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I'm interviewing for an SDE Il position at Amazon and thought the onsite went great. I had five 1-hour rounds of interviews, but for one "problem solving" coding interview I kind of rushed through some assumptions. The interviewer then called me out for those assumptions towards the end, and I had to rework the solution with him but finished with time to spare.
The recruiter called me a couple days later and said that the team gave me strong feedback. However, they want to give me another coding question in a "mini-loop" in the next couple days because they didn't like my performance on that specific round.
Including my OA, I've already spent almost 7 hours interviewing with them and now I need to study for another coding interview. I'm just annoyed that one assumption over those 7 hours means I have to keep studying…
Has this ever happened to anyone else? Any advice?

Hi there! I am 4 rounds deep (😵‍💫) in an interview process with my 5th round (😵‍💫😵‍💫) coming up on Friday. I have been unemployed for 10 months now and this is the closest I've come to not only a job, but my dream role at my dream company, so I'm trying to do everything within my power to set myself up for success without coming across desperate.
The job is a very slight pivot from what I have done in the past, but extremely similar. I definitely am more than qualified, capable and have shown them strong work samples. It's not a major transition and it's a common one in my field.
However, through my conversations, I'm getting this feeling that if I don't get the role it will be due to my lack of experience in precisely what this role does. My thinking is it's already a competitive role at a large company, and in this hunger games of a job market right now - why would they hire me when other applicants have the EXACT experience?
To try to combat this, I've taken a couple certification courses (just Coursera, nothing fancy) that are relevent to the role I want. I also revamped my portfolio to include more examples of my past work.
My question: is it dumb to share an updated resume with the hiring manager ahead of my call on Friday? I am already very deep in the process so I don't want it to look like I'm throwing hail mary passes, but I also want to show that I'm making the effort to address what they may see as a potential shortcoming. If I were to send it, I would just keep the note simple saying that I completed some courses and revamped my portfolio so I wanted her to have my latest resume. I would NOT say anything along the lines of "I know I don't have the exact experience so I did this course.. blah blah blah"
Is this pointless and/or not tactful to do at this stage? Thank you for any insight/advice! And thank you for reading my novel!

Small details have been adjusted to ensure anonymity. Long, ranting post.
My(30f) husband(35M) has been unemployed for six months now, and I am exhausted. I'm in my third year of taking college part-time to get my AA, balancing work, and my social life, and I feel demoralized that nothing is being done around the house unless I ask him to. I'm the sole breadwinner now, and the longer he does not have a job, the tighter our finances are.
I'll admit that I have been slacking a bit with balancing it all. I feel that he should be able to -- or should have already, rather, stepped up once he lost his job and taken over more of the household duties considering he was going to be at home all day. This has not happened, and I have to frequently specifically request him to get things done for any cleaning to happen. To give him credit, it's not all the time, but it's often enough to be a mental burden on me.
Last week he brought up that I seem to be paying less and less attention to the house, and he's concerned by the behavior. He cited not having any dinner plans, and my remark that he can go to the store and "figure something out" (his words, not mine) felt very dismissive. He said that the old him would have been mad, but the current him that loves me and will do anything for me is just sad. (is this emotional manipulation?). My issue with this, additionally, is he has never once elected to do the grocery shopping, so I sort of already knew that asking him to do so wouldn't go anywhere. I was hoping he would give it a try for once.
Regardless, he laid into me (exaggeration) that it felt like I was viewing this time as if he were on a vacation, that I seem to have all but checked out of being present at home, and that my expectations are too high. Let it be known that my bar for him is so low it's a tripping hazard in hell. Please, just wash the dishes sometimes. Stop fucking buying soda. Clean up after yourself. It would be nice is you could cook dinner on days when I am otherwise occupied. I feel like I am asking for the BARE MINIMUM of any partner, and it's just not being fulfilled.
I am beyond frustrated, but I do not want to hurt his feelings, but I also don't know how to tell him my grievances in a constructive way.
Truthfully, I feel that he is a lazy slob that gets nothing done all day, and over-inflates the amount of work he's putting in towards getting another job. I'm growing increasingly resentful, which I know is a death knell for any relationship, but I don't know how I'm NOT supposed to be, when every day these past six months, I walk into soda bottles that I didn't buy on the floor, dishes piling up, and my still-jobless husband playing video games all day with only a handful of interviews to show for all his efforts. I'd also like to note that I'm a gamer too, so I don't view it as an immaturity, but he's definitely spending way more time doing that than anything else in his life.
How do I get my thoughts through to him without being needlessly mean? We are in couples therapy, but I feel like it is only superficially improving our relationship. I'm thinking I'll ask the therapist for advice as well, and have her mediate a followup discussion on that day's topics.

