Real story here. Got an interview and was excited. Arm with a 20+ years of welding and fabricating experience and i knew i was gonna get the job. after the interview the shop supervisor told me he'll be calling me soon. i didn't think nothing about it and went on my way. a week and a half went by and no call. i called back and ask about the job. the shop supervisor said to me over the phone "im gonna be real to you i don't think the owner wants to hire you because you're over qualify and you'll be under paid if you'll willing to accept low wage." ...after the conversation with the shop supervisor i came to a conclusion that business owners don't want to pay their employees for what they're worth but instead hire someone off the streets for cheap labor. at this day and age if you have trade skills, the older you get, the harder for you to find a job...unless you know someone who can pull you in.

@natalliaf6387

3 ай бұрын

sounds like you applied at Boeing. 🤕

@matthewsmith2362

3 ай бұрын

Man with that experience just do small repairs from your own garage. I don’t know your living situation obviously, but I do pretty good just doing repairs in trailers and t-tops, and other light stuff. People come to me, all cash, no overhead. Work from home. I live in a coastal beach town tho so there’s plenty of work and no blue color people. Every time I’m working on mine or family’s property I get passers by asking for a card or if I can do fill in the blank for them.

@romoore2094

3 ай бұрын

Start your own welding business!

@nationalchampions

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-mf6kz3ld5ryou said 9 out of 10 places low balled the money they offered you! Only 1 out of 10 gave you what you was willing to accept. Your experience is very similar to his NOT the opposite! The majority makes the rule not the minority.

@jerrodg938

3 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!

My Dad used to always tell me: "You have two jobs. The one you have and the one you are looking for."

@Clintsessentials

2 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@crand20033

Ай бұрын

Just don't let your boss know you're looking.

@stevewalther2293

Ай бұрын

I've been fired from over 50 companies...

@helena20000

Ай бұрын

What Your Dad Said Is = 100% Truths/Facts

@stevewalther2293

Ай бұрын

@@crand20033 there's minimum wage jobs....and then there are highly paid careers...

I was laid off from my job back in October of last year as a senior IT person. I have not been able to find a job yet. It's insane, this country went with no new jobs for many months and right now I am starting to see a trickle of job openings. A lot of the jobs listed on job boards are 100% fake and I don't know if it's for information mining or identity theft, but, there are lots of jobs that are completely fake. I applied for one job a few months back and the company told me 1,000 people applied for the position. 1,000. My only saving grace is that I am completely debt free and have no debt whatsoever, so my cost of living is extremely low and I can weather the storm a lot better than most.

@Shadow_Banned_Conservative

2 ай бұрын

Those are ghost jobs you're speaking of and I suspect there's a financial incentive to have jobs on the books that you're not filling. Not to mention that it helps cook the books for the current "occupant" of the WH.

@Cruzer871

2 ай бұрын

Jesus bro my parents think it’s easy for me to find a job in like a week 💀

@R_W_Goodson

2 ай бұрын

@@Cruzer871 They want you to take any job available that for which an employer will hire you.

@zerocal76

2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that brother 😶 Out of curiosity, what was the position you applied for that had 1,000 applicants?

@moreaufamily437

2 ай бұрын

@@zerocal76 It's sister and it was an IT job. I'm starting to believe that 98% of IT jobs are fake.

Damn I have no family 27 and homeless no drug problem. It only took 2 months for me to be homeless after I got laid off all of my savings went to rent.

@georgina4874

2 ай бұрын

💕

@bernicebarba

Ай бұрын

gee , I wish i can help you , i’m almost retired ; wish I knew you .

@jurassicthunder

Ай бұрын

the pfp 💀

@great4ever845

Ай бұрын

Fuccccckkkkk yeah my company is getting tight with the budgets

@tess7798

24 күн бұрын

@@LightSkinBadiee I’m so sorry to hear that. Please stay strong.

Master’s degree here and currently working in customer service in retail. Uber part time on the side. I omit my masters from my resume. That’s how I got the retail job 🤣.

@nodebt6188

3 ай бұрын

Be a teacher. My school district starts at $54000 a year. We have 2000 teaching vacancies. With a masters degree, you can get in a special program to be a teacher.

@Elhastezy888

3 ай бұрын

There Is A Reason Nobody Wants That Job Good Luck ​@@nodebt6188

@Blackatchaproduction

3 ай бұрын

​@@nodebt6188 nobody wants to deal with the den alpha brain rot

@queenfba003

3 ай бұрын

Sad

@randombandit362

3 ай бұрын

I’m guessing it’s not a masters in engineering.

Why doesn’t anyone question why Colleges and universities are so expensive, these kids should be protesting the very schools they attend and demand lower tuitions!!!

@elleboyle9452

3 ай бұрын

If the entire student loan scam industry stopped loaning money, tuition would drop like a stone.

@Jquintan3

3 ай бұрын

They are Paying to be BRAINWASHED

@hashimrahman51

3 ай бұрын

Govt has guaranteed student loans. Why would colleges be incentivized to cut bloat or cut costs? To the contrary. Let anyone who can fog a mirror in and charge ridiculous tuition.

@nanticokeroads8966

3 ай бұрын

​@@hashimrahman51 The gov needs to get out of the student loan business to see cost of college stop rising at ridiculous rates.

@CarlaQuattlebaum

3 ай бұрын

@@Cold_Hard_Truth And don't forget the rock climbing wall and the fitness centers, but especially those overpaid professors teaching subjects that are useless in the real world. I agree, these students should be protesting the price of tuition and question what these professors earn!

There’s no warehouse work anymore. Almost all warehouses are automated now. Those were all like 25 dollar an hour jobs. All gone now.

@keithkimsten5111

2 ай бұрын

$25.00 an hour is like $2.50 an hour back in the early 70's. That is the truth of the inflation our Government (Both Parties) alone has given us with the lies of Free Trade... IMO

@ployth9000

2 ай бұрын

amazon warehouse is always hiring lol

@ryanjones4106

Ай бұрын

@@ployth9000not for long, amazon is another company pushing towards automation. The only reason they still hire people is to look good.

@ssttpy

Ай бұрын

Ur smoking

@gabrielscruggsjr9492

Ай бұрын

Wow is that true didn't know it's been 3 yeads since I worked at one

The elephant in the room is the elderly over 62 that are still working to cover personal insurance costs. If they could retire comfortably, there would be plenty of job opportunities.

@donaldbiden9492

2 ай бұрын

Not necessarily, we now have millions upon millions of "new" people in our country that are competing for jobs. It would help but not enough to matter.

@trompell0

2 ай бұрын

a fantasy. you made it up.

@jtowensbyiii6018

2 ай бұрын

Also their kids will never inherit a penny destroying millions of lives

@chancepaladin

Ай бұрын

yea they're waiting til like 68 to retire now ;/

@ryanjones4106

Ай бұрын

I think this is definitely part of the problem. Just from my own experience within my family, I can confirm this is happening. My grandfather didn’t retire until he was 74. My Stepdad is still working as an engineer at 66. My mother is still working as a teacher at 64. My Dad is still working as an engineer at 65. My uncle is still working at university at 66. My aunt is still working at the hospital at 65. None of my family members have ANY plans to retire.

Literally everyone has a hiring sign but no one is getting hired. Everyone is complaining thats stores have no workers

@guymerritt4860

3 ай бұрын

Because the average price of a house is suddenly $415,000 and rents that were $500 or suddenly $1200.....etc. People have been sold an American dream that they all realize is complete bullshit and they don't wanna go to work and earn enough to share a house with another family, or, live in their paren't basements for the rest of their lives.

@jasonroberts6080

3 ай бұрын

No one wants to actually work. They just wanna show up face time and expect to get paid 15 per hour.

3 ай бұрын

In Puerto Rico, there's a law that says: Now Hiring. Even though they're not hiring.

@Shadow_Banned_Conservative

3 ай бұрын

"ghost jobs".

@Overallsminion

3 ай бұрын

1 out of 3 people have a criminal history on their record. These companies are hiring but they don’t want to hire people with criminal pasts. The true number might actually be higher because they actually include children in their data. So probably 2 out of 3 adults. Those people are unemployable. That’s what happens when morals and God are removed from society…. everyone ends up just doing whatever

What they're not telling you is, while 175,000 jobs were gained, over 3 million jobs were lost during that time period.

