Want to leave, but it’s been much more difficult to do so - the interviews are more in depth for IT and I’m very behind technology-wise, which is why I’ve been at usaa for 5+ years.
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Depends on the area you’re looking for and whether you are open for remote/hybrid/in office. My spouse got an offer within 2 months of actively applying. Took me about 5 months to get an offer I was happy to accept. We’re different fields, but both wanted remote work. Both landed with companies outside of Texas, pay increase, higher bonus pool, remote with occasional travel. If you’re serious, you’ll get there. The important thing is not to get discouraged and work on your professional growth outside of work, have your LinkedIn profile up to date and work on your resume. Remember that in most cases it gets reviewed by software that can reject it based on specific key words from the job description. Get LinkedIn premium (free month trial) and utilize that period as much as you can.
Good luck!
Im a software engineer and certified scrum master with 5+ years of experience. I have applied for over 100 scrum master roles. 2 interviews. The market su-ks right now, at least for what im wanting to do.
I don't know who or what kind of role is taking only 30 days to have an offer in place, but from what I'm seeing in my career field, it's taking most people between 3-5 months (some more) depending on how actively they're applying for roles and interviewing. It's extremely competitive out there, and even if you're qualified and a great candidate, there are just a lot of amazing candidates out there who are currently out of work. That's not to say that we aren't all deserving of great employment, because we are! Just may take some time...
I applied and interviewed for multiple jobs at USAA recently, once I decided to focus on external positions, I had an offer in place within 30 days. Take the next 30 days and seriously focus on building your skill set. Start applying and continue skill set development.
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Yeah thats the caveat for a place like USAA, you aren't challenged in your job whatsoever so you lose and fall behind in technical skills. I wouldn't reccomend staying there long unless you can get away with it for 10-15 years but if SHTF you are way behind other applicants. These days 3-5 years and bounce seems to be the consensus.
Its taking me a while, as the San Antonio area is pretty much void of any decent AML roles, so I have to look out of state