when was it good

2021?

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More like in the 90s.

hmm

define good?

just simple as supply and demand or anything specific?

Many companies struggle rn, for various reasons (also depending where you are) so hiring processes are super selective. HR people often don't understand the jobs and what skills are needed so they simply go for x years of experience. When I was looking for my last job I think I had around 50 or 60 rejections. It's frustrating, but keep going. It will work out eventually.

Yup, exactly so

Curious how much of this is solvable through solving for optimised keywords and readability when it comes automated hr tools

Yeah. Might trigger checkboxes with keywords. That's how useless this process is today. 🫩

The ATS hiring process is 100% broken.

It was awesome the last time I was looking for a job, summer 2008. Oil was $147 per barrel, GWOT was in full swing, the stock market was up and all the old hands were cashing out.

Any warm body with an engineering degree could walk into to the consulting business, learn it on the job and make $75k a year.

Good times, until the November crash.

I got laid off 3 years ago and I had 6 interviews in the first week. I got laid off 2 months ago and I'm struggling to even get rejections, since they mostly ghost you.