@dr.michaellittle5611

3 ай бұрын

Where do you get the 3M number?

@Truther945

3 ай бұрын

@@dr.michaellittle5611 Yeah, I'd love to see a source for that. But knowing how this usually goes, I doubt he'll actually provide one. If he responds at all. 😂

@Mikefngarage

3 ай бұрын

sounds more realistic to me

@janesawyer3495

3 ай бұрын

@@dr.michaellittle5611YT doesn't like us to post links, but the website is called "statista". Under economy and politics.

@janesawyer3495

3 ай бұрын

@@dr.michaellittle5611 That number also includes "temp jobs completed".

To your point, I applied to a desktop support position last week. After 2 interviews and discussing the role a little further, I found out they are building their IT department from the ground and they actually need someone who does more then just DS so in reality is a Desktop Support/Project Management/Network Admin/ System Admin supporting 400 internal users by myself but they only wanna pay for 1 role (Offering 45-50k). The HR lady supposedly going to have the "VP" call me back after I requested at least 60k keep in mind I'm in FL otherwise I would be asking for more. HR also said they don't wanna hire an IT Director "They wanna give the opportunity to someone else that knows how to do the actual job" code for "We want cheap labor to build our company".

@Calphurnia966

2 ай бұрын

👋👋 That is bang on correct . How to spot all the gaslighting snakes .

@purdysanchez

4 күн бұрын

I see postings now for Lead Developer (a job that regularly pays $200k or more) offering $70k

I recognize the hardships that come with economic struggles like unemployment, job loss, inflation, housing market instability, political uncertainties, and the global impact of conflicts and wars. Making ends meet during such times can be incredibly challenging. To navigate this difficult period, considering alternative job prospects, enhancing skills through online courses, and expanding your network can heighten the chances of securing employment. Moreover, prudent budgeting, exploring available financial aid programs, and seeking assistance from community organizations can offer some relief. How are you currently tackling these challenges? Have you implemented any specific strategies to cope?

@BridgetMiller-

3 ай бұрын

In my opinion, now is not the moment to rely on hearsay. Every individual, regardless of their level of experience as an investor OR in a financial market, requires guidance at some stage.

@tatianastarcic

3 ай бұрын

It's often true that people underestimate the importance of financial advisors until they feel the negative effects of emotional decision-making. I remember a few summers ago, after a tough divorce, when I needed a boost for my struggling business. I researched and found a licensed advisor who diligently helped grow my reserves despite inflation. Consequently, my reserves increased from $275k to around $750k.

@Michaelparker12

3 ай бұрын

this is definitely considerable! think you could suggest any professional/advisors i can get on the phone with? i'm in dire need of proper portfolio allocation

@tatianastarcic

3 ай бұрын

My CFA ’Melissa Terri Swayne’ , a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.

@berniceburgos-

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I just liquidated some of my funds to invest in the stock market, I will need every help I can get.

I created my own job. I go in and sabotage all the robots that are taking over jobs by removing a chip and then post ads online for robot repairs.

@kirkjabyrfjall

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@KikoValleyMan

3 ай бұрын

😂

@vladimirofsvalbard9477

3 ай бұрын

You're creating VALUE my son! lol

@stevenpage8847

3 ай бұрын

Fuck Yeah!

@cashflowinvestor23

3 ай бұрын

Lmao that’s great

They know we are in a recession. They will wait as long as possible then they will come out and say, actually we were in a recession a year ago.

@8MunchenBayern8

3 ай бұрын

They know if they say it now that Biden will have zero shot. They will say it a few weeks after the election.

@erictheblue7256

3 ай бұрын

Especially in an election year.

@wturner777

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. It doesn’t take a scientist to know we’re in a recession. They just want to cover it up and give us the “good news”.

@tthomas2923

2 ай бұрын

They will wait until AFTER the election to come out and say we aren’t in a recession but depression. We’ve been a recession for 2 years now.

@ZeanZaffre

Ай бұрын

Waiting until a certain someone might become president

Just got hired today 06/05/2024 don’t lose hope y’all keep trying

Yep, it's really bad out there. One of my former coworkers I worked with in the past has been out of work since last November. And he told me last week, he's a Business Analyst (BA), and that he's applied to over 700 positions and had only two interviews from all this. And another former coworker, a Software Developer, got laid off last week. The gov't is flat-out lying about the state of the economy.

@maryl234

3 ай бұрын

I have a master's, former teacher - and I sent out well over 600 resumes into the void to switch career paths. Ghosting, multiple interviews at some jobs that were time wasters, really insulting salary offers. Good luck with the recent grads willing to take low pay - and lack critical thinking, responsibility, and life experience . The horrible customer service and lack of follow through is a direct result of that thinking.

@ca9777

3 ай бұрын

High consumer debt. High interest rates. Less consumer spending. Business profits drop. Businesses begin to lay off workers Hiring numbers decrease. Unemployment numbers increase. Foreclosures, vehicle repo’s. Recession. Market crash. Depression.

@patrickm6012

3 ай бұрын

700 jobs applied for? I call BS.

@PM-mm3pz

3 ай бұрын

Biden is flat out lying you mean or his handlers maybe

@Battleneter

3 ай бұрын

There is just a large lag with the data, its not really lying as such. You will start to see headline unemployment numbers moving up over the next 6 months and accelerate, how high is anyone's guess.

Something I wish I had known when I was young, but I finally learned: A job you hate is better than no job at all. Smile, don't get involved in office politics, and keep sending out resumes.

@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893

3 ай бұрын

It is easier to get a job whilst still employed.

@BondServant1110

3 ай бұрын

Yep

@elleboyle9452

3 ай бұрын

@@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893 100% That was the second thing I learned lol Never quit your job until you've got another job. 100%

@stanleymcvay9283

2 ай бұрын

Nah. Get money 💰.

@trevortanner420

2 ай бұрын

This is true thanks for the support fam!

Agreed, I've been looking for over a year. However no job is better than a terrible work environment. Never thought I'd say that.

If they want to cut excessive salaries start with the CEOs. Almost every CEO received a pay raise worth millions after letting go thousands of employees.

@Clintsessentials

2 ай бұрын

100

They are cramming multiple jobs together into one for most office jobs now and paying low. Office Manager/Accounting/Assistant/Customer Service. It's ridiculous how much they want out of you and not wanting to pay for it.

@Barbwire710

3 ай бұрын

This is exactly what happened to me. Got job, job was advertised as one position. Turns out, one person was leaving and I was doing a good portion of their work for one salary.

@zibomacadangdang108

3 ай бұрын

I'm over 55 and got laid off during the last recession. Was never able to get back in again. I used to be in the financial sector but found myself taking exam for toll booth collector which I didn't even get due to sheer number of applicants. My home was foreclosed and sold during the sub prime too big to fail era. No home. No job. No health insurance. No money. Someone once asked me what's my job, I was too embarrassed to say I'm jobless because saying so feels shameful and stinks of failure. I don't know why, but instead I suddenly answered "I'm retired". But I dunno if it's really a lie or maybe I am? Retired on food stamps. Health Insurance under welfare. Maybe it's true. What jobs can I get now at my age because an old coworker my same age was told by a Salesforce recruiter (off the record?) she was too old. Yay ! McDonald's pays $20 now! Now? 20 years ago, fastfood was teenagers first job experience competing with a token senior citizen (remember?). Now. No more front cashier, it's use the Kiosk. Coming soon, the robot burger flipper. After that, something called an AI hamburger delivered by drone. My question is, if they want to replace all those jobs by AI and robotics and automate everything, who are the people that will buy anything? Not my problem.... I'm retired....

@raymondbohn2852

3 ай бұрын

This has been happening in the world of higher education (community colleges) for years. A coworker of mine "acquired" 3 additional titles in 4 months. He had no experience or related education for at least one of the new titles.

@ScoobySnacksYum

2 ай бұрын

Wait to AI becomes more powerful. CEOs will happily fire humans to replace them with AI that costs a sliver of the salary and benefits paid to humans.

