Something the company I work for is still doing.we would give them a bonus if we hired someone they referred.
Something the company I work for is still doing.we would give them a bonus if we hired someone they referred.
As far as this forum goes, my advice is get as much hands on experience as you can in all the AI tools. Know what to use and when and the pros and cons of the various tools and models. Know how to use them in your job. No downside to that and it will help your employability.
Exactly the same here in the US. Not only to get people into their system, but to juke their recruiting reporting. For example "diversity" (to prove they considered candidates of a certain demographic or socioeconomic stratum) or to reach a targeted number of applications considered - so they can then justify hiring in-house. I also have a strong suspicion that many firms are just looking for example resumes to steal ideas from. I work in what was previously a highly niche field and I've seen many resumes in the past 5 years that use the unique format I came up with for mine more than a decade ago, specifically for jobs in my now not-so-niche area of work.Not forgetting the ghost jobs that are advertised just to get people on to their 'books'.
Ahh, a true artist - you're hired!
I'm always available for any position which has no schedule, no responsibilities, no reporting, and no particular skills necessary.
Maybe like Einstein, who picked Princeton over other Ivy League Schools, since the job responsibility at Princeton was just "to think".
Or maybe a Senior Advisor, in the vein of Major Kong, who famously said "Well I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones."
Over decades of on-and-off job searches, I was frustrated by hiring managers who didn't know what they really wanted, by human resource departments that misinterpreted what the hiring managers asked for, and by keyword parsers that discarded the most important information in the CV. Now it appears that AI compounds those problems with the speed and thoroughness that only a computer can provide. I'm retired now, so I no longer have to deal with it, but my heart goes out to those who do. Job-searching destroys the soul.With the advent of "AI" I'm absolutely positive most "major" employers run prospective resumes through the automated screening process
We suffer from the same problem in France... For example: a L2/L3 IT technician with 15 years of experience receives about 2000 euros / month net of taxes. A junior technician receives 1500 euros per month net of taxes....Here in Belgium they always complain about to few IT people, but at the same time they expect to work hard for little pay. And it's not only in that sector. I tried to find a new job, but a lot of jobs that I applied wanted me to reduce me salary for more hours. And many of those positions are still open actually. And it's not that I am that expensive, i find consultant jobs (that are more expensive) all the time, but not an internal fixed position.
The same applies for a lot. I know unemployed engineers that were just fed up and moved to other places where they instant got a job. They did not get one here because all employers want an Informatic or engineer under 30 with 15 years of experience working for pennies down here ... and at the end they hire expensive consultants because they find nobody to work under those conditions.
I retired a while ago but I have to say what a great idea this is. Amir, what a great resource you continue to build here!I have been getting a number of career/job advice from people I know. I find that the current online system of recruiting people maddening. Seems that resumes get filtered randomly and never get to hiring managers. So applying to jobs seems at best a random process.
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I thought I create this thread to give people who want to have a job an opportunity to post here with the hope that someone reading the forum either has an open position, or can help others find one.
Conversely, if members want to post job openings, they are welcome to do so as well.
Nothing is worse than not having a job in these uncertain times. Conversely, having a position open and not filling it is a great missed opportunity. So let's help each other in any way we can on this front.
If this catches on, I may create a dedicated forum with different categories of jobs.
My favorites are the "Someone that can multitask, is good under pressure and can be responsible for our entire such and such program and certifications. Bachelors degree required, minimum of 2 years experience. $18/hour." Someone with a degree, that can bring your entire operation to a halt and you are offering lower than fast food wages?Not just reviewing. In tech, the jobs themselves have all become AI/LLM/Machine Learning. I am amazed at the job specs they have, wanting PhD, years of AI/machine learning, programming, etc. experience. How they heck do they expect people to already know all these things given how young the technology is? And if someone has all those experiences, why would they be sitting around looking for a job and not already hired???
The AI filtering is just brutal anymore. These companies are going to end up with lots of employees that are great at using the proper buzzwords.There are a lot of jobs. But getting a "hit" where a company responds to your resume, is extremely hard. My son is looking for a software development job. We have found positions that are incredibly close match to his background. Yet he doesn't even get a form answer when he applies.