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Does Applying Online Even Work???

Alrighty, so just a little background info, I've been on the hunt for a job since I turned 18, and I've applied for practically everything you could imagine... I've tried Indeed, Ziprecruiter, and I even ended up giving my number to a fishy website 

(Which I immensely regret because now I get nothing but fake car insurance calls all day) 

I tried to apply for this one job at Chipotle online, and was super excited when I got a scheduled interview. But when I showed up all prepared, documentation ready and all! At exactly 2:30 pm, it turns out the manager had clocked out literally five minutes before I walked in. So an employee interviewed me instead... The "interview" was just writing my name  and number on a piece of paper  

This was like 4 months ago I Have not heard back.


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Yeah sorry but online applications really suck right now... especially for newcomers.

Only you got in and worked a decade they headhunt you to death but not much people want to put the effort into training people... and AI makes everything worse.... (even if its a bubble and will pop)

If you are really forced to do online applications... depending on the job... have a reference project ready to show...

Other options is to get some connections from somewhere and land a first job that way...

As last resort just overstate your experience and just try to learn fast enough on the job so nobody finds out.

I hope you get a chance


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