Graduating college only to realize that no one wants me is the most degrading feeling.

@dominickjvlogs

3 ай бұрын

Yep I had to take a minimum wage jobs after graduating from a university and doing paid internships and holding a job while getting the degree. Its terrible. And then you join a company and see how rich the upper level staff is and realize you’re just a little servant to them

@natashalavender7758

3 ай бұрын

For what it's worth, this is something that happens to a lot of graduates. It happened to me 10 years ago! It is absolutely not a reflection of your abilities, or your value as an employee, much less as a person. You will find something, promise.

@cherryivana1129

3 ай бұрын

That’s why a warehouse job for me is the only way. I feel you so much especially being a marketing major.

@vincentc7920

3 ай бұрын

What is your degree?

@LightningSword13

3 ай бұрын

@@vincentc7920 BS in management information systems, graduated from a business school at a university.

Here’s a dirty secret. Companies often post fake jobs that they never intend to fill. This makes it look like the company is hiring a lot and that positively impacts stock price.

@foxymetroid

3 ай бұрын

It's like politics in that the illusion of doing something is more effective than actually doing something. Actual solutions often take time, effort, and money and that upsets both stockholders and voters. Those two groups want fast results with minimal disruptions.

@Kwisss

3 ай бұрын

Yeah they're called Ghost Jobs.

@milkflys

3 ай бұрын

also jobs that they actually 100% intend on hiring internally for.

@jacobperez8921

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised. They are known as "Ghost Jobs".

@magnoliamystery1288

3 ай бұрын

Yes…. And sometimes interviews are just ‘busy work’ for recruiters when they have no intentions on even hiring for the ghost job.

Finding a job is harder than doing that job.

@robertagren9360

2 ай бұрын

In most cases yes.

@estefaniadoniz6243

2 ай бұрын

😂I applied 4 applications the next day, i was hired 😂.

@danielmiller9012

2 ай бұрын

a majority of jobs are doable too with basic training.. They will get the hang of it in a few months of working said job after training is done. Why majoring in a STEM is so important, it strengthens your critical thinking skills and shows employers willingness to learn and ability to solve problems with a clear method.

@MisterTutor2010

2 ай бұрын

@@danielmiller9012 I have a PhD in a STEM field.

@yanasosnovskaya864

2 ай бұрын

@@MisterTutor2010I'm in the same boat, also phd in stem. Just graduated, it's crazy...

And stop telling us older folks to just accept any job. $15 an hour doesn't cover anything now

@JessG_20

2 ай бұрын

Right, what is even the point if I'm still not going to be able to pay my rent each month and am going to get evicted and be living under a bridge , despite working 40 or more hours/ week? Personally, I'd rather be an unemployed bum on the streets than an employed bum on the streets 🤷🏽‍♀️ just my feelings towards it. I'm not going to bust my a$$ for society if i can't even have housing at the same time wtf

@robertagren9360

2 ай бұрын

It did 1984

@TheCompleteMental

Ай бұрын

Stop telling younger folk that, too. In fact, just stop talking!

@MB-xv7er

Ай бұрын

You guys have no choice. You’re old and not as valuable. Young people however yes deserve to negotiate pay

@stateyourthesis

Ай бұрын

I have the ability and the skills to make up to 65-79k and im being asked to just take a 14 125 dollar and hour job bc no one will hire me. I have a clean job background its getting to the point that selling feet pics doesnt sound all that crazy to me .

Parents: “There are plenty of entry level jobs out there!” Entry Level Job: - Master’s Degree in Pediatric Neuroscience - 3 Years Experience Preferred - Must Complete 3 month training without pay - Must be fluent in 5 Languages - Must be able to lift 2 tons - Need to have a certification of having triple backflipped off the Eiffel Tower while blindfolded in 250 B.C. - Must be able to maintain positive and professional attitude

@bjtibbs6436

3 ай бұрын

#DEAD 😂

@TheWalamala

3 ай бұрын

and that's if you lucky to have it that easy

@sciencelover3339

3 ай бұрын

Pay: $0 (unpaid internship)

@Fan-zx1lz

3 ай бұрын

Yes. These corporate sector needs everything from the candidates but very less salary offer They make

@Jason-rn4jk

3 ай бұрын

You’re forgetting “must work a flexible schedule, on average 60 hours Monday through Friday and on call Saturday and Sunday when necessary”

Falsely advertising employment should be a Punishable Felony fraud💀 !

@destinyx1636

3 ай бұрын

facts

@lucy9698

3 ай бұрын

I agree. Like wtf, why are you lying to people???? Especially people who need JOBS. Same level as the scum who run job search scams.

@Vault-Born

3 ай бұрын

and some of the offers are scams that want to harvest your data

@zoeyv6629

3 ай бұрын

I agree people are really banking on getting at least one job offer and then to realize all the time you’ve taken for each application could possibly be a fake

@orunenf5533

3 ай бұрын

No you just weren't employable

Is anyone else just generally depressed at life in 2024? It feels as if we are close to a collective mental collapse.

@cannotwest

Ай бұрын

Yes, because social contract is breaking before our eyes. With the society.

@ReysonFox

Ай бұрын

Yep its unwinnable and unsustainable

@masonmorley5065

Ай бұрын

I can already tell that there's going to a lot of suicides this year.

@bradspringer2372

Ай бұрын

@@ReysonFox So what's the solution?

@ReysonFox

Ай бұрын

@@bradspringer2372 Ultimately we all would have to shift priorities for eachother and our families. The only way is to all go on anti work strike for better conditions, dig into the pockets of the super wealth companies and not buy their things. It would require millions of us to sign together into a coalition for more affordable living, sign legistration to restrict massive amounts of money sent overseas to other countries to be used no matter what to fix the infastructure of our own country and its borders, make sure super wealthy companies pay their taxes and cut interests and insurances on small business and struggling americans. Make it illegal for companies to ghost hire or fake results on applicants. And get rid of this useless administration for one that has a backbone for postive change. When it comes down to it for the sake of our sanity and survival we need to make those in power take responsibility. No matter what the wealth and opportunity needs to spider back out to middle and impoverished classes.

If you don't know someone, you're screwed...

@lalaithan

Ай бұрын

Well, I knew someone and it turns out I was "too expensive" for the company to hire. 🙄

@IFoundOff

Ай бұрын

Can confirm, no family and homeless. Been building up connections for a couple years but being homeless is a great way for you to never work a career.

@jed23ify

Ай бұрын

Yup, social media behaviors have infiltrated hiring practices. It’s all who you know, and allot of these companies aren’t even hiding it anymore. Check out some of their recruiter posts about reaching out to people in the company, getting recommendations, interacting with the company online. It’s such a hectic experience to just get your resume seen now by companies, considering A.I software is now the forefront of weeding out applicants.

@kylewheatley8248

29 күн бұрын

Facts bro!!! I see it all the time. I just wanna work smmfh...

@kobyschechter8163

19 күн бұрын

For most good paying jobs, you have to know someone that knows someone that knows someone to even have a chance of getting your foot in the door.

90% of resumes never even make it to human eyeballs.

@someone-ji2zb

3 ай бұрын

Eh, that is what happens when 100+ people apply to a single job posting. We need more self employed people with varying skills in the US rather than people going to college and hope to various office jobs of similar nature. Too many people have leaned white collar work with a demand for more blue collar, skilled labor.

@richsackett3423

3 ай бұрын

@@someone-ji2zb wtf is we?

@Varrick-Astatic

3 ай бұрын

​@@someone-ji2zbi mean, its kinda unfair to pressure younger generation to get an education because theyll do better and then turn around and realize technology cant replace blue collars so now we gotta force people to have skills that dont exist.

@Rastaferrari829

3 ай бұрын

@@someone-ji2zbok well either employers in those fields need to sponsor people to learn and gain these skills or this is just a pipe dream. If people are already struggling as is, where are they going to find the time or the money to gain new skills that they don’t have?

@commentbot9510

3 ай бұрын

@@someone-ji2zb I looked into the pros and cons of that type of work and the cons seem like they would bother me a lot. No thanks

Don’t quit your job if you haven’t already accepted a new one. It’s insane out here right now.

@sparkymularkey6970

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, seriously! I recently graduated from college last year but now I'm just working full-time at the same retail position I had all throughout college, all because I can't find anything that pays better.

@bargdaffy1535

3 ай бұрын

What if your Job quits you? UPS just laid off 12,000 Folks.

@fozzir

3 ай бұрын

@@bargdaffy1535 Google is about to quit 30k more!

@Wahinies

3 ай бұрын

​@@bargdaffy1535this is why you never stop applying, never change your LinkedIn to not searching. The only key to job security is to be prepared for the loss of one.

@Ford_prefect_42

3 ай бұрын

Just in time for me to be unemployed. Fun

Sorry, we're moving onto other candidates at this time. We're looking for someone around 21-26 years of age with 35 years experience with an academic doctorate willing to accept a 26K salary. Thank you for your interest in our company.

@mcflurryfrostie

17 күн бұрын

The job: data entry

@leonardpearlman4017

13 күн бұрын

"... part time, temporary"!

@pws354_8

12 күн бұрын

Lol, and because of such contradiction, what this really means is that it is a ghost job that isn't hiring anyone

i applied for 117 job and got 0 call back....

@buggyking2523

3 ай бұрын

I’ve applied for maybe 40 within the last month and gotten 1 response, a rejection email 🙃

@user-zn7wx2lm9z

2 ай бұрын

Most of these people cant think outside the box,they seem to want to be told what to do.@@BCTMB

@nightmares2night77

2 ай бұрын

Me too 217.

@JAJAJAC_

2 ай бұрын

@@nightmares2night77me three I have sent through uncountable number of application and only got 3 responses and 2 of them are rejection…

@vanillae91819

2 ай бұрын

Im at 284 right now and still no positive responses 😭

I think the main issue is finding a job that can actually cover the rent and groceries. It feels like salaries haven't kept up with inflation at all.

