At the moment, I am most occupied with looking for a new job while I still have a job and a source of income. In my opinion, it can only get worse here. However, I have less and less hope that I will be able to get a new opportunity before I find myself on the layoff list here. I think I have good skills but I haven't received any good offers so far, so it's a bit strange to me when others say that the job market is not bad.
6 replies (most recent on top)
I have been job hunting since BEFOREI got laid off but especially since that day. Everyday nonstop. I have applied to numerous jobs. I've only gotten a few initial interviews and many many rejections, I'm exhausted and depleted :(
Leave Nielsen on your resume. Nielsen is still respected by other companies and what experience you learned at Nielsen is valuable to other companies.
Don’t leave Nielsen off your resumes. Honestly that makes no sense. As someone who reads hundreds of resumes when I can hire, resume gaps matter more than working somewhere that imploded. Layoffs are COMMON in tech / publishing / advertising / etc. Recruiters & hiring managers worth a damn won’t bat an eye at that. I do cut leeway for resume gaps because life is life, kids, death, military deployments, personal health issues happen, but not all hiring managers give as much leeway. I’m much more interested in what skills someone has used & how they were able to use those skills, and what they wanna learn or do in a role, than if they worked somewhere that was a chaotic mess. Don’t f yourself by leaving off work history.
It's not going to get easier as more companies are laying good people off and the market is being flooded with good talent. Someone who reported to me got more interviews after he left his Nielsen experience off his resume. Your time at Nielsen may be seen as a negative from other companies because it's a low paying companies with a lot of C-level players.
Learn how to day trade. No joke. It's all about analyzing charts and trends, something all NIelsen folks should be able to do. I'm former Nielsen and took it up during covid. Pretty easy to make a couple G's a week at it.
I have had a similar experience. I have been submitting hundreds of applications, without getting a lot of responses. The interviews have been sparse. I haven't had any 2nd round of interviews. I've been at this for months, even before Nielsen was acquired. I thought I would have a job by now, but I think the economy is going south. I haven't had any interviews since the beginning of the year. Why is everyone saying that the job numbers are good? My significant other was laid off a few months ago.