I Cannot Get a Job

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debtslave2024 said:

TELLIT01 said:

Have you asked for feedback from the interviews you did get?

I have tried to get feedback on the few interviews I got. I am afraid in 2025, it tends to be an automated email that you have been rejected, and the matter is closed.

I say this from experience after over 100 applications.

The business park where I have my office recently advertised for a receptionist, they specifically stated in the advert that they would not accept applications from agencies. They made the advert live at 10:00 on Friday and the Monday morning they had over 300 individual applications and over 100 from agencies. Feedback before the interview stage, even acknowledging applications beyond an automated email is pretty much impossible in the current climate. 

marcia_ said:

debtslave2024 said:

TELLIT01 said:

Have you asked for feedback from the interviews you did get?

I have tried to get feedback on the few interviews I got. I am afraid in 2025, it tends to be an automated email that you have been rejected, and the matter is closed.

I say this from experience after over 100 applications.

 I have found this too. The employers state there are too many applicants to give feedback and leave it at that. So no way of addressing your failures for the next interview 

The issue is that it is often just the applicants who did not get the job after interview were not the best candidates, someone might have had more dynamism, a better fit for the organisation, a niche skill that whilst not important for the job role advertised could be beneficial in the future etc. It often comes down to one of the other candidates being a better choice, rather than any specific failing of the other interviewees, especially one that could be quantified enough to constitute valid feedback.