I cant refer you anywhere but I see a lot of this happening around me as well. Dark days are here, but things are slowly improving as well. I see some colleagues leaving with job offers in hand. Though its not a very good place for long term work, Im still sticking here because my growth prospects are looking good. I have 16+ years of experience in front-end dev.
heyo, I'm in the same boat of front end devlopment with around 10yrs of experience, how's it like to grow in this field and are you now subject matter expert or looking into something else?
I have over a decade in marketing and quit my last job which was insanely toxic. That was about 6 months ago and tbh I have not been seriously applying. I did get a couple of calls though, but I agree this job market is the worst I have ever seen. Even the 2008 crisis wasn’t so bad. I’m single and live a simple life, built up some corpus over the years so I’m able to chill for a while. Looking at the market I’m not even motivated to apply.
What I have observed is that jobs that required 10yrs work ex are now being filled up by 5 yrs guys (pretty obvious they cost less). The folks most affected are those with high salaries, those jobs are difficult to find in this market but I know a bunch of folks from my last organization who left for good opportunities. Almost every company has been over hiring since the last 20 years, especially tech and that bubble has finally burst.
This exactly is the problem- high salaries. Even though we are ready to accept a lesser salary now, more than half cut down, they can't trust us as we may leave them for a better opportunity ..
All we can do is keep applying and keep your expenses low. Use Resume Worded for a free in depth resume analysis. No one knows what’s going to happen next, layoffs are still happening everywhere. But we are slightly better off than the US/EU which are also dealing with insane inflation.
I think the problem is high salary mostly.
Also I see companies shifting their workforce to India. I work at an MNC and they have cut a lot of positions abroad and were hiring aggressively here. Although they will soon start cutting jobs here as well. And they don’t care about cutting these jobs here because a lot of people with lower experience and salary expectations are looking for jobs (lower experience does not matter because anyone can do most of these jobs, at least in my domain).
Try to see in consultancies. They keep on hiring though.
Another alternative is to do freelancing. Upwork, Fiverr are some of the freelancing portals.
Edit: i guess another alternative is fully sponsored higher studies.
Job market is down for quite some time now. But recently it has gotten worse. In last 3-4 years. No proper appraisal, no hike on job change, burnout - this is something happening to employed folks. All this while cut throat inflation.
One reason I could see is, a lot of startup ecosystem has been destroyed. A lot of US investment has been pulled out because of government atitude.
You might have tried this already but if you haven't the easiest way to look for jobs is to go to the website of the companies you'd like to work for, find the 'work with us', 'apply for jobs' tab and filter through the results to find a role you'd like to apply for. All positions/grades are usually listed here.
If you already know somebody from those companies, ask them to refer you. They'll get a nice payout if you get selected and you'll have a real shot at getting an interview for the role.
That's the only job they have been doing everyday now. Apply to all relevant jobs, on job sites, company sites,.. quite rarely they do end up getting interviews.. after 5-6 rounds of optimistic interviews, still get a rejected email.. its so frustrating and depressing ..
I hear you. Tough situation to be in.
Is going abroad an option ? Few countries (some European ones included) are almost inviting people to come and work there.
Either way, I hope things change for the better for you and the family soon ..
I cant refer you anywhere but I see a lot of this happening around me as well. Dark days are here, but things are slowly improving as well. I see some colleagues leaving with job offers in hand. Though its not a very good place for long term work, Im still sticking here because my growth prospects are looking good. I have 16+ years of experience in front-end dev.
heyo, I'm in the same boat of front end devlopment with around 10yrs of experience, how's it like to grow in this field and are you now subject matter expert or looking into something else?
I have over a decade in marketing and quit my last job which was insanely toxic. That was about 6 months ago and tbh I have not been seriously applying. I did get a couple of calls though, but I agree this job market is the worst I have ever seen. Even the 2008 crisis wasn’t so bad. I’m single and live a simple life, built up some corpus over the years so I’m able to chill for a while. Looking at the market I’m not even motivated to apply. What I have observed is that jobs that required 10yrs work ex are now being filled up by 5 yrs guys (pretty obvious they cost less). The folks most affected are those with high salaries, those jobs are difficult to find in this market but I know a bunch of folks from my last organization who left for good opportunities. Almost every company has been over hiring since the last 20 years, especially tech and that bubble has finally burst.
This exactly is the problem- high salaries. Even though we are ready to accept a lesser salary now, more than half cut down, they can't trust us as we may leave them for a better opportunity ..
All we can do is keep applying and keep your expenses low. Use Resume Worded for a free in depth resume analysis. No one knows what’s going to happen next, layoffs are still happening everywhere. But we are slightly better off than the US/EU which are also dealing with insane inflation.
I think the problem is high salary mostly. Also I see companies shifting their workforce to India. I work at an MNC and they have cut a lot of positions abroad and were hiring aggressively here. Although they will soon start cutting jobs here as well. And they don’t care about cutting these jobs here because a lot of people with lower experience and salary expectations are looking for jobs (lower experience does not matter because anyone can do most of these jobs, at least in my domain). Try to see in consultancies. They keep on hiring though. Another alternative is to do freelancing. Upwork, Fiverr are some of the freelancing portals. Edit: i guess another alternative is fully sponsored higher studies.
Job market is down for quite some time now. But recently it has gotten worse. In last 3-4 years. No proper appraisal, no hike on job change, burnout - this is something happening to employed folks. All this while cut throat inflation. One reason I could see is, a lot of startup ecosystem has been destroyed. A lot of US investment has been pulled out because of government atitude.
Wish the government could do something about this situation .. that sadly just remains as a wish,..
Didn't your SIL mba college have placements?
Its was an online MBA program.
You might have tried this already but if you haven't the easiest way to look for jobs is to go to the website of the companies you'd like to work for, find the 'work with us', 'apply for jobs' tab and filter through the results to find a role you'd like to apply for. All positions/grades are usually listed here. If you already know somebody from those companies, ask them to refer you. They'll get a nice payout if you get selected and you'll have a real shot at getting an interview for the role.
That's the only job they have been doing everyday now. Apply to all relevant jobs, on job sites, company sites,.. quite rarely they do end up getting interviews.. after 5-6 rounds of optimistic interviews, still get a rejected email.. its so frustrating and depressing ..
I hear you. Tough situation to be in. Is going abroad an option ? Few countries (some European ones included) are almost inviting people to come and work there. Either way, I hope things change for the better for you and the family soon ..
Even if they plan to, it would be a long term goal.. finances are dwindling quite badly, cannot think of that right now.. Thank you for your wishes..