah I got more than 5 emails offering opportunities daily!! becarful which one is real! good luck

HR has to "look busy," how else can you explain hundreds and sometimes thousands of applicants for one job?

@@frankhalgas3798 funny thing is, after several days of coordinating with this and that recruiter, I finally was able to go on a phone call with the hiring manager. The first thing we found out was, the hiring manager was looking for an iOS developer, while my resume's OBJECTIVE line clearly says I am looking for web front end development

There should be a law that imprisons any sociopathic recruiter who does this and endangers at least some of the job seekers that did this.

@@vanesslifeygo I'd like for it to happen, except they usually can claim, "we are testing the market", "we are checking to see if we can get an exceptional candidate", "we are doing our due diligence once the budget allows hiring"... you know, they can always claim that, just like they sell somebody something useless and claim, "oh that's just my job to sell" (even by using psychology twisting). "nobody forced him to buy"

Can you help me tweak my resume bro? Tell me what I’m missing?

Sad to hear that bit I wonder in what industry are you? I have send 1200 CVs in Europe over 18 months, non technical person but with good experience and education. Got me only 3 interviews. 😪

I remembered back in 2007 I sent around 60 job applications, I got 4 interviews, all rejections after that, but out of 4 interviews, I got 2 potential job offers, but I chose 1 before I got the other potential one, I said potential because the manager already toured me around the office before I told him I've accepted another role. Stayed there for 14 years, regretted it, should have stayed for 5 years max.

@@jelenab6289I don’t even do cover letters and I still get interviews

That is not the way to do it @@jelenab6289. I can help

I recently graduated with an electrical engineering degree and can confirm

Currently going through this and yeah…accurate 😅

Exactly! If only I could put Meta for my recent work experience lol I'm sure I would be getting interviews too!

And that would be 1 2 interviews from 1000 applications if you are qualified with a foreign name applying to "no experience" jobs

​@@nikkimikk3353Yes!

Was it like a Tyrone/Lamar-type name? Ironically they are wht names! Tyrone and Lamar are Irish and German, respectively. Some "black names" we associate with blk people are European. Interestingly enough, Quantavius was from Medieval Europe.

How did you explain the name change on the interviews?

​@@faa1412I thought Tyrone was French.

I shorten my name so they don't judge me by my name. My only question is, what is a "black name"?. Blacks were not even allowed to keep our original names, so they are mostly European. I kind of understand what you're saying but to call a name of black name or a white name is very cringe-worthy

@@sunchild9455 it might be cringe-worthy to you, but In the mid/late 60's there was a great re-association of Black people to very specific cultural ties such as names/holidays/traditions. This was in response, primarily to two specific events. The first being the rebranding of the Republican party as being "by the white man, for the white man". Black people used to be primarily Republican, prior to this rebranding ushered in by people such as Barry Goldwater. The 2nd event was the Black Cultural Movement in the 90's

If your target job has busy people, they will appreciate #3, I would just use a solid white background. The Swiss style seems to be gaining traction now as well.

@@AFuller2020 Agreed! It all depends: right now I have a light pink resume hahaha

Can you help me land a job for Content Writing?

@@esmeekruidhof1887 i also work in the same field and have a resume like this! However i started with a light pink one as well because it’s « my personality » but it quickly changed it for a dark colors (gray-ish) one, out of fear it was too « girly ». Great to know your light pink works!

@@jbkawaiiholic I also feared it was to girly, so I added a more "rock/metal" style font to it to make it more gritty and also give a slight hint to my interests (I also added a picture of one of my favorite metalbands, which seemed a nice conversation starter as well during interviews).

Not true. My husband worked as a recruiter and he always made sure to find the right person for the right job. He’d give advice on how to navigate the interviews, what to wear/what to say etc. he also made sure he got as much detail from the clients as possible regarding the job position. He told me the worst thing a recruiter can do is just shove random people for a job and not have them work out or last. He said that reflects on the recruiter. If they try to push bad workers on the client then it makes you as the recruiter look just as bad.

@@spinecollector9931 you are so wrong. No human system is fair. People make decisions due to emotions and personal self interest. Rarely someone makes a decision keeping moral and ethical values in mind.

