I did it much before linkedIn. Went to 20 interviews in a week, learnt what they asked and next week got a job with a twice better payment than wanted initially. It was around 2012
It’s a good strategy if you can get many diverse interviews. In this market getting the interviews in the first place is more difficult so it may take you several months compared to back then
@@DecisionForest getting a job for me never felt difficult. To be honest I don't get why it's difficult for other people. I usually don't say it even because people get mad at me, cause they can't find a job. I think it's difficult only when you begin to work. And the truth from your video is it's hard nowadays to get a junior position without lying or exaggerating your skills and abilities. That's probably where LinkedIn committed the most.
@@DecisionForestI had multiple offers for the positions I know for sure I would fit great, but when I was telling truth that some skills aren’t fresh, even though I could get up to speed within the week, I was rejected right away I mean, I could straight up lie about everything and I wuould be offered max salary and that’s probably my next strategy… it’s totally fucked
We are all going back to the farm soon. UA-camrs included. LinkedIn is finished. Cringe worse than Facebook. New websites that leverage AI, that are now coming to life, will replace that crappy site.
@@DecisionForest Oh it has, and I got banned for defending the one who was being discriminated against. Filed FTC against Microsoft/LinkinEd. As far as I am concerned it a MAGA hole.
You mentioned that certifications aren't a sign of competency or as valuable as a lot of people perceive them to be when it comes to landing a job. That there are a lot of "cert warriors" who may or may not have actually been the one to complete the certification. How does GetThatBadge in anyway differ from this line of thinking with which I tend to agree with. As, someone who has a B.S in Mathematics and two courses from the Nashville Software School in Data Analytics and Advanced SQL I am having a difficult time even getting an interview for an entry level position. I've decided that in the interest of personal growth I am going to complete a Masters in Analytics through Georgia Tech's OMSA program regardless if that actually significantly increases my chance of landing a job in Data Analytics/Data Science which is what I am in the market for. What are your thoughts? I'd love to pick your brain, you seem very in tune with the tech job market.
There's a growing number of people that try to shortcut their way into jobs through certifications directly from big vendors. Before it used to be certificates from Coursera and others. This will continue after this cloud services boom. At GetThatBadge I'm at the beginning of the journey where I try to help people build real skills that can get them to be effective. And cloud services is where the demand is from companies. This will likely continue for the next years and my goal is to make it easy for people to get experience with such services. For now, practice tests are the first offering and I created those questions from the whole material so it's helpful for faster learning. Not just to get the badge itself, but to learn faster as I do this myself. Now I'd say that another degree won't move the needle for you too much as it's not your own shortcomings. I simply think we're in a period of downsizing and there's very little that you can do. My advice would be to focus on trying to build a product or a service with your already existing skills and get better at selling your skills. A degree won't cover these unfortunately. This while continuing to apply, but I think you know a lot more than you think. It's time for others to see that as well. Hope I could help.
I’d recommend writing blog pieces about different projects you worked on or technologies you like. When I graduated from college, having blogs I had written posted to medium and shared on LinkedIn not only boosted my visibility but also made me appear as a professional in my field since it was my own produced content. Doing this led to me getting a contract job in my last year of college, my first full time data analyst job after college, and my current data analyst job that I have now, which I didn’t apply for myself but a recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn to talk about it.
What did LinkedIn teach you about B2B sales? 🤔
I did it much before linkedIn. Went to 20 interviews in a week, learnt what they asked and next week got a job with a twice better payment than wanted initially. It was around 2012
It’s a good strategy if you can get many diverse interviews. In this market getting the interviews in the first place is more difficult so it may take you several months compared to back then
@@DecisionForest getting a job for me never felt difficult. To be honest I don't get why it's difficult for other people. I usually don't say it even because people get mad at me, cause they can't find a job. I think it's difficult only when you begin to work. And the truth from your video is it's hard nowadays to get a junior position without lying or exaggerating your skills and abilities. That's probably where LinkedIn committed the most.
