Canadian job market tough for young people right now
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Canada lost 17,000 jobs in May, pushing the unemployment rate up to 5.2 per cent, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday morning. The decline is primarily driven by the loss of 77,000 jobs among youth aged 15 to 24.
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Brother is friends with one of Mississauga Tim Horton managers. She told him resumes from kids born in Canada (all skin colors) goes straight to bin they prefer international students. Reasons: Canadians take too many breaks, its hard to boss them around, they know their rights, they don't need PR so hard to blackmail them, they don't work extra hours in need, etc. Conclusion: Due to too much labor supply companies looking for slaves not employees. Am sure government is well aware of it too but they don't give a foook
Same situation at Walmart near my neighborhood, all middle-aged Indians. My teen son couldn't get a job after multiple applications were submitted.
Wow..dang.. I'm 30 and I think I'm feeling that too
This is 100% true. Corporations are only hiring Indians/new immigrants because they want people that they can harass and push around.
No wonder they woudnt hire someone like me even though I ain't born In the country.
tim hortons work exp doesnt count for pr
The federal government has not made existing Canadians a priority, only agendas.
what's at the end of agenda 🤔
Dude learn to speak English
Im only 26 with a college diploma, I want to leave Canada all together for the US where opportunities are unbelievably abundant. It's ridiculous that employers in Canada are asking for 20+ years of experience for an entry level position with low pay.
The US has much more jobs, lower taxes, lower cost of living, and much more opportunities for career growth.
Don't waste your life in Canada, breaking your back for wages that are heavily taxed and still isn't enough to adequately put food on the table.
Even immigrants are leaving Canada for the US.
Usa is a horrible country so is Canada
Although it's true that US has better opportunities, Americans themselves tend to complain a lot too about not having enough jobs and opportunities. Interesting times we live in.
We also doing layoffs in usa for tech.
the grass is always greener on the other side.
Allowing international students to work 40 hours was a BAD IDEA!
Trust me, the amount they're robbed in international tuition more than makes up for it. The Canadian economy would be nothing without international students.
In Australia, an international student can legally only work 20 hours a week.
@@smola55gonna be the same here after April 30 I believe
@@roaming740doesn’t matter, they all work more under the table anyway as the rules aren’t enforced. Modern day slavery suppressing wages for Canadians
It truly is. It’s hard even finding a retail job.
International students coming in - they are taking tons of retail jobs.
@@johncam8420 They're taking nothing man, they struggle as much as you do
@@nightcop1 They are here to get and use our citizenship for their own benefit. Not to help Canadians.
@@johncam8420 And to get your citizenship you must work hard and in specific jobs + these guys are just seeking a better life abroad because their country is unliveable
@@nightcop1 bro Indian only hiring Indians in these jobs why we can’t get any that’s the truth of it
Harder still considering we need less university grads and more manual laborers.
Bingo. That is true everywhere in the western world.
There are two Canadians with a bachelors degree for every one position that requires a bachelors degree.
I wonder when the younger generations will realize supply and demand is a thing and stop seeing white collar jobs as the only way to make a good living.
@@4nowunknown When tv and movies stop lying to people about what a respectable job is. I would like to say the average person is more resistant to such blatant brain washing but I think we all know we aren't.
@@4nowunknown When or if... Social media is selling different kind of dreams, and their workd is composed of the next hi tech gadget.
The job pre-requirements are stupidly exaggerated. A lot of these entry-level positions should not even require a degree or basic post-secondary education.
What these employers need to do is fund their own on the job training courses. And if the employee wants to climb up the echelon pyramid, then I can see Post-Secondary education being necessary.
Agreed. Been saying this for a while now: apprenticeships. You don't need greedy college trade school for a hands-on work. Unfortunately, employers are not willing to train anyone anymore. They outsource it to trade schools and colleges, and then wonder why the grads can't do the job.
It's tough for everyone not just students
And they carry thousands in student debt, no chance of a job, employers are asking for at least 3-5 years experience in their respective fields, plus thousands still unemployed due to covid lay offs.
🧂🧂
bro one of the most ridiculous job descriptions I have seen is they required for master's degree with 3-5-year experience and only pay you 18 per hour with no other bonus and there were more than 200 applicants for this job on LinkedIn, from this job I knew people are in panic to getting a job, so they are willing to take anything from the hiring companies. TBH, I never thought that the problem could be so bad while the economic in Canada is stuck and inflation is so skyrocketing. And now the interest rate is also rising, seems like we are trying to pass the game at the hell level.
Man glad I had my student loan paid off college is Bull**** no matter what degree you have you'll never get a good well paying job in such an economy luckily my student loan wasn't too much like 2k ish something.
A boiling point will be reached soon. People aren't going to sit back while their lives just fall apart.
Canadian reporting at its finest💀 0:32
Ive worked seasonal jobs since i was 16 (going on 22) never had a problem finding a job that paid around 20 buck an hour untill now and last year 😭
Are you serious? Right now I’m struggling to find even a minimum wage job. I literally applied to Swiss Chalet twice and got rejected.
Now is such a horrible time to be young and in need of a job.
@@mindgames7411 yup it's ridiculously how little interview I get (around 1 to 3 per 100 CV sent) people are literally becoming homeless and starving BC they aren't any jobs for them it's wild out here
Same, 25$ at a warehouse, 27$ at a bakery doing cleaning. Pandemic hit and some mass layoff. Jobless and on EI for a long time before getting into the junkyard where it's horrible and left me with permanent disability for slightly above minimum wage. You either become homeless or has little money but crippled.
Cbc not facing any layoffs
Even though they have lowest rating ever
How dishonest to pretend it’s just young people struggling.
