The REAL Reason Finding A Job Seems Impossible
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- In today's labor market, for many it is becoming incredibly challenging to secure employment. The job market, especially in the US economy, seems to be fraught with hurdles that make the job search feel like an insurmountable task.
One significant factor is the apparent rise of "ghost jobs." These are positions that companies advertise but may not be actively trying to fill. Ghost jobs can create a misleading impression of opportunities in the labor market, leading job seekers to apply for roles that are essentially non-existent. This phenomenon contributes to frustration and confusion among applicants, making the job search process feel more daunting than ever.
Unemployment rates, while often cited as indicators of economic health, can sometimes mask underlying issues within the job market. For instance, the headline unemployment rate might not fully capture the difficulties faced by specific groups, such as recent graduates or those seeking entry-level jobs. The struggle to find entry-level jobs is particularly pronounced as many companies require experience that fresh graduates simply do not possess. This creates a catch-22 situation where gaining necessary experience seems impossible without first securing a job.
The current state of the US economy also plays a crucial role in the job market dynamics. Economic fluctuations, whether due to inflation, shifts in consumer demand, or global economic pressures, can lead to hiring freezes or layoffs. This economic instability can make employers more cautious in their hiring practices, thereby reducing the number of available positions and increasing competition for the jobs that are posted.
Furthermore, technological advancements have transformed the job application process, sometimes to the detriment of job seekers. The use of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) by many companies means that resumes must be optimized for specific keywords to even be considered. This can be a daunting task for applicants who may not be familiar with how to navigate these systems, leading to many qualified candidates being overlooked simply because their resumes do not contain the right phrases.
In addition to these factors, the shift towards remote work has also altered the job market landscape. While remote work opportunities have expanded in some sectors, they have contracted in others. This shift can make it difficult for job seekers to understand where the opportunities lie and whether they need to relocate or adapt their skills for different types of employment.
Another critical aspect is the competition within the labor market. With more people vying for the same positions, standing out becomes increasingly difficult. This is especially true in popular industries where job postings can attract hundreds or even thousands of applications. The sheer volume of competition can make the process feel overwhelming and discouraging for many job seekers.
Lastly, the psychological toll of prolonged job searching cannot be underestimated. The constant rejection or lack of response from employers can lead to feelings of despair and hopelessness. This mental strain can negatively impact one’s motivation and confidence, making the job search process feel even more impossible.
In conclusion, the perception that finding a job feels impossible right now is influenced by a complex interplay of factors within the labor market and the broader US economy. From ghost jobs and unemployment rates to the challenges of entry-level positions and technological barriers, these elements combine to create a job market that feels particularly unforgiving. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for navigating the job search landscape and maintaining resilience in the face of adversity.
0:00 Intro
0:23 What It Means To Be Unemployed
3:57 Better Way To Measure Unemployment
4:48 Are Companies Actually Hiring
6:17 The Impact Of Ghost Jobs On The Labor Market
8:43 How Wages Are Historically At It's Worst For Buying Power
10:29 Impact Of AI During Hiring Process
12:03 Unrealistic Job Expectations (Especially Entry Level)
13:23 Jared Bernstein On Why GOV Prints Money (Must See)
15:01 Conclusion
#jobsearch #financialfreedom #consumerism
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10 interviews. 0 rejections. 0 offers. Just silence.
Well fellow proletarian, welcome to hell ;) If you have an employment problem, I have an offer: army! America needs you son.
I'm at 46 application submitted. It's a ghost town.
Same here.
@@grinningtiki220only 46?
@@purplerain151 my whole life I've gotten jobs through word of mouth or people I know. I've moved to a new area, this resume submitting process is maddening. 46 is a low amount?
Putting out fake listing to inflate numbers to impress share holders should be illegal.
It is. But nobody will enforce it
@@MASTEROFEVIL and yet if you break some minor law, or cause financial damage to a corporation, they WILL enforce
@@MASTEROFEVIL How would you enforce it?
@@someguy-xc4jw you can't there's too many loop holes or other laws you'd be breaking to do that
False advertisement is against the law... this practice is just difficult to report to authorities.
Shareholders need to sue public companies for falsely inflating job openings. They are fraudulently manipulating stock prices.
Why would they? It makes their stock price go up?
@@0rangaStang Well, you're right that everyone in on the pump-n-dump will be happy about this. I guess that's most of Wall Street these days... When their little bubble bursts, every remaining investor who wasn't in on it will be left holding the bag. That's become the Wall Street way.
Dude its literally majority of them.. its impossible to sue lol
@@andrewevans7992
I was half joking, but a handful of class action lawyers could do this.
They sued the entire real estate brokerage industry and several other huge related players. They can do this.
And, they don’t have to sue them all, just enough to make it hurt. They don’t even have to win. The remainder will get the hint and change their behavior.
@@andrewevans7992don’t be so cynical
Boomers be like "you need a college degree for this job"
But when you ask what degree they have "I didn't need a degree for this position, I worked my way up"
If only young people could still do that
Or the requirements for some jobs.
If only young people were the member of a huge generation and had to compete for their jobs like a boomer did......
@sebbonxxsebbon6824 We still do. Why do you think we, on average, are more educated than past generations. The issue isn't laziness. It isn't whatever talking head says. It's that the incentives aren't there. We're expected to work slave wages. We don't have the option of getting a good home. We're told that if we can get enough qualifications, we'll be compensated well. Yet, I've met people with bachelor's who barely make over 20 an hour. Also, we're talking about corporates who love slave labor! Migrant children have been kidnapped and pressed into work! It's not that we're lazy, or unwilling to work (I'm a union plumber), we're being shafted by the whole system.
There are still some boomers in the market with great experience who are being discriminated against. Older people know too much and have other obligations. Young people are better able to work long hours. It’s rough for many of them too.
When you get a degree, boomers tell you you wasted your time and money on college. There's no winning with them.
Lol first time I've been happy to see rejection emails because at least I get a response instead of getting ghosted
Amen 🎉
This happend to my wife. She was unemployed for 2.5 years. I got home one day and she was excited to get a rejection. At least she knew that her computer actually connected to something
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that rejection email might just be an automated response
@heartofthewild680 Most of them are one click forms made by an ATS so at least someone had to click something. Although I did get one rejection literally 15 minutes after I applied so no way that was real lmao.
