Reply to Amanda Booth's comment 28 mos unemployed, 2000+ apppplications sent. I have 15 years experience in my field and can't get f ired. I am currently working a restaurant job that won't even cover my bills.

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The video addresses a common pain point for job seekers by providing actionable advice on how to overcome employment gaps, leveraging statistics and research to support its claims.

Summary

The video discusses the challenges of unemployment and how hiring managers and AI systems can penalize candidates with employment gaps. It highlights that despite a low hiring rate, internal mobility is increasing, and suggests that volunteer work, especially in leadership roles, can help bridge these gaps and improve a candidate's chances of getting hired.

Structure

1The difficulty of being unemployed and the bias against employment gaps.
2Statistics on unemployment rates and their impact.
3The role of AI in screening resumes and penalizing gaps.
4Strategies to overcome employment gaps through volunteer work.
5The benefits of volunteer experience for job seekers.

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Reply to Amanda Booth's comment 28 mos unemployed, 2000+ apppplications sent. I have 15 years experience in my field and can't get f ired. I am currently working a restaurant job that won't even cover my bills. THE LONGER YOU' THE HARDER IT IS TO CONVINCE A HIRING MANAGER THAT YOU'RE EMPLOYABLE IT'S DOCUME IT'S DOCUMENTED A MAJOR STUDY SENT OUT 12,000 AND CANDIDATES WHO HAD UNE CANDIDATES WHO HAD UNEMPLOYED FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE GOT HALF AS GOT HALF AS MANY CALLBACKS AS THOSE WHO WERE EQUALLY BUT STILL EMPLOYED HIRING MANAGERS ARE JUDGING THAT GAP AND THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT IT MEAN IT DOESN'T AN OVER 25% OVER 25% OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS THAT'S THE HIGHEST RA THAT'S THE HIGHEST RATE SINCE 2021 WHICH MEANS WHICH MEANS MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE STUCK IN THIS BIAS THROUGH NO THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. AND ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENIN AND ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE THE MARKET'S WORKING AGAINST YOU JOLT'S DATA SHOW JOLT'S DATA SHOWS HIRING RATE IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN OVER A DECADE AND AT THE SAME TIME AND AT THE SAME TIME INTERNAL MOBILITY IS UP 11% IS UP 11% SINCE LA NEARLY DOUBLE THAT NEARLY DOUBLE THAT RATE FEWER JOBS OPEN AND EVEN FEWER OF AND EVEN FEWER OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO EXTERNAL CA AND EVEN FEWER OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO EXTERNAL CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW SO EVEN IF YOU IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEA IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S OPEN TO YO AND RESEARCHER AND RESEARCHERS WHO ARE TRACKING THOSE GH ARE FINDING THAT THEY'RE JUST ARE FINDING THAT THEY'RE JUST EXISTING TO CHECK ARE FINDING THAT THEY'RE JUST EXISTING TO CHECK A COMPLIANCE BOX SO WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN A HIRING MANAGER ASK WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST YEAR GOING TO NEED TO CITE VO GOING TO NEED TO CITE VOLUNTEER WORK NOT JUST ANY VOLUNTEE TAKE A LEAD TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE CAN YOU CAN CHAIR SOMETHING YOU CAN CHAIR SOMETHING AND THEN LIST IT IN YOUR AND THEN LIST IT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE SECTIO DON'T BURY IT AT TH CANDIDATE CANDIDATES WITH VOLUNTEER EXPERI CANDIDATES WITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE ARE 27% MO ARE 27% MORE LIKELY TO GET THAN THAN THOSE WITHOUT IT NON PROFIT BOARDS NON PROFIT BOARDS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ME AND TH AND THAT'S REAL GOVERNANCE AND THAT'S REAL GOVERNANCE THAT EMPLOYE ANY COURSES CERTI THIS TIES DIREC THIS TIES DIRECTLY BACK TO WHAT COMPANIES THIS TIES DIRECTLY BACK TO WHAT COMPANIES WAN RIGHT NOW SKILL AND EVERY ONE OF AND EVERY ONE OF THESE DOES AND EVERY ONE OF THESE DOES THE SAME JOB IT TURNS A GAP IT TURNS A GAP INTO A CHAPTER WITH A TITL AND IF YOU FACTO AND IF YOU FACTOR IN AI SCREENING WHICH IS NOW US WHICH IS NOW USED BY ROUGHLY 90% AT SOME POINT IN AT SOME POINT IN THEIR HIRING PROCESS MANY OF THEM MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOW MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PENA MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PENALIZE UNEXPLAINED GAPS SO FILLING THAT GAP SO FILLING THAT GAP ISN'T JUST A TALKIN SO FILLING THAT GAP ISN'T JUST A TALKING POINT FOR THE INTERVIEW IT'S GOING TO GE IT'S GOING TO GET YOU PAST THAT ALGORITH BEFORE YO BEFORE YOU TALK TO ANYONE SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE WHO' SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE WHO'S BEEN APPLYING AND HEARING NOTHING IN TH IN THIS CRAZY SYSTEM OF BIAS AND AI BIAS AND AI AND FOLLOW ME IF YOU FOLLOW ME IF YOU WANT MORE ON HOW TO ANSWER BACK

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Replying to @Amanda Booth internal mobility is up 11%, hiring is at a 10 year low. And now we have AI quietly penalizing your résumé gap. The résumé experiment/study that I cite was done by Kroft/Lange/Notiwidigdo #unemployed #jobsearch #layoff #useconomy #genx

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The longer you're unemployed, the harder it is to convince a hiring manager that you're employable. It's documented. A major study sent out 12,000 and candidates who had been unemployed for six months or more got half as many callbacks as those who were equally qualified but still employed. Hiring managers are judging that gap and they're assuming that it means something. It doesn't. Over 25% of Americans have been out of work for more than six months. That's the highest rate since 2021, which means more people than ever are stuck in this bias through no fault of their own. And all of this is happening while the market's working against you. Jolt's data shows hiring rate is at its lowest level in over a decade. And at the same time, internal mobility is up 11% since last year, nearly double that rate. Fewer jobs open, and even fewer of those are available to external candidates right now. So even if you see a job open, it doesn't necessarily mean it's open to you. And researchers who are tracking those ghost jobs are finding that they're just existing to check a compliance box. So what do you say when a hiring manager asks what you've been doing for the last year? You're going to need to cite volunteer work. Not just any volunteer. Take a lead. Take a leadership role. You can chair something. You can chair something and then list it in your experience section. Don't bury it at the bottom. Candidates with volunteer experience are 27% more likely to get than those without it. Non-profit boards are always looking for members. And that's real governance that employers respect. Any courses, certifications, this ties directly back to what companies want right now: skills. And every one of these does the same job. It turns a gap into a chapter with a title. And if you factor in AI screening, which is now used by roughly 90% at some point in their hiring process, many of them have been shown to penalize unexplained gaps. So filling that gap isn't just a talking point for the interview. It's going to get you past that algorithm before you talk to anyone. Share this with anyone who's been applying and hearing nothing in this crazy system of bias and AI. And follow me if you want more on how to answer back.