Re:It’s a Tough Job Market for the Young Without College Deg...
by Bartweiss on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:18AM
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Not only do most applications take time, I've found that no-degree jobs take far longer to apply for than fancy "skilled" jobs like software work.
The full interview funnel is long in software, but the first step is something like "upload your resume to some sites". Decent low-education jobs, meanwhile, require proprietary sites and lengthy applications. It's not uncommon to be asked for 5-10 years of past residences and credit information. Verizon (for a floor job) put me through a 2 hour personality test (as an initial application), then never contacted me again.
I can't speak to people coming out of trade school, but the only no-degree jobs that you manage 5-10 applications per day for are the really crappy ones like fast food. Anything better than that has a swarm of applicants, so they're free to be as demanding and time-wasting as they want.
I can't really imagine doing 10 applications per day for the sort of job where many companies demand several hours work and none of it transfers to the next place.
The full interview funnel is long in software, but the first step is something like "upload your resume to some sites". Decent low-education jobs, meanwhile, require proprietary sites and lengthy applications. It's not uncommon to be asked for 5-10 years of past residences and credit information. Verizon (for a floor job) put me through a 2 hour personality test (as an initial application), then never contacted me again.
I can't speak to people coming out of trade school, but the only no-degree jobs that you manage 5-10 applications per day for are the really crappy ones like fast food. Anything better than that has a swarm of applicants, so they're free to be as demanding and time-wasting as they want.
I can't really imagine doing 10 applications per day for the sort of job where many companies demand several hours work and none of it transfers to the next place.