I've applied to a few places and got rejection emails. My friends tell me it's a good thing they bothered to reply to me at all because that means I got through the algorithm. If you say so. Still didn't get the job.
Step one: Think "Bugger this. I need a better job". Step two: Go online and look for a job. Step three: Swiftly realize that no one is seriously looking to hire. Step four: Go back to work. Defeated.
Haha I mean in certain ways that’s definitely true. Best shot you have is to use what free time you have to do what you can, but it sure is tiring
Defeated...... Such a horrible word.
@ENIGMAXII2112 It's a word that is useful in sports and military matters where they can work through just how much of a defeat any given event was before determining a way forward. Treating that sense of defeat as a temporary condition and focusing on not sinking further really helps.
@@DamonCassidy Try looking for a job when you're over 50. All of a sudden, replies -- even rejections -- fall silent.
Then imagine not having a job at all. Also slap on no experience and no degree if you feel like it
I haven't seen the job market this bad since 2009 lots of ghost jobs.Lots of ghost interviews where you are contacted for an interview and the recruiter doesn't show up
It’s wild, I’ve applied to over 50 jobs that wanted podcasting experience (what I interned for over 8 months) and UA-cam experience and only heard back from 1 that paid 12$ an hour and required that I was fluent in mandarin. Really weird time.
I had that happen. The “recruiter” didn’t call and didn’t even attempt to reschedule our meeting.
@@jessicaklein4389my recruiter rejected me truthfully “don’t see this as a indication of lack of experience. It’s just a competitive market currently”. At least some recruiters are keeping it honest.
@@jessicaklein4389 so infuriating
I also see lots of jobs that are real jobs and pay a livable wage.
They're counting the low paying part time jobs as full time jobs and these shouldn't be counted. That number is far worse than people realize.
Definitely, unreal it’s all categorized as the same thing. I spent over a year working at the bank “part time” working 39 hours a week and did not get the benefits of a 40 hour a week employee. Can’t keep blurring the lines like is happening
I don't understand the part time making significantly less than the person next too them, who's full time. Pay the same and have 2 part timers on opposite schedule.
It's ruinous for tracking the actual unemployment and actual wages earned by adults in the country. This is entirely by design. We live in a country that will do anything and everything to worship the cult of capital gains, even and especially if it fucks over the working class. Welcome to late stage capitalism, the receipt for the sale of your soul will be made available sometime in the next three to nine million business days.
Do you mean 40 hours on occasion but still part time?
@@jacobsoto7228 hahahhahahaha. No. It's a fun prank companies like Kroger use to classify full time employees as "part time", so you can't have benefits, don't get raises, and get paid as little as legally possible. They'll tell you that you have to average x hours per week to be eligible for "full-time consideration", then schedule you on purpose slightly under 39. That way, even in the event of a surprisingly good week for you, your average is always lower than the target.
"We can't go bankrupt because we print our own money"... exactly the type of person who should not be in this position.
I’ve watched it about 10 times, my mouth drops every time I see it. Insane
I mean, it's technically true. What we can do though, is collapse the currency. It's the stuff he says afterwards that is wild. He has no idea how the monetary system works (selling treasuries is how the government borrows, not lends...)
Well, we do print money out of nothing. Money is not based on anything real. It's based on debt. Debt is not a real thing. It's an arbitrary value system. It really is. It's just a game we made up. With a set of rules. Rules that could be changed, and which are in fact regularly changed, as needed. Really, the only value it has to society today is hierarchy. And it's debatable if that is of value. Every other function of money can be replaced by technology.
The US does NOT print money! That’s the job of the federal reserve.
Bro just sounds confused as hell, repeating the same thing, questioning himself. Made me lose interest in what he was saying altogether.
I once applied to a job at a college and as soon as I hit submit, I got a rejection email before the "we will review your resume" email.
At least you got an answer...
What!! What a bad experience! Unreal
Post the crappy college.
I had the same thing trying to apply at Menards of all places. My grandparents refused to believe it was real, and that I was putting in stuff wrong...
The same thing happened to me when I applied for a job at a small T-Mobile store.
These scam and ghost jobs are making my job search crazy.
And that's why I recommend you work with an agency.
Don’t forget typing in see resume for each application so HR doesn’t have to type your info in
genuinely insane
Me too, I hope they all go out of business.
Applied to a Maple Syrup Business to then have it transform to a Paint Contractor by the end of the day.
"Don't tie your self worth to the labor market" Thanks, I needed to hear this today from someone.
🤍
I learned this a while ago, and I remind any of my friends who feel upset about being out of work or underemployed about this as often as possible.
Things are dogshit, but at least I know my value as a human.
Not like it matters much in this cold, cynical world, but it's something.
Its mentally harming all these applicants who can't figure out why they didn't get the job. They dont even exist. Now thats shameful.
It really is. I recently got given a promotion/new job within my company, but they told me they legally had to put the job out on the market.
I felt terrible that there were likely people going to try and apply and end up wasting their time. Like why can't I just get the promotion I worked for without wasting others time?
@@Ryan-wx1bitax and investments.
@@Ryan-wx1bi "legally required" for that sweet, free tax credit for being in a "hiring" situation maybe.
@@Ryan-wx1biOne time I applied for a job at a warehouse kind of place, and they did "group interviews" where they gave all the applicants a tour of the facility together, then did individual 5 minute interviews with each person. I was so desperate for a job that I drove an hour to do this job interview, and the lady who got all us applicants together said "We've already filled this position but we're going through the interview process with you all because we feel it's unfair to deny you the position without giving you an interview first." I was fuming; only reason I went through with it was because I drove an hour, but half the applicants walked out right then and there. It was ridiculous. I was never able to wrap my head around why they did that
What's really crazy is being asked for all these skill sets that you could easily learn on the job and these are at the request of some cubicle dweller that has no clue how the real world works.
Most definitely! There’s no balance
A friend of mine in film/TV said that a studio he knew was just googling “types of video editing software” and copypasting the results under “must be proficient in:” in their job postings. We’re living through science-fiction satire
@@andrewpearson1903 that's nuts. I know I shouldn't be surprised.
not being HTOUGHT is not the INNOCENT people's fault
Think before you accuse
@@berrymint6384 Not being htought should be illegal, I can't believe you're defending such a blatantly evil thing
Listings for jobs that do not exist should lead to businesses being fined for each instance of fraud. People give their information in exchange for trying to get a specific job, their time and information has a real and traceable value and is being stolen!
