Why millions of job seekers aren’t getting hired in this hot job marketJob seekers increasingly want higher pay, more flexibility, and remote options. Meanwhile, companies continue to favor candidates with several years of experience, availability to work evening or weekend hours, and willingness to work in-person.

Read in The Washington Post: https://apple.news/Ag2PYY_jTTK2LGXe1owpGRA

Joe came into Career Counseling Connecticut’s offices looking dejected.  His initial e-mail conveyed that he had been “sending hundreds of resumes” for the last 6 months. But he only had a few interviews.  And those didn’t lead to job offers.  “I’ve never been so humbled.”

Joe was in his late-thirties.  He had been let go from his company last year.  The pandemic does provide a built-in excuse.  Whereas pre-pandemic, employers might wonder if an applicant was singled out to be let go rather than be the victim of lay offs, job applicants should get the benefit of the doubt if the layoff occurred after March 2020.

Nonetheless, Joe was not getting any traction.

Like many of those who come to Career Counseling Connecticut for job search help, Joe’s strategy and tactics were a remnant of when he was looking for jobs as he was leaving college.  That was 17 years ago.

There was a distinct break in how to search for jobs pre-post Great Recession, circa 2008-2009.

The 2010s accelerated a variety of trends noted in the Washington Post article above.

The pandemic accelerated those trends.

That’s a lot of change.

Joe’s understanding of how to effectively job search would be similar to someone from the 1950s applying for jobs in the late 1990s, after the advent of the Internet.

That’s how much things have changed in the last couple of decades.

We have been immersed in helping our clients search for jobs in the new world of work.

We can help.