Interviewing for jobs is a lengthy endeavor these days, entailing endless calls, emails, and interviews, and frankly, people are tired of it.
Can we talk about the absolute state of job applications and interview processes these days? As if being poor and desperate for work wasn’t already stressful, the hiring game really does feel like an actual game these days. Employers gleefully toy with our emotions — why come in for 2 interviews when you could come in for 5? Why send in 1 sample of your work when you could spend hours working on a whole slide deck? Matter of fact, why don’t you come in for another interview — just kidding, you’re getting ghosted.
Instead of earning yourself a spot in an organization through meritocratic means, applicants now feel they have to beg, steal, or borrow their way into a job. What do I mean by that? Well, you’ll have much better chances of getting a job if you’re a nepo-hire, the ever-present force behind much of the workplace hiring. Or perhaps you have to lie your way into a job (which one person admitted to!), and can you even blame people? If they’re asking for an insane amount of experience, and you know you can do that task with like, 3 years of experience, I mean… lie if you think you can get away with it. Because what do you have to lose? What difference does a single job app make when you’ve gone through 200?
Author: Kayitsi.com