@@Farhat-afza well I’m just explaining my point of view from what I’ve seen and heard from my own husband. Not saying everyone is like him, some of the people he worked with aren’t even like that. but those who came in looking for a job, my husband would go out of his way to make sure it was a good fit. That’s just who he is. Doesn’t make my comment wrong, it’s just in that specific circumstance shows that not everyone is lazy or careless about their job.

Your husband is ONE PERSON among how many others? Believe me, they're mostly what the OP described.@@spinecollector9931

I have to say in Japan's paiza, getting an interview is much easier than in the West.

This is the first time I've ever seen reference to a specific number being the cutoff for rejections. I'm going to try this and see what my results are. Thanks!

I had two. One for applying and one optimized to use during an interview.

The people that read the resumes after the algorithm are not "recruiters" for the company, they're outsourced firms.

this is tremendously useful. cheers.

What is the ATS looking for? I've plugged in the exact words and phrases used in a job ad into my cover letter. That worked a few times for interviews but then never again. I just don't get what the automated system is looking for.

Playing games will be a great asset for drone and laser weapons operators. Never disregard any skill.

Had a 3 year gap as well. I got 2 IT certs to show I was current and got in with public sector

Dedication. That's how they're doing it.

I am paying $25 a month for Myperfect resume. It zips it out pretty quick.

I've applied to over 5,000 positions but have not gotten an offer

@@johndong4754 now u lying, unless u sent out the shittiest resume anyone has ever seen. at least one job would call back after FIVE-THOUSAND

ur definitely doing sum wrong bro @@johndong4754

They lie and cheat you, but don't you dare lie and cheat them because they'll make sure you never succeed in this trash Country.

Bruh. Computer software is already scoring and rejecting apps. Not ppl.

@@newagain9964 lol exactly, and this is not new. I'd say for 20+ years, computers search keywords and reject resumes as a first pass. we were taught (back in the 90s and 2000s) to write keywords in the resume so that these software picks up on those that matches the job posting. this is not new. now, it's just gotten better with AI, that's all. same game.

amazon already tried this and threw the project out cause they trained the model on employees they had at the company and created the same biased described in the video.

It's not just America. I experience those same issues in Europe too. But I'm originally Moroccan so Idk if it's as bad for actual Europeans too.

Also, try politically loaded options, like being openly LGBTQQTIDAAAFPPPO2BNNGGAPP3OXK+, or a trump-supporting conservative with a gender identity of either "AH-64 'Apache' Attack Helicopter" or "#### You".

I think your underestimating the number of resumes people look at and overestimating what people remember. Additionally, resumes are going to have a lot of similarities in general.

Exactly! Instead of instantly screaming racism he could have tried collecting decent data

Recruiters look at hundreds of resumes, for 7 seconds on average. Do you really think they would have remembered enough details? Not to mention it was likely a majority of different recruiters parsing these resumes...

@@matthewh6424 why do folks get so triggered when someone points out racist biases exist

@@PraiseYeezus because it isn't clearly racist. He submitted very similar resumes under a different name. To rule out a person or even more likely an algorithm that could have flagged those submissions as suspicious he would have to apply to an entirely new set of jobs starting with the ethnic minority's name and then compare the results. If two students submit very similar essays they get flagged. Do you believe large companies wouldn't use similar tools? It's blatantly bad data. That is all. I don't have any tolerance for it after the COVID nightmare that was primarily a result of idiots without the capacity to identify flawed data.

This is a valid observation. The difference between 8 percent and 18 percent is notable, but once you take Meta out of the equation, it's down to a couple of percent. And even the most exacting of studies will include that amount or more in their "margin for error"

@@kevinmach730 no study would consider 10% as an acceptable margin of error.

@@bngr_bngr I'm not talking about the difference between the highest and lowest of interview rates. I'm talking about exactly what you stated- that when Meta was left off the resume, the ratio was like 2%-3% difference among them, regardless of the name, the resume etc. Definitely a level most studies would be comfortable and enough to call the difference inconclusive among the smaller response samples.

@@kevinmach730 meta was only taken off 2 of the resumes - and 1 was replaced with amazon

@@kevinmach730 What are you talking about? All of the resumes had Meta on it, except for 1 - so for those 4 - which had 18%, 10%, 8% and 8% ... that's pretty significant for those three lower vs. the 'standard.'

