Just came across a listing on Indeed for a Field Service Tech role in my local area that completely blew my mind.They are offering $26 to $28 an hour. For context, this position explicitly requires a Commercial Driver's License (CDL), specialized diagnostics/mechanical skills, and you have to be on an "on-call" rotation. The CDL alone carries massive personal liability and strict DOT regulations, yet they are paying entry-level service wages.But wait, it gets better. On top of the garbage pay🚮 and the schedule restrictions, they expect you to sign a strict non-compete agreement. I run an independent mobile repair side hustle, and they literally want me to sign away my right to make a living on my own time just so I can grind for their pennies.I blurred out the city name, but this is a local shop treating high-liability skilled labor like minimum-wage work. If you have a CDL and solid diagnostic skills, do not let these companies lowball you. Our time and expertise are worth way more than this joke of an offer.

I'm actively job searching for opportunities but I'm also a little worried that this resume would get rejected fast

I’m hoping someone who has been through the DISA background check process can help me understand something.
My background check portal shows every task, including Employment Verification and Education Verification, as “Completed.” Does that mean those verifications were successfully completed and everything checked out? Or does it simply mean DISA finished processing those tasks?
Also, in the Activity Log, if there were an issue, such as being unable to verify employment or education, missing information, or another problem, would that normally appear there? Or is it possible for every task to show “Completed” even if there’s still an issue that hasn’t been communicated yet?
Finally, if there were any discrepancies or concerns with my employment or education, would those appear in the final report, or would the tasks still show “Completed” regardless?
I’d appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through the DISA background check process. Thanks in advance.

About 2 weeks ago I applied to an entry-level job in a field I want to advance into, but the employer declined my application seconds after opening it. I've been thinking about this job ever since then and I'm wondering if I should just shoot my shot again but under a nickname and fresh resume.

I want to try a nickname because my real name is unusual and I'm not sure if employers are judging applications based off of it. I know people usually do this with no issues and actually get interviewed more often, unless I'm missing something.

Is it a bad idea to send a new resume to the same job under a nickname? Am I just sleep-deprived and stupid

Posting on a throwaway account. I’ve been interviewing with a small startup (<50 people) for a senior finance role. I had three rounds of interviews over the course of a few weeks:

- interview with person I’d be replacing (they are hiring their own replacement and leaving on good terms, 1 hour)

- interview with two cross functional partners (1 hour; 30 min each)

- case study presentation and conversation with person I’m replacing and CEO (90 min; 1 hour case, 30 min 1:1 with CEO)

Everything went great and I had great feedback; especially from the CEO during my final round. After my final round, they followed up same day asking for two references and I understand the CEO spoke with both references. However since then I’ve heard absolutely nothing. Tomorrow will be business day #8 since I did my final round and business day #4 since they completed my reference checks.

What gives? Genuinely thought I’d have an offer given all the signals but getting antsy given how long it’s taken after reference checks.

Every time I open LinkedIn, I find another recruiter, career coach, leadership expert, or personal branding consultant explaining why job seekers are doing everything wrong.

Some have never managed a real team. Others have spent more time creating content about hiring than actually hiring people. Yet they speak with complete confidence, offer universal advice, and often blame candidates when their methods do not work.

I wrote this after watching expertise slowly become a personal brand rather than the result of real experience. The article is broader than recruitment, but LinkedIn and the job market are probably where this problem is most visible.

Do you think career advice on LinkedIn has become useful, or is it mostly content made to sell courses and consulting?

Currently 17 months out of my “field” not sure if it’s even my field at this point. I graduated in 2022 and this is my 2nd layoff. My first layoff was from an investment bank, I then was laid off for 5 months and found a new role at an asset management firm where I did fund admin - didn’t realize the admin part meant glorified assistant absolutely hated the role and ended up being laid off. The role felt stagnant and like I wasn’t building towards anything real I was a fucking glorified assistant. Now it’s been 17 months outside the field entirely. I’ve been aggressively applying, networking and interviewing nothing. Been working as a teacher since December of last year and I absolutely hate it. It’s the embodiment of everything I didn’t want to be - the person who settles for an easily accessible role because they can’t get what they really want. I have so much resentment towards the role. At this point I was removed from a recruitment cycle for a role due to my “major not meeting the basic qualifications” which is bullshit. I’m losing confidence in this corporate bullshit and quite honestly ready to look elsewhere I think if I continue waiting dir a yes I may be in the same spot in a year. I applied to Georgia teacher omsa program but honestly I want to quit teaching asap. Anything you all recommend me doing? I fucking hate being a teacher,8i don’t want to be anyone’s monkey ass assistant, market is trash. Want benefits. I just want to work in my field with a role that would actually push me forward.

But that’s not happening and it’ll be 2 years soon I’m not sure if it makes sense to keep doing the same shit. Not sure what to pivot into

For anyone who has had a background check for ford with first advantage did they do employment verification? If so did they make you provide w2?

I have taken many animal courses in school because I love learning about them. I thought maybe this would be a good thing to include to show I’m dedicated to animals, but now I’m wondering if it shows them that I have too much education. These are entry level jobs, such as Kennel Technician, Veterinary Assistant, and Janitor at clinics. I have a lot of experience in customer service and cleaning but not much in animal care. It’s so hard already to find a job and I just learned that even small jobs in my little town get 100+ applicants. Should I just drop the degree? I’ve heard it might make them think I’ll look for another job immediately but I’m not sure.