That might actually explain why I've been getting more scam calls.
Omg that makes sense I’ve been getting scam text.
That is such a valid concern, especially with teens. Businesses get tax credits just to say they are hiring, without actually hiring. That’s the real crime!
Its called deceptive trade practices. Its akready illegal
Working as intended, I wouldn't be surprised if they sell the data on the back end for a sweet profit.
Vast majority are retail or food service jobs. You can cut 800,000 white collar, well paid jobs and add 1,000,000 minimum wage jobs and you've "added 200,000 jobs." Then put out dozens of articles saying "The economy is great, why are people complaining? It's the people who are wrong!"
This doesn’t get talked about enough many people are becoming more qualified than they were 20 years ago which is good. However creates immense competition for only a few available roles. (That actually pay a livable wage)
Spot on!
actually you can just ignore the jobs you cut and say 1000000 were newly employed
I'm not even getting callbacks from fast-food chains.
Unreal, sorry you are experiencing that
Same, I have my Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience and grocery stores and fast food places won't call me back, it's crazy
@@Jordaninspace overqualified
I am currently a college student looking for a summer job. It's tough to find one, actually.
I ended up applying to an old job I worked at for like 3 years(grocery store cashier, who also worked in the Deli department)...I ended up being told that they went with someone else. Likely due to me being in college and not full-time in town.
Now, I'm on my 3rd attempt at a job, and I'm waiting back for results. Likely completing a background check at this time.
So, I definitely feel you when it comes to grocery stores rejecting your application. Such a shame, man! Especially when my local grocery stores have maybe, like 1-2 checkout lanes open and lines going back into the aisles!? Like, what happened to having 4-5 lanes open? Do they need employees or not? Cause apparently, the job wasn't available to work cashier? So weird.
@@pinkninjamusic9898 yup. I'm in that boat too. I just need something. A job I can work before my last semester of school so I can pay bills, but no one want to hire someone, especially if it's only for about two months.
As an American I wish we had it like Europe where they can’t post fake jobs or hold fake interviews, and they treat their employees like human beings (from what I’ve heard).
It really does feel like we’re not even seen as humans anymore
My new GM at Taco Hell told us that we're replaceable@@DamonCassidy
@@DamonCassidy Because, Mostly, we arn't. we're an EXPENSE. nothing more. something sapping away the profit from the higher ups and the shareholders.
At my job there were over a thousand applicants for a single job in just 3 days. It's crazy the number of people looking for work right now.
Wow! Unreal! I hope whoever gets selected is an enjoyable person to be around haha! Thank you for sharing!
Maximum number that I saw was 13,000 for entry level software development position (IT)
@@robenwayne9060would you say the IT industry is becoming saturated especially for entry level? A lot of people seem to be going into these days
@@jonscott234 Yes, 100% true. Now, Many jobs in IT is for experienced, 10+ years, Senior, Lead, Manager positions.
Employers spent 10 to 20 seconds looking over an application. I can't find work and almost homeless now, no one will hire me and I have 9 years experience at one place, and still no one wants me, I'm applying for entry level jobs. Being shun. I'm fucked now
Thank you for actually calling out how shit the job market, and the economy as a whole, is right now and not gaslighting us like the government and the fed is. And those geniuses can't figure out why people are feeling so down about things? 🙃
It’s such an inverse, common senseless world at the moment. Glad to provide value! Thank you for reaching out!
What's worse is the people mindlessly believing it because the propaganda box told them so.
Got laid off in tech 5 months ago. I’ve had 33 interviews and only probably 5 of them were real job.
Companies post ghost jobs in order to hire h1b visa workers
Did you get a job?
@@djtwister6997 So after months of interviews at the FAANG and FAANG-ish companies, I almost never even heard back. Actually, one of the team leads voluntarily went against policy. Sent me his personal email to connect with him when one of them ACTUALLY opens up (gross).
I applied to a company that almost sounded fake like 3 months ago. I applied because the role was accurate, honest, showed the pay scale, and so much more. Just super ethical. Turns out in those 3 months, they merged with a company who has a massive and lucrative client base. Spoke with the recruiter and it was a completely normal, friendly, not "HR-ey", conversation. Same thing with the the technical conversations. They said they had a 0% attrition rate on their team and I believe it. I did some hunting on LinkedIn lol.
They reached out today informing me that they want to move forward. With all of the super ethical green flags I see, as long as the pay is even general ballpark, ill take it happily. These past 4 years have put me through the ringer. I work in a really niche and borderline illegal role so I need an employer who embraces whats required to succeed in that. Most companies outside of FAANG don't endorse that. The pay is nice, but you really learn about what your worth truly is. When you lose your role after marrying it, you feel lost and useless. I don't regret it and I'm glad that it happened while I'm young (only 27). I was able to move back from NYC to my parents house to not pay rent or food costs. Super thankful for that because in reality I could just rot in this situation and still be "fine". So many people don't have the luxury to survive comfortably without working for 5 months.
Thanks for asking and I hope you're not in a similar spot. If anyone is reading this and is in a similar spot, please keep going. It only takes 1. In the wise words of Kanye, "One good job is worth a thousand interviews"... or something like that.
You got 33 interviews!?!?! That's Nuts, I've gotten maybe 10 in the last 7 years.
@@TheBubbster95 Quality, not quantity. Like I said before, maybe 5 of them were real jobs haha.
Apparently out of 8.5 million jobs available at least half of them are smoke & mirrors
And the remainder are part-time jobs offering under the minimum wage, and a crowding amount of them are healthcare service jobs that you do not have a license for.
@@AlexMourning5635 Bidenomics working for you?
really? in my area it feels like 90%
What they don't tell people is that after 45 days they don't count jobless people as anything and 95% of most jobs are minimum wage jobs that font even pay enough for you to come back to work.
That cannot be be true?
@@bhupalgurung3040 it's not
@@kanosig It is. Watch the video again. The survey used to determined unemployment is sent to a mere 60,000 people. Yoy seriously don't think they deliberately choose where to send it so they can make the economy look as good as they want for PR?