So I was interviewed and immediately sent a job offer, and proceeded to put in 42 hours in one week. At the end of that week I was called by the owners of the business, and was told they are eliminating my position (General Manager), due to finances, as there are many many unexpected expenses they were unprepared for. And as if to add more annoyance to the situation, I hit a deer on the way home from that job, the night before.
Now I can understand that there is a large amount of unexpected expenses that I have seen myself after being on the properties, so I understand that they need to tighten that belt and limit costs. That being said, do I or am I able to apply for unemployment after such a short term, as it was to be my only form of employment.

AGI Defined
An autonomous assistant that solves tasks you give it as well as or better than a human would. It has the reasoning, agency, learning capability, and ability to use tools like a human.
How AGI Solves Tasks
Problem Definition and Understanding:
Start by understanding the problem, desired outcomes, and constraints.
Planning:
Formulate a detailed plan outlining steps and strategies to address the problem.
Knowledge Acquisition:
Gather relevant information from its database, the internet, and through its own experiments.
Data Collection and Analysis:
Collect, clean, and analyze data to extract useful insights.
Reasoning and Planning:
Plan by simulating different strategies and evaluating their feasibility.
Creative Generation of Solutions:
Create innovative solutions by combining and extrapolating ideas.
Evaluation and Selection:
Evaluate solutions based on criteria like effectiveness and ethics.
Decision-Making:
Decide on the best solution by weighing pros and cons.
Implementation and Execution:
Implement the chosen solution with an action plan.
Iterative Feedback and Learning:
Adjust approach based on feedback during implementation.
Continuous Improvement:
Learn from experiences to improve problem-solving over time.
How Agi Is Smarter Than Humans In Discovering and Implementing New Knowledge
Enhanced Memory:
Have an extensive and perfect memory, allowing it to recall and use vast amounts of information instantly.
Processing Speed:
Analyze vast amounts of data and complex problems much faster than humans.
Integration:
Integrate information from diverse sources and disciplines more effectively, generating novel insights.
Pattern Recognition:
Detect subtle patterns and anomalies in data that humans might overlook.
Deep Learning:
Understand and learn from complex datasets, making connections and insights that are difficult for humans to grasp.
Hypothesis Generation:
Systematically generate and evaluate a vast number of hypotheses, including unconventional ones humans might not consider.
Simulations:
Run countless simulations of theoretical models quickly to test their validity.
Unbiased Exploration:
Explore hypotheses without cognitive biases that might influence human researchers.
Logical Consistency:
Maintain higher levels of logical consistency in reasoning, avoiding common cognitive fallacies and errors.
Advanced Problem-Solving:
Solve complex problems more effectively by using advanced algorithms and heuristic methods beyond human capability.
Feedback Loop:
Rapidly iterate and refine models based on new data, accelerating the cycle of discovery.
Innovative Thinking:
Generate truly novel ideas and solutions that go beyond conventional human thinking.
Continuous Operation:
Work continuously without breaks, accelerating the research process.
Innovations Needed For AGI
Hardware:
Better chips
Data centers
Energy production
Software:
Agents perform multi-step tasks and know what to do next for the task to be done without being asked to.
Self operating computer
Having every workflow application have the AI be able to use the tools rather than just give advice based on what it sees on the device and hears from the user.
Spoken Timelines: I didn't add links but you could just search what I said on Google.
Dan Schulman (former PayPal CEO): GPT-5 will be a freak out moment. 80% of the jobs out there will be reduced 80% in scope.
Sam Altman thinks GPT-4.5 will automate 100 million jobs globally.
In 2023, Sam Altman said he predicts job losses will begin in 2-3 years.
Sam Altman's AI Capabilities Projection:

• Multi-Modality: Somewhat with GPT 4o. Still needs an everything to everything model.
• Reasoning: Q-star, chain of thought, search tree. I’m sure more will come.
• Personalization: Most likely having the AI be trained on all your personal data by having it control your devices. (Bill Gates Interview)
• Reliability: Sam said that this is when the AI can always give you the best response. He remarks that if GPT-4 gives a good response 1 out of every 10k times, then he wants to ensure that one good response is given every time. (Bill Gates Interview)
• Agents: API calls with other apps. Ability to use tools in different applications.

AI that controls your computer is coming soon
Sam Altman said GPT 4 is really dumb. So he knows the next model is actually way better.
OpenAI is likely two years ahead of everyone.
OpenAI COO: Brad Lightcap

• We’ll get a major upgrade by May 2025 (Based on May 2024). Today’s systems are laughably bad.
• Models are capable of complex "work."
• OpenAI already has a desktop app with a conversational voice and can comprehend what’s on your screen. So they can be like your teammate.

