It probably has to do with the budget available and nothing to do with experience

I haven't even quoted any more than what they have told me their budget is for the role.

Marketing Associate

Recruiter

Recently received 5 rejections from FMCG and Retail Companies, for roles where I am a good fit and responsibilities which I am already handling in my current role and company. And all 5 of them gav...

Recently received 5 rejections from FMCG and Retail Companies, for roles where I am a good fit and responsibilities which I am already handling in my current role and company. And all 5 of them gave the same reason, that I lack experience for entry level executive roles in marketing? Even though I am about to complete 2.5 years in the industry. I am really frustrated.

Am just sick of hearing 'We are looking for more experienced candidate'

Am just sick of hearing 'We are looking for more experienced candidate'- Grapevine

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I've 3 years of experience in sales and operations after completing my MBA in Marketing. Tried looking into various profiles but nothing seems to be fruitful post the first or second or interviews.

Mentally drained in trying to find PM jobs. Any references from this community would be appreciated.

Frustrated & stuck - Seeking Product Roles Entry Level

Key Account Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

So basically like every time I see a job vacancy I do apply for it.. But I'm not sure why I never get any calls back Or mails and these days I only see vacancies where they want only experienced people like more than 5 or 10.. I mean...where am I going wrong in this job hunt... I'm having 2 yrs of exp where I have wasted 1 yr being in bench so I could say I didn't get a lot of insight for my yrs of exp.... It sucks tho.... 😢 where should I start now what should I do? Completely blank...

Job search...

Systems Engineer

Hi everyone, I'll cut right to the chase
I have had 6 months of experience as a product intern and I'm trying to get into an APM role for the past 3 months.
I have not been able to get any interviews or calls for an APM role. The only calls I get are for product intern roles.
Is 6 months of experience not enough to move into a full time role??? I've done my engineering, completed my MBA from a tier 1 institute yet I'm not being considered as a qualified candidate.
The past 3 months have really taken a toll on my mental health and everyday feels like a burden. 

I would really appreciate if you all could guide me on what to do because I have no clue where I'm going.

Why is it so hard to get into an APM role? (read below)

Associate Product Manager

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RANT ALERT

I am a Software Engineer with 2 YoE. Wherever I apply they ask for 3+ or 5+ YoE minimum. I am hardly eligible for any roles. To one recruiter I really got angry and said "What is it that you believe 3+YoE candidates can do and 2+ can't ?" 
I got the same old reply - "It is company's policy" . I wonder who makes them. There are some really stupid people above us. 

Seriously - how does an EM decide that this position requires at least 10 YoE. I bet they haven't the slightest clue and possibly tossing a coin. Or worst, they think what they were capable of doing at 10+ YoE themselves.

Years of Experience is killing me

Software Engineer

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Hi Everyone,

I had to put down my paper in my current workplace without any offer in hand. I have 2 months notice period to look for a job. 

I know, I know, I knowwww it isn’t a sane move with how the job market is, but the culture was too toxic to continue.

So I am reaching out to this forum to help a pal. Please comment below or DM if there are any opening in your circle. Will connect and discuss from there.


Looking for roles in Marketing/Brand Marketing/Field Marketing Manage/Integrated Marketing

Profile brief:
Retail and B2B marketing strategist with expertise in user acquisition, demand generation and product positioning across multiple channels.

Total workex: 8 yrs
Sales and Marketing Workex : 4 yrs
City: Bangalore only

Resigned w/o a new offer!!! Need Help!

Marketing Manager

How are these people getting such good offers with very low years of experience. 
I have 4+ years in FE and now just shifted to product management, my profile won't even get shortlisted, forget getting an interview. 

What can I do to increase my chances of getting interviews in good product companies and have a shot at getting 30+LPA

How do people get such good offers

Project Manager

SRE with 12 years exp, facing cv rejections in faang , any suggestions pls?