@hmoobmikah

3 ай бұрын

You should look your local IBEW and apply today. Journeyman electricians make between $35-60/hr with another $15-30/hr in healthcare and retirement depending on where you live and how strong your union is. Unions generally make about 10-15% more than non union. You'll never have to go job hunt, negotiate your salary ever again. The raises the union negotiate for doesn't just keep up with inflation. They beat it. Apprentices start out making 50% of what a journeyman makes. With each 8-10 month getting a pay raise until they top out. You get free school tuition, paid on-the-job training, free healthcare, 3 pensions, optional 401k. ALL of this is paid by the contractors and union.

@blackreacher

3 ай бұрын

People who are hiring, are responsible for so-called inflation

@maamiimii

3 ай бұрын

@@blackreacher How does that make any bit of sense to you? lol

@V555Vendetta

3 ай бұрын

companies themselves are jacking up the prices @@maamiimii

@Rockhound6165

3 ай бұрын

You don't know what you're talking about. Aren't you listening? We're being told that inflation is low and the economy is great. Unless we're being lied to.

I personally think a lot of the problem for people is employers unwilling to train. They expect you to already know everything about the job. Especially for “Entry level” positions that require years of experience

@get_it_done4580

3 ай бұрын

Facts

@zuzanazuscinova5209

3 ай бұрын

True. But schooling is also to blame. They don't teach any practical skills. It's a mess.

@marckobuendicho3883

3 ай бұрын

it's crazy that almost 80% of jobs are a very simple process that requires just a month to master.

@JessieGates

3 ай бұрын

My last three jobs fit this to a T, very little training barely paying on time and when someone from another country ran through the border they ended up getting the jobs we all hunt for because they will work for dirt cheep and we expect a living wage. EF these companies shilling for Chomo Joe.

@galek75

3 ай бұрын

​@@zuzanazuscinova5209 That isnt a problem. The problem is precisely expecting schools to job train. Make employers train their own employees again.

Lost my job in April 2023 and still cannot find anything. All the while the news is screaming how amazing the job market is. They’re just gas lighting everyone.

@Banoffee2662

Ай бұрын

Did u find a job now?

@NYRyder1983

20 күн бұрын

They're lying to the people. They keep saying unemployment is down by 5.3% as if the remaining 94.7% are all working.

@grandmasterRobby

8 күн бұрын

There is no war in ba sing se vibes

@vi_EviL_iv

5 күн бұрын

Yeah I've been unemployed for 2 years now. Can't get passed the algorithm. Then most of them want a BA or Masters degree, with 6 years of experience.

@NYRyder1983

5 күн бұрын

I know how you feel. I lost my job in June of last year. And I've been trying to find another one. But it took longer than I expected.

My parents do not understand why it is so hard for youth to find jobs. They seriously believe you need to dress in a suit and hand your resume to the manager at every job opportunity there is until one is willing to hire you. That practice died over half a century ago. You need to enter your resume information over the internet and pray to the algorithm gods that your resume is looked at by a human.

@bikerboy9010

Ай бұрын

You are correct. I agree with what you are saying. Jobs nowadays are extremely competitive. There are some people that think that if someone has a degree in engineering, computer science, accounting, finance, business administration, etc (all college majors with lots of jobs in those fields), they shouldn't have difficulty getting jobs in those fields when in reality, there's lots of people that have degrees in engineering, computer science, accounting, etc that struggle with finding jobs in their field, and it's not because they're not trying hard enough, have a bad resume, are making a bad impression during the interview, have a criminal record, etc. Lots of jobs nowadays are jobs that involve 10-15 people being interviewed for the job and only 1 person out of the 10-15 people interviewed being chosen for the job, and even if you meet the education criteria for the job, are highly qualified for the job, have a lot of relevant experience, don't have a criminal record, and make a great impression during the interview, there's still a high chance you won't be the selected candidate for the job. The selected candidate for the job is often a highly qualified person that the hiring manager knows or a highly qualified person that had a relevant trusted professional reference send a referral, recommendation letter, etc to the hiring manager. Fast food jobs, amazon driver jobs, warehouse jobs, grocery store jobs, retail jobs, lifeguard jobs, etc are the kinds of jobs where as long as you meet the criteria for the job and the interview goes well, you're hired, but lots of jobs aren't like that. Lots of jobs advertised are jobs where only 1 person out of all the applicants is going to be chosen for the job, and even if you're highly qualified for the job, meet the general criteria for the job, make a great impression during the interview, dress appropriately during the interview, have a lot of relevant experience, don't have a criminal record, etc, there's still a high chance you won't be the selected candidate for the job. Networking, knowing the right people, having a lot of relevant professional connections, etc definitely helps in landing jobs.

@user-be4wi5oq6k

21 күн бұрын

Your parents are right and you should probably listen to them you would have a better chance of getting hired trust me

Not to mention “entry level” jobs require 5+ years of experience 🤦🏻‍♀️

@muffetmissulena6540

3 ай бұрын

This exactly! It’s not entry level if you expect me to already be experienced with the work!

@sokawai5

3 ай бұрын

Dude are you kidding me

@cinemaholic730

3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah I've seen that, entry level job want 5 years experience, a bachelor degree and pay 12.50 an hour...

@glxtterbxmb

3 ай бұрын

@@cinemaholic730 Yes! They always want you to work for shekels just because it’s entry level!

@bLd321

3 ай бұрын

In many cases it's called entry level job because it offers entry level salary.

When younger generations can’t find employment, it’s no wonder that they won’t have kids either.

@littleripper312

3 ай бұрын

It was already hard for us millennials, I don't envie gen z kids. It was really hard for us and impossible for them.

@raoulmoat6762

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, I can't even support myself, how can I support offspring?

@SnarfsnarfObanion-pz5wn

3 ай бұрын

This is all by design. The federal reserve has been endlessly printing money, raising our national debt. Currently 40% of collected taxes go towards paying the interest on the debt, not the debt itself. Endless wars, endless pet projects overseas (like the $25M earmarked in the covid relief bill, for gender studies in pakistan?), endless government expansion that only costs us more... Leading all the way back to the feminist movement to get them in the workplace, which was supported by Henry Ford, because he could double the workforce and pay them less. Now every home needs 2 incomes unless you're lucky, when a factory worker used to be able to support a large family. You can find plenty of articles convincing western populations to have fewer kids, or not to have kids at all (usually pointed to overpopulation, or the climate agenda of the left). Now, they say "well the EU and US have a natality crisis! We need illegal immigrants!", which is the great replacement theory in a nutshell... It used to be a conspiracy of racists, now the democrats say it out loud. Now that we have millions of illegals in the country, which every one of their supporters says "is to find a better life, and escape poverty", what should the naturalized citizens do? Die off and allow their historical demographics to upend? Or compete for the same jobs without any of the same govt handouts that illegals get?

@Disneyfamiglia

3 ай бұрын

They’re being forced to anyway thanks to the abortion bans that ensure the wage slave market churns onward

@thaddeusmarcuscheeleyjr.786

3 ай бұрын

This is by design. They don't want you to have kids because you've seen what a good life is and won't settle for less. Is it no wonder that the federal government is allowing people to stream into the country at alarming rates illegally? They're our replacements. Where most of them come from, a single dollar is worth 10 of theirs or more, so getting paid under minimum wage is far better than they could have done back home. And it benefits the companies greatly because these people can't demand more like you or me; they're usually paid under the table and know they're not working/staying here legally. They'd be reported and deported in a heartbeat and they know it. This is all working as intended to supplant the current citizens in the workforce with a more more controllable populace. Why would they, the government and the companies that own it, want you, an American citizen that knows that this low point isn't the average experience, to have kids? Kids who will be told they can strive for far greater than what these companies want to give and will actually insist upon it as they grow older. Kids who are more likely to create other ways to earn a living and subvert the system (all these influencers and streamers get paid in ways these crony companies could not have imagined and it scares them because they can't control bitcoin or streamer donation). Remember, grade school was created to get kids into the work force; a work force that, at the time of its creation, was putting kids in factories and paying them pennies. As far as these companies are concerned, they can't hire kids but being able to pay someone in dirt and not having to worry about them asking for more (because you can blackmail them with deportation) is the good ol' days. It is not a coincidence that the only jobs the want to fill are low end wage slave labor and the country is being flooded with people who would easily work low end wage labor while you can't seem to get an entry level job. It's because, eventually, you'll either ask for more or leave for something better. They can't or else they'll send them back home.

Looking for ways to earn money daily is sometimes frustrating and is a pain in the ass, I couldn’t really keep it up, it’s exhausting 😔 job hunting is something that drains your physical and mental wellbeing, hoping to get response from people who got themselves employees already but still keeping your hopes high

@KadreYilmaz

2 ай бұрын

Thinking of how difficult it is to get a job, I think it’s time people start investing and earning their own money, the heartache from job hunt is quite unbearable, I for one would prefer investment than getting myself worked up on seeking a job

@RudolfKowalczyk

2 ай бұрын

Investing in Stocks, Forex and cryptocurrency is the wisest, it's a place where millionaires and future billionaires come to get inspired. If you've not been involved in any you're missing out. Most importantly If you know how to trade you can make a ton of money no matter where you find yourself

@JacolienVos

2 ай бұрын

Trading with crypto is more beneficial than most people sees it to be, just like stock, and forex trade, crypto is also the world fastest leading currency now and in the near future

@YongLands

2 ай бұрын

Bitcoin is the best coin to invest in fast rising and if you are lucky to have a good broker then I believe you have absolutely nothing to worry about because you are in for a finicial uplift.

@LeonorFerreira-ur5th

2 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you, the stock market is the most profitable venture I ever invested in, I reached my goal of $700k monthly trade earnings. Setting realistic goals is an essential part of trading

It’s worse for people that really want to get away from their family, and I’m one of them.

@Russiancaribbeanbride

3 ай бұрын

Me too I'm trying to move out!!