Also, as stated in the video, a kid working at their parents store for $1 a day sweeping the floor off the boons counts as employed. Now look at how part time jobs almost always pay less per hour than full time jobs, and how most times it's not enough to make it worth the stress of the job.
@@CommanderRedEXE cool bits of info that are not relevant to the comment I responded to. As for the 60,000, they publish their survey methodology. It's public information who they sent it to and why.
Whitehouse: "come on, man...just jump in your job cannon and blast off to job town!"
Haha this got me!
Mfw the only growth in the job market is government jobs
Economy is booming! My daddy just hired me
@@Vanity0666
Administrative bloat. Positions that do nothing but hold endless useless meetings have exploded while crucial boots on the ground roles are withering away. The Forest Service is a good example of this.
@@Vanity0666 is that true? I haven't been keeping track of federal employee numbers. Are we doing the "jobs project" without the projects (aka Hoover damn...or a border wall. Lol)
Many companies especially in the tech sector are also refusing domestic candidates in favor of hiring foreigners in countries with weak currencies in order to pay them literal peanuts instead of paying fair wages for their communities.
2.5 years in, 19,532 rejections (still counting).
Mind you, I'm a Surgeon with an MD, MSc and 9.5 years of experience....
Make your own plastic surgery place and start marketing yourself
The white house only counts U-3 unemployment, not u-6. So, if you’ve been out of job and exhausted unemployment…you’re not counted.
Labor participation rate is the only number I truly trust.
And this only applies if you’re part of the 60k households in the survey. So chances are you’re not counted regardless.
The government created the U-6 measure. Where do you think the vid got their data from? The BLS certainly does count those people and it's interested in counting those people.
I recently mentioned the U3 vs. U6 to a boomer family member, and they looked at me like I was preaching a wild conspiracy theory.
@@BillionaireTaxEvader Your first problem was expecting intelligence from a boomer.
I was in middle management and couldn’t hire anyone for the positions we needed filled desperately before losing current employees. The amount of money upper management let me offer was laughable. As in people laughed when I told them what it was the for the type of work they would be doing. Even with the prospect of learning and having a high earning potential it wasn’t enough to get people in the door. And potential employees with experience? Forget about it. Can’t afford them.
The industry was solar. Installing and servicing. I could offer $15-$18 to start(fast food wages) and up to $27 for experienced electricians(used to earning $30-$45)
After two years of other employees and myself holding on for hope we all quit. Over worked. And under paid
Reminds me of our situation on the railway where the starting pay is also non-existent. The management decided to shift the scheme of salary increases a few times so that new people get paid more from the start at the expense of not getting salary bumps later on but that still doesn't work. Our solution to get decent people at the moment is that people either bring in their own kids or kids of their friends that are fresh out of school. That of course on top of hiring everyone who applies and seeing if they are any good in the 3 month trial period (they are usually terrible, lacking basic work discipline).
Though on the topic of terrible candidates, there's one more thing to consider. When the unemployment rate goes down to 3% or so, the pool of people looking for work becomes garbage unless you can advertise to people who want to change their career, which we can't possibly afford.
As some one who has had to dive in and out of the jobs market a few times, my biggest frustration is not hearing about positions like these.
Positions that actually want workers.
I spend so much of my time applying for ghost jobs, that I'm defeated and riddled with low self esteem and lack of motivation.
It's ridiculous how hard it is for genuine businesses and true job seekers to connect, let alone how expensive it must be for the businesses to advertise and try to push their job vacancies through all the noise of the ghost jobs.
@@mikaylafrancis6036 To be fair, I think this mostly applies to IT and office jobs in general so if you are willing to work a job that's dirty, outside or in a 24/7 operation, I think you should have a pretty easy time to get hired and then get to do pretty skilled labor in a few years. That's just my take on basic supply and demand.
Also to the OP, electricians do indeed have a squeaky clean job compared to what we are doing so I have no idea why people don't want to go for it.
there needs to be REAL job creation, as well as incentive for companies to provide training so that qualified candidates can get skills WITHOUT the years of experience that is now required for even entry level jobs
Absolutely!! Really excellent point! Thank you for sharing
Make stock buy backs illegal again. That money could be reinvested into things like training or expansion.
Makes me feel worthless and pathetic. Idk how much more of this i can take.
It’s demoralizing, for sure, but don’t take it personally. It’s not your fault that the system is messed up.
@singleproppilot I keep telling myself that, but it's hard sometimes. Thank you for your kind words.
@@christianmartinez442at the wrong place at the wrong time...
Same here.
Start your own Business.
all lies - there are NO jobs but musical chairs
Government and companies are in the lie together. The emotional swings of the markets are being pandered to. They'll create any justification to blame people for being lazy. It's a huge gas-lighting operation.
You are wise.
The only jobs out there right now are tax-funded jobs, which include Medicare funded healthcare.
Becoming a police officer, firefighter, or nurse is still pretty easy.
Everything else? Immensely difficult.
I've always said one huge revolving door it just keeps going around and around.
there ARE
Count reality before commenting!
I applied to a part time retail job in my small town because it's been hard for me to get a job for what I studied. I got rejected. I should add, I have a Computer Science degree. I can understand the "over qualified" aspect of viewing this, but it was a part time job, not a full time one, so I don't know. Things are very weird.
They want people they can browbeat into doing the things they hate and be happy doing it.
They need someone that’s desperate. A computer science graduate is going to view themselves highly and they might leave for something better if treated wrong.
This is what every person over 55 faces in almost every job they apply for.
I would omit mentioning my qualifications, high school and barely 😂if I was applying for retail again. I hope you find what you need and more.
Unfortunately, you'll need to omit everything that would be considered "over-qualified", today's society punishes honesty.
One time I sent out 500 applications in three months. I heard back from 4. Two said no. One interviewed me them said no. One said yes but I was in the wrong state (they did not propely list their states for remote work).
I was able to make it to the third round of interviews to be an EPIC GAMES intern, working on UNREAL ENGINE. But for some reason, no one even bats an eye for this same person wanting to be in IT. Thats insane.
Ugh that is so frustrating! I am sorry that you have been experiencing this! I hope things are beginning to look a little better
@@DamonCassidy Maybe, I have three jobs actually interested in me right now, but with my luck I feel like I should just give up. But I can't, cause if I don't find proper work I'll be forced back into the south, which is basically a death sentence.