I recently got the opportunity for an interview and the JD clearly mentioned it was an entry level position (although i have experience but i am switching my job profile hence applied for entry level position), but the moment i was being interviewed by the panel they mentioned that they are looking for someone with experience in the same field related to job and i did told them that since i am switching my job profile to pursue my interest i have applied for an entry level position only and they were like yes but now that you have experience it could've been better to have someone with required experience. I told them I have a relevant set of skills and also have overall experience in related domain so for an entry level position it would be a great fit but they were not really happy.

Are Job Descriptions scams?

Finance Operations

Hi all, 
I am a recent BCA graduate , from tier 3 college. I was hoping that i would get a chance to work on amazing techstack when i joined Deloitte but unfortunately they onboarded me pretty late and i had already rejected offers for few organisations for the role of SDE, junior AI/ML associate and so on in the respective field. I did this because i was hoping that Big4 is a better place to learn and grow. When i joined in Feb 23 i was given training on Software Testing where i don’t have interest and i tried reaching higher ups but they told i might get a chance to work on tech i am interested in when i get projects. So i pursued this and got project on Testing as well, there also people said if you want to work on other areas there is no guarantee but you can help the developers as well and learn. Maybe you will get the chance to shift from QA but no guarantee. 
I am so frustrated with my current position, wherever i am applying they are not hiring me for the reason of having irrelevant experience and i can’t do internships as my family condition is not good and i have to constantly support them. I am stuck between quitting and taking a break due to financial problems but if i continue this how will i build relevant experience and switch to a different organisation. 

I request everyone to kindly help me getting a clarity, what should i do ? 
Can anyone help me get a different job role somewhere else? 
I am open to work in the field of Data and AI , Analytics as well.

Thinking of quitting the firm, need Help!

Software Test - QA

Need a job very urgently.  I am pass B.com in 2015 my total experience 7years plus  3 years telecom, 3 years B2B and now continue In FMCG

Sales

I have 2 years of experience in B2B SaaS sales. Currently looking for a new role. Actively applying and interviewing. Despite doing everything pretty well, still getting rejected. Thoughts?

Looking for a new SDR role.

Growth And Strategy

Fresher with good and relevant internship experience, I'm getting rejected for some job roles where I am overqualified(not being cocky)

For job roles, I'm excited about there's work ex needed but one seems to be giving me the job, how will I get work ex? I have sent LinkedIn DMs, cold emails and what not but still nothing. I am getting rejected or worst no revert.

I have worked and want to work in the marketing&brand side preferably learn from senior folks in the industry but seems impossible in this market.

No one's hiring

Intern

I've been looking for a job for a while now and I've applied to numerous companies on multiple job portals. Only 1% to 2% of companies respond to my applications, and even they don't go beyond the initial introduction call, at the end of which I'm told "we'll be in touch" but they never call back. I've tried referrals too but without any luck. I have 4 years of experience at KPMG (the only job I've ever had) as a consultant and I have an MBA from IIM Udaipur. I think my CV isn't terrible either. I've had it reviewed from friends, family, ex-colleagues, and seniors from my college, listened to their advice, made the changes and applied everywhere, but there's no change.

Help me. I would appreciate any and every advice y'all have to offer. Whether it's the bare minimum that I've been blind to all along or a couple extra miles, I wanna shoot a real shot.

What is "going the extra mile" when looking for a new job?

Consultant

Hello Folks,
So recently I came across a post on grapevine where a guy from XYZ company got laid off and he posted that he just got laid off and looking for job, That's it and nothing else and this post got so much engagement like people are commenting about open roles in their company, some are referring him and some are giving suggestions and all. Now few days ago I also wrote a post that I am graduating in 2024 and how I have 1.5 years of production grade internship experience and does not have full time offer but my post hardly received any traction and all I got was 2 comment where one guy asked for my stipend and another told that I should not aim for job paying lower than 1 lakh per month, this and that. 