@paulorodrigofigueiredo7783

3 ай бұрын

Definitly you're not the only one, my dear. Be strong, toxic family is most comon than you can imagine

@griggsz9649

2 ай бұрын

Same here Covid and a few snowball avalanche mistakes has burned through the calendars I’m ready to hop a train atp

@JPMGP

2 ай бұрын

Facts! 🤦🏻‍♂️ stay in there everyone better times will eventually come…

@Slimn3m

2 ай бұрын

Definitely, I thought I was the only one, I guess everyone is suffering from this situation

I’m getting gaslighted by gov saying record amount of jobs available

@TiberiusX

3 ай бұрын

Notice that they keep having to revise thier numbers down.

@daniel25083

3 ай бұрын

@@TiberiusXwait do you have a source for this?? I’ve been suspecting something fishy about jobs numbers for months now

@synapse913

3 ай бұрын

Government lies? Say it ain’t so.

@gamesguy

3 ай бұрын

​@@TiberiusXnumbers were actually revised up past 2 months.

@jimmyglea

3 ай бұрын

@@gamesguyThank god “Actually Guy” has entered the conversation. We’re much more enlightened now.

These companies want to pay as little as possible, no on the job training, and want somebody who checks every single box. What an embarrassment.

@SnoopyReads

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a woman looking for a boyfriend these days

@xerosereveracity88

3 ай бұрын

Right? It's insane!

@Fuxkyou1188

3 ай бұрын

No frr. And then they dont hire more people but they give 😂one person as many hours as they physically can handle.

@protocetid

3 ай бұрын

The "worker shortage" is a PR term to mask a problem that businesses themselves created for the reasons you mentioned.

@Samurai-no4wu

3 ай бұрын

On top of that they are slowly transition to machines doing what is supposed to be a workers job to save a little more money and it's causing more of a job crisis.

I was laid off April 2023..its now Feb 2024 and i still dont have a job. Over 300 applicants, countless interviews and ghost interviews and dozens of "you were a stong candidate but we chose someone else" The only reason why i havent completely lost my mind is because i started my own business that is keeping me busy even with low sales. But i started it because i never wanted to be in this situation again. I need a job because i need to live and small business take time to grow. Im so grateful for family because if i didnt have them id be homeless .

@doobie513

2 ай бұрын

hell yeah , be your own boss it’ll pay off one day . keep dedication and drive ❤️ stay strong

@sophiazcolley

Ай бұрын

how are you doing now?

@alita1821

26 күн бұрын

@sophizaaa Doing great! I actually started my new job one year to date from being laid off from my last job April 17th, 2024. When they gave me my start date I couldn't believe it. One door closes and another opens. I ended up getting a job I randomly took a chance on and applied to out of frustration from not being hired and contantly Ghosted from jobs I already have done for my career path. It's the complete opposite of what I use to do and the commute is only 20 mins compared to the 1hr 30mins I use to do to the city before. While it's a huge pay cut, it's a job, I met my goal of not being out of work for more than a year(idk but that was a fear of mine), it's peaceful, chill and my new manager isn't a micromanger like my previous manager. I would say, yes I'm almost at living paycheck to paycheck but I'm happy and it's just a new experience of managing a new lower budget, but all off my needs will be met and while I won't be able to travel every month, I have my nights now to relax, work stays at work, it's not in my house, I can be cozy at work with my foot rest, blanket, snacks and headphones and in can plan more meaningful vacations vs just booking them on a whim cause I needed a break from my previous co workers and managers. My advice, keep applying and if no one gets back to you don't get upset like I wasted my time doing. This past year allowed me to start a business that I love, and while sales are still low,(like no sales In March at all and then the day I started my job I got a sale) I got to create that foundation that is so hard to make it past that most don't because of the stress of starting your own business. Get closer to whatever you believe in spiritually. Take care of yourself emotionally, mentally and physically. And apply for the jobs you wouldn't normally do. I'm so glad I did. Good luck to everyone!

@chandrimakhastagir2402

23 күн бұрын

@@alita1821 May I know what exactly is ur work and what did you do previously?

We hired a few college grads to work in our restaurants because they couldn’t find any better jobs 😢 it’s sad.

It really should be illegal to post a job that a company doesn't intend to fill.

@MrLaloman18

3 ай бұрын

They do intend to fill but here's a secret from within ok..... When a company posts open jobs they first will ask current employees if they have family or friends that would like to work for them and they get first grabs and get hired, then what ever is left gets posted which are the low jobs nobody wants or they post as if they haven't hire anyone in order to fulfill a company policy quota and make it seem like they are abiding by the laws and not make it seem like it's favorism! Remember, is NOT what you know, is WHO you KNOW!

@mindycollier9087

3 ай бұрын

Or they post nonexistent job openings and/or conduct pseudo job interviews for possible tax breaks!!

@nahidsarker69

3 ай бұрын

​@@MrLaloman18 well said brother

@devenrivera5842

3 ай бұрын

@@MrLaloman18well said G.

@samgriess438

3 ай бұрын

I agree, companies love putting these signs up because it increases foot traffic into their stores I've worked at a number of places that just leave that sign up there constantly JUST for this reason

The crazy part is that society expects people to go to college and get a bachelor degree. The moment you started graduating, no one will hire you because you might be over qualified for the position. Nevermind the sleepless nights while cramming for final exams, writing 15-page papers, and doing presentations for 4 years and over just to get a degree only to get rejected in the workforce. The degree only reminds us that we wasted our time and expected to pay back student loans. 😢

@Kacee2

2 ай бұрын

Just don't tell them that you have a degree.

@Unleashed_Beasts

2 ай бұрын

​@@Kacee2how you explain the gap in resume?

@jasez8812

2 ай бұрын

It's tough. I make it my mission to guide our interns through work and loop them in projects in purpose help them get experience that they can add into the resume instead of doing just grunt work all the time, this an in addition talk to them constantly about their bandwidth.

@joro7304

27 күн бұрын

Not to mention even the entry level jobs want you to have 2/3 years of experience. It's insane!

@amrali9288

21 күн бұрын

I m stoneshed because I sought sush a problem like this only happens in developing countries not in a devoleped countries because it supposed to be good system there that maximizing benefits from new graduating people also the quality of education there must met with requirements of market.

This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family.

@coolben854

3 күн бұрын

I agree with you and I believe that Professionals are currently dominating the market since they have access to both the necessary strategy for making money in this industry.

@divlweb

3 күн бұрын

I invested 5k in Robin hood about a year ago and it steadily went down, now my portfolio is down to $800. I don't know what to do and i am in between jobs

@charlotterayeee

3 күн бұрын

@@divlweb Understanding your financial needs and making effective decisions is very essential. If I could advise you, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. For the record, working with one has been the best for my finances.

@divlweb

3 күн бұрын

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@charlotterayeee

3 күн бұрын

@@divlweb I get guidance from *Susan Tori Davis* Most likely, the internet should have her basic info..

No job. No friends. No partner. Life is brutal.

@eriotosama

3 ай бұрын

I empathize. What is the point of it all tbh

@mormegil84

3 ай бұрын

@@eriotosama I honestly don't know anymore. All the best to you, at any rate.

@eriotosama

3 ай бұрын

@@mormegil84 i wish i could say it gets better but the reality is, we have a pretty messed up culture in so many aspects. Our country is 1st world in reputation and on the surface but deep down our people are far worse off mentally than 3rd world places. Not saying id trade the US for a village in comminist China, but man, if theyre at least somewhat happy, that is still a bigger win for them than for us.

@yuuasinyoupoo6781

3 ай бұрын

Wishing the best for you man

@mormegil84

3 ай бұрын

@yuuasinyoupoo6781 Thanks. Just trying to take it one day at a time. All the best to you as well.

One of my least favorite things when job hunting is having to re-enter all my experience into their system when ITS ALREADY ON MY RESUME. It shouldn't take 45 minutes to apply for a job, especially since you have to apply for so many. I hate having an account with every company's website so I can apply, too.

@kazbah1217

3 ай бұрын

I agree. The application process is so frustrating and time consuming. I was recently told I had the job. I uploaded all of my personal documents. Then they send me an online test. Then they tell me I wasn't fast enough on the test. I'm literally a speed queen on the keyboard. So all this time invested for nothing. I don't believe I didn't pass the test. Now they have all my personal documents on file. Passport, everything and no job. I feel scammed but there is nothing I can do about it. This process is effing soul destroying. Good luck to you.

@Ming12175

3 ай бұрын

Yes it is absolutely ridiculous.

@cece1907

3 ай бұрын

@@kazbah1217omg same thing with me these companies are getting clever. They realize people are onto their schemes so now they’re sending out elaborate tests designed to make you fail. Like 40 elaborate reading questions in 25 minutes? No one can complete that. They think everyone is dumb. I bet they have a deal for funding in exchange for showing ‘efforts’.

@JesManVP

3 ай бұрын

I agree idk why but I be applying more conservative I apply to jobs I feel are more likely to hire like rn I applied to a warehouse that just opened near me and they need workers

@joshuajackson7050

3 ай бұрын

Yes it's ridiculous why are you asking me about my experience it's on my resume for crying out loud.

Hiring is no longer an assessment of skills and temperaments; it's a form of prolonged ritual humiliation.

@cannotwest

Ай бұрын

Yes.

Graduating for Computer Science 70+ job applications 1 interview 0 offers

"the job market is fairly solid" literally every big company is announcing lay-offs and the response rate from recruiters is minimal to none

@turkizno

3 ай бұрын

fairly solid but the base is built on crumbling paper and the tower is falling down.

@MadCaril

3 ай бұрын

Honestly, i just wish for the best to all the hard workers out there. @@turkizno

@jonny-b4954

3 ай бұрын

@@turkiznoThat's the entire world economy. The world economy the U.S. forged post-war and has trumpeted since end of the Cold War. Capitalism is definitely the way to go, we just have some serious issues in basically every single sector. Everything, darn near everything needs major reform.