That is the curse of the south, not even talking about how atlanta acts as a whirlpool people gave a really hard time escaping from the immediate vacinity of. @ellie_shrug
My worth is not tied to how much i can earn. Unfortunately, my mortgage, grocery bill, et al. are intimately concerned with it.
I totally get it! I’m right there with you, sometimes I just need to go outside and walk under some trees or something to remember what it’s all about in this chaotic society
It's one thing not to tie our self worth to the mess of the job market, but it's literally life-threatening to so many of my friends when paired with our healthcare system and housing market. I am so lucky to have parents who can keep a roof over my head and provide for me and my sibling, but I have more friends who have been stuck wandering the streets homeless before 25 than I do friends who have gotten married. And it's a lot harder to stand out amidst the competition when you lack consistent access to basic utilities.
God, that Bernstein clip was brutal. It’s a bad sign, a very, very bad sign, when presumed economists don’t get, you know, economics…and can’t understand well enough to explain the workings of various financial instruments. And people like him influence our overlords to make critical decisions on our lives…
I've had dozens of interviews for jobs that I am over qualified for and did very well in the interviews and then was ghosted by the employer. It makes no sense. My entire adult life I have never had to interview at more than 3 different companies to land a job. It took me 6 months straight of interviews to get my current job. Idk about other people's experiences but That's crazy to me.
Same happened to me it’s insane I’ve almost never applied for a job that I didn’t get that same day, the economy is really bad….
Samesies
What field are you in/ what do you do?
I experienced this in 2016, so I really don't think it's anything new
@anthonys5153 software, was part of the 1 quarter layoffs in 2023
I feel lucky to still be employed at a software company, but they dumped a lot of good workers and then the workers who didn't like taking on more work decided to leave. The company did not replace the workers who left so we're stuck getting paid the same, but working more, providing a big benefit for the company by helping them stay afloat with less labor costs for them. We now work more, make the same and the shareholders are hopefully staying happy. Seems nice doesn't it?
So unfortunate. I am sorry you’re having to go through that! Crazy this is just becoming the new norm
@@DamonCassidy Yep, and now they're creating a paper trail to create a justification to fire me - out of nowhere. Nowhere was my performance in question and then boom, suddenly they needed to critique everything I have been doing. All this to reduce a head count. Thankfully I've been investing for a long time so my future really isn't in jeopardy.
The real reason is that companies are looking for a high skilled candidate with twenty years of experience for a salary of intern.
*need 5 years experience with software* software invented 2 years ago
As bad as 2009, and now we get to compete with AI too! 🙃
We're heading for a job market so fun that we'd wish it was 2008 😂
Haha this got me
AI isn't coming for your job, people who learn how to use AI are
Just did 2 interviews with all a reputable company just to be told they found a better applicant. Now I'm doing Uber eats while I look for something else. This late stage capitalism is wild. Finding a job takes about 3 to 6 months its a joke
Facts
Amazon fedex ups is hiring y’all just don’t want to work those kind of jobs
@ShimmySha tried Slamazon. Full time hours not guaranteed waist of time. Ups never responded. Try again
@@ShimmySha have you applied and got a job or you just seen a hiring sign ?
@@user-gt2my9rk1n yes just got a job at fedex ground last month in my area. Part time
You forgot, major companies are hiring outside the country in sponsoring people to work for them in the u.S because they are cheaper than American citizens.For example , major accounting firms are using people from india a lot
Definitely true. Saw this especially at the bank I worked at
I worked for an outsourcing IT company with headquarters based in the US while the majority of it's employees are of eastern european origin (i.e. Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine). The customers are US/EU. I suspect that the reason is that would be quite hard to find a good senior sw dev for 4k $ a month in the US :)
So are Tech Companies.
100%
I think this is the biggest factor if you're not in a senior role. Companies are abusing the visa system in the US to hire people at a lower wage who will also put up with working conditions that most westerners would not tolerate.
I believe that due to current cultural standards, not enough people are willing to point out the elephant in the room because they might think that it would be perceived a certain way. The fact of the matter is, there is no labor shortage. Companies are just allowed to get away with these hiring practices, which screws over our domestic workforce, and encourages mass amounts of people to come here. Basically our job market is being sold out for the sake of profitability.
I believe we are a the point that there should be a full scale moratorium on immigration for a few years, and the immigration system needs a complete legislative overhaul. It's clear that it is having a massive impact on the quality of live and standards here in the US.
This needs to end. However, people think it's so great & support it 😂
As someone with 10+ years of kitchen experience I can tell you restaurants dont want to hire me.
They want new employees they can conform to their shitty standards.
I have the opposite experince
Really
Interviewers always asking what experince you have
I’ve been searching for 9 months. So many interviews and yet nothing. Such a waste of time. I’m tired.
I’m so sorry to hear this! Wish I could help in some way
Searching for what?
@@TheIrishRushin
How would you feel if you hadn't eaten breakfast this morning?
@@Jerkwad152 I didn't and I don't see how that's relevant.
@@TheIrishRushin
You've just provided everyone with far more information than you could possibly comprehend.
Have a nice day, and don't strain yourself overmuch. 👍
I remember my math/econ teacher just looked at us as a class and just said "I feel really bad for you all since we're going into a bad recession when all of you graduate" then COVID hit the year after I graduated. I had two jobs when I was in HS, but now I can't get an interview no matter how hard I try. I am so lucky I'm living in a way where I'm not dependent on needing a job
Learning about AI scanning resumes was such an eye opener. I now use jobscan to make sure I'm using the keywords the AI wants.
In a Capitalist economy, it's hard to not tie your worth to your job. Thanks for the reminder.
Hope all is well🤍
not capitalist,we are in a corporate technocracy
Not from the US but this is happening everywhere, last job fair I went of the area I work in, Like 10 - 12 big companies were accepting offers to thigs close to my role, left some CVs in those, but I remember that there was a line of like 200 people leaving resumes and a pile of over 400 resumes already in the desk, so I asked what they were doing and all of them were applying for the 4 job positions that were open, I didn't even bother, the guy that was leaving his resume had over 11 years of experience and I barely had 2.
How unreal! So wild that is the environment we’re in
Fresh out of work. For this last job they were blown away I even got pass the ATS with no degree. I had help from a recruiter. You have to hunt down people and get them talk to you.
