AI-powered services like LazyApply zip through the grunt work of job applications, helping one programmer apply for 5,000 jobs. But they can make mistakes, and some recruiters scorn the technology.
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Bot applies to 5,000 jobs and only gets 20 interviews.
Back in 2010, I applied for 311 jobs, and got zero replies.
I changed my resume so my last name was “Nelson” so as to match local culture, and I applied for 12 more jobs.
I got six interviews.
JFC, itʼs not even like Iʼm Somali or Hmong.
Minnesotans are insular and unwelcoming, full stop.
Theyʼll help you out by giving you directions to anywhere but their house. Which is understood.
3M, General Mills, Target, and Best Buy are 4 big local employers. They all have a problem with employee retention in office-and-above level jobs.
The U of Minn studied the reasons, and the #1 reason given by those who left was that they never felt welcome from coworkers or neighbors, and despite efforts, never made any friends.
Itʼs fuckinʼ cold up here, I tell yaʼ.
Whatever,
Ian