@Chitown18

3 ай бұрын

I got laid off a couple days ago ..the amount of businesses closing atm is insane

@RuckFussia

3 ай бұрын

@@comp.eng.student2055 Trump was the worst jobs president since Herbert Hoover.

So we’re not gonna talk about how employers are eliminating roles and asking the next person in line to do 2 jobs for the salary of 1? THAT is the biggest change that’s happened so let’s talk about it.

@KayBeOnline

3 ай бұрын

That's a fact. That's why my mom walked away from her last job... They were literally working her into bad health. And now she's trying to find a new one in this tough labor market

@Lily-ow5wm

3 ай бұрын

This is exactly what happening!

@AkaiOtinashi

3 ай бұрын

This is exactly what's happening in my field. I have a degree and credential I'm required to maintain with CEUs. Although I have worked a menial job since graduating 2 years ago I have yet to find a job in my field. I've discovered organizations are making my job part of the duties for other positions, putting multiple jobs on a few people so they can hire less. It's disgusting, forcing multiple jobs on people who will eventually burn out while making it impossible for people who need jobs to find any meaningful work.

@KayBeOnline

3 ай бұрын

@@Birdman621 yep, if I remember correctly, my mom was doing the work of an account receivable department + other things basically by herself (her manager over her checking in)... She never got a day off and she was there 4 or 5 years, not because she didn't have time accruing but because no one else could do her job if she was gone. Her health was starting to decline from stress, and even though my dad needed the help, he backed her up in quitting. Thank God, her health is a lot better.

@tammylee6141

3 ай бұрын

Worked in accounting job 7 years, killing myself working overtime and did a great job. “Laid off” so they could hire 2 people to fill my position with people straight out of college for 1/2 the pay. It’s impossible on either end to be treated fairly.

Whyyy is life like this😢 Life should be a temporary struggle, but at least we should all have the chance to support our basic human needs.

@somerandomguy7458

22 күн бұрын

Too many people

Month 6 of searching. And I’m searching for anything. Just need something to help me finish grad school and save up. Nothing. It’s very discouraging but we have to survive somehow. Biggest fear is homelessness.

@adityavamsipulipakam4018

Ай бұрын

Month 10 here. I am an immigrant as well. Spent loads of money coming to the US and I have two months left to find a job. Thousands of applications in vain. So much for dreams ig.

@prasb

Ай бұрын

​@@adityavamsipulipakam4018 Do Sarkari job

@tiredoftheworld4834

Ай бұрын

@@adityavamsipulipakam4018 could a fairly safe way of self employment work??

@tiredoftheworld4834

Ай бұрын

@@adityavamsipulipakam4018 find people in your ethnic community and reach out to them for help. Wishing you the best. God bless.

Are we not going to address the elephant in the room? These jobs pay pennies. No one wants to work two jobs. In this economy, even with a college degree, employers are offering like $12 an hour part-time work. As a 28 year old man, I can't take care of my bills, my debt, and my lifestyle with that kind of wage. I can't even imagine people who have children or a wife. No one mentioned a job market filled with jobs that pay pennies for part time work when our cost of living is skyrocketing nationwide.

@gchsbus

3 ай бұрын

Right. I have a grad degree and under employed. I work 7 days a week and three jobs. People need to live. It is what it is.

@staciehahn9175

3 ай бұрын

Cullman, Alabama: “Sonic is hiring is anyone is looking for a part time job! $8/hr…”

@gamesguy

3 ай бұрын

12 an hour? Walmart's national minimum wage is $14/hr, where are you applying? Random gas stations in the middle of nowhere?

@aliceslab

3 ай бұрын

​@@gamesguyeither amount isnt enough and no one has choices like that. you dont pick the job it picks you. and if the only one is nowhere gas station you don't have a choice.

@kaimiz

3 ай бұрын

@@gamesguyI work for 15.50 an hour full time at a factory and even that's not enough to survive while living literally in the middle of nowhere

Employers want employees yet are INSANELY freaking picky. I feel employers are just becoming more and more lazy to train but then they complain that not enough ppl have their ideal experience like tf?!

@TheShadeManGuitar

3 ай бұрын

This is my job to a tee.

@smith13514

3 ай бұрын

THIS is so freaking true. I didn't get a call back from a phone screen cuz I focus on a slightly different flavor of financial analysis at a different bank.... They want you to be able to work from day 1

@nut_smacker

3 ай бұрын

I've been laid off twice in the past year. Both jobs I was hired with the explicit understanding that I was inexperienced but that I would be trained. Both lay offs occurred because my employers changed their minds and decided they only want someone with years of experience, which I see now in their job postings. "Nobody wants to work anymore"? No, nobody wants to train anymore.

@bms0294

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree!

@THEDOORIZCLOSED

3 ай бұрын

EXTREMELY lazy to train

The labor market is the worst it’s been in my lifetime. I’ve personally felt like I’ve been living through a great depression since 2008

The new American dream is to leave

entry level job requires 5 years experience, a masters degree, an exhaustive online application followed by an online personality test, submission of resume and cover letter, a 3 week wait for a response (if any at all) followed by 4 rounds of interviews followed by 6 months of silence and then a rejection email.

@dawnsmith1613

3 ай бұрын

No shade 😂

@TexasMadePapi

3 ай бұрын

Could not have said it better 👏🏽💯

@teeteeshouse

3 ай бұрын

You forgot the IQ test

@skuminator

3 ай бұрын

You forgot the 16 competition coding tasks, that they couldnt solve themselves if they hadnt look it up

@davefischer2344

3 ай бұрын

XD, @@skuminator

And yet companies complain because no one wants to work. Smh

@mikeadams8708

3 ай бұрын

Why hire people that don't want to work. Companies can select the cream of the crop right now, leaving a lot of low-level talent out in the cold.

@kaedense

3 ай бұрын

@@mikeadams8708 the video is a very clear indicator that people /do/ want to work. why have a business if you don’t want to hire and train people to keep it running?

@JessieGates

3 ай бұрын

@@kaedenseGovernment money for hiring while never filling the role so it always looks positive for a pos president.

@kaedense

3 ай бұрын

@@JessieGates yea, unfortunately :( it’s so messed up how that works in their favor

@divergentthg7925

3 ай бұрын

Well maybe we got to be magically a foreigner or pretty female then will be able to go ahead in life

They are flat out lying. Lay offs are at an all time high. Most tech workers are averaging applications in the 1000s most job postings are to make shareholders see perpetual growth this is the exact reason for the lay offs to begin with. Educate yourself. Never be loyal to a company.

I have a PhD in biochemistry and more than a decade of experience. I been laid off for 8 months. What I've had to put up with is absurd.

@jarskil8862

3 ай бұрын

Having bachelors In bioprocesses myself. Was working 6 months at one company that engineers processes for different industries, mostly chemicals and pulp&paper. Did Piping and instrumentation diagram checkings and pump- and pipe size calculation. Got laid off and now been 10 months without a job myself. Been applying even as Basic operator at different process piloting plants. Job markets are rough as hell atm. What sucks is that I had huge plans to start planning my Masters degree with money the engineer position gives me. It was so sudden when I got a call from my boss that my contract was decided to end after 2 weeks.

@MisterTutor2010

Ай бұрын

Now it's more than 10 months.

@aaliyahbabygirlhaughton883

Ай бұрын

​@@MisterTutor2010😢

@MisterTutor2010

11 күн бұрын

Now it's 11 months.

@TheMaskedThearpist

5 күн бұрын

I have a masters I’ve been unemployed for 7 months

Personally speaking, employers are looking for people to work, but once you apply they're so damn picky and reject you without telling you why, or just simply ghosting you. Then those same employers go right back to looking for people to work. It's messed, especially for us in the younger generations. I'm tired of it all.

@violet_7808

3 ай бұрын

Heavy on the ghosting like man up and tell me if I got the job or not!

@kaijuultimax9407

3 ай бұрын

I love logging into Indeed the day after my rejection letter just to see they've put the same exact job posting right back up 🙃

@markjay911

3 ай бұрын

Yeah been dealing with this dilemma with Indeed for the past Year already. It's an absolute joke. I can't tell you how many applications I have filled out, and the job description will even say, willing to train. Next day, im rejected. Even when I apply for a job which I qualify for, I get rejected or never get a call back.

@techguydilan

3 ай бұрын

They don't want to pay the COVID loans back. "Not being able to find workers" is one copout they can take to never have to pay them back. So this will plague us for another 10+ years.

@turkizno

3 ай бұрын

And sometimes the job application is either a fake (they post available jobs when there isn't one), or they outright lie to you that "oh sorry it is filled by now, but we have something else that pays lower"

A good comment I saw on LinkedIn is basically this. They want the experience of a 50 year old. The drive and performance of a 30 year old. The pay expectations of a 20 year old.

@KesSharann

3 ай бұрын

Yes, but this has been the case for at least 50 years. The 70's was a huge turning point for wealth distribution and upward mobility. It all turned to *&^% for most people. Unions are slowly clawing back what once was.

@Demopans5990

3 ай бұрын

For something that a 10 year old can learn in a week

@rockgod2131

3 ай бұрын

Can't blame em. It's a buyer's market. Everything is slanted in favor of the corporations.

@___beyondhorizon4664

3 ай бұрын

There was an ad on ZIP recruiter last week Soldeby the auction house, located at the richest city la Jolla, was looking for intern paying $12/hours I reported it to the job sites as paying below state minimum wage

@shopece8807

3 ай бұрын

Lol exactly and smh. I'm 36 and been working since I was 14 but it my current field have a total of almost 12 yrs experience (9.5 of it with no gaps in employment). The amount of listings wanting 12+ yrs MINIMUM of experience but only want to pay 65k TOPS is wild for a mid-level at best position (DC/NoVa area). I like where I am and not job hunting anymore but perusing the listings (just because) still sure makes me feel lucky. edit: to add these "strong" job market reports are a liiiieeeee.

