At three in the morning, refreshing the job recruitment software, experiencing a brutal "electronic strangulation". Sending out 500 resumes feels like a stone sinking into the sea, online communications show "read but no reply", and the education section resembles a chasm that can never be filled — this is not a simple job-seeking dilemma, but a resource war with undercurrents.

The high walls built by algorithms are colder than you can imagine. Recruitment platforms seem open, yet are actually dominated by keywords. When the resume of an ordinary second-tier university student collides with that of a returnee from a 985 university, when a blank internship experience meets a prestigious company’s gilded name, the balance of system scoring has already tilted before you clicked send. Those positions that say "welcoming fresh graduates" may have already been locked in by connections before they opened up.

The resumes of students from poor backgrounds carry a "dehydration effect" in the eyes of HR. Emails without a referral code are doomed to drown in the daily flood of thousands of resumes. Big company HRs privately reveal: during campus recruitment season, each resume averages a stay of 8 seconds, and any internship experience without a well-known company logo is classified as Category B. Even more cruelly, some recruitment platforms have secretly begun selling priority resume submission rights.

But the real breakthrough often lies outside the algorithms. A boy self-learning programming in a rental in a village within the city opens the door to a big company with a GitHub portfolio; a female factory worker showcases mechanical operation skills on a short video platform, and is actively recruited by an intelligent manufacturing company. When educational experience becomes a shortcoming, building a personal IP with hardcore skills on social platforms is the key to overtaking in a curve.

This breakout battle contains a dark humor: the more one relies on recruitment software, the harder it is to find a good job. Smart job seekers begin to mingle in industry forums, answering questions in technical communities, using their strength to make industry veterans extend an olive branch. They deeply understand a truth: when algorithms become shackles, one must turn oneself into content that spreads virally.

The curse that it is difficult for poor families to produce talented children still exists, but the new era has given us a new arsenal. The important thing is to recognize reality: recruitment software is just the tip of the iceberg in the labor market; the networks of connections, skill islands, and opportunity whirlpools that are surging beneath the surface are the real battleground. Here, there are no perfect resume templates; only those brave enough to "productize" themselves can break through.