Every company’s workflow would be reengineered by May 2026. Nvidia, Dell Are Building Their Own AI 'Factories' (Based on May 2024)
Project Stargate: Nuclear fusion to power the $100 billion data center to be released in 2028. This is likely for scaling for smarter models, make AI faster, cheaper, or getting it to as many hands as possible.
Many leaders in AI give AGI release dates between 2025-2030. Most people that think AI won't take jobs are thinking of todays tech for the future. They don't consider how AGI would be like for AI to take jobs. Like the required technology and how those innovations could be achieved. People don't consider how embodied humanoid robots with AGI could also eliminate many jobs. People think trade jobs are safe. NVIDIA's project groot is training robots in simulation. Who's to say that the robots can't learn to do all tasks. Maybe not in a year, but five years is a lot of progress with the rate AI is advancing. Even if we don't have AGI now, AI will be replacing jobs. If one person can use AI to do the work of one team, then those people who would have been on a team would be laid off. Especially when Agents roll around in 1-2 years.
Sometimes it really worries me about the people who go to college to get a high paying jobs, especially first gen college students from immigrant families. Imagine working hard for the dream of getting a high paying job only to be automated in six years. What happens to their drive? All their hard work for what? Sold a long gone dream and had the carpet pulled under them. In my opinion, even jobs like doctors could be automated if humanoid robots had embodied AGI. Sure it might not be wanted at first, but it has the potential too.
My Thoughts on AGI
AGI would just be the accumulation of all the different innovations needed to reach the requirements needed to meet the definition of what AGI is. Realistically, engineers could do this within six years. So even though I have a general idea of how AGI could be achieved by the end of the decade, I would just have to wait and see when these innovations are created.
Post Labor Info
Most people work to gain money because money is needed to survive and buy things that you want. The purpose of school is to provide people with a pathway to secure a high-paying job. When students say they work hard in school to be successful, it often means they want to get a high-paying career.
But if AI were to start taking over jobs, then our relationship with work would change. There would be mass unemployment, leading people to receive UBI. The government would be forced to give UBI unless they want societal collapse. No one would need to work to have money for survival and buying the things they want.
If everyone had free money, people would use the extra time on bettering their personal lives. They can spend more time with loved ones and do the things they want to do. There would be a paradigm shift in how society is set up. People wouldn’t have to work so hard at school or a job in the pursuit of money. A lot of people don’t like working anyway, especially since the cost of living is causing them to work harder and subsequently deal with mental health issues. Look at Gen Z doesn't want to work, antiwork, wage slavery, 9-5 rat race. Cost of living being unaffordable. People work so hard but can not get by. Hard work is not properly financially compensated and college grads can't find jobs. Meaning from work could be derived from work you want to do not work you do for a paycheck. Look at David Shapiro's YouTube channel for more info on Post-Labor and Post-AGI videos.
It would be better for the next generation of people born in this post-labor world. Nasa researchers found that 98% of 5-year-old children fell into the “genius category of imagination.” This number dropped to 12% for 15-year-olds and to 2% for adults. The reason for this drop is the education system killing creativity. But with the traditional education system gone, that generation is likely to remain geniuses.

I was let go about a couple weeks ago from a job i thought I'd be retiring in. I'm in OR state and started the unemployment process but have yet to receive any funds yet from them.
My predicament: My previous job payed about 64k. (Overtime available sometimes).
I'll probably have a job offer (have been called by employer for an interview) by the end of this week and they pay about 65k but with no overtime. Meaning if I work 40 hours and I get called in to work another 8, I won't be paid for the 8 because it's salary.
I have a job application in for an employer pay is 100k. I'm a pretty good candidate for the job based on the hiring event I went to and the experience most candidates stated they had. They'll start hiring in about 2 weeks.
My question is: I'll probably get the job offer from the 65k employer before I get an offer from the 100k employer. As I mentioned, I started the unemployment process but have not received any funds yet. I know that I can't refuse a job offer but not sure if that changes with me not having been paid yet.
I also do not want to start a job with the 65k employer only to quit a week later for the 100k employer. It seems like a waste of their time and mine. The 65k has training that they're paying for so I'd probably come across as a a-hole.
Advice is appreciated.