I got laid off in May 2023 and I JUST got a job. It’s very true. I can’t tell you how many applications I applied to and I only got maybe 4 interviews over the whole year. It’s crazy.

@Fadexd888

4 күн бұрын

Rip this economy

Companies act like they’re hiring but in reality they want the least amount of people to do the most work and then wonder why they have a turnover rate of 50-80% 🤦‍♀️ then they have the nerve to claim that no one wants to work

My daughter has been unemployed for over a year, there are no jobs unless you want to work for minimum wage. Except you can't afford to work for minimum wage with student loans, and $2000 a month apartment rent. Laid off tech workers can't afford to live off of making burritos at Chipotle. Also job requirements are too strict, they want the moon, they are unwilling to train qualified job seekers.

@hmoobmikah

3 ай бұрын

You should look your local IBEW and apply today. There arent a whole lot of female electricians in the trade. Being an Electrician is less taxing on the body than most trades. Journeyman electricians make between $35-60/hr with another $15-30/hr in healthcare and retirement depending on where you live and how strong your union is. Unions generally make about 10-15% more than non union. You'll never have to go job hunt, negotiate your salary ever again. Apprentices start out making 50% of what a journeyman makes. With each 8-10 month getting a pay raise until they top out. You get free school tuition, paid on-the-job training, free healthcare, 3 pensions, optional 401k. ALL of this is paid by the contractors and union.

@yoboybigj875

3 ай бұрын

This is why I never went to college but I went to trade school because they never promised the student they will get a job unless it in high demand and then the debt destroys their credit score

@la6136

3 ай бұрын

Employers are so lazy they don’t want to train people anymore when that would actually yield them better results long term

@DustinHeath-ki8lt

3 ай бұрын

​​@@hmoobmikahI'm an electrician, umm yeah, no. You make it sound so wonderful but in reality what you wrote isn't true. The electrical field is being over run with illegals.

@sugarsugar475

3 ай бұрын

Out of work a year here too. Completely agree. I’ve had to take a part time minimum wage job to make ends meet. Unless you have a unique skill set that’s in current demand, corporate America doesn’t want anyone over 50.

I can't stand it when a job calls itself entry level but requires years of experience in multiple highly specialized fields. Why did I even go to college if I can't find a job in my field?

@ryantetreault3447

3 ай бұрын

What was your degree?

@user-bm6xz6pq5z

3 ай бұрын

​@@ryantetreault3447 Computer Science and IT

@aznosu

3 ай бұрын

Bc you paid into the business of education and loans that drives the US economy and allows those who lead or mislead to hoard billions all while creating laughable rewarded jobs... and they will do this and manipulate the numbers in order to hoard to trillions while ofc they have to take it from somewhere and that is the population.

@keithpalmer4547

3 ай бұрын

Everyone is supposed to have a specific degree in a "useful" field. Then you are not a LOSER and can get a job. BUT if we all had the same degrees in "useful" jobs they would suddenly be worthless degrees wouldn't they? People talking sh!t about what our diplomas are in should shut their mouths.

@i_marcus_quintus

3 ай бұрын

You get in through internships. Back in my day it was unpaid labor but today, they pay (low rates but still).

The whole process of building and editing your resume and looking for jobs and interviewing is absolutely brutal. So exhausting. Its a job in itself. I hope those of you currently going through it find something decent paying so you can be happy

If you fail to land a job, it's not because you are unskilled, but rather that you don't have luck or It's a fake job offer. Selling yourself is a skill needed to land a job. Lying is mandatory. When you have the choice between lying, gettin a job and buying food or being honest and living in the street. To live life you need good and evil, vice and virtue. A balance.

"compared to your parents, it's a good market" my dad was never asked to do 3 months of free work for a company then get ghosted. He was hired immediately and they bought him a house that was 100% ours. But yeah please tell me how they had it so much worse.

@AldousHuxley7

3 ай бұрын

In the 1980s a single man could afford a basic house car wedding ring and a kid within 3-5 years of working while the wife stayed at home. Im 27 no kids work full time and can barely afford to live in a trailer park. My friends are all stuck in single bedroom apartments for $1200/month because they can't afford to buy a house or anything like that. The day that a recession or depression hits its game over we're already barely hanging on.

@izzytwinkles

3 ай бұрын

Literally. My grandfather graduated from a community college right after high school, got a job working on windmills that was enough to sustain a place. Then after his heart attack, they gave him a new position that required more training so they PAID for his schooling. Anything like that exist today? Cause I sure haven't found it.

@tomaslopez2940

3 ай бұрын

Yeah the press and financial experts are liars these days

@XJ9sodypop

3 ай бұрын

our parents had full time schedule or 50+ hours/week. the rest of us get scheduled to work 4 hour shifts a day, 3 times a week.

@Ford_prefect_42

3 ай бұрын

@@XJ9sodypop LMAO! Bro I worked 90-95 hour weeks for 5 years on a salary with no over time. What planet are you on where you work "shifts"

There was a study a few years ago where they found that hiring random people on the spot yielded the same quality as multiple rounds of interviews and intense scrutiny.

@nobody27019

3 ай бұрын

Could you post a link, please, if it's feasible to find that study?

@JonasPolsky

3 ай бұрын

There was an Ignobel Prize study that determined PROMOTING employees at random yielded the same results as selective promotion. You may be thinking of that

@myoutuber77

3 ай бұрын

Multiple rounds of interviews are not intended to find qualified candidates. They are in place to wear you off so that at the end of the process you will be more likely to accept a lesser job offer.

@JakeSmith-jy1kx

3 ай бұрын

That would HIGHLY depend on the role you are hiring for. You definitely can't do that for an Engineer or Doctor or Lawyer or pretty much any other highly compensated position. There's a reason those pay well, you need to be skilled to do the job and those skills don't come easily.

@roxaskinghearts

3 ай бұрын

because the rich value the body parts of mexico and sx trade of dubai more then family values republicans are the root of all evil

It’s not worth getting a job. They won’t pay you living wage anyway.

@robertagren9360

2 ай бұрын

It's not why having a job is good to have. If you don't use the job to earn money you lose the money. The bank is a reserve on wealth created from jobs. What you can leverage on the loan through your job is what you earn.

Apparently we are in a ‘skills shortage’ with ‘millions of jobs unfilled’ which ‘necessitates’ the importation of millions of foreigners. The whole thing is a crock.

@Dontstopbelievingman

3 ай бұрын

Well, you can pay them less, and they won't complain about mistreatment for fear of being deported. Modern slavery.

@supermegadong7597

Ай бұрын

If they deported illegal immigrants then more jobs would open up. But we aren’t ready for that conversation

They call it "cooling the labor market down." We call it "risk of being evicted because we can't make rent." I get that inflation is an issue that needs to be addressed, but why is it always the working class who has to suffer for the sake of the economy? How about someone with less to lose? It's demoralizing and frustrating.

@blackdan0259

3 ай бұрын

"why is it the working class who has to suffer for the sake of economy" Technically the boss also got hit, you don't hear them bosses complaining in the media because they have cushion for emergency fund! You working class yell the most when you got out of the work that is why it feels you are the only one who suffer. Remember2-3 years ago when the company literally hire anyone and you as working class do this game called quiet quitting? How bout dat? Now they literally quit you from the work. Problem solved! They retain mostly 80-90 percent of the work force that don't do that game! Welcome to the tougher side of job hunting!

@EroticOnion23

3 ай бұрын

Almost ALL of those jobs are fake...you see, these "employers" get government grants to "stimulate the economy" by hiring more head count, but they just make up some excuse ("lack of qualified candidates") and just pockets the grant money (that comes out of YOUR taxes)!! When will enough be enough!! 🤬

@AuspexAO

3 ай бұрын

Because the working class doesn't own their own labor. You have basically no rights in the workforce. A wealthy person buys your labor and then uses you up and tosses you out. The only thing that matters in this country is wealth, period. Can you imagine if the thousands of dollars you generate in sales, productivity, innovation, etc was yours to bargain with? I know. I can't either, lol. I've lived in this rotten system since I was born too.

@FnLizardKing

3 ай бұрын

@@blackdan0259 Quit roleplaying as someone's boss on the internet, you talk like you have the mental capacity of a child.

@blueconlan9180

3 ай бұрын

Raw materials are at an all time low in costs and profits at a high. There is no inflation. It is 100% corporate greed coupled with a need to punish the working class. Too many think pieces on quiet quitting and people leaving bad jobs scared upper management

Can we talk about how “Entry Level” jobs are not really entry level. Seriously who posts an entry level job that requires at least two years experience for something.

@ericeandco

3 ай бұрын

Not only do you have to have experience you have to have specialized experience!

@ericeandco

3 ай бұрын

Not only do you have to have experience you have to have specialized experience!

@TheEdgyBarbie

2 ай бұрын

try 3 years, masters preferred and NO MONEY. I saw that the other day

@nataliedem2591

2 ай бұрын

Omg yes! They expect you to have industry experience like you were born with it. Not to add that they choose junior-mid senior level in the end. Why post it as entry level?!

@korster9922

2 ай бұрын

It just doesn't make any sense at all.

The problem is how insane and unprofessional HR departments are

I got the skills, I got the experience, I got the qualifications listed, yet I can’t even get a phone screen. My resume was weaker 2 years ago yet I would get calls just days after applying. This blows 💀

After my most recent interview, I received an email a week later announcing that they weren't going to hire anyone for the position after all. What an enormous waste of everyone's time

@morighani

3 ай бұрын

wtf. this should not be legal???