@MichelleHenleyJohnson

Ай бұрын

This is exactly right!

Thank goodness i a retired! Have a pension, Grabbed SSI at 62. I have no debt, no mortgage, no car note. I do help my son, and my grandsons. I would hate to be in my twenties in this economy!

@overcastfriday81

3 ай бұрын

I agree. We adopted a dog in 2006. If we had a human child instead, the mess (national debt, housing, etc) we'd be leaving would be unethical in my opinion.

@DianaPrinceitiswhatitis

3 ай бұрын

That’s what’s up.❤❤❤❤

@mikythesaint6507

3 ай бұрын

Its nice to get out alive. No dept. certainly helps you to live longer.

@bruh-fn5dh

3 ай бұрын

Government jobs are way to go. Pay is less in the short term but much more stable and long term benefits.

@VicDamoneJr82

3 ай бұрын

do you want a cookie?

As soon as I sensed that , I left US bought a beautiful house in Brazil with a huge back yard , pool , gourmet area and a extra little house on a very beautiful and up scale area and I payed only 50K . Here if you speak English you can get very good jobs . US became too expensive and overwhelming for me and my family. Great job showing the truth buddy !

@skatebordstephen

2 ай бұрын

I'm an American who moved to Brazil 12 years ago. I don't regret my choice at all.

@randomvicky939

2 ай бұрын

@@skatebordstephen Congrats my friend 🇧🇷!

@andresoares2110

2 ай бұрын

Where did you buy it? I'm Brazilian by the way in Belo Horizonte currently

@andresoares2110

2 ай бұрын

By great jobs here, what do you mean? I'm Brazilian too, speak English fluently and on my way to be the same for Spanish, German BBA degree holder, got an internship at an AI startup at business development and still looking for jobs

@dirtymig0pp772

Ай бұрын

How do I move to Brazil lol but on a serious note I am dead serious.. I can get a good job and a house there ?

I'm pretty much screwed. I'm the example you mentioned. High debt, high car payment, the only that's saving me is the 0% interest on my car and 3% on my house. But everything else is going up. Property taxes, insurance etc. I'm now living paycheck to paycheck. Mostly due to gas and food costs. My wages didn't go up. Annual 3% raise doesn't do much. I had to decrease my 401k input and give myself a raise but still doesn't do much. Barely making it. I was fine on my salary in 2021. Now it sucks. I want to trade in my high car payment but 0% high payment is more worth it than 10% on a lower cost vehicle so I'm stuck. Looking at getting a part time job so I can travel again. But it's depressing. Anyone saying the economy is great and we're doing good, is either getting govt assistance or already got money flow. Middle class is slowly dying. I wanted to get a better paying job since my company is underpaying me for my qualifications after 9 years. But as you said, no one wants to pay more for those higher positions, so again.... im stuck. So aggravating.

I have been saying this for 2 years. I had been making north of $75k a year for the past decade. I was laid off a year and a half ago and sent my resume to over 600 job ads. I had never ever had to worry about finding a job. Multiple degrees and over a decade of experience. I have had 3 call backs out of 600. And those 3 offered less than $50k. This job market is horrible. 100,000's of poverty level jobs very few high paying.

@elizabethbottroff1218

3 ай бұрын

@Indentured... in your specific case, I'd recommend going to somewhere like Goodwill that has employment assistance. One of their features is to review and assist in updating resumes. Many of the HR departments rely upon scanning. Resume templates and rules have also been drastically changing. You want someone to look at your resume that is relatively up to date with the new expectations on the content and appearance of resumes. You might be accidentally self-selecting yourself into the shredder before a human gets a good look at your experience. At a minimum, it's a person to bounce ideas off of on different phrasing, etc. The changes for resumes is an underhanded and sneaky way for HR departments to now legally discriminate by age, educational backgrounds, and higher salary expectations. They know who you are by the template that you choose. Good luck!

@IndenturedSavant13

3 ай бұрын

@@elizabethbottroff1218 This would be great? Website to see if this is available in my area?

@Shadow_Banned_Conservative

3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you even get offers. I'm in my fifties now and if I lose my job tomorrow I'm prepared to never be employed again. At my employer I haven't seen a new hire engineer over 30 come through our doors in a decade now. HR won't even pass through resumes of older engineers.

@charruz

3 ай бұрын

Perhaps those that live at "poverty levels" enough to save and do some things they like to do..... are the real geniuses in this society

@compugasm

3 ай бұрын

_I have been saying this for 2 years._ I've been saying it since 2002. In my opinion, the economy (and job market) never recovered from 9/11.

Jobs are all fucking scans now. The hiring process is fucking stupid. Hr is stupid. The entire system is fucked. Edit: well, guess im not the only one that feels this way haha. People will gaslight you ( boomers esp,) and just say your shit qhen in fact its the economy that is.

@brianrash9885

3 ай бұрын

I agree, at 58 I’m hitting the road to find a very small piece of property and F this entire tax slave system. I have no need or desire to serve this pig system.

@greendesertgoddess

3 ай бұрын

. . . and FUBAR!

@KaliBahayKubo

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. 😂

@rwdchannel2901

3 ай бұрын

The billionaires, politicians and corporations have Americans fighting over dog scraps. In 1945 in California the minimum wage was .45 cents an hour. That's around $900 a year. A house in LA in 1945 was $4,300. You could buy a house on a minimum wage job in 1945 in LA. Today that would require minimum wage be near $100 an hour because houses in LA are around $1,000,000. Today people are crying loudly about McDonald's employees getting $20 an hour because they've got to pay more for fast food. The real problem is all the other taxes and regulations that are making food expensive.

@danettewelborn5577

3 ай бұрын

So are you saying you can't find a good job?

In the Great Depression, people waited 2-3 years to get a decent job. Same thing now. So, we are not in a recession, but perhaps a Depression. Computers have taken all the good jobs : accounting, engineering, architecture, etc; the only jobs left are crummy jobs. People will live 5-10 in an apt, if the lease allows it. 20+ years of school, to sweep floors.

I just had a 57 year old friend of mine get hired to a city job with a full benefit package and pension.He'll be starting at around 35K a year. He'd been delivering pizzas for Dominoes since I met him 10 yeas ago. I suggested he go down and take a look to see what they're hiring for and his life is changed. I think people have a problem with working when they know others are spending an hour or two online and making 6 figures. Why work if you're not keeping up with everyone else. The reality is not everyone becomes a millionaire and thats a truth a lot of people cant handle.

@topkek6941

20 күн бұрын

You can make 35k working at a warehouse. You are describing that income as if it is life changing when it isnt. Good luck affording bills and rent on that income if you dont live with roommates or in the middle of nowhere.

I'm a mechanic and have been self-employed for 27 years. I make good money and I eat well always have. The trades have always been good to people

@BVAutoService

3 ай бұрын

Smart.

@cannotwest

3 ай бұрын

Physical jobs are not good.

@KungPowEnterFist

3 ай бұрын

Except in every recession and for a couple of years after, where the trades get absolutely wrecked beyond belief.

@robertwalker-gc1ds

3 ай бұрын

During every recession I've always got more work. People want to repair rather than replace so during recessions I do well

@mir6708

3 ай бұрын

​@@robertwalker-gc1ds wait till they start doing their own repairs

Just paid all my credit cards and now paying large chunks of car off. Not spending on anything else.

@debbiecreter2005

3 ай бұрын

You have good self discipline. It’s a great feeling to pay things off!

@AverageJoeDividends

3 ай бұрын

Nice! Save 3-6 months of your expenses to have F-U money, then go VTI or VOO FTW.

@Battleneter

3 ай бұрын

Nice, never put a car on tick again, if you cant afford to pay upfront you cant afford the car.

@robertwalker-gc1ds

3 ай бұрын

I paid my HELOC off best thing I ever did now my first mortgage is half of what anybody would pay for rent. This new world weird

@justinlowry6522

3 ай бұрын

I'd literally give my kidney to wipe out my debt and not have that anymore. Debt is truly slavery

Getting a job now is tedious. You need to build a resume specifically for each individual job you apply. You can't just build 1 resume and spam it out to every business in town. When you are applying online at sites like Indeed, you usually have to fill out the online resume form even though at the end you're attaching your physical resume thereby increasing the time spent just making a damn resume. It's not likely you'll hear from the company, and, even if you do hear back, they'll either put you through infinite number of pointless interviews or they'll just ghost you and you have to assume they don't want you.

