Also, many job boards are recycling older ads in order to look healthy.
I was laid off two weeks before Christmas. I have sent out over 500 resumes and job applications. I had very few responses other than auto bots, "Thank you for your interest in the position, but we have decided to move in a different direction."
Most don't reply at all.
When I could, I would call the HR dept and inquire. Quite a few were surprised that there was an employment ad running.
I'm in sales. I can sell an empty book of matches to an arsonist. I'm that good.
I finally found a terrific sales job on of all places, Craigslist. No resume. No application. Just a phone call for a face to face. NO HR. Just the owner. Interview lasted all of ten minutes.
I start Tuesday.
Congratulations and good luck on the new job!
I hadn’t considered Craigslist. (Opens another browser window...)
Hot damn! Good to hear that.
I was only out of work once in my career for an extended period. It lasted fifteen months and I was one whipped dog by the end of it. I ended going back to work with a company I had been with earlier and they paid 8% more to hire me back because they then needed someone in my region and wanted to start back positive.
I thought that I had died and gone to heaven.
I found my last two most profitable clients ever through their CraigList postings. Both were company owners who were close to my own age and had previous bad experiences with much younger workers. They simply did not understand them or know how to manage them properly. Not that I was going to criticize them or anything.
Sometimes age discrimination can work in your favor.
My RFP resume cuts off at the ten-year mark with a general summary. I do not list the year of my college graduation.
Responses to companies with an ATS are a complete waste of time. The jobs I have worked on have almost always started from direct contact with a hiring manager.