So I've been unemployed now for 16 months.
From the day after I because unemployed I have followed the same routine. Wake up, research and apply to 30 jobs, followed by lunch/workout, followed be research apply for another 30 jobs, end my day by curating the multiple AI auto-apply tools for the next days automatic combined 150 applications.
I do this on weekends, I did it in the ER, I even did it on days I had 1st, 2nd, even 3rd interviews.
I never missed a day.
In 16 months I have had 67 "1st" interviews 43 organic, 24 from AI. These have been everything from flipping burgers to Director level tech positions.
I have 18 years of diverse tech experience in almost everything from cyber security, game development, IT, SaaS, to robotics...excluding enterprise SQL (Robotics, but not SQL. Weird right?)
I've been a subordinate, I've managed 60+ people hot, then remote and globle at 20 seats. I've had teams as tight as 8. I bring no ego, I couldn't care less if I'm a manager. It's just what I've fallen into more so than not.
I do not have a pride barrier. I've eagerly applied for entry level then without thought painstakingly reforged an application for senior level.
I have no preference towards on-site or remote and I'm not picky about benefits beyond pay. Which, I'm always listing myself 15% below average.
So for the life of me. I'm honestly wondering what I'm doing wrong. I'm getting interviews, but an interview isn't a job. My resume is fluid, I bring myself to expert on every company before the interview, I even brought a software fix for one company as a skills demonstration.
I'm just curious to reddit opinion before I start lying on my resume.

Hey y’all. I lost both my parents in the last 12 months, one to cancer and another to a drug overdose. I’ve been living on my own for the last 4 years and this is the first time I’ve been unemployed for a bit.
I don’t have any friends to talk to so I vent in my notes app. Right now, I live in my car which now has a flat tire and dead battery. I’ve been looking for work, going into stores and doing in person apps, online apps, and indeed apps. Nothing has popped up. Im willing to even work for a shitty wage just so I can save some money.
I feel like an absolute failure when I compare myself to others. I guess because I am. I have no job, no friends, no family, no money, no place to live outside of my car, only have 2 outfits and no shoes, just some slides. So even if I do get an interview I have to hope they’d understand why I look like a bag of ass.
I guess I’ve reached my limit. Tired of the bullshit. Have reached out to numerous shelters and have been put on a waiting list. Have reached out to old friends for help and was rejected. I can’t and don’t want to live like this anymore. And im not going to.

I'm on Indeed, ZipRecrueter, LinkedIn and Glassdoor. I have been since I was fired in November 2023 (the company lied about why I was fired and the one who did it ended up fired later but....still fired) I have over a 100 applications out. If I'm not being told I'm over qualified then it's I'm under qualified.
Lately I've noticed that the job description will say something like.... Entry level position, no experience needed, $16 an hour with benefits, full time.....I apply.... get an interview and..... "Well were looking for someone who already knows this type of work", or "we actual start off at $12 an hour but after a few years you could make $16 an hour", or my favorite "benefits are for full time employees at 40hrs, this job is actual for 35hrs a week so its consideredpart time." This has happened to me several times now. 😡😡
I've also been getting sent to 3rd parties after applying to a job. Apparently these 3rd parties are job hunters and want you to make an account with them. The "job" is actually bait or something. 🤨🤨
Yesterday I did a Zoom meeting. But the company I thought was an insurance company sounds like a pyramid scheme that sells insurance. Not the first time I've had this happen. 🤔 🤔
It's been 6mo. I am out of unemployment benefits, I can't find anything around here and I'm completely broke. I have no way to get my medication. No way to pay my bills. I'm trying to care for my parents (yes I've applied to be a caregiver, where I live it takes monthS.) I've applied everywhere. I'm so depressed, I'm such a failure . And every time I think maybe this is it, I'm finally gonna get a job the crap that I mentioned happens. It's like some joke. I don't know what to do anymore.

I'm 29, F, virgin, never had relationship/ first kiss/ held hands with someone, been unemployed for the past 9 months but only been actively been actively job searching for the past 5 months, never had a "real" job aka a career, my B.A. degree is (unfortunately and comically) in Communications, I'm fairly overweight, and I've been depressed for just about my entire life and currently my mental health is hanging on by a shoe string.
My last "big job" was teaching English abroad in a foreign country which I had an incredible time doing, but ultimately felt fulfilled with my time abroad also missed my family back home and if I am being honest I got tired of teaching young children. Also if I am being real with myself I only obtained my B.A. in Communications as it was the easiest degree and ultimately allowed me to travel abroad and become a teacher. I do not regret my time abroad as it was a long time dream of mine and am proud that I accomplished that dream. I also gained a lot of confidence in myself and just had an awesome time.
However, since returning back home here in the US, I feel like I am back at square one and would even say that I have regressed. I am applying to jobs daily, day and night, and on weekends, and I've had interviews here and there but no job offers. Well I did have two job offers previously, one I turned down in the moment because I was upset that I was only being offered $19 which in hindsight I probably should have taken but that was my mistake. The other, I just got very sketchy vibes in the interview and was asked inappropriate questions and the interviewers made weird comments.
I feel as though my life is on hold as I have no income and unemployed and I know the steps I need to take to better myself but you need money to do a lot of things.