@great4ever845

Ай бұрын

Yes!!!

@thedevilshopyard

29 күн бұрын

Plus a specially crafted cover letter which takes hours only to be sucked into a black hole.

@MegaMerlin2011

25 күн бұрын

@@thedevilshopyard Or you get caught in interview limbo where they either constantly interview you or you never get a call back. I had that happen with Geico back in 2018-2019 after graduating with my BA degree. They had just built a new, bigger office and were hiring. Even the university career coach told me to apply to Geico insurance. I went through the interview, the guy sounded very positive and told me his boss, the HR, would call me before 5pm to schedule round 2 of the interview. I sat by my phone until 11pm at night. Nothing. No phone call, no email, nothing. Would've been nice if they had just sent an email explaining I didn't get the job. I reapplied. Went through round 1 interview all over again like they didn't even know me. Said they'd call back. Nothing. So I called them to try to ask the HR if I qualify for round 2 or not so I know not to try ever again. They told me the HR wasn't in the office because she's only there on Thursdays. WTF kind of company has an HR that's only at work 1 day a week? Wasn't like she was in a meeting or anything. She literally wasn't in the office and was on vacation. Waited a week, called back, and lucky me she was gone for a dental appointment or something. Seemed like every time I called there was an excuse that she was out of the office all day. I have a BA degree and experience at a call center. All I wanted was a job! The university town I lived in cost of living was rising and my little paycheck from the local grocery store wasn't enough to cover my rent for the month. Not only that, but I wanted into a company that I can grow. I've worked Walmart and grocery stores for years. It's always the same. Do this stocking or other random odd job, and get paid. To move up to management, you really need to kiss ass. When I was at Walmart, moving up was impossible because you had to pass an interview with the store manager and the only way to pass would be to answer his questions correctly to what he expects not what is right by the customer or Walmart. If you failed (many did) you either had to quit or move to another department. You were not allowed to go back to your previous department. So you can see why a job at a major insurance company that has upwards progression after 2-5 years of service would be enticing. Anyway, I quit the rat race. Packed my bag and moved to China to teach English. Was going good until everyone became paranoid about covid. My last school fucked up a lot and my visa expired at a terrible time during lockdown. Wasn't anything I could do because immigration offices were also closed during lockdown. After lockdown, China gave me a month tourist visa, but my WORK visa was gone. I'd have to leave the country and reapply, which, at the time, they were not accepting new visa applications due to covid paranoia, so I was forced to leave after a month. Everything I had saved up from teaching I blew on hotels, the flight getting out of China, etc, so it's not like I can just hop back. Been stuck at home in the US ever since. Can't find work. Nobody wants a former teacher from abroad. My resume screams management material and cultural adaptability yet every business I've been to says I don't have anything they're looking for unless I can scrub a toilet a few times a week for minimum wage. So fuck them. I'm planning on going to Mcdonalds or Walmart, save up some money for a flight and the work visa, and go back to China to teach again. "OMG YOU'RE A COMMUNIST CHINA LOVER!" Well, America, you don't give me shit except cancer (literally I'm a cancer survivor), so if I can make a decent living abroad then so be it.

Don't forget that after a certain amount of time, people who stop looking for work are no longer counted towards unemployment and the job market, Millennials, and Gen Z are now a large section of our population and they are not looking for employment. And with all the big companies who are laying off people, the real unemployment is around 25-30%.

I'm so thankful to be a Union Tradesman. I haven't been so busy in years. Just worked my second triple in one week and haven't had a day off in 13 days. Finally I'm off tomorrow. I'm praying for everyone struggling to weather the storm.

@YusefAlim33

2 ай бұрын

What you do in the union, what’s the wage there, we start at $32.00

Trades is where the jobs are ! Son got a job day after he completed trade school. Stop getting useless degrees instead go to a trade school !

@odalisgonzalez6875

3 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree

@hashimrahman51

3 ай бұрын

100% agree unless you plan on engineering or a hard science degree, especially something like molecular biology or genetics. Being a skilled craftsman is so underrated!

@mmmd3429

3 ай бұрын

Trade schools are meh at best. Union apprenticeship is the way. Get paid to learn and save for retirement right out the gate.

@fatbaldguy7166

3 ай бұрын

@@mmmd3429 true , but you must have unions in your area to do so.

@MelonHead894

3 ай бұрын

100% man, from HS to trade school and straight to the shop. Helps that a lot of the older guys are retiring with few replacements

In watching the houses in the background of your video, I see manicured lawns, expensive cars, pricey homes, some boats, etc. and it occurs to me that we have created a living standard that takes one heck of a lot of expensive upkeep. Roofing, painting, dry dock, landscaping services, gravel/cement upkeep, etc. We have gotten so much, but all of it needs taking care of, so that is more money after the purchase. There is something to be said for a smaller house with a natural yard that isn't tailored to a fair-thee-well. And in the back of many of these homes are swimming pools and decks, which take even more maintenance. We have become slaves to our appearances and luxuries. During the day no one is home, because the homeowners are out killing themselves 10-12 hours a day to maintain their monstrously expensive home that they are never in except weekends sometimes. Why do we pay for all that if we are never there??? Same with expensive cars. You drive it to work and leave it in the hot sun all day and then drive it home where it might sit out too. What for? I watched this with my co-workers and I felt so bad for the cars in a full parking lot of new and newish cars with leather seats and all the bells and whistles. Sitting out in the blazing sun, while they hunkered over a computer in a stuffy cubicle in the office.

@hashimrahman51

3 ай бұрын

Think about the power required to keep all of the strip malls lit in a gigantic city like Houston for a single day. It’s mind blowing really.

@lanialost1320

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Every word of what you've written resonates with me, especially "a smaller house with a natural yard" -- that's what I chose to do, and drive a 17 yr old compact, and couldn't be happier! Transformed my bleak sterile synthetic outdoors to a naturalistic haven for native plants, trees and shrubs to benefit pollinators and wildlife!!

@CarlaQuattlebaum

3 ай бұрын

I think that too when I go past some REALLY nice homes. I wonder how many hours a day they work to pay for that nice home. How much time do they actually get to enjoy spending time in the home?

@yellowbird5411

3 ай бұрын

@@lanialost1320 My car has yours beaten by a few years. I have a 2000 Taurus with 84,000 miles, in great shape. I love my little car! Your yard sounds like mine, with bees, native trees, ground covers of all kinds and mulberry trees for the birds and squirrels.

@amyhudson1016

3 ай бұрын

You are 100% correct!! Excellent observations that we all need to wake up to 👏

It has got to the point where i just stopped looking for work. Nobody is hiring and the only reason they post these job reqs is to justify lowering what theyre paying their current employees

@SimplyTakara89

2 ай бұрын

I am at the point of not even looking and just focusing on a course. 😢 seriously it’s too much for real!

Recruiters have all the power. They have so many ppl applying for positions that they can do things like setup 15 minute prescreenings and have you prescreen by recording yourself answering questions they provide. They will not call you back in a timely manner, they ask you to schedule around their calendar, and they are rude. This is a horrible job market where ppl are underemployed because there are not enough positions hiring to put some type of competition on companies for good hires.

@great4ever845

Ай бұрын

Went to circle k and first time in like 12 years I've seen a group of people come in to do papper applications my guess is that there's too much online applicants to go through so doing paper is quick hire

63 job applications, 6 interviews, 2 new hire packets. 4 months on indeed, I found a job.

@pensacola321

3 ай бұрын

No qualifications

@maverickcapitalist1

3 ай бұрын

@@pensacola321 You are located in Pensacola I take lol?

@movdqa

3 ай бұрын

Good determination. Sometimes the environment is really bad and you just have to keep trying.

