I think I was a bit unclear. I thought a low level programming job would be good becasue after I finish college it would look good on a resume for a higher level programing career. My expenses are low at the moment and I can get by on pretty much any crappy job. My issue right now is that I need a job and I need to be laying the foundation for a good career. A low level programing job would solve both those issues.
All I can say to this is good luck because as mentioned probably a million times you are competing with jeets both foreign and domestic.
Does your place of education scout? If not then the consensus I've read from other 'Farmers on tech sector related threads is to farm as many certs as possible. Issue with that is it requires money to get the certs. I guess you could always try defense and just undercut your competition by accepting low pay.
Trump did sign an executive order requiring truck drivers to speak English so hopefully that curbs that problem…hopefully..
This is how I found my current job. I printed off 30 resumes and cover letters. I put on interview smart clothes and went to an industrial park about 3 miles from where I live.
So? I now earn 65k a year, do the easiest job I ever had and work 4 days a week. The pay isn't Megabucks but the benefits package is amazing and that helps. And for level of effort I put in, I'm laughing all the way to the bank.
First selection is usually done by ATS or its more modern versions which utilize AI. If you don't have enough matches for specific keywords or fail to perform well in scoring algorithms, you will be automatically rejected. There's also knockout questions that have "wrong" answers which lead to automatic rejection of your application. If you want to avoid false negatives, make sure that your CV (if in the PDF format) is ATS-friendly. Also, make sure to repeat keywords and phrases from the vacancy notice if possible and reasonable.
They are absolutely selling your info to jeet call centers. I've experienced the same thing after applying on Indeed after a dry spell of not submitting applications on the platform. Spam calls picked up again. Do not use the Indeed client service. The algo will probably just hard filter you and sell your data. I sometimes use Indeed to find companies that are hiring and go phonebook the hiring personnel at the company, but even then, most of the Indeed listings are probably ghost jobs at this point. Targeted advertisers and HR cunts will be frozen up to the neck in the 9th circle and raped in the eye-sockets by pineapple-dicked demons for eternity for what they have done to the modern-day job hunt.
Graduated with a CS degree and applied to over 300 CS jobs. Did two internships and I Have a stacked resume filled with projects in CPP, Java, C#, and fucking Dart. Got a whopping 1 interview where it was with a recruitment agency that ghosted me once they said I passed. Good luck finding a low level programming job. Now I have a job in a completely different field than what I graduated with. Im considering if I should just lean into the field im working in and get a masters for that so I can build a career.
Entry level Accounting job. Actually Im digging it a lot. I enjoy doing the grunt tedious work for some reason. Im considering getting a masters in accounting since I'll have more work experience in that field than I ever did with CS. It helps that my boss likes me doing data analytics on the side sometimes. However, If I get that masters in accounting, I probably wont be able to get a CPA unless I spend more money and I really dont want to throw myself back into college for several more years. Im wondering if just having an accounting masters with work experience is enough to help me jump beyond entry level stuff even if I dont have a CPA.