This is not really IT's department and people get rubbed the wrong way if you tell them their department is doing their job wrong but HOLY CRAP what is wrong with my company's hiring process?!?!?!?!!!!?! It took about a month to bring me on and that was fairly rapid since it was an overdue emergency on their end, I just hated my current job but they didn't know I was leaving. For the most recent hire in IT, it took over 2 months because they kept not getting back to him. and we're not some clueless, top-heavy Silicon Valley 6+ interview company. It was just people not doing their jobs fast enough or something. My best guess is the managers at each branch are "too busy" (or too old, slow, and bad at typing) managing their teams to have that many interviews, BUT THEY'RE BUSY BECAUSE THEIR TEAM IS TOO EMPTY AND OVERSCHEDULED!
They keep wondering why people duck out at the last second after being offered the job or decline mid-interview process. Hmm maybe because you can't pay rent or a mortgage with IOUs and nobody is smart enough to have 6 months living expenses? I guarantee we're getting zero unemployed people because nobody would tolerate that.
So this affects me because we have a referral system and my friend wants to leave his current job at Amazon and come work here. I worked with him for about 4 years at a business I used to own and I know he's solid! So not really desperate or time-sensitive but I keep checking in and he says "they haven't gotten back to me" and that was after 2 successful interviews. Today, we had to transfer one of the last workers in that position to another of our locations because he moved. So we're down to like 1 or 2 people instead of a team of probably 5 or 6 that we need. We're probably just going to start dropping multi-million dollar contracts because the hiring people can't get their shit together!!! We can't just not show up. These are recurring maintenance scheduled jobs!!! WTF?!?!?! Does my company not know how to do math?!
As far as my job, it takes about 50 minutes to set a new hire up in our system, longer if they get a laptop or some special software. So IT has got it down. We are the only department that has it down, apparently.
So how long does your company take to hire people? Unacceptably long, way shorter and we're the anomaly, or I'm just impatient and this is incredibly typical?

Hey y’all. I lost both my parents in the last 12 months, one to cancer and another to a drug overdose. I’ve been living on my own for the last 4 years and this is the first time I’ve been unemployed for a bit.
I don’t have any friends to talk to so I vent in my notes app. Right now, I live in my car which now has a flat tire and dead battery. I’ve been looking for work, going into stores and doing in person apps, online apps, and indeed apps. Nothing has popped up. Im willing to even work for a shitty wage just so I can save some money.
I feel like an absolute failure when I compare myself to others. I guess because I am. I have no job, no friends, no family, no money, no place to live outside of my car, only have 2 outfits and no shoes, just some slides. So even if I do get an interview I have to hope they’d understand why I look like a bag of ass.
I guess I’ve reached my limit. Tired of the bullshit. Have reached out to numerous shelters and have been put on a waiting list. Have reached out to old friends for help and was rejected. I can’t and don’t want to live like this anymore. And im not going to.