@Greatlicht

3 ай бұрын

50 job applications, 10+ interviews, got a job this april and spent applying and interviewing on indeed and ziprecruiter for solid 2 months here in WA state

@jhfit

3 ай бұрын

That was uncalled for​@meateater4life551

Anyone believe the unemployment rate is at 3.8%? I was born during the day but it wasn't yesterday.

@BVAutoService

3 ай бұрын

You're pretty smart for a day baby.

@katydid2877

3 ай бұрын

No, I don’t. They’re not counting a ton of categories of people. What we’re seeing isn’t logical, so no, it isn’t.

@Pulgita118

3 ай бұрын

There are so many phantom jobs. I know 20 couple. Where one white collar worker is out of work and cannot find work

@Landstalker1999

3 ай бұрын

I can't speak for American statistics but for Canadian statistics, the government considers unemployment rate people only if they are actively looking for job at the moment. So if you are fed up with the hiring practice and crappy job market and checked out and jobless, you are not included in the statistics. And Canada being a welfare state, that's a HUGE portion of the population that's not being included in the unemployment stats.

@katydid2877

3 ай бұрын

@@Landstalker1999 Exactly. I believe that is happening in the US also.

As a self employed electrical contractor, I can assure you that not all blue collar jobs are low paying 💀

@thedev6368

Ай бұрын

Self employed is the key bud

It’s almost not worth getting a degree these days. I’d have more job security if I had been a mechanic or a plumber

@michaelklein-gj8ey

10 күн бұрын

probly make more per year too and yes im a mechanic and living comfortably while everyone else struggles all because i chose an in demand field to work

Nearly EVERY major employer is cutting white collar jobs at record pace....Tesla, Ford, Stellantis, Apple, Google, McDonald's, Starbuck's, Amazon, KZread, etc...

@azeemali7102

3 ай бұрын

The best is when the places that route you to the jobs start, Indeed and Linkned!

If you’re dealing with any serious medical problems like cancer, it’s a financial struggle to keep your head above water.

@SSNESS

3 ай бұрын

Go to the VA for free like me

@hashimrahman51

3 ай бұрын

Yeah that is scary. I am gainfully employed with good health insurance, but I feel like if I came down with a terminal disease I would seriously weigh the cost/benefit to my family in actually getting treatment since I have a large life insurance policy. I’m literally worth more dead than alive

@ThatGratefulGuy

3 ай бұрын

Delete this please. It could be used against you, heaven forbid.​@hashimrahman51

@jasonsheehan7782

3 ай бұрын

God bless you! I will say a prayer for you. It's rough enough without major medical concerns these days.

@ozzierabbit587

3 ай бұрын

@@jasonsheehan7782 If prayers actually worked there'd be no reason to complain about anything.

I was let go from my job last July. It was white collar. Now I can’t get a part time job in a grocery store stocking shelves. I’ve never seen anything like it and my unemployment is expired. I decided to get back into school so I can survive on the student loans. I’m currently in honors society and on the dean’s list; so it’s not a lack of me not having work ethic or smarts. It’s just that there’s an enormous abundance of unemployed people looking for work and the employers having pick of the litter of the workforce, even to flip burgers. So I’ll stay in school and apply for scholarships and grants until I get my degree in computer science, since the trend of employment is going in that direction.

@karifredrikson-lr1mm

3 ай бұрын

You are the SMART GUY! My Son in law didn’t finish College but he is getting over$100k in Computer Technology working in United Healthcare!

@truthseeker1959

3 ай бұрын

@@karifredrikson-lr1mmYeah, until AI takes his job in the next year or two. Enjoy it while he can.

@tonic4342

2 ай бұрын

AI is screening all applicants. Esp if using an employment search engine like Indeed, Monster, LinkdIn, etc. They ask screening questions that seem harmless but really they are screening you for age (can't be too old or you'll ask for more money), experience (can't have too much experience or you'll want more money), education (can't be too smart or you'll take middle mgmt jobs), etc. You get the idea. Or they are those ghost jobs that failing companies post to appease overworked, underpaid actual REAL employees or they just want to pile on job responsibilities onto existing workers. Beware the phrase "and all other assigned duties" if it is in your job description. Refuse to sign any paper that says that. Mark thru it, sign it and return it. When they want you to sign a new one, ask them to list any and all other duties that may come up and adjust your asking salary accordingly. This has become a phrase that has enabled employers to get 2 or 3 employees for the price of one. It's just a bullshit game they play

@chrisfrazier9014

29 күн бұрын

AI will have already taken his job before he can get his CS degree

“Not bc you want the white collar high paying salary but it’s bc you need it” that’s a great comment Michael. So true.👍

I’m a doctor; I went back to school later in life graduated at age 38. I have just one employee my husband. I didn’t want to work for the big venture capital groups in my field so I work independently.I stock the rooms and autclave the insutruments. Not worth have employees that complain and call in sick while I pick up the slack. Or better yet, medical assistants or receptionists that want to tell me how to do my job! I keep my overhead low, that’s the only way I stay in business. No managers either….There is a need in healthcare for sure…..we are still reimbursed at rates from 20 years ago and rent and supplies have at least doubled, that’s why most doctors work for big gourps now. It’s become a business...

@Elhastezy888

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing info 🤍

@aaronfogelsanger2550

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it, my daughter is halfway through nursing school. She wants to be a traveling nurse. Is their a position where she could go to school a little longer to make more money?

@richardjohnson8114

2 ай бұрын

@@aaronfogelsanger2550 Absolutely, Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physicians Assistant (PA). Travel nurse makes decent money compared standard RN jobs, and it's OK if you don't want to settle down, but it will eventually become a grind.

This video was uploaded 8 minutes ago and it already have 121 likes. That says a lot about the channel. Keep up the good work.

@andreunz

3 ай бұрын

unfortunately he is just telling what people want to hear, not the truth. it is a form for everyone to indirectly vent

@garyh.8082

3 ай бұрын

​@@andreunz So what you got to say genius?

@Ken-vl4wk

3 ай бұрын

Likes from unemployed people

@ScoobySnacksYum

2 ай бұрын

Is the channel really an act of good will? Endless videos about how things are awful without providing guidance on how people can help themselves and each other seems ultimately destructive because the content will only build hopelessness and despair. Why not provide people with information on how to start their own businesses? Teach people how to find community-based assistance for job hunting or food and medical assistance. I looked through two years of content. This guy has been all doom and gloom for years. Two or three years ago he predicted a stock market crash. Instead, the stock market continued to grow to record success.

@hill4472

2 ай бұрын

@@ScoobySnacksYum I'll tell you what. If you start a channel with the ideas that you speak of, I'll watch and subscribe to it. I'm sure everyone here will do the same while also being subscribed to this one.

I recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose your job. Not sure who to attribute that quote to.

My daughter starts Tuesday after looking for two yrs and the pay is decent for her.

My employer laid off employees this year and I’m now doing the work of 2-4 people at any given time. It’s a sweat shop at this point. I’m interviewing elsewhere. And going to take a pay cut along the way. But it’s 100% not worth it to stick around and continue to be taken advantage of. I feel like companies know it’s a bad job market and they are intentionally taking advantage of their employees.

@SuperTripps

3 ай бұрын

100% they are doing that. Gutting gen x, gutting sales people or putting insane 2-3x bump up in quotas. total sweatshop shit, then they pretend to use AI while actually outsourcing to INDIA or Mexico in the end

I have been laid off for over 4 months only 3 interviews. I have multiple higher degrees and worked for major companies. 1000 resumes sent there are literally no jobs. Most of them are reposted over and over again for the same role and same company.

1 year and 6 months unemployed. Avg 2-5 job applications per day. Associates in Audi/Video production BSIT in Information Technology MBA Finance/Accounting With 20+ years of construction management experience on residential, commercial, industrial, state, and federal projects from 50k to 2b … not one solid response. Absolutely amazing!

@korg789

2 ай бұрын

AI is hurting you, check your resume to see if changing it will help you find a human to take an actual look at it. The other cause that comes to mind is age discrimination, easy to spot if you have 20+ years of experience, sad but true, they don't care.

