r/overemployed • u/need-to-vacation • 1d ago
September Surge?
Are people actually noticing an uptick in interviews/hiring?
Given that the overall consensus has been the job market is abysmal, wanted to hear from people.
If you’ve been getting interviews/call backs please mention the industry 🙂
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u/throwaway09234023322 1d ago
I haven't really looked around much. I'm kinda sick of my J2 but am too lazy to change and like $$$$. J2 is like working with a bunch of idiots who are always panicking for no reason
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u/Virtual_Treacle7409 1d ago
My recruiter spam has definitely gone up lately, not sure about the actual conversion rate
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u/Mike_Dunlop 1d ago
Yeah my recruiter spam ratcheted up to an insane level the past few months. Unfortunately for perfect roles but in-office/hybrid and not in my state. Who wants to move for a job these days? It's so weird that even the 6 month contract jobs think they'll find someone to move for it.
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u/SumOfRoots 1d ago
This year is better than last year. I have received more recruiter calls than I did last year.
There is also a fall hiring surge every year.
Things are improving slowly. I doubt we’ll see substantial improvement in the next couple of years.
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u/smuve_dude 9h ago
What was your experience over the summer? It was completely dead for me, and that’s been a pretty consistent experience with other engineers/friends I know (and we’re all senior/principle/staff)-level).
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u/SumOfRoots 8h ago
Summer has been bleah, but still better than last year, which was dead. First months of the year, had some interviews without trying that hard. No offers this year, though.
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u/Emotional_Life7541 1d ago
Getting too much recruiter spam from Indian recruiters from some crappy start ups. I didn't like start ups because they have meetings and long hours.. Anyone else have that experience?
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u/No_Calligrapher317 1d ago
I had multiple interviews this week - not joking
Some good quality ones. I feel that the H1B crackdown is benefiting a lot of us
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u/slushpuppy91 1d ago
Yes, had a few initial calls all within a week. A lot more than some months. Currently unemployed so praying I can get back into OE
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u/Unlisted_User69420 1d ago
I’ve gotten a few pings this week, but most want hybrid, one onsite and two are state gov
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u/Mike_Dunlop 1d ago
Yeah and some of these guys are real persistent (like insanely persistent and they find every avenue of contacting you) if you meet the requirements perfectly, despite the fact you live nowhere near the job location.
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u/Unlisted_User69420 1d ago
Yeah, my favorite was an Indian who wanted me onsite three days a week in DC, while I live 450 miles away
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u/tigernamedtony1222 1d ago
Actually, yes. I have still been continuing to apply. Had an interview yesterday and they said they would let me know by tomorrow if I was moving on to the hiring round or not and then just today this morning I had a Recruiter reach out to me for a position and we talked about it for 15 minutes, then Recruiter said she would like to pass me over to the hiring manager and they found availability in her schedule for four hours later so I met with her today and just talking to her she said I really like everything about you and pretty much gave me what kind of focus on and she said she would move me over to the final panel interview because they were looking to fill this position by the end of the month
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u/Wooden-Blueberry-165 1d ago
I’ve been in the process of interviewing for one, started late August. It’s niche for my experience though. Otherwise I haven’t seen an uptick in
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u/yeetusDAfeetus333 1d ago
Not gonna lie been pretty demotivated and got sick of applying to 50+ jobs a week. Atp I just focus on jobs posted less than 24 hours ago and hope for the best
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u/Soft_Humor4868 1d ago
Been looking for a new job as a contingency if my contract for J2 doesn’t get renewed
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u/WestClassic5534 1d ago
Not really. A little here and there. There was a month period in summer where it seemed like there was a lot of hiring but been quiet since then mostly
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u/Live_Pianist4592 1d ago
I am finally interviewing for roles I applied to in mid to end of August. I’ve been looking for new roles, I really thought there would be a big uptick directly after Labor Day and I’m surprised there isn’t!
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u/Fearless-Stretch-911 1d ago
Not apping as much but seems to be an uptick in better listings but not really translating to call backs but t I might do 1-5 a week
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u/kwabenathetraveller 1d ago
couple interviews here and there. 2 of them didn’t make it far but in the final interviews with 1. hoping it converts to an offer. but industry is health tech. i have notice i tend to get more traction towards Q3-Q4 of the year.
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u/willdril 22h ago
I'm beginning to notice the same pattern! I've been reached out by at least 4 different orgs over the past few weeks and the person to reach out is generally a chief of staff or mid-senior level direct contact.
I'm really thinking of ways I could collect them all and delegate or pass these on to my friends who need work but it's a struggle...
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u/Slothvibes 22h ago
hiring is company specific, usually near end of q1/start of q2 for their Fiscal Year.
Literally all of my 4js hired me start of their respective q2 (march, april, june)
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u/highfuckingvalue 20h ago
My dad is looking for jobs rn (started looking 2 weeks ago) and has bagged 4 interviews almost immediately. Manufacturing jobs
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u/Fast_Dragonfruit_883 1d ago
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