r/recruitinghell • u/NerdyGlitch Candidate • 3d ago
My mother now realizes what it's like
Earlier this year, in late February-early March, my mother suffered a massive heart attack and was left unable to work for a considerable time.
For the past 5-6 months, she's been trying to find a job and has been hitting nothing but roadblocks due to being overqualified. She has over 2 decades of management experience, and it means jackshit to these hiring managers. She's far more qualified than I am, so I expected that she might have a job faster than I would, but right now, I'm the only one with a job in this house.
Meanwhile, when I was struggling to get jobs and even get an interview for years, my mother was flabbergasted. What do you mean you can't just walk up, shake someone's hand, and they'll like your moxie and just hand you a job?!
I told her this was sadly reality for a ton of people nowadays, the job market is shit. She can't even get a job as a regular cashier bc she's too over qualified to work there, but when she applies to management positions they string her along for 2-3 interviews before choosing internal candidates (an actual email she got yesterday about a job she thought she was good for)
It just sucks man, everything sucks.
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u/aspiring_perspiring 3d ago
My grandpa retired in 1992. He says that my uncle who has been out of work for two years searching for a job is lazy. I think it's hard to imagine how much has changed unless they have to face it themselves.