Appreciate the kind words 🫶💡

U.B.I. is not a solution. It's an aspiration (receiving it) that some people have.

Income as a requirement for survival, and the associated rent-seeking, plainly shouldn't exist.

who is obligated to ensure your survival?

@@bobleglob162 who is currently obligated? Myself

@@milklordnomadicgetting rid of income has got to be the stupidest thing I’ve seen as a UKposts comment

I've used both styles the style of the 1st one for many years I just updated to the canva template style without color & Im still not getting interviews...I have ethnic female name & I'm a general admin so that could play into my lack of interviews...go figure!

What resume type did you have initially

What happened to those times?

​@@johnnytsunami3558It has to be all done online now.

I hear what you're saying april but times have changed and the world you remember no longer exists. One must adapt and move with the times or risk becoming irrelevant. It's like me choosing to rely on horse and carriage in the age of the car, or bringing my own typewriter to work instead of learning how to use a computer with a wordprocessor. However, I GET it. You just prefered the 'simpler' times when there was less information overloard with the internet and web etc.

@@The-Great-Brindian You're right!

Thats right i have been sitting home for 6 weeks now applying to many but get none all they do is send more job alearts

For that to happen I think the internet needs to be shut down :P

The question is not ridiculous, but they are not satisfied with "I was trying to get a job but nobody would hire me."

​@@tilodelau4600They want everyone to be workaholics like they are.

It does matter. I mean comon, if brand name matters? It is not hard to deduce school prestige matters right?

It can matter, but it usually only for a select number of schools and employers. For example, the state where I live, there are roughly 60 different 4 year colleges. Only 2-3 of them are truly coveted by employers, and for the other 57 or so, it really doesn't matter. It's usually the bigger organizations that pay attention to it, and it's usually just pertains to people right out of college. Where you went to school becomes less and less important as you add more roles and actual work experience to your resume.

nicely put if a little cynical

sorry about this. i’m sure good news is coming your way very soon.

I'm sure you have some value to give...maybe you can get on social media start building your own business.

@@reese_rinde I got hired as an HR Specialist Remote, for a big Insurance Company. Ty 🙏

@@2dblefistn265 happy for you man

Why the hell would you want to work for HR ? HR literally ruins people’s lives

What name is Renee? Is that supposed to be a white name?

@@tilodelau4600 I figure Renee might work better because it's French

tbf I'm a white guy and still get a very high rejection rate even with 10 plus years of experience (broad at that). some companies outright told me they prefer to hire women (this is in australia). there are many in the same boat when it comes to high application / high rejection phenomenon we are seeing in 2023

I personally prefer to self identify as black from the jump to avoid wasting my time. I have a plain, bland name so many do assume I’m not a black woman. I work nights so it is easy for me to go to all job interviews during the day.

I think most employers save that for background checking which happens after the first interview

True. But if you’re white then you probably have a good reason to lie so accepted anyway xD

@@jcdenton7914 Also what I found out is that most companies won´t actually run a background check (minus criminal), unless there´s something that seems obvious off, as she mentioned with the degree. They willl tell you the opposite to justifiy other reasons...

@@jcdenton7914That’s totally fair. I probably should have mentioned that this error would have had more weight for east coast companies that are large and more prominently known. This is because the video specifically chose Williams, which is ranked as the number one liberal arts college in the United States. For talent acquisition teams and recruiters who are based in the New England area (and may have gone to school in that region too), there’s a lesser chance of them needing to even do research since Williams is well-known.

Recruiters doesn't make researchs to check resumes reliability. They got a lot of other resumes to read. The rate of each resume reading is around 30 seconds.

Concerning the names at the top, what different names may imply about ancestry or culture - what was the ethnicity, culture or ancestry of the first manager looking at the resume?

any suggestions how to format resume?

Formatting isn't that important, as long as it's not suck. It should look decently civilized, but an employer would be nuts to think that a mechanical engineer, welder, accountant, or anesthesiologist should be highly skilled at graphic arts and typography. Following the rules to perfection is should matter only for those who will be designing brochures, making ads, designing trade show booths, making presentations, producing videos, etc. Yet I keep hearing career "experts" saying everyone should make their resume a stellar example of fine design taste, to follow a bunch of formatting rules.

