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riptydeco t1_j9c6l45 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [OC] My sophomore year internship search by UglyDODO

The blame goes both ways. Companies are less responsive, but they are also wading through a mountain of bullshit. I’d wager that 95% of applicants for any given position at a large company have no business applying. And I don’t mean that like “there are clearly going to be better candidates”, but “you have literally none of the skills or experience stated for the position”.

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Alekillo10 t1_j9caphe wrote

Back when I was looking for GD interns for my small business, I specifically asked for students, I had people that had been in the field for 30 years coming to me and demanding for a paid internship position🤣

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DoeCommaJohn t1_j9cm5rk wrote

Umm, actually, the corporations keep saying there is a worker shortage and young people don’t want to work, so clearly they are not receiving lots of applications.

The other problem is that there are some companies that treat the requirements as a wishlist and not a minimum, and expect applicants below that to apply.

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_Cabbage_Corp_ t1_j9cqpty wrote

Still no excuse. Any semi-competent company that is receiving that number of applications should have some sort of application to handle them. Don't meet qualifications? Either auto-reject based on information supplied, or a human hits reject. Either way, it should be able to send out a generic "form" email to the address that applied.

Literally would take no more effort than a mouse click. No excuse to not get one other than it being a shitty company.

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