#jobsearch

I started one on my phone to motivate me to find a new job. No leads yet though. I cannot go a month without a job financially.

Has anyone started interviewing for positions in HPE yet? Sounds like we'll need to interview for new jobs within HPE.

I just got a rejection after what felt like weeks of interviews. I have to admit, it’s crushing my confidence when I keep getting so close and then I end up falling short. It makes me question if I’m even doing something wrong or if it’s just the market being brutal.

After months and months of applying. That's the only thing making Monday and the rest of the week feel bearable. I've been so unhappy here that I've even considered quitting without something else lined up. Now I'm putting all my hopes into landing one of these two jobs. I'm even willing to take lower pay just to get out of here.

Amazon's strict return-to-office policy is limiting its recruitment efforts. Amazon's AI reputation and pay structure also challenge its ability to attract talent.

NVIDIA's non-existent return-to-office policy vastly improves its recruitment efforts. NVIDIA's AI reputation and pay structure vastly improve its ability to attract talent.

Duh, there are other places!

I found outlast week (5 years after outsource), that our outsource was planned for 6 months prior to our layoffs. I was a field Tech in the stores. All of the area Managers knew. They thought they were keeping their jobs! ( Big surprise, they were all let go). Several Analysts in the field knew, they were showing NCR around the stores, after hours when we were off.

The reason for this post, warning to the stores. Planned layoffs are being cemented now before Q3. Watch your back. Not that you can stop the process.....be prepared. Get your resume dusted off and updated. Pull any docs you need off of your personal drive now. Do not trust your supervisor to tell you the truth if you question your job security with the company. Trust noone! Good luck!

https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/05/Many_of_the_Red_Hat_Employees_Are_Still_Looking_for_Work.shtml

Where did the people go that left adidas as part of the 500 job cuts ? ON? NEW Balance ?

There’s absolutely nothing. I don’t know if it’s just bad luck or if the market is really this broken. If anyone has even the smallest positive story, please share. I need to hear that someone out there actually managed to land a decent job, or at least got an offer. I haven’t had a single callback. It’s infuriating and demoralizing. And now with layoffs hanging over us, I don’t even know how we’re supposed to keep it together.

It really doesn’t matter if you think you’re safe from layoffs or not, because the job market right now is the worst it has been in years. Employers seem to be taking revenge for the Great Resignation, and that means not only is it tough to find a new role, it’s even harder to find one that will pay anywhere close to what you are used to. You honestly have nothing to lose by starting to look now. The worst that can happen is you do not get laid off and end up landing another offer, which is a much better outcome than being suddenly laid off with no prospects lined up, believe me.

I've been applying like crazy and I thought I had a job locked down after signing the offer, but the company just went silent during the background check. No updates, no responses, nothing. Now I'm left completely confused and stressed and feeling like I'm stuck here once again. Why would they ghost candidates like that?

Really feeling down about not getting any offers for months now since Dell laid me off, severance and unemployment running low. I’d love to hear some success stories from anyone laid off this year that got new roles they’re happy with.

Keep an eye on the waning demand for Labor generally and be prepared eg with resumes and maybe even retraining.

Bloomberg today:

It’s only the third day of a much-feared month of September and sobering US economic news is already piling up.

Yesterday it was six straight months of shrinking manufacturing. Today it’s job openings falling in July to the lowest in 10 months, adding to other employment data (including a report last month that caused Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics) showing America’s once-robust post-pandemic jobs landscape continues to darken.

Even worse, the sectors most responsible for the new numbers aren’t cyclical and had been recent drivers of growth. Available positions decreased to 7.18 million from a downwardly revised 7.36 million in June, according to data published Wednesday by the BLS, a division of the US Department of Labor. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 7.38 million openings.

Any idea on applying for oracle open positions after yesterday's layoff? Will they consider?

I got effected yesterday and planning to apply for Oracle open positions along with outside jobs.

I’m at my wits’ end. I’ve been trying to find something, anything, just to ease my mind, but no luck. The job market is an absolute nightmare right now.

I’m interested in hearing if you could pick any company to move to who would it be?

Just curious for those that were laid off in July 2024 how your job search went or is still ongoing? I still see some people on LinkedIn who never updated their position which makes me believe many are still out of work. On one hand, I feel for your struggles, but on the other hand, I honestly think it’s a blessing to not have to deal with the turmoil.