It's estimated 2/3 of all applications are never seen by a human, meaning you HAVE to apply to 3x as many jobs for no reason
And if another third are ghost jobs, then we have a problem :)
I know a lot of people who lie and over exaggerate their experience and skills on there. I have never used it and probably never will.
@@skipjafry9059 most people do this nowadays, it’s funny when you know them and you see how much they overdo it
10:30 best advice - get better for your own benefit and have them chase you.
While I agree with you, the issue is being open, honest and straightforward doesn't get you anywhere. Like with example you gave in the first example
Unfortunately so, we need to act more like businesses rather than individuals when dealing with companies.
@@DecisionForestI had multiple offers for the positions I know for sure I would fit great, but when I was telling truth that some skills aren’t fresh, even though I could get up to speed within the week, I was rejected right away
I mean, I could straight up lie about everything and I wuould be offered max salary and that’s probably my next strategy… it’s totally fucked
I like the cs reference. spray and pray 🤣
We are all going back to the farm soon. UA-camrs included.
LinkedIn is finished. Cringe worse than Facebook.
New websites that leverage AI, that are now coming to life, will replace that crappy site.
Never was good at handiwork and practical jobs, guess I’m done 😬
I don't speak shill
Iol, just promoting my business, hope you enjoyed the video though
Dont companies do background searches? Wouldnt they know if you lie about your experience?
@@ragama623 they do but they are minimal, usually only criminal records and just dates of employment
LI is a circus of word salad.
And Discrimination against disabled citizens
@@SchkuenteQoostewin I hope this doesn’t happen but I wouldn’t be surprised
@@DecisionForest Oh it has, and I got banned for defending the one who was being discriminated against. Filed FTC against Microsoft/LinkinEd. As far as I am concerned it a MAGA hole.
I hate that site, I mean a real hatred of it. Dont know why lol.
You mentioned that certifications aren't a sign of competency or as valuable as a lot of people perceive them to be when it comes to landing a job. That there are a lot of "cert warriors" who may or may not have actually been the one to complete the certification. How does GetThatBadge in anyway differ from this line of thinking with which I tend to agree with. As, someone who has a B.S in Mathematics and two courses from the Nashville Software School in Data Analytics and Advanced SQL I am having a difficult time even getting an interview for an entry level position. I've decided that in the interest of personal growth I am going to complete a Masters in Analytics through Georgia Tech's OMSA program regardless if that actually significantly increases my chance of landing a job in Data Analytics/Data Science which is what I am in the market for. What are your thoughts? I'd love to pick your brain, you seem very in tune with the tech job market.
There's a growing number of people that try to shortcut their way into jobs through certifications directly from big vendors. Before it used to be certificates from Coursera and others. This will continue after this cloud services boom. At GetThatBadge I'm at the beginning of the journey where I try to help people build real skills that can get them to be effective. And cloud services is where the demand is from companies. This will likely continue for the next years and my goal is to make it easy for people to get experience with such services. For now, practice tests are the first offering and I created those questions from the whole material so it's helpful for faster learning. Not just to get the badge itself, but to learn faster as I do this myself. Now I'd say that another degree won't move the needle for you too much as it's not your own shortcomings. I simply think we're in a period of downsizing and there's very little that you can do. My advice would be to focus on trying to build a product or a service with your already existing skills and get better at selling your skills. A degree won't cover these unfortunately. This while continuing to apply, but I think you know a lot more than you think. It's time for others to see that as well. Hope I could help.
I’d recommend writing blog pieces about different projects you worked on or technologies you like. When I graduated from college, having blogs I had written posted to medium and shared on LinkedIn not only boosted my visibility but also made me appear as a professional in my field since it was my own produced content. Doing this led to me getting a contract job in my last year of college, my first full time data analyst job after college, and my current data analyst job that I have now, which I didn’t apply for myself but a recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn to talk about it.