We managers hate they lol
@@nutech1810 You hate recruiters?
@@nutech1810 people do what they have to do. You should be happy they want the job so much they went through extra steps
@@nutech1810don’t care
@@Zayelion Yes.
From my experience companies don’t want to train or pay anything so they lose out on good employees.
It was also the baby boomers who got rid of pensions, deregulated, tax cuts for rich people, and outsourced manufacturing jobs. This stuff now continues with older gen x.
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And so will your generation when it comes of age. The silent gen, boomers and gen x had the same view of life that yours does when they were that young. It is time that makes a person less concerned about society and more about individuals. It is a fundamental part of human nature. Regardless of what your specific intentions are now, they will all melt away and join the bitterness when all of those around you do the same. And you will make the same excuses that the older generations are making now.
The top 10% of earners pay 70% of income taxes. Isn't that enough? Stop listening to class warfare talking points. When GM went bankrupt the labor compensation package for the UAW was $72/hour. Do you see why manufacturing is outsourced? Companies got out of the pension business because the job market has changed. Not many people stay in a job for life as in years past. Many of these companies aren't around long enough for that to happen. Make your own pension plan with IRAs and 401 Ks. Take them with you from job to job. No point crying about the past. Your generation spends a lot of time blaming previous generations instead of appreciating what you have in the US. I invite you to look around the world to see where you could have it better. An average income in the US is probably top 5 percent in the world.
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I've been on the job hunt for a year and a half. I was aiming for something within my area of specialty to put my Bachelors to use, and now I've given up on that and I'm applying to data entry jobs, entry level positions, banks clerks, admin assistants. Just anything I am so desperate for something. I've had a lot of ghost jobs reach out, nothing real though yet after a few months after expanding my options... I really don't want to go back to Walmart...
I am sorry you’re experiencing that! I had a friend that came from Walmart too with a bachelors in finance and finally got a job at Charles Schwab and is doing excellent. Only reason I mention that is your comment is almost the exact thing he said so I just want to say that there’s hope. I wish you the best of luck on your journey🤍
Jobs are easy to find.. liveable wage jobs are unicorns in America today...
IMO
Ok, people get paid for the value they bring to a business.
Why do you think a tax attorney makes more than a 16 y.o. cashier with no experience?
@@youtubesucks1499 thats not the point of min wage.... it was created so ANYONE working even at the lowest level job can earn a decent wage. Which makes sense because you need workers at all levels. cant run a wendy's with 10 managers and no workers lol. also my Publix has cashiers in their 30s. what's difference does the age make?
We aren't valued anymore dum dum@@youtubesucks1499
@FloridianDemonComics It's interesting to note that if the minimum wage matched inflation, it be over $20 dollars an hour. There's no reason working 40 hours a week shouldn't cover a simple existence, yet here we are.
@@erikbuchanan4648 Erik, why do you think a brain surgeon makes more than a cashier?
There are many jobs that are only available in one city but are spammed everywhere in the country. This leads to overestimation of available jobs. Check out the federal reserves counts of indeed job listings and how they are in free fall.
My friend has three Masters degrees and can’t find a job for the last three years 😤 all those jobs are fake, she gets to the third interview and then they say we took another candidate 😤
We've had this issue for decades. No administration wants to take the hit that would come with updating the definitions. Frankly, now would be the time to do it. We can create a much mire nuanced set of criteria. Alternatively, we could report more than one category of the existing survey.
Everyone's in on passing down the lie because everyone's thinking about short term goals.
They all lie. This is what produces the disconnect.
The unemployment percentage can be shown as 2% while 98% of Entire population is out of a job. How is that possible? because they are counting ONLY people who are registered to get unemployment benefits. Ones there Unemployment time runs out, they DO NOT considered as unemployed anymore, even though they are still out of a job.
They’re protecting November elections!!
I was one of several hundred applicants for my current job. It’s higher than average pay for my profession and geographic area, 1-2 years experience required, and at a reputable company. It took half a year and was maybe the 15th company that I had done on-site interviews at. I’m an engineer in a very industry heavy part of Ohio, graduated with honors, did 2 internships in manufacturing and I’m a military veteran. Pretty much an ideal employee on paper, but it was a real uphill battle to get the kind of job that was basically guaranteed to someone with half my qualifications 20 years ago.
We are living in the era where people become entrepreneurs again and we take our power back from these greedy corporations 🎉
Nope! They will just have congress pass bills/laws to fill the country with immigrants willing to work for peanut wages = more profit for them too
Good luck!
About that
A lot of today's 'entrepreneurship' is just dropshipping, MLMs, and scams. I'd rather normal jobs just pay more.
Kind of is what you have to do to at least be able to put something on your resume for when the economy stops sucking.
I graduated from college with a bachelor's 7 months ago. I've applied countless places and have gotten 20 or so interviews, but zero offers and I've felt so discouraged. This video has helped me kind of get my self worth back. Thank you for making such an informative video and giving me a little reassurance
The government talks on both sides of their face..Jared Bernstein is a perfect example
God that was such a cringeworthy segment.
Yes they do this on every issue. System is politicized against the people period. Government needs to be dismantled and restored to its founding.
He is a clueless Biden cult member
@@KatharineOsborneI kept thinking it was a joke until it didn’t stop. I could hardly watch it
Alternating strokes
Experience: private security, 4 years in film including management work, bartender, mechanic, and carpenter.
Been looking/surviving for 7 months since before christmas of 2023 and still no work. Over 200+ applications in Georgia.
Doing everything I can not to steal and be a good person. Can't file for unemployment because I don't have enough credits probably because of all my 1099 work
Beyond frustrating! I know it doesn’t seem like it but those skills are absolutely worth something, I hope that things begin to shift more. Continue to be the best version you can be and I really wish there was something I could do to help. I wish you all the best
@@DamonCassidy thanks bud. I also decided to join the army and started the process last year in February of 2023 when I was 29.
Birthday 8th if June and I'm now 31 and still not in the army. Fully healthy and mentally sound with no psy or physicalwaiver needed "but they let men who think they're women watch their 6 o'clock in"
In GA and still not in by myself selling everything I can to take care of my grandmother with cancer. I'm fighting to get into the military
I thought the walking dead reference could be a safe haven for film but f%$k no
@@alexanderdefoe5129 bro how? It's not that hard to get in. If you're a good applicant then you'll get shipped out to boot camp quick so either you're lying or your recruiter sucks mega balls
I have 10+ years customer service, 2 degrees, impecable references and yet for the last year I have not been able to find a job. Im not talking mid to high paying job, I have applied to fast food, walmart, target, starbuck even though I found out that starbuck has a hiring freeze.