@XJ9sodypop

3 ай бұрын

that's nothing. Ive applied 11 times at my nearest grocery store. they interviewed me about 5 times but never offered me anything. i dont have a criminal record

@Kirtrickify

3 ай бұрын

@@morighaniI’ve seen this happen like 5 times to me. Specifically, Disney corporate did this for like 4 different roles where they said “no one was good enoughl”

@chocololz123

3 ай бұрын

@@XJ9sodypoplove you xj9 sody pop

@halien6384

3 ай бұрын

I’ve had this happen to me too. I work in the journalism industry and had an interview at a local news outlet. A few weeks later they said the position they interviewed me for wasn’t actually going to exist anymore and then they had layoffs 🫠 A year later they posted an application for a reporter role so I applied…that position has now been open since Halloween and I haven’t heard anything, not even a rejection.

When they say jobs are available, they mean the minimum wage ones with no benefits and no required skills...that isn't helping people who need a little thing called rent money, grocery money, and medical coverage.

@boobomberry5466

3 ай бұрын

Whats worse is even entry level jobs dont want to hire.

@tallyp.7643

3 ай бұрын

I've applied to hundreds of jobs (too scared to look at my "job applications" inbox and tally the real number) since March 2023. Probably 95% or more were "entry level" service jobs. Got a few interviews here and there, but mostly ghosts or "we've found another applicant". Lost count of the number of companies where I went into the job seeker portal for them and found my applications "under review" or just "submitted" even months later. They don't even bother to look sometimes! It's the waiting game that hurts the most. And then when you get the interview, feel you did well, only to get ghosted or they choose someone else... after nearly a year of this crap, I feel like Charlie Brown with the football. Don't get my hopes up... but I always do. And it sucks.

@taeminenjoyer

3 ай бұрын

and even those jobs don’t want me!!

@wolftownesque

3 ай бұрын

minimum jobs require a very important skill: capable of dealing with horrible humans and terrible managers for little pay.

@yellowbasementrecords651

3 ай бұрын

Youre out of touch. i have had 10 jobs this year none of them pay minimum wage all had good benefits and time off. You are out of touch

2023 was a terrible year for new college graduates, and 2024 seems to be off to a repeat of 2023. Something is horribly wrong.

@wyattmp

2 ай бұрын

Probably has something to do with who those college students and their green hair voted for.

Apply for a job and getting a interview it's like hit the powerball these days

Needs to be a legal requirement that employers state the wage on the application. Absolutely insane for it to be "negotiated" at an interview.

@PNarbz123

3 ай бұрын

They throw any random question to try weasel into offering you less, like it matters how much I make at my current job or how much I made at my previous role.

@sciencelover3339

3 ай бұрын

I don't even care what they pay. I just want to know that it's not an unpaid position. They don't even tell you that.

@Charlesmclark2

3 ай бұрын

That's my problem. They wont tell you pay

@kaylarustem8403

3 ай бұрын

That is newly a legal requirement in CA!

@mjjae8122

3 ай бұрын

Some states have things like this, I live in california and they have to at least provide a range which is definitely helpful.

exactly. I’ve applied for so many jobs. I couldn’t even get hired at spirit Halloween and I have a masters degree. I feel judged constantly because people think “no one wants to work” - but it simply isn’t true. Thanks for this.

@seauxtired

3 ай бұрын

This is sad and frustrating, but when applying for jobs like those, try taking your MA off of your resume. Some hiring managers consider you "overqualified" and dismiss your application, if you have a higher degree than what they're asking for.

@Queenofdacastle

3 ай бұрын

@@seauxtired coming from a recruiter 🙋🏾‍♀️ I recruit for a bank for work from home positions and most of the ppl I interview who are “over qualified “ simply don’t answer the questions the right way or their personality is not very inviting. Number one question most ppl fail is “ Tell me about a time you observed an act of dishonesty or lack of integrity by a co worker. “ “And how did you handle it?” Although it’s a bank ppl will tell me I would go and speak to the person to let them know they can’t do that. That’s the wrong answer because that’s not your job to confront anyone no matter the approach.

@sofiabravo1994

3 ай бұрын

@@Queenofdacastle thats a tiny percentage, most people arent applying for a bank job...

@morighani

3 ай бұрын

@@Queenofdacastleyou’re a miserable person. there’s no “wrong” interview answer, it’s not a standardized test. You’d seriously dismiss an applicant because they’d try to warn the person before reporting them to authorities? Because “it’s not their job”? truly truly miserable, gtfo

@ClaireGreen-wd2gm

3 ай бұрын

​@@QueenofdacastleNow if it's a work from home bank job what coworkers are you reckoning they will observe doing anything unethical?

I’ve been struggling to find a job since May of last year. It’s horrible

@cikmasturahashim

2 ай бұрын

I feel you. Mine starting from August. So tired, stressful and confused.

Honestly I feel like I’ve been lied to, growing up throughout my school years my parents and our teachers promised us that if you worked hard study hard that you would be rewarded you would get the fruits of your labor. And apparently after graduating high school still haven’t got a job yet, apparently Many people who gone to or are in the workforce or I’ve gone to college or university and I’ve graduated by now or still learning have had difficult time too. The job hunt combined with the cost of Living is hurting so many people. I h

I applied for a job in December 12, 2023. It’s February 3rd, 2024 and I’m still now doing the 4th interview. There’s 5 interviews. Insane.

@astoldby_jenna

3 ай бұрын

I hate the exaggerated amount of time between each round

@Bergsen_Bun-sense

3 ай бұрын

All for the CHANCE of working there

@mammajamma4397

3 ай бұрын

That's not a good sign. Even if you get the job, they're gonna make you miserable.

@roxaskinghearts

3 ай бұрын

because the rich value the body parts of mexico and sx trade of dubai more then family values republicans are the root of all evil

@blackreacher

3 ай бұрын

You're less likely to quit, just to go through this process again. Now, they can pretty much treat you as they want, whata you gonna do about it? Leave? Nah

All things aside, why do job interviews feel like a series of trick questions? “Why should we hire you?” “What would you do if_” “tell us a time where you_”. And most times if you’re completely honest, it’s the wrong answer. If they looked for honest answers maybe they’d end up with valuable employees instead of forcing everyone to parrot the same cliché answers. It’s so exhausting having to be an actor just to work at a place that’s barely paying minimum wage.

@plousia

3 ай бұрын

This ^

@reelfly

3 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@user-up6gf1vu9v

3 ай бұрын

Exactly!!

@AstarionWifey

3 ай бұрын

We might as well become actors because this is just training 🤣🥲

@amicaaranearum

3 ай бұрын

Yep. You have to cosplay as your corporate persona.

I've been unemployed for a year and feeling like I'm at rock bottom lately. I've had one interview and am submitting applications left and right. I rarely hear anything back and if I do it's a rejection email. I have 15 years of experience in marketing and account management and I'm starting to apply to low level customer service positions just for an attempt to get in a door. Any door. I've even thought about an unpaid internship I recently saw. I've never felt so defeated in my life.

@dramir5953

Ай бұрын

Since December 2022 and to this day, i have applied to a total of 19,723 jobs (still counting), all of which got rejected. Mind you i have a Medical Degree and a Masters degree with a decade of experience with patients and hospitals...... Upper jobs reject me for no reason, while the below jobs reject me because i am over qualified... When you say rock bottom, I felt that on a personal level brother

Job hunting is like searching for a girlfriend on tinder now

@dontquitpersevere323

2 ай бұрын

You need a job to have a gf lol

@mormegil84

Ай бұрын

Truer words were never spoken. Why do we now need a resume for dating? And like the other commenter here said, we obviously need a job to have a girlfriend, but we can't find those too. What is life right now? 💀

I was up for a fast-casual restaurant job and the person waiting to interview for the same job said he did a 4-round interview with Whole Foods and still didn't get the job. Why are places like Whole Foods doing multiple rounds? That's ridiculous. What a waste of this person's time.

@christinepoppy3277

3 ай бұрын

I had to do an initial group interview for Sephora before the one on one interview. They accepted everyone except the one girl who didn’t wear all black. She wore a white shirt with black pants.😅

@xbox360fan52

3 ай бұрын

I remember an oil change service that I was in an interview for was doing the exact same thing. Two rounds of interviews in person and two over the phone interviews, but this also applies to fast-casual restaurant jobs too? I can understand one interview since they want to get to know who they are so that they can pick who gets the job, but what could they possibly be talking about in 4+ interviews apart from talking about the job and the applicant's qualifications? After the one interview is done, should they not already have enough of an impression about the applicant's ability to do the job efficiently? 4+ rounds of interviews for entry level positions that pay minimum wage, wow!

@uscitizen3252

3 ай бұрын

@@xbox360fan52 it's insane. The job I was applying for had a one-round interview along with taking their full day of class THEN if you passed the class, they offer you employment. The 4-rounds was Whole Foods, which isn't any better.

@Homeschoolkindermum

3 ай бұрын

They ask you 100 questions as if you’re applying to become an FBI agent or an aerospace engineer. Working in a grocery store is not rocket science.

@uscitizen3252

3 ай бұрын

@@Homeschoolkindermum Exactly! It's out of hand! You can do all the pre-vetting you want and it still may not work out. Just hire someone who's capable and a person you like. These jobs are taking themselves way too seriously.

The crazy thing is that some older people dont know about this problem so they end up yelling at thier son/ daughter saying "Why cant you find a job already it isnt that hard!" It really is that hard sadly for us young adults

@realSimoneCherie

3 ай бұрын

A lot of people don’t know - it used to be a volume game where you just submit as many apps as possible and you’ll land somewhere but that’s not true anymore. Even aside from the scam postings, too many companies just post jobs to see what talent is out there even if they aren’t hiring and

@MangaGamify

3 ай бұрын

True, You get so stressed out looking for a job, and when you come home they think you just went out having some fun instead of supporting you or encouraging you to a point that I wished they were born in the year 3000 and see what I see.

@timetravelingjukebox

3 ай бұрын

This is the story of my life and it's beyond frustrating and exhausting 😫

@ryans413

3 ай бұрын

Here’s how it goes they want experience so that cuts most the people looking for jobs in half. They want part time employees that dose not work for most people who need full time work so that cuts the applicants more. Lastly the pay is crap and that steers more people away. They want to work you less and pay you less and don’t want to train you. No wonder employers are complaining no one wants to work.

