I sent out about twenty applications ten days ago, just to test out the waters. I got nothing in response. Literally, nothing but crickets. It’s been a while since I last applied for a job so is this how things work now? Not even a rejection response? Just silence?
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It's all about networking. You have to know people that know people that are hiring. There are countless stories all over the place about being ghosted and submitting hundreds of applications. Start having conversations with people.
I got a job in like a month over the summer. I think it depends on how well you translate your skills to “the outside world”. I feel like a lot of times Comcast experience can be difficult to neutralize for other industries
It sure seems to be. I've sent out 36 applications in the last two weeks. I've only received responses from the earliest few, and those were only the automated "we filled this role already"s.
@OP i was caught up in a prior round layoff from comcast. it's brutal out in these streets. i've submitted 50+ applications and probably got a response from 10% of them. the few interviews i've had mostly came from people in my network on the inside of those companies vouching for me. i interviewed with one company and the VP told me straight up that they were not looking at a single online application. they received hundreds in less that a week. their strategy was to only interview employee referrals, of which i was one.
as someone who's out here pounding the payment right now, my recommendation is to submit applications, but also focus on working your network.
FWIW, when I joined Comcast years ago, they never responded to my application either, despite the fact that I had already had experience in the cable industry and literally ticked every single box on the job description (and then some). Ultimately, I had to reach out to someone I already knew on the inside and they physically walked my resume over to the hiring manager, and after that I was onboard in no time.
With the advent of AI and other automated pre-screening of applicants, my bet is that most (if not all) of those applications were binned without a human actually looking at them. I've heard anecdotally of folks sending out HUNDREDS of applications and not getting responses.
Ghosting seems to be the norm these days.