@@zz-ic6vy TBH I think this video uploaders CVs are TOO dense and lack whitespace for "breathability" specially the top section. I think hes right that you shouldnt use fancy multi columns or colours or too many different fonts BUT even with one font type no columns no colours type of CV can be poorly laid out

@@DrunkenUFOPilot formatting matters more than its content. it should be simplistic not artistic. even if you were the best in the whole world, no one will read your resume fully.

Exactly, the supposed correlations here are waay too loose to mean anything.

He also said anything above 5% is good, but later tells you to throw away the resume that got 8 interviews.

@@asdf8948 you want the best/most opportunities. Why would you keep the worse overall performer as your go-to?

Right. This "experiment" was pretty useless from a real data perspective.

@@L1623VP It was only really useful in highlighting that if you have a non "white" sounding name you may experience a lot of rejection

Same, and huge names too! Like McDonald's and Walmart you name it smh..😒

Is your resume ATS compliant? I used ChatGPT to rewrite my resume to make it ATS friendly and I put the resume in Indeed ATS checker and then I said to chatGPT “this is what indeed said what was missing from my resume fix it accordingly” and it did it

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The problem with that idea is that Indeed is completely unreliable, they keep job ads on there for YEARS after they've been filled. And using AI will get you flagged.@@rabalac

I bought ATS compliant resumes online, if anyone is interested, just share me with your email, I will send you the templates Lets help each others in this fuked up market

how did it go

hey how did it go

What I do is I maintain 2 resumes just like 1 and 3 in the video. WIth the same conten.

You would think a canva resume would attract more interviews. A simple resume may be better.

the recruiter is the screener, and doesnt have the power to say no if the hiring manager wants you. you're interacting with a different person in that first step.

let's not waste time on this, please! If there's racism in football, something that is public like that, what do you think happens to the hiring process, something that happens in close doors? The same people who are supporting and harassing players publicly also have day jobs, some of them are hiring managers. Do the maths - It's not hard to work out. Discrimination is systematic, and I have spent time analyzing this stuff. We are not that dump, trust me.@@FroisonControl

Recruiters are the first quality gate and if they are biased you are not getting a call from Hiring Manager

They have quotas and only allow so many of these types of people. People like me have always known this, we just hope we are lucky enough to enter the bracket. The system was built to be unjust. That is why we have things like immigration law. It's unfair by design.@@Shinn-sy6jf

my career has roughly been the same. only ever get hired when their is a connection at the company or previously at the company. i wish it didn't work this way though. i consider myself lucky

I knew a hiring authority for a big automotive company who basically told me when they need to hire someone, the first thing they do is ask their team if they know of anyone looking. There are several other methods after that, like recruiter/HR agencies, job fairs, etc- but the very last thing they try- you guessed it, is looking through randomly submitted resumes or posting vacancies on job sites.

Yep this is the most realistic comment right here.

Move to another company, why wait and stay. START seeking a new role.

"... most resumes are fed into OCR systems for storage and retrieval..." Any way to prove that claim?

Probably dodgy pervs trying to get slags applying for secretary jobs. When there is no job to offer.

Or black or lgbtq

​@@HL-iw4nw 😂

@Niv so true… it’s already hard for me to find the positions that match me..and even then,they specifically ask for male candidates most of the time (for the job role i’m looking for)..

A lot*

Philippines' on-site job market is dissapointing. As an accounting student, I'm starting to learn a lot of accounting softwares before I graduate, plan to get a bookkeeping NC III and head to Business Process Outsourcing jobs immediately.

hi, whats the resume/ job description keyword thing called?

​@@nutellaunicorn2673 Jobs scan and many other websites are available. Upload your resume Copy paste job description and you will get result for how much your resume matches the job description

There are no "corporate recruiters," they outsource it.

I agree totally that the first 2 resumes/cvs need more white space. I gave up trying to make my CV computer software friendly as I ended up with a CV I was not comfortable with

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I don't put my undergrad and grad school graduation years on my resume any more, and my early careers are listed as "other experience" with no dates. Sad that we have to do this.