So a few weeks ago at 2:47 PM, I had an ESL teachebusiness consultant from Ukraine reach out to me on LinkedIn who told me that the technical University in Kyiv, Ukraine where she was working at had a vacancy for a remote ESL teaching position that they needed to be filled. She sent me a link to the university where she worked at, along with a PDF listing the details of the job description. I'm unemployed.
My main concerns that I encountered with this consultant was that she wouldn't respond to my messages for several days at a time and lose interest in communicating with me as soon as I replied. Was I not replying fast enough to her messages? Like I'm frustrated that this consultant offered a job interview to me despite knowing the 10 hour time zone difference between us and how she sounded very urgent as if she needed the job filled asap, only to ghost me.
My background is a bachelor's degree in Information Management and 6 months of teaching ESL in South Korea with 2 years of working at a call center and work as a tutor.
I immediately responded to her one minute later at 2:48 pm and I told her "thank you. Yes, I am interested in this position." After spending 5 minutes editing my resume, I sent her a copy of my resume. However, she didn't respond to my message on LinkedIn or my email until 8 days later.
8 days later, she sent another message on LinkedIn and email saying "Hi OP! If you're still interested in the opportunity, I'd love to invite you to a job interview with our company. Could you provide me with several available time slots."
I responded 4 minutes later saying "Yes, I am available from 8AM to 10 PM as I live in the Pacific Standard Time (PST). However, I have a very flexible schedule so I can change my schedule if need be."
The consultant responded one minute later "Thank you, I'm thinking about which time slot to offer as we have 10 hour time difference.
I responded 1 minute later saying that it would be best to continue this conversation early in the morning as at the time she was messaging me it was 1: 24 AM in my time zone (pacific standard time) and that I needed to get some sleep. She didn't respond to my message, as all she did was send me a "thumbs up" emoji to my message.
I didn't get a follow up message the following morning, so 4 days later, I sent a follow up message saying "good day. I am following up about the time slot for the interview that we discussed last week."
The last message that the consultant sent me was "Hi OP! Unfortunately we have to stop the cooperation. Due to big difference in time, we can barely offer students. Thank you for your time."
She sent a final email saying "Hi OP! Your candidacy won't be considered further for this position. To keep in touch, I would offer you to join our teacher's club where we post teacher resources and material weekly."
I wrote an email and LinkedIn message saying "Thank you for letting me know. Yes, I am interested in joining the teacher's club."
However, she never sent me a follow up email about the teacher's club. Was this a scam? Would it be worth it to have joined the teacher's club?
So if she knew that the time zone differences was going to be a problem, then why did she even bother to reach out to me on LinkedIn and email to offer me an interview for the remote job in the first place? And why would she stop messaging me as soon as I immediately replied to her message?
Was I not responding fast enough?
Seems like she wasted both of our times. Cana anyone give me feedback as to what I did wrong or why this consultant did this?
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I'm reaching out for some advice/guidance regarding my job search situation after a challenging last year or so. I guess I start by saying that this will be a long post.

1. I finished a contract job early last year. After spending a significant amount of time on the resume (first time i did so largely on my own, took a better part of a few months trying to figure that out). I started applying online around the summer and I was getting interviews, but it didn't go anywhere (got close twice, getting to the third round, but still nothing).

Long story short, It got to the point where this year, i needed to move back in with family because i didnt want to go into debt. Now, there telling me to apply to the CRA and do the situational judgement test, and then everything will be fine and you could apply to any job.
Ignoring how incredibly competitive those roles must be, there's likely a high probability that I don’t have the years of experience for that (have basically around 2 years in several roles) that I dont see, with my employment gap and despite me doing volunteer work right now how even if i do the situational judgement test, that it could be remotely worth the effort.... Is this in any way realistic? Anyone familiar with what the process is actually like applying for jobs at the CRA?

1. My interviewing skills are weak. I've made careless mistakes as I look back on some interviews i've done. I've thought about going to the university i graduated from and asking for help, however, I always felt that interview prep was more suitable after getting the request for the interview from the employer, meaning you have a few day notice at best.

Each job description/job your applying for is different so your preparation will be different each time. Is there a place any of you went to in order to get help with interviews? Has general interview preparation worked for you?
I've practiced with family/friends before many times, but it hasnt really helped because the issue is and its hard to explain, but its hard to simulate an actual job interview with people your familiar with because the nerves aren't there for me.

1. At this point, I view advice like "apply online", "keep applying" given my unemployment gap is longer then a year, that advice feels like a wasted effort right now, I've tailored and altered my resume slightly, changing job titles, the beginning profile summary so it aligns better with jobs i've applied for so many times, I have so many different versions of my resume saved on my computer.

I had finally decided last month, to change my strategy and given that I had to move back in with family, I looked more toward volunteer work, as an easier way to cover up an employment gap, and an easier way to gain work experience right now. I started a non-paid volunteer role last month (thankfully, no interview required, just orientation process). This felt like a realistic option, but its a non-paid volunteer role. That very obviously wont work long term, and thats why I'm looking for general advice here on what to do next.

1. I've contacted agencies. Robert Half, Recruiting in Motion, Altis Technology are the ones where I have actually get responses back. However, i guess it comes back to the interviewing skills issue where maybe I'm just not showing enough energy during those calls. Which is why, going back to #2, If anyone has tips or resources that helped them improve their interview skills beyond practicing with family and friends, I'd greatly appreciate any advice you can offer.
   
2. I'm also signed up with YMCA's Employment Services through Employment Ontario. I recently did that, so its to early for me to say whether they'll be any benefit from it.
   
3. In terms of networking, I went through a significant amount of mental and physical health issues during my time in university. One of my regrets during that time was not being able to do, what your supposed to during that time which was network/build connections. I was in no shape to remotely think about working and doing school work at the same time. I tried that once during the summer time one year and I was really struggling , and I was only doing 2 courses during that semester. I’m far better now compared to before, but its more that, now that I’m out of school. I’m not sure where to start with that. ________________________
   

Thank you to anyone that might have took the time to actually read all of that. For some reason, I feel better after writing it.

