Luxembourg : “We have difficulty recruiting”. Also Luxembourg: “Must have 27 years of experience working with this specific umbrella spindle in a country not known for making umbrellas”

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  1. Having worked with recruitment: candidates need to fulfill about 50 to 75% of the points listed to be considered. But they are ranked by percentage fulfilled…

  6. I completely understand your frustration. How do recent uni graduates find a job? I ended up working as a cashier because of this. It was the only place that called me back for an interview. And even now, four years on, it’s incredibly difficult to change jobs, even if the add doesn’t require 5+ years of field experience. And trust me, if I could adapt to being yelled at for 8hrs a day, I can adapt to a new job

  7. A company looking for someone with four years’ XP is hardly unreasonable. Besides, if you have a particularly bent for something, just apply anyway. Companies put all their ideal qualifications on job ads – not necessarily what they actually expect candidates to have. My company even writes this in the ad.

  8. And if you have the experience after the interview if you ever hear back from them you get a message saying “you are overqualified “

  9. I’ve got 10 years experience in international tax / law and private banking in luxembourg industry and I struggle since 10 month to get a new job …

  10. I have 16 years experience of fraud/ risk / onboarding / KYC / AML … seven of which in Luxembourg . Struggling to find a job even though I don’t even care about the salary 🤷‍♂️

  11. In their defense, the tire industry is very specific and complex. Being a quality coordinator requires some pretty deep knowledge on tires, as there’s a million performance requirements both internal and legally, and even more if you’re dealing with OE car companies.

    Source: Worked for this company as an engineer for ~3 years.

    That being said, I agree, most job listings are ridiculously demanding. I suggest you apply nonetheless. I got my most recent job with 1/2 the experience they were asking and I wouldn’t consider myself to be any special compared to the next engineer.

    If you applied and want some tips, send me a dm – I’d be happy to help

  12. I understand your frustration but I do not think this particular job ad is a good example. Four years of experience is no that much, especially for nish industries like tires.
    The job offers are accessible to everyone in Europe pretty much. I just do not find it unreasonable

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