@michaelklein-gj8ey

10 күн бұрын

@@korg789 unless your in a in demand trade then you dont even have to look you got people offering you jobs all the time hell my company would hire someone with 20 years experience on diesel engines in a matter of minutes

I just lived through this. I was laid off last May 2023. I applied to 147 jobs and got 17 interviews that led to 2 jobs that were totally low balling. I found a decent gig for but not as much as I made in my previous 20 year employer. Through me away after a great 20 yrs!

My sons can't even get a job at Walmart. They've applied everywhere. It's so sad.

@stevenphillips3466

3 ай бұрын

Move to where Jobs are and living is less expensive

@oldscratch3535

3 ай бұрын

​@@stevenphillips3466Great advice. Someone with no job and no money should just pick up and leave with....what exactly? They don't have money to leave jackass.

@IfYouKnowYouKnow.

3 ай бұрын

​@@oldscratch3535 😂😂😂

@stevenphillips3466

3 ай бұрын

@@oldscratch3535 The Homeless and BUMs do it homeless do it . If you aint got no job and no money then what are you ....

@zelloguy

2 ай бұрын

@@oldscratch3535 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Im a big believer that when you graduate high school you should try out different jobs or internships in the career field you plan on pursuing. So many people get a degree and then realize they hate the field they got their degree in.

@katydid2877

3 ай бұрын

I wish there were training programs in public high schools that let kids try out fields, like entrepreneur classes with advertising and bookkeeping, or a certificate program in Top Notch customer service. Bring in speakers in various fields to talk about how they ended up in the job they have. Kids need way more exposure to the real world.

@montana-dm1uq

3 ай бұрын

​@@katydid2877 public schools are a joke

Healthcare, government, trades, & STEM are basically the only recession proof jobs with decent incomes. I’m so glad I chose healthcare!

If a company advertises a position, it usually means they have a true job available. The difference is are they not hiring or are they just not hiring YOU? As a Certified Resume Writer and former Hiring Official, one of the biggest mistakes job seekers make is sending the SAME resume to every position they apply for. You gotta switch it up to mirror what the employer is asking for in their job announcement.

@kellybrandon1179

3 ай бұрын

I like that idea

@scwendy6302

Ай бұрын

This and NETWORKING has never been more important.

You can hate as much as you want on Marc but he is 100% right. I live in the UK and this is an issue here as well. And on top of that 99% of these managers can't even manage themselves and should never ever have that position.

@riverraven7359

3 ай бұрын

People get promoted for toe-ing the line or to get them out of the way of operations, not because they are capable or qualified anymore.

@charruz

3 ай бұрын

.... but do they look good and have some charisma......bc ya know? That's what really matters

@sirbarksalot9139

3 ай бұрын

It's an issue everywhere.

Those people who live in those fancy houses are the same ones that own the note on your car, house, credit card etc. They also are the ones who sell these houses to fools who pay 5 times what the house was worth 10 years ago. 1. Live within your means. 2. Pay cash. 3.Invest in companies with integrity, so you don't become part of the problem. Be happy with what you have, not what you want.

@aaronfogelsanger2550

3 ай бұрын

Correction.... live well below your means. I'm currently taking 6 years off work while I get usta my 50s. I own 2 houses outright and don't owe anyone a dime and I'm just a Moron plumber

@ScoobySnacksYum

2 ай бұрын

Well, people are also foolish and vote for politicians who are the puppets of the fancy house owners. Remember when all those politicians voted against reducing the price of insulin to a maximum of $35/month because people were dying because they couldn't afford a 100+ year old medication? Look at all the people who think it makes sense that a certain CEO gets paid $59 billion while he lays off 10,000 employees. The same when people think it's perfectly acceptable for a company to spend $70B on stock buy backs to drive up the company's stock price while also laying off 20,000 employees. Gosh, wouldn't using that money for R&D to make better products or enter new lines of business make more sense?

You’re right. But you need to hang in there and be prepared to apply to 75-100 places before getting an offer. Be patient and don’t get discouraged.

Peter schiff predicted this white collar recession about a year ago. He said yes, we need some white collars. But they don’t actually do anything for our country because they don’t actually produce anything. They may make a lot of income. But someone else has to grow and cook their food, someone else has to make their clothes, someone else has to build and maintain their homes. Peter also said this white collar recession might partially be caused by overselling useless college degrees.

@KCLyn565

3 ай бұрын

AI can replace a lot of those middle manager jobs

@lylux4985

2 ай бұрын

Bingo!

I applied to a forklift TRAINEE positions with zero experience required. I have over 5 YEARS of experience working on forklifts and these companies didn't even leave an email back

@innernetadmin3304

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like you were overqualified for the position. Did you put your experience in your resume?

@hiraether6209

2 ай бұрын

​@@innernetadmin3304 "Don't include your degrees", "Don't include your experience". Next will be don't include your name or what position you're applying to. Just hand them a blank piece of paper with an arrow pointing to the backside and when they flip it over it's a buck toothed stick figure and a speech bubble saying "jerb..?". But don't spell job correctly or they will know you can spell and turn you down!

I've never understood why every company wastes SO much money on useless middle management. I'm 58 years old and it was this way EVERY place I worked. Office Space, like Idiocracy, are documentaries, not movies. ;-)

@hawkrose2698

3 ай бұрын

To try and keep the wage slaves in line.

@picklerix6162

2 ай бұрын

Idiocracy wasn’t supposed to be a documentary but it turned into one.

Thanks again for our daily wake up call,great job.

Im glad I never wasted time with a college degree! I always was a self taught person that'll open any book in the library, digest the information and then go out in the world to apply knowledge. It's opportunities everywhere but the major concern I have is most people dont have that initial capital investment to make a dream a reality.

@MCLottotv

3 ай бұрын

@@deedeebrecht4687 Your grandfather was moving like my father. A HUSTLER!

We are constantly being lied to about the economy. Every business in America could fold and yet they will still say everything is peachy.

@hvaball150

3 ай бұрын

Once you come the realization that every company in America could fold....and America will thrive ... Then you kind of get the situation. How does the mafia survive? And they have people who can actually arrest them.

@SSNESS

3 ай бұрын

Thankfully I don’t have a lifestyle

@winniethepoohandeeyore2

3 ай бұрын

@@SSNESS I'm used to being poor, when crap happens and people panic, I just set back and roll with it.

@stevenphillips3466

3 ай бұрын

The Media covers for biden and Lies about President Trump .... I remember gas prices under Pro America Pro Oil Trump policies, America was energy independent

@CristianoMiami13

2 ай бұрын

Bidenomics is a failure

Me and several others just got notified of our coming layoffs from our long term jobs. I have 3 weeks left. i came to work at this place because they have not discriminated against people that are over 50, so it was going to be my 'retirement' job. I have had long term chronic illness that has cost me my retirement, so I need to keep working. It has been the best job I have ever had and I did good work. Now, I'm almost unemployed and will most likely not be able to find another job in my line of work. This puts me in a very comprised position and I am crushed.

@noahlaferriere5515

2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that, I hope you’re able to find a new job quickly 🤞

@aerofxunme

2 ай бұрын

Can you work as a consultant given your extensive work experience? How about setting up a small one man business? How about doing something online? Brainstorm and find a way to stay afloat. Rooting for you.

@monstaro19

2 ай бұрын

Save up money and go overseas

@alphacentauri8083

2 ай бұрын

Late 50's and got laid off a couple of months ago. It's rough out there for sure! I hope you saved up because I did. I can weather this storm for a long time to come.

I keep hearing these social media economists telling me how bad the economy is but, restaurants have never been more full and roads more crowded with gas guzzling car drivers. Where is it that people are having difficulty paying for things?

@alshukurh.a.m9794

Ай бұрын

one word - debit and migrants

If you are a plumber, welder, machinest, electrician, the world is your oyster. I work for a company in MA, heavy fabricator, the welders make 6 figures....

@nicolasgirard2808

3 ай бұрын

6 figures in MA isn't even a lot though

@joshspiker

3 ай бұрын

@@nicolasgirard2808 It's a lot better than being unemployed though.

