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Hi there, great new site for all of us out here jobhunting!
I have been out of work for almost 7 months now, I have applied for over 100 jobs all areas of admin.
I have not received one call back for interview.
Does anyone feel that some of the jobs must be gone as soon as they are advertised, I have also heard of many instances of companies recalling or changing their mind on a position.
I have also had the experience of agencies posting jobs and when you contact them they say that the job has been filled(in a matter of hours after it has been posted?) ?? I think that many agencies are a waste of time they are just looking for CV's.
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Yea apparently the latter is rife at the moment. You should probably narrow your searches on the recruitment websites to search employers directly and use loadzajobs or the fas website.
No doubt its a cut throat market. You should have a few different people look at your cv to get more ideas on sprucing it up. Also in your cover letters make damn sure that your are optimally selling yourself, directly point out how you can match each thing the ad is looking for. Dont have the recruiter looking too hard for this information.
Im sure you're already blue in the face from scouring ads, but why not look at them from the point of view of picking out common areas they all look for and upskilling in these and some others so that you're tipping away at building the cv and your skills offerings and therefore getting more and more competitive. In admin most applicants are presenting the same lot of qualifications and similar experience so you will have to do something to get yourself ahead of the game. If you had the chance to do some voluntary work in the meantime even it might not go a stray.
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Also meant to say there why not use your time to get some work experience in a few different types of company.
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It is very hard to even get called for an interview, let alone get the job. Rumour has it that a lot of companies fill in their vacancies before even advertising, but the law requires them to put vacancy on the market.So, a lot of jobs we see out there are actually fake. A friend of mine actually attended such bogus interview. Maybe so did I....
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I would agree with you there Miha. Ironically my qualifications are in HR but I had widened my search to include all areas of admin because of the limited opportunities.
It would be great to get experience in other areas and voluntary work is a good idea, I have heard though that if you do this you are technically not jobseeking and if found out would be ineligible for jobseekers benefit, it's catch 22 isn't it?
It would be interesting to know what percentage of vacancies that are advertised are really available
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Hi there,
just a quick reply to let you know that I have similar experiences to stargirl and Miha. I sent around 50 applications and have had no interview yet.
So it's comforting to hear I am not alone with these experiences.
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I was made redundant in July 08, and only got a job in April of this year, in the intervening period I had applied for over three hundred positions and had sent out another two hundred speculative cv's, it's a nightmare out there!!
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Miha wrote:It is very hard to even get called for an interview, let alone get the job. Rumour has it that a lot of companies fill in their vacancies before even advertising, but the law requires them to put vacancy on the market.So, a lot of jobs we see out there are actually fake. A friend of mine actually attended such bogus interview. Maybe so did I.... It is very hard to get called alright! On the bogus interviews, I have also attended one of those, it was very lengthy too! Its an employers market at the moment and its very frightening, but I suppose this cannot last forever so chin up and keep trying!
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Remember Caramel,
This is only a little blip in your career.Sometimes employers do not care how the interviewee is feeling so try to be positive!
I am not a positive person believe it or not.
GOOD LUCK!
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Hi there am new to this:)
Just read the similar experiences to mine. I graduated over a year ago with First Class Honours and thought was ahead of the game. Turns out no, am still jobless after applying to hundreds of jobs and getting few interviews. I blamed myself for scre... up those interviews I had and am becoming very passive to job hunting. I am a bit relieved to see other pple are in my shoes even if is not a nice thing to say. Does this website help at all? Seem like there are 100 useless recruitment sites out there, Any tip which one is the most useful? I think I tried everyth out there and feel a bit sick to see same jobs or companies coming up 2nd year around...:(
cheers :)
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After working in the UK for a number of years I have come to the conclusion that the job market is very different here. The vast majority of jobs in Ireland are about connections and networking and word of mouth recommendations. I think companies advertise here as a last resort or if they are after somebody with a very specific skills set. For example not one of my last three jobs were advertised. Now like everybody else I am sending out the applications etc...but I am also looking at training courses (as the tutor are often people who know people...) and seriously considering joining a number of trade organisations and going to seminars etc, etc. But dear god, it is hard work.
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merlot wrote:
After working in the UK for a number of years I have come to the conclusion that the job market is very different here. The vast majority of jobs in Ireland are about connections and networking and word of mouth recommendations. I think companies advertise here as a last resort or if they are after somebody with a very specific skills set. For example not one of my last three jobs were advertised. Now like everybody else I am sending out the applications etc...but I am also looking at training courses (as the tutor are often people who know people...) and seriously considering joining a number of trade organisations and going to seminars etc, etc. But dear god, it is hard work.
Hi Merlot, Im the same Im Irish and has just returned back after 10 years , My last three years have been spent in the UK and things are so diffrent over there with regards to interviews and jobs. I have been told by agencies that I need to have some Irish experience on my CV before any Irish company would consider me. I have 11 years sales experience I was headhunted in the UK and rang my own company. It really is a joke, I have been to one interview and it was terrible its was a sales jobs but the interview last 15 mins and the employer wouldnt tell me what the role was it was like getting blood out of a stone and it turned out that it was knocking on doors and commission only P.S thats no what the job was advertised at.( ok sorry all rant over ) lol . Does anyone have any postive stories with regards to recruitment agenies or can they recommend any?
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