Don't put your degree on there and minimize the experience.
I got laid off in tech back in october. I got a new job, the only one I could find, that is 1/3 of my previous salary. I hate this economy
I just had a job interview recent
They let it slip say there's 7 other applicants for this job.
I'm in a notoriously undermanned technical field.
7 people was my entire department
we need a law to fix this. It should say:
1) you're not counted as "employed" at a job unless that job pays you at least the Federal minimum wage or equivalent compensation (in the form of a salary or assets)
2) the Bureau of Labor Statistics has to ask about work & educational history, and about career skills. If a surveyed person is qualified for a higher-paying job title than they have now, they are counted as "underemployed."
3) Unless they have conducted a census of the population, they must report any numbers as being within a range of values representing a 90% confidence interval.
4) The Bureau must go back and correct existing numbers to meet the criterion in point #3.
I absolutely agree!
I went on a job interview today and got denied by the manager while talking to her because I don't have job experience. I am currently homeless and have been searching for a job for 5 months. I'm only 19. It was for IHOP
LIE!!! lie tf out of job interviews!! say you worked in a family restaurant before! they don't need to know, you can learn later!!
@@isabela6876 THIS. If companies are going to lie about everything from needed experience to hours they actually expect you to work, you lie about experience. Look up some YT channels where people talk about the job you want and relate anecdotes. Alter some details, commit the anecdote to memory, and recite it.
^^^ i lied on my first resume and retail interview 14 years ago, i was shaking and nervous ,sweaty i hate lying, but i got the job
I used to be able to schedule doordash deliveries the day of... now i cant even get anything a week out. I renewed my uber and lyft driver just in case something happens. I work in warehousing and idk how long ill be employed. Even with 10 plus years of experience, i see people with more getting let go because they cost too much. We need people, but its cheaper for the owners to work us 10 to 12 hours (idm working those at all actually) but I am watching my co workers become more exhausted....
Great summary man, thanks. I didn't realize 4.5% of jobs are outsourced every year but that's a really interesting data point.
So glad you enjoyed it. Absolutely, something that definitely needs to be talked about more
Wish I had money to give your channel, but I am unemployed; laid off since 2021 😢
The job market is a joke and to think people thought I was crazy when I said that some of the jobs I applied for were not real and these unemployment numbers are fudged.
How is the number so low when we've had how many big company layoffs this year alone 🤔 🤔
Thank you for confirming some things, as I believe that companies and the govt are "working" to make us desperate so the low wages won't matter ..
I want some of my votes back 🧐
I am sorry, but if you really wanted to work you can get a job.
@@youtubesucks1499person: *is unable to get a job*
You: Well how about you just get a job lol
@@furiousdestroyah9999 If you want a job, there are jobs to be had. Seriously. They might not be what you want, but they are available.
So, yes it's that easy.
@@furiousdestroyah9999 There are plenty of jobs out there. It might not be what you want or pay what you want, but jobs are there.
So no it's not hard to get a job
@@youtubesucks1499 It heavily depends on where you live. There really are places out there that just don't really hire
I worked for a company and was in a position with one other coworker. She quit and i picked up her work load as well as mine and at first was given nothing but sympathy and encouragement. I was CONSTANTLY TOLD "were looking were looking" but never did she get replaced. Over the course of 2 years their sympathy and encouragement dulled to acceptance that it was how it always was (it wasnt) and that i was falling behind expectations. I had worked other positions in that company that took 70 hours a week of my life and despeeately did not want to return to that.
Sure enough i was creeping up to 45 then 50 then 65 then 70 hours a week and eventually quit.
I was training my replacement within a week, another guy i knew to have a less than stellar work ethic.
I hate that they looked me in the eye lying to me for two years and had me replaced within one week. They could have fixed the problem whenever they wanted.
They arguably lost more money in paying me so much overtime than just hiring another person. 😂
Everywhere is severely understaffed yet they're not hiring. It doesn't make sense
I'm gonna be honest, this worries me for when I graduate college. I already have a Associate's Degree in Animation, and I am in the process of getting my Bachelors. I can't even find a summer job to make money between semesters right now! I am scared for what will happen when I get out of college and have to enter the Animation industry. Considering the decline in some major animation studios like Disney, and the massive layoffs in companies like Netflix, I worry that I may not be able to find a steady job.
Also, thank you for putting things into perspective with this video! It's surprising how many people don't realize the issues with the job market and living wages today.
Do an internship before you graduate college. That way you land a potential job offer. That's crucial for you especially since you're doing animation.
Get as many networking opportunities and connections as you can with the internship in your field of animation. It will be easier down the road
@@Melbester9 Thanks for the advice! I'll try to look into that.
Definitely highlighted some important points here. My only two cents to add is this. If you are in college, don't just try to get a good grade. You are likely only going to use about 5 percent of the knowledge being taught. Talk to the people who are active participants in the field of your interest. Ask them what the actual important skills are and try to cultivate that skill. Diploma only gets you something they can check the box on... It doesn't have too much real world value. This is why networking is important... It gets you the key points you need in a sentence vs. Years of bullshit.
I agree. There are many people that go through college and try their hardest for an amazing GPA. You know what gets you farther ahead? Having a decent GPA, some really solid connections, and a personality. Humans are social creatures, and if the hiring team feels like you wont mesh well with the team, even if you're an all-star student, they'll hiring someone with more charisma.
The job market has changed so much that I’m pretty sure the only way to be assured a job is to be personable and to make as many friends as possible.
this is validating as heck since my job search has been scams and ghosts left and right. absolutely bonkers.
Really sorry to hear that’s been your experience! I am glad that is video was able to provide some value. Thank you for reaching out!
Thank you for sorting out the chaos and giving us a better answer than the FED who says the labor market is strong with no clear dataset mentioned at all in their meetings.
Great video! Glad someone put this info out there. So many people don’t realize what is really going on when they talk about unemployment #’s and the “real” job market.
I appreciate how candid you were in this video, subscribed!