@AdamBer-ir6eg

3 ай бұрын

Literally same and I've started to get physically ill after being already emotionally and mentally tired and done .. they're in their sixties and they're expecting me to make their last days so luxurious with the fancy job I don't want to take because of "my laziness" ... Little they know that it seems like I AM the one who's in his final days and I'd probably die from an illness, my heart, stomach, brain and organs are killing me yet I'm still silently suffering and trying to learn and work I'm in my twenties I care about way more than they do about me, yet they're the ones who brought me to this mess/life ... I'm leaving soon .. moving to another apartment, city or I hope to start my life in another country and come to visit from time to time

In 2023, I had to send approximately 250 applications in the field of marketing, business management and art direction (had a different resume for each) to get 2 serious job offers. I'm now managing a startup's marketing department. It took 4 months between the time I was laid off to the time I started my new position. I used up all my savings to keep up with bills during that time. So for everyone who is going through a job search right now, don't despair, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just don't give up and use all the tools at your disposal to present yourself in an authentic, professional light to potential employers. Don't give up! You got this.

@edwardlovrr

2 ай бұрын

Good luck on your start up!

The official unemployment numbers are bogus

@Ezbpete

7 күн бұрын

So true; they don’t reflect all the people who have exhausted their benefits but still haven’t found a job - and they don’t reflect the growing number of people who are underemployed (taking any job to try to make some money.)

Sending out 30 resumes and getting 4 callbacks is an insanely good response rate

@ahhitskatie9094

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! And that’s even a good response rate in a normal job market.

@marklee2588

3 ай бұрын

just as bad in the u.k. too, applied for 100+ jobs and got TWO responses.

@user-cb2vb8yl1g

3 ай бұрын

It’s extremely good!

@felicityhoneycutt8570

3 ай бұрын

Not when I'm the one calling them, hounding them to jot down my name and number. Half the time I get a fake hr robot that never gets me in contact with a person.

@dusantokarcik8567

3 ай бұрын

@@marklee2588 what is your profession (education) ?

The "be a good citizen, respect the law, work hard, pay the taxes and you will get what you need" social contract is crumbling and its evident. They cannot ask us to play by the rules and starve.

@shinji1264

3 ай бұрын

Y'all punished petty drug dealers for years now look at you... Wanna break the law now cuz u feel it's unfair😂

@sadscientist9995

3 ай бұрын

We need to stop playing by their rules.

@starrycat110

3 ай бұрын

We need solidarity as a people. As long as we’re distracted and fighting amongst ourselves, we aren’t a threat to this broken system

@HollowNpc

3 ай бұрын

I’ve thought of this idea all the time. In what world is it fair for an individual to be forced to live in a society that shrugs at them as they eagerly follow the rules and struggle to be productive in any way ethically possible

Companies posting fake jobs in anyway shape or form should be illegal…

Easily the worst job market I have ever seen, and it's going to get much, much, worse. Very quickly

@gont183

16 күн бұрын

Are you talking about the job market in India?

@--Morpheus--

Күн бұрын

Thanks communism

@gont183

Күн бұрын

@@--Morpheus-- India isn't communist

@--Morpheus--

Күн бұрын

@@gont183 is it a "republic democracy"?

@gont183

Күн бұрын

@@--Morpheus-- it is many things, but not communist

Trucker here - You know it’s a problem when a driver with 10+ years of experience and a clean MVR isn’t seeing a lot of offers

@aliveandwell3958

3 ай бұрын

I hope you get an offer soon!

@najeefilms

3 ай бұрын

Shyt I have 9 months experience I'm getting only OTR offers. I'm going for local trainee or something.

@Somelikeitthrift

3 ай бұрын

This made my heart stop… this is not good at all

@koollee

3 ай бұрын

Same here.. 6+yrs exp. Ill take otr or local SoCal.. to whereever lol Bless

Getting ghosted by employers is the most frustrating aspect of job hunting. It like you spend so much time applying and they don't even glance over your resume

@n64central

3 ай бұрын

Imagine getting the 1st or 2nd interview they SAID they will contact you for a follow up never do. That is true ghosting

@vetgirl71

3 ай бұрын

@@n64centralI agree 100%! Just happened to me this week for a part-time clerical job at that (I’m retired). The recruiter scheduled a 15 minute telephone interview with me Friday morning. Told me the hours range from 20-25 hours & the hours are not set. I would be expected to work between the hours of 9am-5pm Monday-Friday and the owner of the business (insurance agency ) will alter my schedule every week between those hours based on operational needs. I asked about parking because I know the area is heavily metered. They don’t have designated parking spots, so I would also have to feed the meters for a part-time job. 🙄 She had the nerve to ask me if I ever worked on an “integrated “ computer system with customer’s information linked to. I worked for 20 plus years in management at a major billion dollar hospital corporation for over 20’years with multiple computer applications & my resume indicates all the computer technology I used at my job, plus I trained employees that I supervised (25 employees)on the computers, did payroll also , have a bachelor’s degree and also an Army veteran & she asked me that dumba$$ question. I personally felt it was biased due to my age. She promised to call back with a date for my second interview with the owner… crickets! You guys think it’s difficult for to get a full time job, imagine what it’s like for a measly part-time entry level clerical job?!! 😅These delusional employers don’t know the definition of part-time , so many of them expect you to work random times , weekends, holidays, overtime and beyond 25-30 hours, right at the mark where you are not actually full time so they won’t have to offer you health benefits or pto. Thank goodness I have my husband’s health insurance & my pension! It’s murder out there trying to just get even a part-time job to make extra money to save for emergencies! 😩

@cunnylicious

3 ай бұрын

Its just a numbers game at this point. You can tailor your resume enough so that it passes the ai checker but anythjng more than that is just wasted effort

@user-fe7py7ws1c

3 ай бұрын

i don’t even waiste my time for application taking over 30 minutes if they dnt care to return call a declined application i’m not doing an hour long application

@results_not_found

3 ай бұрын

Especially after 3-4 rounds of interviews and a case study... I hate these people, they are the worst.

I finally secured a full-time job after two months of searching. Hundreds of applications, and I'm not even applying for competitive white collar positions (most of my apps have been for fast food, restaurant, retail, custodial work, etc). The job market is absolutely broken right now.

Employers seem to be looking for the perfect candidate, presumably someone who is already employed in the same job somewhere else.

being told you're overqualified for a simple job because you moved to a new area and need to pay your rent is insane to me... especially when rent is at an ALL TIME HIGH.

@lucky_lulu317

3 ай бұрын

I’ve been told this after applying to a job that didn’t require that much but it’s like I want the job no matter what

@athiestjesus8133

3 ай бұрын

I never understood how being "overqualified" is even a thing. Like, doesn't that just mean I'd be really good at it?

@truehappiness4U

3 ай бұрын

@@donk8105the bosses at companies in this capitalistic corrupt society want of course all the profits for themselves. They want to go as cheap as possible with employees. Hence many manufactures closed down, moving to China or India etc. Where labour is cheap. But those poor uneducated people, do not have the education like here in the West. So for hard educated jobs, companies have to look for employees in the West. Would those poor people be able to get educated (having money for a good quality college), those western rich jobs would move to those poor countries as well. Because the western bosses want all the profits for themselves

@jillw892

3 ай бұрын

​@@athiestjesus8133 Great comment. I'm 54 and recently figured this out. Yes, I know the existing people can feel threatened. You will also get bored. Get a holier-than-thou attitude. Possibly make fun of less knowledgeable employees. It's just not a good fit. Most people say but I have so much experience I will be an asset.

@athiestjesus8133

3 ай бұрын

@@jillw892 Okay, but I'm getting the job done. That's all that should matter.

Cant find a job, hard to find cheap affordable first cars, hard to rent apartments, hard to pay rent

@niamhleeson3522

3 ай бұрын

At least we have electric cargo bikes

@justsomerandomgirl

3 ай бұрын

Fjb

@zline-sp2fs

2 ай бұрын

Owning a house isn't any different these days. I happen to own with a 2.75% mortgage, but I live in NJ where everything but your breathing is taxed. I'm frugal as hell, when I find change in the washer or dryer I get excited! I'm a single person and even with my job, I'm right on the bubble. Unless you're in the top 10%, you're going to struggle.

@imhimdk1785

2 ай бұрын

@@zline-sp2fs in Florida bro it’s hard asl

I love how we need money to survive... to make money we need a job... but we are also responsible for getting a job that we have zero control over whether we even get one or not. If you're lucky enough to even get a job, you will need more luck to keep it. No wonder we are burnt out. Im waiting for the day we all say enough is enough and we just stop looking for jobs and we starting creating our own jobs doing whatever because anything is better than constant rejections that isnt even our fault.

@traviscoleman8332

Ай бұрын

It only takes 3.5% of the population to not comply and real change can happen.

Im homeless now and I've been looking for a job for the past 4 months, I've gotten 6 interviews and and sent countless resumes not once have an employer calld me back, what im saying is, if a extreme political ideology starts to rise the managers are going to be the first to receive the heat.

@PHIL-SPENCER-HATES-XBOXCONSOLE

2 ай бұрын

No job is ever guaranteed and it doesnt matter how many skills you have. It's our g0v#rmenTs duty as the face of the American soil, land and entity to supply all currenting living CITIZENS a $1000 dollar check every month just so people wont starve to d#Tth over some flimsy peice of paper called money. Why are we allowing this country to become the United Corporations Of America??????? These Corps are literally hogging the houses, dictating whats in our possessions and etc... Do you not see where this is going. The so called "G0v#rment" needs to take back control of this place because sooner or later our new "presidents" wont be the usual people....its gonna the CEOs of different companies. Society will defaintly collapse as our g0v#rment gets weaker from within. This country will soon be called the United Best buys, mcDonalds, Googles and Microsoft of C9rporat!on$.

i hate applying for jobs...its like begging to be a slave...but i can't come up with anything better

@reelfly

3 ай бұрын

Exactly! I hate it

@daisyx1002

3 ай бұрын

Start your own business and become an entrepreneur.

