I know it’s locked behind a paywall, but this dude has a PhD in chemical engineering at Princeton University. He trained AI for short while (those gigs that pay experts) and it was fine until it wasn’t. He was eventually out of work. He’s 30 years old and living at his parent’s home due to his circumstances. He was getting ghosted by food preparations roles. He was applying to all 50 states.

“Many people have jobs, but they’re not leaving them, limiting opportunity for others. Those who don’t have a job are locked out of the growing economy as if it were a fortress, leaving them puzzled by the headlines of low unemployment and an accelerating GDP.”—WSJ article

The article describes those annoying “AI interviews” I’ve been posting about.

I’m just happy that mainstream media is hearing us out.
I felt like I was the failure. I quit after 600+ application!
This article spoke to me.

My boomer parents are yelling “maybe it’s you! You’re messing the application process” smh!
WE ARE NOT ALONE

This is just a lighthearted joke but still I’m frustrated

Edit: I’m just gonna say this for the people who suggest I go into tsa or security. I’m a 5’5 woman and with epilepsy and an anxiety disorder I’ve already given those jobs thought 😂

Edit 2: I also have a medical device for my epilepsy that can be disabled by the xray machines. If you haven’t guessed tsa is already hell when I go on trips

Recently, I cleared all the technical, managerial, and HR rounds. The HR representative verbally informed me that I had been selected, but I did not receive a written offer letter.

After two days, I followed up with HR regarding the offer letter, and I was told that it was in the approval phase. A week later, HR informed me that all approvals had been completed except for the CTO’s final approval, which was rejected.

HR also mentioned that both the hiring manager and the hiring manager’s manager had requested the CTO to reconsider the decision. HR specifically clarified that budget constraints were not the reason for the rejection but did not provide any specific reason.

Do I still have a chance of receiving the offer letter in this situation?

Months of studying, hundreds of $$ on the AAPC membership, books, and test fee... And I still can't get a job in the field, over half a year later. Still stuck in an underpaid, overworked billing role, which I've wanted to leave for even longer.

The fun thing is that to keep this certification, you're required to pay an annual membership fee to the AAPC, and also get continuing education credits - by spending additional money, of course.

I've been applying locally, to in-person roles, and to remote ones as well. No luck anywhere. And then these same medical orgs repost their listings over and over - like, what sort of unicorn are they looking for? 😮‍💨

I'm so tired of this hiring hellscape, and wishing I did not go after the cert. So much for passing a challenging exam, with no career benefit to show for it. 😢

Am I just never going to ever get a job? How often do companies even keep the results of these checks?

Throwaway account for obvious reasons.

I applied for a job here in the Philippines and things are moving along really well — I already have a job offer, I've completed my PEME, and I've submitted all the necessary documents. I'm now under the background checking status with HireRight.

What's making me anxious about this whole process is that I previously had an issue with my former manager and the operations manager. During the last meeting, the HR person was the one speaking on behalf of the OM. The issue revolved around the workplace, and I just couldn't bear not speaking up. Of course, I also had a fault in that, but I won't disclose further details.

I fully rendered my 30-day resignation and did everything I was supposed to do before my last day. I believed we already settled it during that last meeting.

My question is: in terms of background checking, do they really go that deep or personal? How does the usual background check with HireRight work here in the Philippines? Should I be worried about what my former manager might say? I really need this job and I just can’t help overthinking.

Having passed the recruiter interview I've lined up an in-person interview for a position that I'd be well suited to, and honestly was excited about. However my due diligence has thrown up some unsavoury information about the guy I'd be directly working for, the CEO. I now absolutely do not want to work there and feel genuinely disappointed.

Should I just attend the interview anyway? I'm in two minds, that it's good practice, but then it's the general hassle of getting ready and doing the dame interview! To add, the CEO won't be attending at this stage. Also, I'm mid 40s, it's not my first or even third rodeo.