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Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs

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391 points JSeymourATL | 6 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 1.814s | source | bottom
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ulfw ◴[14 Nov 24 15:18 UTC] No.42136998[source]▶
There are no jobs. I've been looking for two years. A couple of humongous rounds of interviews (one company in Sydney had me do 15 interviews plus a presentation, plus meetups with the CEO for lunch and the CTO and a case study), all for one mid-size startup CPO role.

No hire. Two weeks later they announced another 25% of layoffs.

I've tried and exhausted all my contacts, from work, Stanford alumni, everything. There's no one hiring. At least 500 applications either led to no reply or "sorry but you're not the person we are looking for". Week later the same job is advertised again. It's all ghost jobs.

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1. alephnerd ◴[14 Nov 24 15:29 UTC] No.42137139[source]▶
There just aren't that many jobs for management roles (CPO/VP Product/etc) compared to applicants.

Being in HK probably isn't helping either because there are plenty of qualified candidates across China and ASEAN now as well - especially in the hospitality and B2C space.

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2. ulfw ◴[14 Nov 24 15:38 UTC] No.42137250[source]▶
Oh 100%. But of course I am not limited to HK at all (in fact I am planning to move to AU next year as I got permanent residence there through their Global Talent visa programme). But nothing there either. And I'm not limiting myself to CPO or VP roles but yea... this is what it has been
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3. alephnerd ◴[14 Nov 24 15:42 UTC] No.42137303[source]▶
Why aren't you considering CPO roles the US or starting your own company?

I think you are too overqualified for non-VP/CPO roles, and B2C dealflow is dead across ASEAN and China atm so VP/CPO roles are hyper-competitive. It's similar in Australia to a certain extent as well.

That said, best of luck! Your background is fairly strong

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4. ulfw ◴[15 Nov 24 10:05 UTC] No.42145458{3}[source]▶
No way to just immigrate to the US but thanks for your comments. I do appreciate it.
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5. coding123 ◴[15 Nov 24 12:14 UTC] No.42146201{4}[source]▶
10 - 20 million just walked in but you sound like someone we should have.
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6. ulfw ◴[16 Nov 24 01:22 UTC] No.42153322{5}[source]▶
Ha. That's very sweet of you to say./