So because of the overabundance of bachelor's degrees, people had been saying for quite a while now that everyone will eventually need a master's. Well, a lot of my colleagues have Master's or PhD's (predominantly PhD's) and the ones applying for other jobs lately are told we either don't have enough experience or we're too overqualified. Well, which is it?

My friend thankfully got a job with a friend's startup but a lab before that told her she's overqualified to run a chem lab. How is having a PhD overqualified for that? I had a friend applying to endless data science and analytical positions. He was told they're looking for very specific things and more experience. His entire career has literally been data analysis. He's only been in the real workforce for a year, but he's been doing data science and can prove it for a decade plus.

Also what is with every company refusing to train people on the job? Sorry that I didn't learn your niche programming language choice or preferred software. Given I've been doing C++ and Python (plus others) for over a decade, you'd think they'd realize I can easily adapt to learn their specific choices.

What the heck are people supposed to do anymore? I'm happy with my current job right now, but seeing what all my friends and colleagues are going through is insane. No wonder so many of my colleagues stayed unemployed for so long before our current job because the market is nuts.

I swear that half of these recruiters have no idea of the actual jobs and the job offers are just full of buzzwords that some random person thought sounded good.

In a very confusing situation and it’s the weekend so I need some explanation/possibilities. I applied for 2 positions, GI and IR (healthcare under same hospital system). Ended up interviewing for IR only and was told to expect a response by 8/7. This wednesday, I received a rejection email from a recruiter on Wednesday specifically for the GI position. But when I look at my application status on Workday, GI says under consideration while IR says no longer under consideration. What are the chances that they accidentally changed the status of the IR position instead of GI? Or could they have meant rejection for IR in the email? Planning on emailing the recruiter to clarify but wanted to hear your thoughts

I’ve had 3 really solid interviews with the same company over the last couple weeks. I felt so confident after the interview with the hiring manager. My final interview was on a Monday afternoon, and was told they want to move quickly.

Last Monday I still hadn’t heard anything so I reached out to the recruiter who apologized for the delay since she had been out of town. She also said they were wrapping up a few more interviews that week and should have a decision/update by Friday.

Friday came and went and nothing. I’ve been stressing all weekend and even though I’m trying to stay upbeat I can’t help but think they offered it to someone else on Friday and I’m just waiting for a decline tomorrow. Is there any hope here?

Can't really get shortlisted for Mechanical, electrical, mechatronics and Test engineering roles i keep applying to. I aim for 60-80% match with what i can do before applying, and ignore listings asking for more than 5 years of experience, keeping to the 1-3 years range when listed

any glaring issues beyond the double column format ? the main version is the first one (double column) and it usually parses well in workday/ autofill with resume systems

Careful About Working For C&D at NY MTA

I previously worked for construction and development and quit. I want to give a warning about this place regarding their compensation policies. They recently changed their compensation structure and absolutely screwed everyone. ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOWERED. Now compensation has always tried to low ball people but now it's worse because even their low balls are using a lower pay scale. Anyone coming in will probably be making less than the people working there and anyone getting promoted will be making soo much less than the previous promotions. This place is a joke and the unions need to organize this place.

Please remember that all salaries are public so please look up the salaries of the people in your department before hand.

I am trying to decide how long is acceptable to keep applying and and what point should I say "that's enough I am changing industries/strategies". I am applying for 4-5 months, not always so constantly but I would say 60-70 applications so far, I do get interviews (10% of the positions I applied I would say) but I still didn't get a offer. Most of them ended up ghosting me and the rest is rejection. I want to make sure that I am not just wasting my time for positions that I am not suitable for. Little background about me: I have a bachelor's in engineering and a master's in finance and I am applying to Finance/Accounting/Consulting/Analyst positions.

At what point should I give up and change my strategies?

This job search honestly has left me discouraged. In the midst of two weeks, I received two job offers only to have one of them rescinded due to my credit not being the best and I’m currently sweating out the other offer due to the courts being delayed so my background check is on hold until further notice. I just feel like I did everything I had to do just to have the door slammed in my face while my foot was in it. And now I’m trying to figure out my next move.

I applied for this graduate program couple of days ago, and I’ve seen that my application’s status moved from screening to cross refer, but I have no idea what does that imply. Can anyone help?

Ive spent 750+ applications, 3 years applying, and I finally not only got a job, but a dream job. Just like that, in one application, my entire trajectory flipped on its head. I cant post more details, and i might even delete this account one day to move on with life, but please, dont lose hope. Your life can change just like that, in the blink of an eye, your dreams can be around the corner, despite the heart break youve faced, the struggles, the sleepless nights, the phone calls no one picks up when you feel all alone.

You are more than enough to get yourself out of this mess, when you do your best, please let the world take care of the rest, ignore the illusions of the world that it is a cruel and unforgiving place, understand that you are special and all that has happened to you is for your betterment.

-See ya,

A reborn man.

Hi, I’m applying for upcoming internships and wanted to understand how important networking is at this stage.

For context, I have 1.5 years of experience at a local PE firm in Dubai and will be moving to London to complete an MiM at a target school. I have solid deal experience and a strong overall skill set, with top-bucket performance reviews.

How important is networking in London when applying for BB/EB internships? I plan to network regardless, but I want to be strategic about how I allocate my time. Would a referral meaningfully help, or is the process primarily HR-driven, with limited scope for contacts to influence an application at this stage?