Hello, I am new here. I just want to have some advice. I am a fresh graduate of engineering. Pero may credit card debt na ako due to unemployment (nababayaran ko naman yung minimum pero Idk for how long). I was working student (worked for 3+ years sa BPO) before I graduated pero I decided to resign to focus sana sa field ko. I thought makakakuha ako agad ng work since may work experience na ako pero ang hirap pala. I am living outside metro, and I have been searching ever since January for jobs related to tech. Since ayun naman talaga field ko pero out of 400+ applications; may 50+ akong mga interviews. Some ay umabot pa ng final interview pero ligwak pa din. Idk what to do. Nauubos na din ang emergency fund ko and I am living alone so salo ko ang monthly bills. Should I go back nalang muna sa BPO (kahit sobrang nakaka drain ng mental health, and nakakapagod ang nightshift-rotating schedule) or mag try pa din sa tech?
My tech stack is really data related (python, powerBI, tableau, sql, etc) pero nawawalan na ako ng pag asa. 😭😭

Cut a long story short I was earning 33k got into a relationship and lost my mind lol also lost the job and took a year and a half out and I’ve been using saving to get by. I’m now low on money and only have a few months left of money to spend before I’m stuck.
I’ve started applying again it’s been a struggle but recently I’ve gotten better at job search I’ve been getting more interviews and had two offers so far and more interviews lined up.
I’ve been offered a position they pay 25k the benefit is il start in a few weeks and have a wage coming in. Also it’s fully remote which a big plus for me.
Downside is the wage is low, I feel like shi* as I’m going backwards in life and earning less. They want a response by tomorrow I don’t know what to do.
Should I accept or wait it out for something better to come along?. If I accept I don’t want to quit after as it’s a 12 month maternity cover and I think that would be bad of me . But at the same time I’ll always be bitter about maybe I should’ve aimed higher and waited a bit longer

I recently left a dead end job and although my mental health has improved since leaving, the initial honeymoon phase of unemployment has worn off.
Interviews are mentally exhausting and some recruiters I’ve come across have been extremely judgmental towards my gap in employment. After so many interviews of trying to sell myself I’m left feeling worthless and the vicious cycle of applying for jobs and preparing for interviews only for it to go nowhere seems endless.
How did you know what you wanted to do for a living? Was it influenced by anyone in particular (parents, family, society) or did you just know?

Hi everyone. Here’s the rundown:

• I’ve been laid off for the past 6 months and have only secured 3 interviews in that time span
  
• One company finally liked me and gave me a job offer
  
• The company is a smaller ad agency with no more than 40 employees.
  
• The company said they wouldn’t train me and that I’d essentially need to train myself (first red flag).
  
• it’s a digital marketing / client management job. i was forward with them that I haven’t used Google ads directly before they’re still interested in hiring me. (The job directly invovles building and running Google ads campaigns)
  
• When going over the job offer it states that there is a non-compete for a year after employment. It says they can deem if a company anywhere in the US is their direct competition and sue me for working with them if they like.
  
• There’s also a clause that says any invention or creation I make during my time of employment (including my free time / off time) will legally belong to them. It states that under copyright law anything I create while working for this company will be owned by them.
  

This job is not a long term solution for me. I wasn’t happy being a client manager at my previous job and the lack of training makes me anxious. However, now I’m scared of the non-compete and intellectual property clause in the hiring papers.
My original plan was to take this job and keep applying to other places / leave as soon as I find something else.
I need a job, my unemployment only has 3 weeks left, and I live with my girlfriend who is currently in school so I feel pressured and forced to take this job. However I do not want to lock myself off from other opportunities or lose the rights to anything I may happen to create during my time at this job.
Does this sound shifty to you? What would you do in my position? I really don’t know what to do and I’m extremely anxious so any advice would mean the world.

Hi everyone. Here’s the rundown:

• I’ve been laid off for the past 6 months and have only secured 3 interviews in that time span
  
• One company finally liked me and gave me a job offer
  
• The company is a smaller ad agency with no more than 40 employees.
  
• The company said they wouldn’t train me and that I’d essentially need to train myself (first red flag).
  
• it’s a digital marketing / client management job. i was forward with them that I haven’t used Google ads directly before they’re still interested in hiring me. (The job directly invovles building and running Google ads campaigns)
  
• When going over the job offer it states that there is a non-compete for a year after employment. It says they can deem if a company anywhere in the US is their direct competition and sue me for working with them if they like.
  