@reelfly

3 ай бұрын

@@daisyx1002 That's not as easy as people make it sound

@cremepuffle

3 ай бұрын

Someone said it!!!! Im tired of being made to feel stupid and lazy for feeling this way

@Edward-bb3pi

3 ай бұрын

@@daisyx1002 with what money? Every start up takes money or investors. Where is a regular person going to get that without going into debt from loans that will ruin them if their business doesn't succeed?

Companies lie about job ads to make it seem like they're growing when they're not. They're called ghost jobs.

@user-cb2vb8yl1g

3 ай бұрын

Bull!

@nicholashenderlong812

3 ай бұрын

This should be illegal honestly

@felicityhoneycutt8570

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-cb2vb8yl1gmy local Chili's does this try applying

@Lucixir

3 ай бұрын

Not to mention going through all the interviews just to be told, they decided to hire someone internal. Meaning, someone who already works with the company... sure you did...

@morighani

3 ай бұрын

yep, and don’t forget they use those so they can save money by doubling the amount of work their current employees do for no extra pay and covering it up by saying “but we’re looking!!! and interviewing!! not our fault no one wants to work!!!”. If a job makes you go through 7 interviews, dismisses you because you’re “overqualified”, and you still see that same listing up half a year later, it means they were NEVER looking to hire

Idk why company websites can’t just read my resume either through a human or ai, but instead have me fill out the same exact information taking twenty minutes out of my life and submit a stupid cover letter that they obviously don’t read and me finding out this was a ghost job all along.

Employers want to hire the lowest of the low instead of experienced workers cause they are afraid to lose their spots.

@robertagren9360

2 ай бұрын

Best if they can't talk. If they can't write or read is even better.

Companies should be fined for posting fake/ghost positions. This is starting to look at lot like Ecuador where thousands of applicants show up for 1 position and if you’re 30+, you’re too old to be considered for it.

@davidcarvajal5739

3 ай бұрын

America is becoming a third world country

@JohnDoe-my5ip

3 ай бұрын

That’s impossible to enforce. There should be a $100/day tax every day a job posting is active. The way classified ads used to work. I’m shocked the big brains at MSFT haven’t figured out the gold mine they’re sitting on with these ghost jobs.

@TheVonMatrices

3 ай бұрын

From an employer prospective, it's just as bad in the opposite way. If you ever go searching for resumes you will find that >99% of the resumes posted online are just outright lies or are not even real people. Then, once you do find a real person and interview them and do a background check, you find out that they faked something important on their resume like that they actually graduated from college. I would have been happy to hire them if they were honest because they were otherwise smart people that were clearly capable of the work I would need them to do - but if I know the person lied on their resume then how can I ever trust them as an employee?

@chucksneedmoreland

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheVonMatrices HR skill issue, fire them all

@wulfsorenson8859

3 ай бұрын

@@TheVonMatricesyou wouldn’t hire them if they were honest. Hence why they had to lie to get an interview. Companies posting bogus job ads need to be fined and prosecuted. They literally deceiving thousands of potential applicants and gathering their personal information for illegal means. This is fraud on a mass scale.

Was laid off in March 2023. Zero offers, hundreds of applications, 4 final rounds, and was ghosted after one of those final rounds. It's now February 2024 and I am absolutely destroyed morally. I've even been turned away from janitor roles because I'm overqualified. I'm so grateful for my current role as a part-time prep cook at a local restaurant. They sure didn't ghost me.

@joccy4798

3 ай бұрын

I feel your pain and I knew I wasn’t the only one. It’s really hard right now and I hope it gets better soon.

@360milliondollars

3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the club 2015 - 2024... that how long I've seeked...Amazon it is... LOL

@shantanusingh7600

3 ай бұрын

Damn I thought I was the only one , who was this much useless. This century is just for rich people... middle class can't even survive.

@mamamia5905

3 ай бұрын

I was also laid off of March 2023 and still have not found anything. I’m glad you were able to get something. I’ve even put applications into stores like Walmart and they’re saying im overqualified. Im burnt out and honestly don’t know what to do anymore.

@Regorath

3 ай бұрын

A new pair of hands to help in the kitchen during lunch hours are always welcome is what I always say. Good luck brother.

The ghosting aspect is what gets me. There is absolutely no good excuse for doing that to anyone. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that acceptance and rejection emails can be automated. I rather get an automated rejection email rather than no response at all.

No joke, my kid is a college student and he had to submit 300 applications to finally secure a 2-month summer intership job. He major is ranked as one of the top 3 in the US colleges.

Compared to my parents this is a good job market? Are you kidding me? When $35k a year would cut it for a house and a family? These people are so out of touch.

@SiheneTVOfficial

2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing when he said that :/

@angelg3642

2 ай бұрын

And they didn't get rejected from places that both you and the recruiters themselves portrayed you to be a perfect candidate. Back in their days if they outperformed 90% of their competition they were 100% hired. Only nowadays you can get rejected being in the top 10%

@LazerR0cketB0mb

2 ай бұрын

@@angelg3642 All I need to say is that they got to retire. I won't be able to.

@reza2kn

2 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@petetbs19

2 ай бұрын

You said it best. Out of touch

All these people in the comments getting out of college and spending MONTHS job hunting, and then being told "you're just not trying hard enough" because "companies are saying nobody wants to work!" WHAT ABSOLUTE BULLSH*T. Of course Americans are feeling pressed about this! Do you KNOW what kind of message that's sending to our next gens? It says no matter what you did, no matter how many degrees you have, no matter how hard you try, YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. That's SO mentally exhausting even to more mentally balanced adults, let alone to young adults fresh out of school.

@user-up6gf1vu9v

3 ай бұрын

Exactly!!!

@snark567

3 ай бұрын

Maybe it's time to develop skills outside of school, rather than wasting decades of your life training yourself to be a wage slave.

@genericname9024

3 ай бұрын

@@snark567 True. Hope the newest generation gets that memo before just shunting off to college because that's what they're "supposed" to do to be successful. It's unfortunately also a problem that's exacerbated with current (public) education and societal expectations. There's an entire generation of people who have never had mandatory classes on home ec or finances, who were simultaneously also told their future was in going to college and getting a degree. While it's not too late to start developing new skills, the payoff won't be immediate; in the meantime, they're stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to make ends meet, still getting ghosted by hundreds of companies a month.

@lucy9698

3 ай бұрын

This. And the boomers _do_ tell us that we are not enough no matter what we do. I sent this video to my mom because she has that same mentality, and her entire argument just boils down to "you're just not looking hard enough" and "people like you who are struggling to get a job are just losers who weren't raised right and think they should just be handed things". She has never looked for a job in this country. The one she has is only because my dad got it for her.

@BRZguy

3 ай бұрын

@@snark567 Would be nice, but employers refuse to teach you the skills. They require them, but they don't want to teach them. And they won't consider stuff you learn on your own in your free time as related skills either. It's all BS.

10 months unemployed... 200 applications sent, 4 Interviews. And its not about me. My CV was fixed with professional and also checked by engineer friend of friend who works on my field. He said lack of white collar exp is only problem, but it should not matter In first jobs. He leads Interviews and said he would call me for Interview for Sure if there were open positions.

I think the whole hiring process is absolutely broken. Everything depends on everything else: when you first apply you have to come with almost immediate job experience- but when you don’t have any no one wants to give you a chance to gain said experience because of cost to train you or something else. And if it isn’t that, companies require more qualifications, academically speaking. Then they throw you a curb ball by saying that you’re “over qualified,” which is ridiculous in itself because if you’re over qualified doesn’t that indicate that you are more than equipped to handle the job and do it sufficiently? So what is the problem? I think the problem with the current job market is wrapped around the debate of expectation vs. value. Businesses today require so much more than just education and experience. Some jobs ask for volunteering experience, internships, better resumes (which is a problem as well if one does not know beforehand about formatting and “key words” etc.), and if you pass all that their is still the rounds of interviews that you have to pass- of which if you don’t answer the questions directly a recruiter will just skip over your resume anyway. I don’t doubt their are some lazy people out there that expect to land a job by the tap of their phones, but the issue is much more rooted than that- the working class are tired and frustrated of being de-valued by corporate America. People did not break their backs in college getting degrees and at the same time spent years pounding the pavement to gain experience just to be told yet again that they can’t get a better position due to not having more skills. Truthfully, the whole hiring system is bias. You’re either lacking in skill or experience or influence, or you just rightly get passed up by some manager in a company for their own motive. Sometimes hiring staff just pass on your resume because they fear their own inadequacy at the job and fear of being replaced. It happens; how many businesses have we seen and heard stories from about being passed up on opportunities because of something shady. So there are a lot of factors in getting a job these days. Employers expect so much more from employees, yet they expect us to still survive and thrive in the mediocrity that is financial instability of our day-to-day life. If I can recommend anything to those still in school or college I would say to start doing everything now. Don’t wait till you graduate to start gaining experience in your chosen field (like I did), start doing it now. Start volunteering, do internships, go to job fares, network with people, learn as much as you can and be ready. And for those that are not in school, I would say invest in trade schools. Go for something, a career choice, that’s in demand right now, learn a trade, build up your money and then go back and follow your passion. The system is broken. So we gotta create are own system.

@coinbuyer-8605

2 ай бұрын

I agree with most of your points in your post. Your last paragraph in particular is sage advice. 😀In your first paragraph, you asked "if you’re over qualified doesn’t that indicate that you are more than equipped to handle the job and do it sufficiently?" and also later in the third paragraph say, "Sometimes hiring staff just pass on your resume because they fear their own inadequacy at the job and fear of being replaced." which not only is a great insight, it at least partially answers your own question about being overqualified. Good luck with your job search; takes much persistence and patience.👍