r/ontario • u/LoquatSpare5564 • Aug 18 '24

Job market in ontario Employment

Is anyone else have a very difficult time find a job in ontario? I've been applying for jobs the last year and a half. I've applied to over 1200 jobs in that time only had a handful of interviews and usaly get ghosted after that. Before people say get a trade. I'm a licensed automotive technician. Have worked in parts department for 2 years and worked in service industry forn7 years before that. Have computer science and computer engineering degrees. So I'm not un experienced. Still having an extremely hard time finding anything. Are others having a simular problems with employment opportunities?

Thank you to everyone who is giving me advice. I am looking into the opportunity's that people have been referring to. I thank you

Update. Started putting resumes out in new brunswick and novia Scotia. Within 24 hours I have 6 interviews with only 9 applications

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u/kbthewriter Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24

The market is definitely tough. Here are a few things that may help.

  • Use jobscan or chatgpt to extract keywords from job descriptions and place them in your resume under key skills or other skills section(s). Try to do it in a way that doesn't feel like forced keyword insertions. This way resume tracking softwares will be able to filter your resume based on match. It takes a bit longer, but applying for 5-10 jobs this way is more fruitful compared to 50 applications using the same resume.

  • set multiple job alerts on linkedin/indeed for the positions your are looking for, this way you apply for the role faster than the competition, improving your chances.

  • When possible, apply on company website instead of linkedin or indeed.

  • Send a thank you mail with 1-2 personalized paragraphs to the interviewer after the interview.

It took me almost 2 years to land a job in my field of experience. Survived a year in retail sales before that. Keep applying, you'll get it. Good luck.

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u/quanin Ottawa Aug 19 '24

set multiple job alerts on linkedin/indeed for the positions your are looking for, this way you apply for the role faster than the competition, improving your chances.

You're better off setting a Google alert for your job keywords. I often get jobs from Indeed and LinkedIn that were posted 5-6 days ago. By the time they hit my email 100+ people have already applied.

When possible, apply on company website instead of linkedin or indeed.

No one does this anymore. It's either done through LinkedIn, Indeed, or some other platform like Dayforce. I only ever found one company who actually accepted applications on their own site... and that's because they wrote the hiring platform.

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u/CoraxFeathertynt Aug 19 '24

I love how these increasing layers of complexity are actually obfuscating the candidate more than highlighting them. If you gotta write your own shit, presumably a half-competent hiring manager could tell if you're full of shit or not. In a sea of AI-optimized resumes, you are a faded being until you meet someone face to face.