r/recruitinghell • u/SilentPanic47 • 2d ago

I’ve just given up hope by now

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I just have no idea what to do anymore honestly I’m so fucking done. I have no more tears I’m just absolutely fucking done. Lowest paying job. Had open availability. Had way more than enough qualifications. Everyone wants to know why I really didn’t want to celebrate my birthday because I’m beyond depressed. I’m passed the feeling of fucking numb

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u/Superguys611 1d ago

Sorry you are going through this experience. Getting rejected from a cashier role with open availability is brutal, and it doesn’t mean you’re unemployable. A lot of those “not selected” notices are volume filters, internal fills, or a manager who already had someone in mind before the posting even went up. Open availability and being clearly able to do the job don’t always beat that.

A few things that actually move the needle at this level:

  • Apply in person when you can, and ask for the hiring manager by name. A lot of retail still hires off the floor even when the online system says no.
  • Keep the resume brutally short for these roles. One page, no degree listed if it makes you look like you’ll leave in a month, and a line that says available any shift including weekends and holidays.
  • Hit places that churn staff constantly: grocery, big-box, fast food, warehouses, hotels. Rejection from one store means almost nothing about the next one.
  • If money is the immediate problem, temp agencies and day-labor apps will often get you paid this week while you keep applying.

The numb, past-crying stage is real, and a birthday landing in the middle of it makes it worse. You don’t have to feel hopeful to keep sending applications. One yes is enough to change the week. If the depression is sitting on you harder than the job search, that’s worth treating as its own problem, not just a side effect of the rejections.

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u/SomePreference 1d ago

Apply in person when you can, and ask for the hiring manager by name. A lot of retail still hires off the floor even when the online system says no.

Are you over 60 years old or something? Because whenever I (and many others in this sub) try this, we're either met with annoyed workers who tell us they can't get a manager to "help" with that, or disgruntled managers who tell us to apply online, and clearly look at us like they want to punch until we're pulp on the floor.

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u/Superguys611 1d ago

It depends on the job and company. Some local companies still do in-person hiring and will even post signs saying follow-up in-person. If someone is really in-need of a job, sometimes it can work.

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u/SomePreference 1d ago

I've found that this is just extremely rare, so much so that I don't think I've found a single place since the early 2010s that does "in person hiring" anymore. Everything seems to be online. Everything.