I managed to get through to the final interview round with two companies just to be ghosted by them. To say I'm getting discouraged would be an understatement. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Are others having more luck?
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Find something you can WFH then
If you are a technician, I have seen lots of jobs outside att.
Stop calling it a role. You need a job. Go get one. Using these pathetic newspeak HR terms is a dead giveaway that you are not going to be a dedicated employee.
Lose the beer gut and get clothes that fit. Maybe wear a tie without egg stain. Less said about AT&T the better. Not well liked. Your a loser, remember that.
Really depends on the type of work and location you are at. Good advice from one of the people about tailoring your resume with words and phrases that the position uses. Good luck and I wish you the best.
“ …Just accepted a conditional off this week for a job I applied too in july. Got very few call backs for the 40+ jobs i applied too. I found out having AT&T on my resume as a tech is meaningless…”
Not knowing the difference between “to” and “too” could be a part of the issue as well. I’m not trying to be mean here but…
@av Your idea of a joke? Not funny. Let's see how you handle unemployment -- sooner rather than later!
Just accepted a conditional off this week for a job I applied too in july. Got very few call backs for the 40+ jobs i applied too. I found out having AT&T on my resume as a tech is meaningless, FYI none of the certifications carry over or mean anything to anyone else. the supervisor part of my career means I'm too expensive. Rough. Keep trying and you'll find something. best wishes.
sounds like you are getting close....keep working your network and your network's network. You will be happy to land somewhere where you aren't always looking over your shoulder...
Job market su-ks. Contracts are much easier to get than full time roles now.
Yes. Pretty much every one I know have landed jobs outside of AT&T in a very short span of time even before the end of their severance date. You need to know someone on the inside and that is how it will work. Regular applying, getting to final interviews doesn’t help if you are not the one they need. I could not land in a big city but many people living in remote places were able to land jobs easily.
@OP thara are many jobs as prem techs in AT&T
@ay - they generally try to avoid hiring @$$h0l3s too. You ought to think about that.
If tenure at AT&T is listed on your LinkedIn profile or resume, you are going to encounter negative bias if wanting to stay in IT or telcom. Thoroughly scrub your online profiles.
Make sure to customize your resume with each separate application, by using words and phrases from each individual job listing, and incorporating those into your resume. It takes a bit of extra time when applying, but it's worth it, because the AI initial screeners will be more inclined to give your resume the go-ahead if it recognizes a "match", than if those words/phrases weren't included in your resume.
This is a really good site with lots of job listings, many remote: builtin.com
In NJ, left about 6 months ago to go right down the road to Verizon. Increased my pay by $40k/yr and fully remote. Can’t say the company is much better, but my only complaint was RTO anyway, and the extra cash is nice after being suppressed so many years at T. Nobody in the industry is threatened by T and most here find it hilarious that you people put up with the RTO.
This is the problem. Having AT&T on your resume is a black eye these days. Lucky for most they are just waiting to retire.
I know many people that are in the same boat. I was fortunate based on my area of expertise I started my next position about a month after leaving T. I know a lot of talented people that are struggling, part of it is timing, if you were let go after the tech companies laid off I think it became very challenging
@ar I don’t think Att is the talented company it once was for you to make that claim. I have friends barely working and getting paid close to 200k while others are working their a-s off and getting laid off. Is more politically driven than anything.
Most fast food and retail stores conduct in person hiring interviews one afternoon each week. Schedules are usually posted in the store. Check them out!
Remember the cries of "they are letting all the talent go; they will regret it"?
Obviously, YOU were not as talented as you imagined.
That's why I stay here doing the very least amount of time and effort without getting fired.
If I was laid off and didn’t find a new role in the first 3 months, I’d plan to pivot my career entirely.
The pool of experienced tech workers without jobs grows each and every day.
AT&T will end up being the last full-time job most current employees ever have.
This is exactly the reason Att is playing this game and getting away with it. If the job market was good no body sensible would stay.
This job market is utterly atrocious. It’s chock full of “ghost” job postings & gate kept positions for “friends & family”. Not to mention the mass outsourcing & insourcing of 3rd rate H1B invaders. Lastly, most of the contract gigs pay chicken feed. It is NOT going to get better.