Is this normal?
I've been laid off since 9/30. From then until now I've had two promising interviews where the interviewing party was pleased with how I interviewed and wanted to take the next steps. In both instances the interviewing party took near 3-4 weeks to reply and when they did, they were not able to move forward due to upper management not approving the budget for a new resource. This is getting old. Now that we're at the end of the year, it is common for a lot of businesses to enter (or may have already entered) a blackout period. I really want to work....Frustrated.
Unfortunately it's very normal towards the end of the fiscal year. Keep trying. January is the start of most companies fiscal year and most of the time they have a better idea of what they want and can afford. May God bless you and your search
Don't give up just keep pushing forward cause sooner or later somebody is going to hire you. Also trust God and believe that job is yours.
Dobbs, Aaron:
Math anyone ? Normal Distributions Mean, Median and Mode. Number lining your random digits 0,3,3,4,9. Mean = 0+3+3+4+9/5 or 3.8; Median is the middle point of an enumeration across a number line or some mathy call a number line a tuple. The middle point is 3. The mode is the highest frequency event in an ordered number line sequence or a Cardinality Order or a tuple (huh ? yep more mathy terms) or 3. The averages are: 3.8, 3, and 3. That is normal.
That's true it is common for this to happen especially durring the 1st of the year try more jobs around u and keep u head up bro
In banking currently this is the norm, unfortunately. You have no choice but to be patient and keep trying. Good luck.
Let me guess..your success was within a larger corporate company. I am guessing that as soon as there was a position available in middle management's structure they began the interviewing process. 1 leaves an opening and the process to fill it begins. Once a candidate was identified then middle mgmt moves the info to the financial/budget director who determines which option is the most economical...fill the position or reorganize the department to reassign/redistribute the work. Quietly, this is a good way to trim excess staff and get complacent individuals to step up, reenergize and show their ability to handle change. These are the new corporate buzz words. Another possibility is that the higher ups plan to downgrade the position to save money/benefits. Unfortunately, these aren't uncommon business practices now. Take strength in you being the best candidate and keep checking in with openings in that company because your records will support your hirability in a different role. In fact... They might even relist the same position but fine tune the title or paylevel. Keep your chin up.
Pray....keep applying for jobs period 8n faith.
I feel like a broken record. No matter how well the government is portraying our labor market, it isn't in that good of a shape. There are far more unemployed people who are in the category of long-term unemployed and under-employed than the statistical employment picture. When was the last time you heard the government talk about the "real unemployment" rate, underemployment (from those who are working part-time job looking for full-time work, those working 2 or 3 part-time jobs to make ends meat, or highly educated/highly skilled people working low-wage, low-skill jobs). YEP, IT'S BEEN AWHILE. The government now uses a euphemism for the those who have lost employment and are part of the stagnant/increasing proportion of our labor participation rate. Since the end of the recession, our labor participation rate went from 67% to 63% and has remained at 63% for years - EVEN AFTER "RECOVERY" FROM THE "GREAT RECESSION". Anyway, the government classifies those as suffering from structural/chronic unemployment - a like structured around being unemployed or going from job to being unemployed to being long-term unemployed and having that cycle repeat itself again. Let's call it what it really: PERMANENT LIFETIME UNEMPLOYMENT/PERMANENTLY UNEMPLOYABLE. The average employer knows these untalked-about facts I just talked about and so they know there are "more fish in the sea" . It's very tough out there and there are a set of known labor market dynamics (ones that the government knows about but doesn't talk about or doing anything about) that are making it very difficult for the job seeker to find employment. All you can do is what millions of Americans are doing every day and that's keep looking, keep applying, and do your best. YOUR GOVERNMENT COULD CARE LESS WHETHER YOU'RE EMPLOYED OR NOT AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THEN GO DOWN TO AN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN.
Hi Aaron Dobbs, Keep pushing forward this just means your worth more then you have accepted and they can't afford your skills nor experience. I know this does not feed you or the family, but your time will come, When it gets here it will be worth the wait
I have been laid off from work too I feel like that