Do not tell me to put all the key phrases of the job description in some invisible-colored text on my resume so the AI bot reading my resume will boost it to the top of my pile. Do not tell me to reach out to former employers, family friends, blah blah blah. What I mean is β I am young enough to know all the AI and tech tricks, all the websites yes, I know about ZipRecruiter , the temp agencies, the recruiting agencies, the stuff about reaching out to everyone for a job.
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Seriously β fuck you. The problem with this advice is you are not only condescending and belittling, but horrendously unoriginal. No offense to those of you who identify with that statement, in fact this Substack is most especially for you. I was a production assistant on a load of real sets, not student films. After graduating, I completed a fellowship in Europe for a year where I gained management and production experience β plus I have almost 40, TikTok followers, so any jobs that involve social media, that should count for something.
None of this has helped me in the slightest. Every party I go to, I beg people to tell me if they hear of any jobs for me. I have told all my friends that I am very unemployed and broke. One LinkedIn post was from a girl from my high school who is working a really great TV-related job.
For a second I was really excited, because if she could do it then maybe I could too. Gee, wonder how she landed those! The only saving grace here is that apparently she worked as an assistant for one of those famously abusive agents, and when said agent threw a hole puncher at her, hr dad got the agent fired so fuckin fast. So, at least her privilege went toward some justice. This dude graduated six months ago and is on bum ass fucking LinkedIn groveling for a job.
