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Really frustrated by career at minute

  • 04-07-2009 01:28PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1


    I’m a guy in my mid-20’s and I’ve become really, really dissilliousioned by the lack of success I’ve had the last little while in terms of getting a new job. I work in the private sector, am educated to masters level and for the past two years I’ve been applying for jobs, maybe 100 in total and of those I’ve had two interviews max. These tend to be jobs which are advertised publicly/on the web/papers. I’m not happy in my current place of work due to my poor pay etc...
    I’ve had my CV reviewed by people who work in HR etc quite a bit and I’ve approached friends and people who are a few levels above me in their mid-40’s and they’ve all been genuinely astonished to see that I am not getting interviews.
    Obviously, we are in the middle of a recession here, and there’s unlikely to be much happening here the next little while.
    The only thing I can think of and reason why I am not getting the interviews is the fact that I have no family connections in the area in which I work, and when I look around nepotism still seems to be fairly rife. When the public sector was recruiting I was applying for positions at professional grade with no luck, and I’m beginning to wonder do they just promote their own.
    Having spoken to my parents about it, both of them work in the public sector, they say that I would have been better off joining the public sector at 18 straight out of college with no quals whatsoever which is pretty disheartening for someone with a degree, masters and quite a bit industry experience.
    So, What is the likelihood of me being more successful abroad?
    Its really getting to me at the moment, and I’ve been to the doctor to get tablets for depression and the like.
    Could do with some advice from people who may have been in my shoes before


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,441 ✭✭✭Firetrap


    Perhaps you're just unlucky with the climate that's in it. You're possibly considered to be over-qualified for some jobs and not experienced enough for others. It's all well and good to have a masters but it's not necessarily the be all and end all. I don't know what field of employment you're in but you're probably up against people who are slightly older and have more experience under their belt. Have you tried contacting any of the place to where you sent your CV to ask why you weren't selected for interview? Or requested feedback from the interviews that you did do so that you can see where you fell down?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,006 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    hey, I'm in the same boat. Work in major bank, job interview coming up for my manager's job as he is moving to a new area in the bank, and my team leader never even told me the job was coming up until I saw it on the internal noticeboard. I feel I'll be a good fit for the role, as I've worked very closely with that section of team and am ambitious. When I told then team lead I was applying got the impression he thought I was 'too big for my boots'.....just have to grin and bare it....unfortunately its all easier said than done...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭LimeFruitGum


    Everyone has postgrads now, so you can't assume that will make you stand out unfortunately.

    I don't think you've anything to lose by going abroad, you're at a good age to get some international experience.


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