• There’s also a clause that says any invention or creation I make during my time of employment (including my free time / off time) will legally belong to them. It states that under copyright law anything I create while working for this company will be owned by them.
  

This job is not a long term solution for me. I wasn’t happy being a client manager at my previous job and the lack of training makes me anxious. However, now I’m scared of the non-compete and intellectual property clause in the hiring papers.
My original plan was to take this job and keep applying to other places / leave as soon as I find something else.
I need a job, my unemployment only has 3 weeks left, and I live with my girlfriend who is currently in school so I feel pressured and forced to take this job. However I do not want to lock myself off from other opportunities or lose the rights to anything I may happen to create during my time at this job.
Does this sound shifty to you? What would you do in my position? I really don’t know what to do and I’m extremely anxious so any advice would mean the world.

I was part of a mass, sudden ramp down, and have been unemployed since May 1st. I have tweaked my resume, used AI to help, I write job specific cover letters, and not one interview. Aside from the scam interviews I went through the first week. It had been over 5 years since I needed to job hunt and these scams weren't a thing back then, so it took me a little time to figure all that out.
So any other time I've had to job hunt its taken a week, two at most, without much effort at all. Now I'm spending hours a day applying to positions, and I've been applying since the last week of April, so right at a month now, and not a single prospect so far.
Has anyone else noticed it's harder to find a job right now than it has been in the past? I will say that I'm applying for positions that match my qualifications, so I am not applying for many entry level positions, unless the pay is similar to what I was making, which wasn't like the most ever. I was making 45k a year as an Operations Supervisor. I had agents making more than I was. So I'm not hunting for a 100k a year job... I mean I wouldn't turn one down lol, but I'm not looking outside of my qualifications. It's honestly pretty scary that I haven't had a single interview in a month.
Any suggestions? Or thoughts? Similar experiences??

Nag migrate ako to Australia dahil citizen na asawa ko and while I'm happy na finally di na kami LDR, sobrang hirap na hirap ako mag hanap ng work huhuhu.
Di na bago sakin yung inaabot ng 6 months bago makahanap ng bago given that the job market sucks ass pero yung di ka manlang makatanggap ni-isang tawag and puro rejection emails lang is really getting to me. I understand that the rejections themselves does not reflect on me as a person. Possibleng mismatch lang talaga pero grabe the mental toll! Sobrang ibang iba sa pinas na sa gantong process siguro naka ilang interview na ko ngayon. Minsan iniisip ko na lang na umuwi ng pinas kasi nagihirapan na ko. Ayoko na maging pabigat dito (never naman nyang pinaramdam sakin to pero hiyang hiya na ko). Ang hirap, ang sakit, ang bigat.
Ayokong kalimutan maging grateful kasi maganda ang buhay ko ngayon kung tutuusin. Pero grabe mga mare nasa "I wanna die" phase na ko ng unemployment ko. (I have been in therapy for major depressive disorder and naka graduate na ko sa pag take ng meds so I know I can handle this) I hope things get better soon.

English Article on the subject: https://www.timesofisrael.com/backing-settlement-ben-gvir-says-hed-be-very-happy-to-live-in-gaza-after-the-wa
Link to the full interview on a Hebrew language site: https://www.kikar.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/sdtng3
Video clip of his comments on Gaza: https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1792891809498022385?t=71sVeFgVXu8Y-fdPtKrcKQ&s=19
Choice quotes from the English language article: 1. " In an interview with ultra-Orthodox news site Kikar Hashabat, Ben Gvir said that he would like to see the war prosecuted until the end in the southern city of Rafah, followed by a full-on Israeli military rule in which Jerusalem would control the coastal territory “unequivocally.” 2. "This would entail the reestablishment of Jewish settlement, “but that’s not enough,” he continued, reiterating his call to encourage the “voluntary emigration” of Gazans — although he stipulated that he was “not saying everyone” should leave." 3. "Israelis should return to the settlements evacuated during the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza, Ben Gvir added, stating that if “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians leave the Strip, “we will be able to bring in more and more people.”" 4. "I Would be very happy to live in Gaza,” Ben Gvir said. 5. "Speaking with Kikar Hashabat, Ben Gvir also said that he “expects” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appoint him to the small war cabinet that has been managing the war, and that he would have run the war very differently from how it has been managed thus far, including cutting off fuel and pushing forward in Rafah “until the end.” 6. Ben Gvir also called for a ground operation in Lebanon. "We will not be able to end this campaign without a war in the north,” he asserted, a day after he said such a war should entail invading Lebanon and seeking to fully dismantle the Hezbollah terror group.