So why people are not helping new graduates but are helping the laid off people, I have seen this on all platform like linkedin twitter, what's the reason for this?

Fresh graduates vs laid off guys.

I graduated from college about 3 months back and have been applying, cold emailing and doing everything but things aren't moving- either there are too many applicants, budget is not right or the role is shit. I have good internship experience with established cos. but still unable to land at a good place where I can grow and learn.

What shall I do? Do you know if someone's hiring? I have also been thinking about doing masters but not so keen.

No job, graduated 3 months back

Looking for genuine and non diplomatic answers since it will be anonymous. It is upto you to reveal the name of the company you resigned from.

Lets discuss!!! I will go first -

I quit my last organisation (a famous UPI company) in 2020 because, they still are in old technology. No cloud computing, no kubernates, no terraform. Their entire baremetal infra are in 2 DCs (Mumbai and Bangalore). Leadership ideas are outdated. I was very much bored and looking for a change.

Why did you resign?

Amount of effort i put and the salary i got was not proportional. 14 hrs to get 30k salary as a fresher. I had understood that I deserve better - thus i moved to get better pay and better wlb (which I got in swiggy)

Founder

DevOps Engineer

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

I have got an offer from Oracle, but in their service based domain, hike is fair but its all fixed comp and no ther benefits.
I am applying to so many jobs but getting rejected. Not a single call from a product based company.
I don’t want to work in service based as my experience in Infosys is pathetic.
Till now I applied for about 200+ jobs but the problem is-
Getting calls only from some unknown startups and their budget is low if they compare to my offer.
Not getting shortlisted in any product based even with referrals.

There is only one thing to be happy, that I have an offer and even if its service domain in Oracle, in experience I can show comapny name as Oracle and it won’t be mentioned whether its service based or product. But internally I know it won’t help in long run. It will only be showing in my linkedin that I work at Oracle.

Frustrated with applying jobs and getting rejected everywhere. 2 month of notice remaining, not sure what shoudl I change in my strategy or what should I do. Overthinking is also cherry on the cake.

Frustrated!!! 🤯

Software Developer

Recently started giving interviews and cleared a few rounds in a couple of companies. I never heard back from any of them even if I felt the interviews went well. Very frustrated because of this as I fail to understand how difficult is it to just reject or send a rejection email if they don't want to hire. I understand that companies have 100s of candidates in their pipeline but it's so frustrating to not even get any rejection mail and get stuck in a limbo.

Why do companies ghost after interviews?

Hello Everyone, 

I am a 2022 MBA pass out from an Old IIM, and I have a total work experience of 2 years & 4 months(1.2 years post-MBA as an APM). I resigned from my position as an 'Associate Product Manager' in June 2023 because I found the role unfulfilling, I was totally not enjoying it, and I aspired to transition into roles related to the Strategy and Growth domain.  

(Link to my previous post on Grapevine regarding my Job Role Switch: https://share.gvine.app/EmMbJcfW4pCcEsZW9)

I'm currently having an offer to join the Strategy Team at a Series B-funded startup, with Y Combinator being one of the investors. However, this opportunity is a 6-month internship ( Designation: Strategy and Ops Intern), with the potential for conversion to a full-time role based on performance. I'm seeking advice on whether or not I should pursue this opportunity.

Additional Information: Over the past 3-4 months, I've actively applied to numerous Strategy and Growth roles. Unfortunately, I didn't receive any shortlists for these positions since they typically required a minimum of 2 years of experience in Strategy Consulting, which I currently lack, on the other side, I was only getting shortlists for APM/PM roles which I was accepting as I was not having any other option at that point in time. 

My Take: I consider this as a great opportunity to kickstart my career in the Strategy domain and I am confident about the conversion of a full-time opportunity. I am extremely interested in building my career in this strategy domain and this was the major reason to left my previous jobs. The organization also explicitly mentioned that they were also looking for a long-term association with me.

I would greatly appreciate your insights on this matter. Thank you so much for your time

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