I was laid off in 2023, and despite applying to several jobs I'm qualified at T-Mo, I'm not getting called back. I've written the HR rep (that I previously connected with while employed) and she is not responding.

Is there anyway to learn what your standing is with the company? I was there a long time, and I'm feeling shunned now...

There no reason not to update your resume this weekend and start sending it into some companies your interested in. I’m sending mine to a few places to at least get the ball rolling if Larry kicks me to the curb.

Either you can reject the new job, take a new job or at minimum start finding the next gig.

Try looking on https://www.jobs.now/ for a new role.

Contemplating applying to this company 😩.
Can someone explain why are there offering positions if they are thinking about rif? Are the rifs in certain departments?

For us that were laid off and still haven’t found a job, happy Labor Day and enjoy the US Open tennis at Flushing Meadows. Come by the stadium suite in Arthur Ashe stadium this weekend.

Somebody I know had an offer pulled by Schwab a week after he accepted it, no proper reason provided. Does anybody know why this could have happened?

I was convinced I'd be long gone by now. This shows you just how bad the job market is. Despite my best efforts, over a year of searching and still nothing.

I’ve been looking for a new job for a while, and every time I get to the final interview, I get rejected. It’s mentally draining and discouraging. After so many close calls, it’s hard to stay motivated or maintain any sense of confidence. It's starting to feel like they're intentionally wasting my time. Or I'm just getting paranoid on top of everything else.

Every company I look at is either frozen, shrinking, or only taking a handful of new employees.

I’m nearing 50 and I see how fast people my age get pushed out at Xerox. Friends with years of experience are still out there searching. It is crazy to me how companies just toss aside everything you have learned like it never mattered as soon as you hit a certain age.

Being laid off right now, when everybody is letting people go and nobody is hiring is scary as fu--ing he-l. I've been trying to find something for the past few months assuming something like this might happen and I had no luck. I truly hope they have better luck and land something right away.

I would’ve left Oracle in a heartbeat. The stress is eating me alive. I think I’ve reached the point where all of this is just getting to me way too much.

What’s been your experience with the job search lately? I’ve been looking for months, and honestly, I’m open to creative ideas and stepping well outside my comfort zone. I won’t go into praising or bashing Ford. I’m just personally burned out after years here that led nowhere. On top of that, I’m flat-out bored with my job. Maybe it’s not the best timing for a change, but I need one badly.

I did an internship this past summer and was extended an offer in PD (engineer). I found this site researching Ford's stability. Is this site representative of your experiences? Looking for advice.

Happened yesterday, but had the night to sleep it over. Many years of hard work and I’m not optimistic about the coming months looking for a new job.

Nope. It’s only made me feel more desperate. I’ve poured so much time and effort into the search, and I’m getting nothing back. Just crickets. What’s going on? I actually have a strong resume with specialized skills that are supposedly in demand, yet I haven’t been contacted once. If this is the reality, then we’re all totally sc--wed.

Hi - I'm looking for new opportunities and may consider Cigna. Very few companies seem like great places to work. But it seems like employee dissatisfaction is comparatively low.

Any thoughts on taking a job here?

And have no clue what to do if I’m laid off. I’ve been looking into other jobs for months now, and I’m completely depressed from the experience. I truly hope others have had more luck, and that the problem is just my particular circumstances or bad luck. If not, then we’re all royally sc--wed.

If I was an individual contributor it might be easier to focus on the work by day while preparing a job search at night. But I have direct reports looking to me for clarity, people who are worried and hoping for answers, raises, and promotions. Meantime all I know comes from the news and these boards. I don’t understand the rationale behind leaking layoff targets to the press (again) and being asked (again) to carry on as normal for the next two months while trust erodes.

Is anyone having any luck securing employment? I have had no luck after applying to many so called openings. Reading other boards there are many others in the same boat, and I personally have not seen it this bad before. It seems like most of the job postings only exist to get information from people to be sold to others. Did companies just stop hiring? Even outside oil and gas the same seems to be going on.

Been looking for a change and there is nothing out there. I have many friends that put in applications all day long and get nothing. Anyone having any luck with petro-tech jobs? It is not only this industry as well, buy seems to be across the board.