@@mike325ci Former HR Director here. This hides nothing, unless it's really smoothly done. Why would you even put anything older than 10 years on the resume? Honestly, unless you worked for POTUS or similar 15 years ago, we don't much care. Keep it current and leave the past behind you.

@@thinkabouthelogic I think thats an interesting subject how far back are employers interested in? Yes I know it can vary but Im beginning to think anything further back than 5 years is like ancient history

my resume is like that too. I jumped around in my field.

I've been told that too, to have something in for every "gap". Trouble is, depending on how life went, you might be adding so much inert gap filler material your resume becomes another page longer. These days, if a potential employer has concerns about "gaps" that aren't brushed off with a few words, I just politely end the conversation and cross that company off my list.

Even if it's been a few years, I would list your last employer as your current employer- as most hiring authorities know contacting them is off limits. There is still some risk there, obviously, that they could both find out and chose to dismiss you for it. But that may be one worth taking.

@@kevinmach730 If they have a gap of 2 years (however doing further education) cause of the pandemic and worked short project jobs (which if you put those in will make you look like a job hopper) , do you really want to stretch it that far? ...Sure if you move countries different laws apply and most outside the US don´t background check, at the most request for a criminal record...

@@Proposal12 I guess it's a matter of trying to act like you continuing your education vs working. I am overeducated as it is, am older with 25 years in the work force. As such I am not interested in trying to spend more money I education I don't in trying to justify a gap in employment, which is a stupid trend HR that gained traction 10 or so years ago. I do agree that there is some risk, but for me personally, it's definitely a gamble I would take.

@@kevinmach730 yeah I`m almost the same, I´m not 25 either, so while im still interested in always learning regardless of age regarding my field , would you really stretch it out!?...

@@kevinmach730 Considering employers don´t like big work gaps...damn if you do damn if you dont...

That's awesome!!! I know nothing about investment and I'm keen on getting started. What are the strategies?

The first step in every successful investment is to establish your goals and risk tolerance, a task best undertaken with the assistance of a financial advisor with extensive financial market knowledge like Fergus Waylen

Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing him been mentioned here also Didn't know he has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, i'm in my fifth trade with him and it has been super

YES!!! That's exactly his name (Fergus Waylen) so many people have recommended highly about him and am just starting with him from Brisbane Australia

I don't want to put a figure to how much i've made doing that but let's just say it's more than enough to make trading worthwhile. And when i say worthwhile, i mean it.

imagine not working for 1 year to raise your kid. Weird how people see you as "damaged goods" for living life.

​@@lostconciousness4255 its so sad! So what do you put for your gap?

Thanks for the tip. Can you give an example?

Ok,Let's say you were applying for a network administrator position in Information technology,you would write...I am competent capable,and efficient at operating all aspects of network systems as necessary.

A resume is basically an advertising document. Get the "buyer" interested by addressing their concerns, goals and vanities.

Agreed,went a little poetic with the vanities.

But that's an extreme example. RNs are always in severe shortage, at any hospital, at any time.

Not really, 5 were possible travel assignments and many were did not want to negotiate pay.@@jyashin

Recruiting in IT and almost any other field is very different. For some Software Developer positions, you can have a few hundred applicants in just a few hours. I guess for medical workers the numbers are significantly smaller

cause most nurses leave nursing to do it--lol@@user-dizoro

lol so true, very small cause nurses are leaving going into IT--no one wants to work on the floor@@user-dizoro

No, of course not. Obviously, it would have increased the percentages 🙄

@@ecm3030 ok darren

It's probably still possible. Supermarkets still exist and still hire every day. Probably one of the easiest jobs to get but few are willing to start bagging groceries, and to keep working hard enough to rise through the ranks.

Today? Yeah today they just eliminate bag boys to reduce cost and make you bag your own unless cashier helps. Less effort to just order delivery groceries and skip the register.

I don't get how that would work in anyone's favor. Even if you pass ATS, HR will address this at the interview and then, what will you say? HR job is to verify your background, and one of the top redflags is that you lie on your resume.

​@@monikabrozyna8904I think they said it sarcastically.

It wasn’t. He applied to same company with all 4 resumes.