Thank you for your support! I hope all is well🤍
Never have I felt so fortunate to be watching a video on the job. I knew it was bad, but I had no real numbers to tell how bad. Fuckin hell. Great work with this video.
So glad that it was able to provide value! Will continue to do my best providing facts we need to know! I hope all is well, thank you for reaching out!
9 million jobs available? Yeah minimum wage. Max back breaking effort. No breaks. No tolerance for any mistakes or calling out sick.
Remember when a hour lunch was a regular thing haha
Even the "good" jobs are pretty terrible. Costco, for example. The starting pay and benefits are better than most other retailers, but they'll start you part time, and expect you to have full time availability, so don't even think about having a 2nd job. You aren't guaranteed to work the position you applied for. They'll give you the work that no one else can be bothered with on any given day. Also, make sure you don't get sick, show up late, or have an emergency for the first 90 days or else you'll be replaced.
When I applied for the Sales Associate position at Home Depot, I didn't hear back from them for months. I walk in to ask a manager, and they told me that I would need a special code to give on the phone to bump my application up the queue. Didn't even bother going through all the effort for a low wage job.
When I applied to a similar position at Lowe's, they went radio silent for 6 months, then told me they were willing to hire me with no interview.
Aldi pissed me off the most though. I wasted time at a "meet and greet" with some middle manager who asked basic questions like "Can you lift 50 pounds?" "Do you have a reliable means of transportation?" Stuff that most companies put on the online application. Two weeks later, I went in for a second interview that lasted less than 10 minutes. A week after that, I get told that I've been selected for the final interview at 12 PM, but they email me at 8 AM to tell me that all interviews were cancelled because they transferred an employee from a different location.
First time I've been recommended a video from your channel. It was good! Informative and entertaining. Keep it up 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! I hope to continue to provide value! Thank you for reaching out!
Always look forward to your Sunday videos!!🎉
Thank you for the support!🤍
Thank you for all you do for we the people with this channel.
Absolutely! So glad that I can provide value! I hope you are doing well
Freaking amazing video.
Subscribed. Excited to watch you grow on the platform!
I know of a workplace that lied by having ghost jobs, and I saw them lie to applicants and waste immense amounts of time for jobs that would never actually hire. It enraged me and I refused to participate. I would've warned applicants on Glass door, but the business is small enough that they would've figured out it was me.
I appreciate you doing what’s right. Such a mess
I've been ghosted by multiple companies, I've had Sam's Club call me in for an interview only for them to ghost me for over 2 months before rejecting me
So frustrating!! I’m really sorry to hear about this! I hope things begin to look somewhat better for you here soon. Thank you for reaching out
@@DamonCassidy YT recommended it! I've been waiting to hear back from other places but nothing still. Been at this job for nearly 6 years and I'm ready to leave but no one is hiring or if they are, it's for a Niche category
The fact that so many people spend money to get certificates and degrees just to not find any jobs is extremely frustrating..
Beyond frustrating
this is a great breakdown-well said
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
I have applied more than 70 jobs and even with college degree and 5 years of experience I can't find one. It's all we are not going forward with your application.
The economy is going up but we really can't see that in the ground. I highly doubt if the numbers are real.
I like to think that one day these companies are gonna regret f-ing around with hiring people, but I know it's far fetch
I believe everything gets balanced at some point. I like to think there will be consequences for these actions. Guess we just have to keep doing the best we can
Another great video. Thank you for the positive finish. I know people need to hear that right now.
Fantastic video. That interview is just insane.
So glad it provided value! Isn’t it!! So crazy
Watching the "print money" clip and all I can think is the person who one told me "you'll know of you really understand a concept by of you can teach it to someone else". I think you should have to really understand a concept before being given that kind of power....
Most definitely!! Or at least have the ability to say you don’t know something and then learn (of course he should know it) but to put on a performance like that is astounding
This channel is a gem. I subscribed right away. 👌
So glad you enjoy it! Thank you for the support!🤍
Irony those companies will always call you back 6 months later after you already have a job then be offended that you found a job,
No kidding!
I'm terrified for my future. Looks like 'study hard and land a good job' is longer the correct advice in the current environment.
Businesses should be sued for basically wasting people's time and taking their personal data only to not even bothering to read the job application.
When i looked for a job recently, it seemed that most were there just to say they were hiring but not actually looking to hire. I have 10 years of diesel equipment repair experience, for a little context. For every 100 jobs i applied to i would get 3 interviews and for every 10 interviews only 1 would make an offer worth my time. Job market is a bloated dead animal right now
Unreal! Makes absolutely no sense! I am sorry this is your experience, I hope that it gets better soon🤍
I really enjoyed your analysis. It is pretty amazing what you shared here. It is also quite frightening too now that AI is taking over the screening process. Fortunately for me I am a 67 year old baby boomer who is past retirement age so I hopefully will not have to compete to get a job in this new world order. I know that doing well on youtube in terms of getting subscribers and views comes down to impressing its algorithm. And not to my surprise based on my stats I am pretty bad at this except for shorts. My shorts seem to get a decent number of views. It is all a mystery to me but reinforces just how necessary being talented is in the modern world.
It’s a mystery to me as well, in certain ways I love the game of it and in other ways I can’t stand it. I guess it’s what makes me keep coming back to it. I solely do it for the value I hope to bring but I have not a clue what I would do if I didn’t have UA-cam occupying my attention and passion. Something I’ve been stressing more about lately. Thank you for reaching out, hope you are doing well
You are correct that AI is being used to screen resumes. This is why I recommend people work with agencies or recruiters because at least you're dealing with a human being.
This is the first video I’ve seen of yours and I want to say well done! Pretty much goes with most of the trends and things I’ve been hearing.
So glad you enjoyed it! Yes, it’s been great to hear other really in depth conversations on this as well! Thank you for reaching out, I hope all is well
Subscribed immediately, absolutely appreciate this video, I just landed a job but it took me EIGHT. MONTHS. to find one and I only am just getting interviews and the alike now.
It's just so unbelievable how the disconnect between the work force is vs the government believing we don't need stimulus checks or any support. After all, we can "just print money" right?
So glad that this video provided value! I really appreciate your support! Unreal it took that long! That had to have been beyond frustrating. I think Bernstein helped us know for sure “the government prints money” haha. I hope all is well, thank you for reaching out🤍