Excellently stated. If you have knowledge and experience, you’re not a threat to just the HR people hiring managers, but managers in general. This applies to everything. From the tetchiest tech places to the lowest of low Starbucks baristas. Knowledge is a danger to those individuals not a benefit.
Information packed article. Do I rate an opportunity being 74, male with no experience? Maybe I could fool that silly A/I hiring assistant.
..."but these evil fucking Corpo’s put America last."...they are competing with the government to see who can put the most Americans last. Doesn't look too cheery going forward in the job area.
What you describe as the devolution of humanity is exactly what occurred in the novel version of Planet of the Apes. As humanity's reliance upon technology increased human minds started devolving to the point they were functionally retarded. As I look around at the world around me I'm starting to think the same thing is happening in real life. I detest the how technology has wormed its way into almost everything from cars to homes, seriously people, is controlling your furnace or turning the TV on without the aid of smart technology really that fucking hard??? Look around at the shambles of society, do you ever stop to think, wow, thank god for computers or society would be even shittier? fuck no, I remember life before computers became our false idols and let me tell you it was so much fucking better than this shit world we now inhabit, people weren't brain dead zombies who only lived for the next hit of dopamine from their precious smart phones. People can't even bother to go pickup their own fucking food orders and would rather pay exorbitant delivery fees because its "easier". Getting down off my soapbox..............
My friend delivered for Instacart and said she dropped a rotisserie chicken off to these two kids and they paid about $27 for it. It’s bad for the younger generation because they just accept paying much more.
my sister in law has coffee from Dunkin Donuts delivered via door dash and it ends up costing her like 30 bucks, would take her 20 minutes to drive there and back but I guess she likes paying up the ass for convenience, as you state it’s nothing but insanity.
I’ve been active looking for a tech job since march, pursuing a number of spots in two or three different industries. For context, one is clinical research data management and SAS programming job where I have 10 years experience, with 4 as VP department head role with P&L oversight. I have no interest in a management role, so looking for a basic CDM or programming gig. I get 3-5 opportunities via LinkedIn per day. I’ve applied to 60+ since March… not a single callback, email or shred of interest. About 15 percent redirect to a company portal, about 40% are some sort of headhunter, and the rest through LinkedIn’s magical “easy apply” job portal. I’ve encountered two confirmed scams, one on LinkedIn and one on Indeed. Within an hour LinkedIn show a 100 applicants for each position. Seriously? Interesting how LinkedIn keeps promoting their paid version. Perhaps anyone who doesn’t pony up, gets deamplified??
Then here on Substack, someone pointed out a chart where corporate America hired only 6 percent whites.
So, as an old white dude, and former VP in a public company, with a history of entrepreneurship, and semiretired for a long period of time, I realize I’m Krytonite to the DEI corporate America. This experience was an awakening, and encouraging me to look at other paths outside the box, which are more suitable.
That said, I’m coming to much the same conclusion you are Bone Writer: LinkedIn is a corporate shill site presenting the illusion of connection and opportunity, but really is yet another data collection scam like google, FB, and all the others.
LinkedIn is junk. The easier it gets to apply for a job the harder it gets to land one because of the influx of candidates creates more ATS issues and people who are qualified get flushed out over some stupid key word. The thing I hate the most is that you’re supposed to have this stellar page so you can impress an entry level resume screener. It’s all horrible.
This is a really great write up. It touches on so many issues with the use of technology to avoid hiring the most qualified people, and instead, the preferred people.
Another thing I noticed is the outsourcing of key HR a functions to 3rd parties to screen and qualify candidates, that didn’t exist 20 years ago. Most also use another job portal site, interfaced with their own. So layers of entities, all collecting the level of personal information required for a security clearance. What can go wrong with that?
A recent local job I applied for sent me to such a sight that required an MS Office skills test, and what was a version of the Meyers Briggs psych exam. And they come with a EULA type agreement that absolves them from liability. If you don’t comply, you don’t get submitted.
Then again, I’ve seen this movie before. In the 1980s, this was all done by HR departments, where they sorted out thousands of resumes received from job ads placed in the NYT or trade rags. You responded to each ad with a manually typed, typo free cover letter and printed resume on high quality paper, a feat for tech types. Then, patiently wait for the blizzard of rejection letters. It was as hopeless and depressing then as it is today, just happens faster. Corporate America has always used hiring practices as a tool to bludgeon and control workers, hanging over the threat of being fired and the arduous process of finding a new job.
The work around was having a network, but corporate America has gatekeepers for that too.
Except for the chosen few, corporate America will always be a labor meat grinder, DEI or no. Alternatives are needed, for us and the economy.
