
Trapped in a recruitment process (case)
Our team at Career Angels regularly receives messages from candidates who have lost all hopes of ever finding the right job, as their efforts seem to lead nowhere. Below we share one of many such e-mails with a similar sentiment (and our response) that we have received in the recent months.
Dear Career Angels,
I have been trying to change my job for quite some time. I am searching actively, but it seems to lead nowhere – the market has become very hermetic.
I have taken all the steps I could: contacting decision makers and my own network, personalizing my CV, using keywords, preparing the so-called cover e-mails – NO results. I always get either a negative response or no response at all.
It seems that LinkedIn is not useful for searches within my industry. Or perhaps it’s me who can’t present my skills in an effective way.
I have been trying to find a job for several years now, even though others usually find one after a few months. I decided it was pointless and gave up trying.
More than once, after sending a fully personalized CV to a decision maker, I ended up with my application getting lost in the ether. Sending a follow-up message yielded no results either – just another unfulfilled promise of getting back to me. With such experiences, I find it difficult to re-enter the job market holding my head high.








