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Simone · 10d ago
Tuckshop Assistant
Ive been applying for more than 200 jobs under 2 weeks. even added in notes i am willing to relocate for full time work and still no call backs. Advertisers demand skills and experience but dont end up using your skills or experience as they have their own system and ways of doing the job so i dont understand why they demand "must be experienced or skilled" when they end up training you different to your past work background. job hunting in NZ is such a struggle.
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Paige · 2d ago
Smoothie Maker
same here! the hard part is so many people are applying for the same jobs they got overwhelmed with the amount of applicants they have i looked at on i applied for earlier and it had 1192 applicants for one job in the cbd
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Anon220796 · 7d ago
So true Simone. Hang in there and something will come up.
200 applications is a whole lot. Are you only applying for jobs that are a really good match for your skills? Or are you trying to cast the net as far as you can?
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Anon182972 · 22h ago
Not hearing back from anyone at all is so so annoying. Sounds like you're doing great putting applications in, best way to find something
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Anon874789 · 6d ago
Definitely tougher now than it has been in the past I agree. I think at the moment companies are just getting so many applications that they add the skills and experience so they can keep numbers more reasonable. I've found though I can change the wording a bit on my skills and experience so it lines up better with what they're asking for specifically and that can help. Good luck!
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