@InternetUser._

3 ай бұрын

Work for a utility company, you can do 6 figures easy. The outside lineman make doctor money, 250-350k

@8MunchenBayern8

3 ай бұрын

even they will start taking a hit if people have less expendable income to fund home renovation projects

@VicDamoneJr82

3 ай бұрын

shout out to your health as you get older

I avoided 4 years of college and $150k in debt in favor of 1 year for building maintenance and $15k of debt to enter this gem of lower middle class blue collar work

@bobsmitth497

3 ай бұрын

Clean harbors inc. Multi national compay Dirty work$ 30 hr

@amyhudson1016

3 ай бұрын

You’re the smart one for sure!!!

@Oldeagle66

3 ай бұрын

I did something similar. Manufacturing and military. Retired at 55 with great benefits and free healthcare for life.

@karifredrikson-lr1mm

3 ай бұрын

BIDENECONOMICS!

This is a very good analysis. Accurate, correct. thanks !

I'm an industrial and crane mechanic and technical expert with emphasis on electrical controls and hydraulics. Not the most popular career path but on the flip side, I have very little competition competition globally and no matter where I go, I always have a high paying job or a business I can launch virtually overnight. People should try other pathways in life, there are many opportunities available.

Facts. I have a degree also. Not even getting call backs for part time retail jobs...

@ambivertical

3 ай бұрын

😧

@dextersp1

3 ай бұрын

Those degrees are hurting you. The retail owner is thinking you will leave ASAP when you find a job in your field. Consider downplaying your resume.

@Junior.illinois

3 ай бұрын

Me too

@jizzyjake6783

3 ай бұрын

A strong mind is a dime a dozen. A strong back is hard to find.

@sneed7123

3 ай бұрын

​@@dextersp1then what's the point? busting your ass to get a degree only to scrub it from your resume for some shitty job. I'd rather be a criminal at that point.

I am a software engineer. I looked for 5 months for a job. I sent out over 2000 resumes. I would get 3-5 calls a day. I used to get 25 - 30 calls a day. Companies use bots to evaluate your resume. Only 3% of the resumes actually reach a recruiter.

@RoninX33

3 ай бұрын

I will say I have seen less recruiters reaching out on LinkedIn. But not the first time we have had a downturn in this career field. I am not sure where you are or what you are targeting but if you don't have a family or anything tieing you down you might have to relocate. But we are going through fundamental changes in many industries. Sucks for us employees.

@zachlafond2652

3 ай бұрын

many big companies are moving to contractors. They can easily get rid of them that way.

@Steve33056

3 ай бұрын

@@zachlafond2652 Exactly. Contractor money comes out of a seperate budget and they can giet rid of youlike an old shoe.

@great4ever845

Ай бұрын

It's all bots

This video really got me thinking. It is more reality in my words. For the last 30 years I've been out in the job market, there really hasn't been one year where everyone is happy. There is/was chaos in some segment somewhere. Which makes sense, because everyone can't be winning all the time. The 'white collar recession' that term perhaps makes sense. There could be a number of reasons why, but what holds true is there is always reasons, at times some more than others. We took an "L" in late 2000s. We learned a lot! We'll learn a lot again and move on. Without looking at any data, just my own observation. Too many people went from Blue to White collar jobs and now there is a massive correction. There so many people in jobs they honestly can not do well. This hasn't stop them from applying making it harder for qualified people to rise to the top. This causes a problem for everyone everywhere. BUT! we'll get through it. We always do.

Thank you to our host for this important segment and walking tour outdoors. You are right. We know someone looking for better opportunities. Can’t find a good job. Could be a “white-collar” recession, as you say.

I'm a 68 year old "semi" retired GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I got into doing small rot jobs, putting in windows and doors and small decks and fence repairs about 16 years ago. I now do not look for work but get at least one call a week to go do something here in our town. Nobody knows how to do a freaking thing in 2024. I could work much more if I wanted but don't want to. So glad I learned a trade. Everything is rotten so I'm busy. Rot is my like and am rotten to the corE. LEARN A TRADE!!!

@the.blue.raven7777

3 ай бұрын

What trades are for women ?

@oldscratch3535

3 ай бұрын

​@the.blue.raven7777 Something inside like machining. I work for a firearm manufacturer, and we have several female machine operators. There's a lot more women in assembly and inventory though, but you make more as a machinist.

@TBaroody1

3 ай бұрын

@@the.blue.raven7777 There is absolutely no reason why you could not become a General Contractor. I started by being a laborer on a construction site. I respect the hell out of laborers. They know more than many fore men. I loathed office work. I did the three most important things you can do if hired and wish to learn the business for which I was hired. SHOW UP, SHUT UP AND DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD. In less than five years I had my GC license and had two of my old bosses working for me.

@aaronfogelsanger2550

3 ай бұрын

Hey, I'm a plumber and I'm usta people making fun of me but I own 2 houses outright. And currently taking a few years off while I get usta being in my 50s. Never thought I'd be ahead of the curve.

@kathymaske8997

2 ай бұрын

​@@aaronfogelsanger2550In the movie "Moonstruck" (Starring Cher), her father was a plummer and didn't want to pay for his daughter's wedding cuz..."He had no money", his wife said " You have more money than God!".

I stopped working at age 50 after working 2 jobs for 30 years. I missed a lot of holidays and graduations but now i have the freedom to do what i want. Most of my friends would rather spend every single cent they earn plus use credit cards. I would sometimes drive past the bars and restaurants full of people specially on the weekends and i was too dedicated to reaching financial freedom to wasting money at restaurants or bars

If you are not an academic high flyer, you shouldn’t be considering a University education. Get a trade. And if you have a yearning for learning, do it in your free time.

@great4ever845

Ай бұрын

Trade jobs is okay but if you want to be safe get something in the medical field

@lulabellegnostic8402

Ай бұрын

@@great4ever845 Unless you are self- employed you are wide open to blackmail over terms and conditions of service and being injected. I have never met a nurse, doctor, physio etc whois capable ( or legally certified) to install a new boiler or re wire.

Listen to him! Someone I know has over 25 years in IT and is proficient in AI and didn’t hear back from anyone for an interview

Cushy white collar jobs are going to be the first thing to go when companies are trimming the fat. It’s only going to get worse. I’m a self employed mechanic and I’ve never been busier. Most of my buddies are blue collar guys and a lot of them own companies. Every single one of them are looking for quality helpers. I’ve never been out of work in the 26 years I’ve been doing this, and I know without a doubt that I could go out tomorrow and have a decent paying job by the end of the day. It’s not always glamorous, and yes tons of people look down on blue collar workers, but the fact is that we have the best job security out there. More people need to consider a trade, there is lots of money to be made.

@stevenphillips3466

3 ай бұрын

Ai is going to CRUSH most white collar jobs that women do ... Women cant and wont do trades jobs and refuse to do dangerous , dirty and hard work liek Road crews, Ditch digging, Brick layers, Sanitation , trash workers.... Its going to be a cold winter for employment for women with basic college degrees

Finding a job is not for the tenderhearted person. You are going to get your feelings hurt. I applied for 2,154 jobs before I landed one and I have excellent experience, excellent credit, and an advanced degree. Remember, "No" just means not now. The one I did land had initially turned me down before.

@edmundoescobar6132

3 ай бұрын

How did that happen did you follow up ?

@AJourneyOfYourSoul

3 ай бұрын

You ain’t lying. It is a huge mental challenge.

@nitevibe9886

2 ай бұрын

Finding a job is for EVERY human who has to earn a living/support a family

This is the best one I have heard in a long time! (Speak the Truth) good job and a big thank you for doing this video! You said exactly what I've been saying to my friends for months.

The worst part for ME is when the business NEEDS BY LAW your skills/license/qualifications, and STILL refuses to pay you for what you are worth! I left a job over a year ago because they paid undocumented immigrant the same hourly rate than me, but because they needed me they wanted to hire me for longer hours (sometimes 20 hour shifts and 2 times over 24 hour shifts!) just to compensate what they COULDNT do, but still pay the same low wage! I said no, walked away, and to this day they call me begging to come back but WONT raise the hourly pay!! They lose business, there are even security matters that foreigners simply CANNOT do, and yet they won't raise the wage!! It's maddening, simply impossible to understand! I just don't go.

