why do employment services keep steering people into applying for jobs online?

Stellar
Stellar Community Member Posts: 587 Trailblazing
edited May 19 in Work

Applying online is a total waste of time in 2026 because the online hiring system is broken thanks to HR managers using AI, candidates mass applying with AI, employers advertising ghost jobs (whether they don't exist or they do but are pre-allocated to internal hires beforehand).

Networking, alongside practical work experience and facilitating opportunities, is the only way people will get hired in 2026. Let alone disabled people with long unemployment gaps. Employers by and large don't bother eve looking at online applications unless the applicant has a referral.

The majority of disabled people who can work don't need help crafting CVs and job applications. We need direct assistance to access the hidden job market.

how the hell do we work all this out otherwise?

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,887 Online Community Team

    It's definitely more difficult to find a job at the moment. I can understand your frustration. Have you looked at Scope's Support to Work service?

    One part of the service we offer is support to:

    • grow in confidence, assertiveness, and independence
    • develop your interview skills
    • find volunteering, training, education, or employment opportunities
    • talk about disability in the workplace
    • search for jobs.

    Maybe it's worth signing up for?

  • Stellar
    Stellar Community Member Posts: 587 Trailblazing

    Lol, I'm already engaging Scope Support to Work, which I've replied to you previously about.

    That doesn't inspire confidence that you're reading these threads and not just pasting a template message.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing

    The official unemployment rate is now 5%, and anyone who is longterm unemployed, they have very little chance of securing a job, as things stand

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1126606#Comment_1126606

    And I think you may just have answered your own question, @SheffieldMan1976, and the reason I no longer seek work.

  • Stellar
    Stellar Community Member Posts: 587 Trailblazing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1126593#Comment_1126593

    When it comes to paid work, you are correct, sadly. Yet, it's still quite easy to obtain volunteering and other unpaid opportunities, even if long term unemployed.

    it's almost as soon as money gets involved, people's expectations (and hence attitudes) skew significantly.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1126673#Comment_1126673

    Mate, you are going round in circles here, this can't be good for you. Can you not just try and enjoy your hobbies a bit more, and forget about finding a job?

    You have lots more interests and pass times than me, I bet your day is interesting at least some of the time?

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