I am 2022 batch mba graduate from IMT GHAZIABAD.
I have 4 years of work experience - 2 years before and 2 years after MBA.
Experience includes roles in digital marketing, performance Marketing and project management.
All the experiences are in startups.
However, the last company laid off 97% of workforce without paying salaries for 4 months and I am unemployed since sept. I.e no salaries since May.
We could not switch when salaries were delayed as there were hardly good opportunities. Even now it's getting even a call.
It took me 5 years or 5 attempts in CAT being a GEM(general, engg, male) to get in a good b school. But seems like Market just doesn't have enough jobs.
I can only find specialist jobs and roles requiring lot of experience.
No one replies over linkedin and despite being a top 1%ile resume on naukri, I am hardly getting calls. 1/2 invites in 2-3 weeks that too from startups with bad reviews.
I am not looking to work in start-ups or unicorns at the moment. I am 30s, yet to start my career it feels.
I upskilled and added more than 30 certifications including professional certifications from Google in Project management and digital marketing. Also have product management and data analysis certifications which I have been doing consistently since I passed out in 2022. Despite adding in resume and a tier 1 college degree, there are no calls for interviews.
In past 4 months, I gave 3 interviews:
- Google: rejected while phone screening. Seemed like they needed my last experience to be in digital marketing but it was not.
- Delloite: it was a consultant role, interview went well but rejected.
- De shaw: ai interview, rejected. Faced an ai interview for the first time, felt a bit awkward and messed up.
Other than these I had 1-2 startup invites which I rejected as reviews were terrible.
Apart from these hardly anything from 8 months.
I have lost hope. Not sure what else to do.
Never expected no one helping out on LinkedIn. People don't even reply to messages despite getting connected from target companies.
My financial situation is not very good and I am running out of ideas on what to do or whom to reach out.
Experienced individuals pls guide.
Is this a normal job market? Even folks with 15 year work experience are struggling. Does job market come in such cycles and is it normal?