@IAmHisBeloved5

5 күн бұрын

That’s horrible

I fear getting laid off. Because their is nothing lined up for me. I have no savings. I hate my job but can't leave it. No callbacks no matter how many jobs I apply for. They are all fake, in my opinion. The best I can do if I get fired is throw my stuff in a storage locker, unionized my 3 cats, and become a trucker while living in the back of my truck. If that is where my life takes me. I will become a very depressed person. With the only goal of saving up money to escape the USA by the time I turn 50yo. I am 34 right now.

@jefff8130

3 ай бұрын

I think they are fake too. The government is paying them to list "ghost jobs". Hang in there and hope for the best!

@mr.shelly1812

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have 3 lives that depend on you - focus on that. The best definition of character is taking care those dependent on you. I wish you all the luck in the world - hang in there.

@stevenphillips3466

3 ай бұрын

Learn Plumbing ....even service plumber makes 100 K a year .... your not to old by far

@user-vs4oy7sb2o

3 ай бұрын

Apple at usic

@user-vs4oy7sb2o

3 ай бұрын

Apply

I literally couldnt find a job for 3 yrs! No one would hire me. I couldnt even buy a job.

@ruthlessmofo

3 ай бұрын

"Buy" a job?

@OgSleep

3 ай бұрын

@ruthlessmofo yes meaning I would have paid them to just let me work. If u never experienced it I'm glad u haven't because life isn't the same for everybody and most of the shit relies on luck.

@laumay7364

3 ай бұрын

What type of job were you applying for and what did you end up with?

@OgSleep

3 ай бұрын

@laumay7364 I work for myself. I couldn't get hired. When I did it was 13 a hr. Which was 5 yrs later and that equates to groceries and gas if that

@richardscholler6048

3 ай бұрын

hey I am an engineer and I've been trying for 2 yrs now. I would be homeless if no family. I am trying hard to make something for myself

I watch you several times a day and I work full time! I so enjoy how you do your videos....outside! It relaxes me while I hear and watch you. Takes me away from my hectic day. Thank you for being so honest and SMART.

I agree we are in a white collar recession. That makes so much sense why the official unemployment rate is low. Yes, there are tons of jobs in retail, food service, etc. but not in my line of work.

It’s the same reason why prices are so high. During the pandemic companies raised prices on everything, and they found out that we would pay those prices. Now they keep the prices high to appease their stockholders. Record profits, yet they keep the prices high. Greed pure and simple.

@cmatt1529

3 ай бұрын

Amen. Dont have to be an economist to think companies that can get away with charging more will lie about reasons to keep prices up.

@mhowie76

3 ай бұрын

Shrinkflation and inflation

@marygoff3332

3 ай бұрын

100% correct. Not that we want to pay these insane prices, but we have to eat. I go to ALDI now.

@ChatGPT1111

2 ай бұрын

Wrong, Joe Biden has been printing money like it grows on trees. The inflation has skyrocketed since he took office with no end in sight. All to pay for these 14 milliion new migrants who need jobs and housing.

Many large companies have too many high paying low revenue producing positions, and these companies are seeing this, and shedding those positions.

I just got laid off from my dream job. Been in field over 20 years. Now I’m looking for my “roof over my head” job. My industry is in the crapper right now. So to get the same job is next to impossible. And at almost 50 with a bad back & knees I can’t do any kind of work. Has to be a desk job. But I’ll keep plugging away!!!

Love your analysis. Well said

I live in Nevada near South Lake Tahoe (SLT), California. The minimum wage in California is $20/hour, but SLT wants to raise the minimum wage to $23/hour. Pizzas have went from $18 to $32. Pretty soon all the tourists will stay in the Carson Valley, Nevada, 15 miles away and save a lot of money.

@stevenphillips3466

3 ай бұрын

No , they will just buy frozen Pizzas ....

@nodebt6188

3 ай бұрын

Only rich people can afford to live in Tahoe. Even making $23.00 is not enough to pay rent there.

I am a staff accountant with over 8 years of relevant work experience. I make $62k/year. Live in Jacksonville FL. Got a lot of debt. I am missirable. I can't find better pay, I can't land a part-time job. No call backs, just Temps trying to have me on their books but never keeping in touch. I thought about becoming a CPA. but the job offer for a CPA is about what my current pay is or lower. It's depressing. I would love to have a remote part-time job paying at least $25/hr with at least 30hr of work each wrek. That can at least help me get caught up on my debt and boost my saving beyond $0.

@debbiecreter2005

3 ай бұрын

Did you look into state, county and federal government accounting jobs? They have many types of departments who utilize accounting jobs. Your leg up will be your CPA. Good Luck to you!

@tairz2013

3 ай бұрын

Start your own bookkeeping business.

@mmmd3429

3 ай бұрын

The biggest problem is Florida. Lower wages!

@bobroberts2217

3 ай бұрын

Lower wages and sky high costs. Desantis turned Florida into California because he loves Newsome so much. But hey. At least those big bad books aren’t in the libraries anymore.

@jessicaa3623

3 ай бұрын

Go Federal. Even screeners at TSA will boost your yearly. You can move up to Supervisor if you pick a big airport in no time and be making 80,000.

Completely agree, and the companies that agree to hire are full of abuse, and favoritism from those at the top to those below or those that are not part of a certain party at the top

Exactly. See, so the next time you find yourself judging people, remember, there are REASONS we see what we see nowadays. ❤Na mean. The simple fact is, with a college degree, education, experience in the field, motivation, a good attitude. 🤢and we get nothing. I remember in the 80’s and 90’s rent was 500-800 a month for a single room apartment. Now? 2000-3000 a month. People just can’t swing that. And we wonder why we see so much crime amongst our neighborhoods. It’s all relative. 😛💡💯you are a SMART GUY. And I hope you keep posting and grow. This is a good honest site. 😊🙏👈🏻

Healthcare is still in demand. I became a RN 6 years ago after leaving the military. I’ve worked in 3 different hospitals so far and each one hired me on the spot. It’s definitely not my dream job, but between that and my VA disability, I’m doing quite well.

@8MunchenBayern8

3 ай бұрын

healthcare is actually going to be getting busier every year since the population is growing, aging population, and increasing in chronic diseases from Americans that don't exercise and have bad diets.

@staceywilliams1863

3 ай бұрын

Yea I’ve decided to go back to school for sonography. At least I’ll have a job.

@karifredrikson-lr1mm

3 ай бұрын

GOOD JOB,fellow RN!

@Jenn4rmblk

3 ай бұрын

Healthcare will always be in demand but it’s physically taxing on your body and mental health with low pay for what you sacrifice. Fellow RN

@stonesfan285

3 ай бұрын

How do you become an RN? I need to insulate myself from the coming recession and layoffs.

Took me 9 months after losing my cushy job at Wells Fargo, but I finally landed a job as an operations manager making about $65k starting out, with a sign on bonus and stock options. They only consider you for the position if you are graduating college though, and i am in my final semester. Counting my blessings and glad I was able to survive the job market shit storm.

@jamesbecker3420

3 ай бұрын

I think the "storm" is just starting, good luck at your new job!!

@type2red

3 ай бұрын

I also worked at one of Wellsfargo’s main campuses and made the error of resigning during this job market and 6 months later still no job despite hundreds of applications sent🙏🏽.

@glendajune9140

3 ай бұрын

Congratulations! 🎊🎈🎉

@JBoy340a

3 ай бұрын

Congratulations!!!

@freedomwtruth

3 ай бұрын

AI will take this job soon enough. 😮

"College Industrial Complex" - nailed it!!!

I found out when I retired from the military in the late 1990s I found hard to sell myself because employers didn't want anybody with military experience

When I retired from over 30 years of IT experience, I wanted to join Amazon and provide IT services for installation of electronic devices for customers. They said I wasn't qualified because I did not have enough Yelp reviews. WTF.

@marygoff3332

3 ай бұрын

Oh my god. How incredibly stupid of them. Unfortunately we live in a stupid, stupid world now.

@rudyharris6376

3 ай бұрын

This sh*t is BANANAS! 😅💯

@Crukren89

2 ай бұрын

The IT sector is actually fked up

@Ridley369

2 ай бұрын

@@rudyharris6376 Thanks for putting that in my head