Excellently stated. If you have knowledge and experience, you’re not a threat to just the HR people hiring managers, but managers in general. This applies to everything. From the tetchiest tech places to the lowest of low Starbucks baristas. Knowledge is a danger to those individuals not a benefit.
Information packed article. Do I rate an opportunity being 74, male with no experience? Maybe I could fool that silly A/I hiring assistant.
..."but these evil fucking Corpo’s put America last."...they are competing with the government to see who can put the most Americans last. Doesn't look too cheery going forward in the job area.
What you describe as the devolution of humanity is exactly what occurred in the novel version of Planet of the Apes. As humanity's reliance upon technology increased human minds started devolving to the point they were functionally retarded. As I look around at the world around me I'm starting to think the same thing is happening in real life. I detest the how technology has wormed its way into almost everything from cars to homes, seriously people, is controlling your furnace or turning the TV on without the aid of smart technology really that fucking hard??? Look around at the shambles of society, do you ever stop to think, wow, thank god for computers or society would be even shittier? fuck no, I remember life before computers became our false idols and let me tell you it was so much fucking better than this shit world we now inhabit, people weren't brain dead zombies who only lived for the next hit of dopamine from their precious smart phones. People can't even bother to go pickup their own fucking food orders and would rather pay exorbitant delivery fees because its "easier". Getting down off my soapbox..............
My friend delivered for Instacart and said she dropped a rotisserie chicken off to these two kids and they paid about $27 for it. It’s bad for the younger generation because they just accept paying much more.
LOL. I watched my millennial nephew order meal after meal from nearby fast food joints, delivered by doordash. Literally an 8 min round trip.
my sister in law has coffee from Dunkin Donuts delivered via door dash and it ends up costing her like 30 bucks, would take her 20 minutes to drive there and back but I guess she likes paying up the ass for convenience, as you state it’s nothing but insanity.
I’ve been active looking for a tech job since march, pursuing a number of spots in two or three different industries. For context, one is clinical research data management and SAS programming job where I have 10 years experience, with 4 as VP department head role with P&L oversight. I have no interest in a management role, so looking for a basic CDM or programming gig. I get 3-5 opportunities via LinkedIn per day. I’ve applied to 60+ since March… not a single callback, email or shred of interest. About 15 percent redirect to a company portal, about 40% are some sort of headhunter, and the rest through LinkedIn’s magical “easy apply” job portal. I’ve encountered two confirmed scams, one on LinkedIn and one on Indeed. Within an hour LinkedIn show a 100 applicants for each position. Seriously? Interesting how LinkedIn keeps promoting their paid version. Perhaps anyone who doesn’t pony up, gets deamplified??
Then here on Substack, someone pointed out a chart where corporate America hired only 6 percent whites.
So, as an old white dude, and former VP in a public company, with a history of entrepreneurship, and semiretired for a long period of time, I realize I’m Krytonite to the DEI corporate America. This experience was an awakening, and encouraging me to look at other paths outside the box, which are more suitable.
That said, I’m coming to much the same conclusion you are Bone Writer: LinkedIn is a corporate shill site presenting the illusion of connection and opportunity, but really is yet another data collection scam like google, FB, and all the others.
LinkedIn is junk. The easier it gets to apply for a job the harder it gets to land one because of the influx of candidates creates more ATS issues and people who are qualified get flushed out over some stupid key word. The thing I hate the most is that you’re supposed to have this stellar page so you can impress an entry level resume screener. It’s all horrible.
I’m preparing to nuke my LinkedIn account, and build my own portfolio site.
This is a really great write up. It touches on so many issues with the use of technology to avoid hiring the most qualified people, and instead, the preferred people.
Another thing I noticed is the outsourcing of key HR a functions to 3rd parties to screen and qualify candidates, that didn’t exist 20 years ago. Most also use another job portal site, interfaced with their own. So layers of entities, all collecting the level of personal information required for a security clearance. What can go wrong with that?
A recent local job I applied for sent me to such a sight that required an MS Office skills test, and what was a version of the Meyers Briggs psych exam. And they come with a EULA type agreement that absolves them from liability. If you don’t comply, you don’t get submitted.
Then again, I’ve seen this movie before. In the 1980s, this was all done by HR departments, where they sorted out thousands of resumes received from job ads placed in the NYT or trade rags. You responded to each ad with a manually typed, typo free cover letter and printed resume on high quality paper, a feat for tech types. Then, patiently wait for the blizzard of rejection letters. It was as hopeless and depressing then as it is today, just happens faster. Corporate America has always used hiring practices as a tool to bludgeon and control workers, hanging over the threat of being fired and the arduous process of finding a new job.
The work around was having a network, but corporate America has gatekeepers for that too.
Except for the chosen few, corporate America will always be a labor meat grinder, DEI or no. Alternatives are needed, for us and the economy.