"Unemployment is high right now. Let's talk to a random unemployed student"! No wonder traditional TV is dying.
She’s not a random student she’s a student union president.
@@cphilipbrown 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Ben-bg2lp ?
It's funny that this is framed as a student only issue. Just a preview what they're going to face soon. Welcome to the real world students where your expensive paper usually doesn't mean much.
Yes, let's classify engineers, biochemists etc., in the same thing as "liberal arts" students. If we cannot create jobs for useful professions, we are a failed state.
@@johncam8420 Exactly. There's no reason why recent STEM grads should be struggling to find work. There are people who can't even find fast food or retail jobs.
You literally have to know someone (nepotism) in order to find a decent job.
All the hallmarks of a 3rd world country
@@jonathanjohnson9611Heck, even in 3rd world country I was from jobs are easier to get. Atleast the entry level low skilled ones. And we do a lot of things manually since people are cheaper than machines/electricity/gas while human fuel (food) is cheap, so lots of jobs.
Mainly Indian students are suffering . I put an ad for rental unit and I got about 175 emails and majority were Indians .govt needs to put a pause to Indian students until situation changes . Jobs are difficult to find now. Most of the
retail jobs are with Indians students and they are so many that even they are having difficulty finding jobs
Wait till AI starts replacing jobs...will be even worse!
As a PR holder living in Toronto, It's been months that I cannot find any job. Have borrowed money multiple times from friends, but until when?
There is not a day that I haven't applied for a job either online or in person. The job market has gotten way tougher in the last two years that I have noticed.
Also a PR holder and my record was an entire year, I've been applying at everything back then until I found the junkyard. Turns out, junkyard jobs are one of those that always need more people bec even PR holders tend to quit fast as it is disgusting, dirty, dangerous, demanding, cancerous, etc.
@@dwargonedragon794 It is getting disgusting here every day more and more.
What is your skillset as of now ?
Its so weird man, here in Germany its is so easy to get a job atm, like they almost beg you. Crazy to hear
Then I wonder why Germans are dying for Canadian passport.
Here in Canada, you have to beg the employers even if you are a college or some university graduate.
A lucky one will get a job after begging the employer.
@@cryfier
I’m 50 had to leave my last employer because my hours were shrinking I ended up only getting 4 hours a week no one can live on that and I’m a trained psw 24 years so I’ve been to many companies no reply so what is really going on here ??????
Just graduated from software eng and applied for more than 50+ companies, got back from few like 3 ! Did 2 months of interviews, they didn’t even said we won’t approve you, their message was this position is on hold we will let you know if we want you! Can’t take this anymore….
@ChineseRatfaceCHANG I have been in software for longer than 5 years! I started when I was 7 years old when I was chosen by an academy as a gifted student and been doing different applications and won many competitions in robotics and made money in it. Since I have been in Canada everything went downhill for me, but thank god I acted sooner than my colleagues and friends and left the country to USA and secured a job last year. And if you wonder if I am regretting getting into software I have to say, 100% I love it. The thing is, there are noobs everywhere, in any field and your statement is pure bs. What can be seen is Canada’s job system is corrupted to its core. Your welcome buddy
Ummm this is utterly preposterous. I manage an auto body shop in Manitoba, and I can't find ANY staff let alone "young people" in the demographics listed in this video. You know the problem? Young people have been brain washed into thinking they need some BS university degree to be successful. Young people, skip the antiquated idea that you have no choice but to toss away 100k on an "education" and get into trades. Ill hire you!
I disagree, you need a BA for a top notch job at Tims or Starbucks.
@@m____w____6981 Those places raise up the bar because they have students flocking.
@@shanidgolam Keep on trying. Don't rule out small business or lower paid from what you have in mind, because it gives experience.
Yea..you'll hire me for minimum wage and 2 weeks vacation a year lmao. Hire a punjabi.
@@sirpaddlesworthiii5933 I pay employees based on experience and technical ability. If youre just starting out in anything, with 0 experience, yes, you start at the bottom of the pay scale untill you gain experience. I know I did. And you should really tone down the racism. I dont hire racists in my very multi cultural shop
When everything is more expensive, people stop buying as much. Hopefully this doesn't get much worse, but our current PM is showing no signs of slowing down on the inflationary spending.
Only message from Ottawa is to be terrified of a climate apocalypse.
Meanwhile, so many Canadians in dire need of a stronger economy.
The message I'm getting is that we need to make changes to strengthen our resiliency against climate disasters. Prevention costs less money than repairs afterwards.
When people have to choose between food and housing costs, they don't need a strong economy, they need affordable housing and financial support. Our economy is growing which is contributing to the high inflation rate.
I have an idea. Divert 1billion from CBC and put it into the hands of students to help them out with the insane housing prices and insane tuition costs.
why media tole us canada need people, but unemployment rate was pushed high at the same time?
We could create so many more jobs by banning self-checkouts
I did my masters here, just graduated. I have applied to more than 100 positions. got a call back for initial screenings from 4 companies. No interviews yet. :)
There are only min wage part time contract jobs
government should decrease taxes so more businesses would come then we will have more jobs. All businesses go to USA. Canada has min opportunities. We need more businesses to create more jobs....
Polishers, pulmbers, electricians...the list goes on. Theyre all needed jobs here. Every shop is looking for more hands.
There are in demand jobs and those that aren’t. Know the difference before you go to uni or any training institution
It changes… see the IT firings … and somehow we still say we need IT and then we say we don’t because of AI- these people in power cannot predict anything…
This interview was painful to watch … a dialogue between beginners?
And they still bring more people in...
Canada, debt to GDP: 113% and growing every day
Boomers won’t retire and give the new generation a chance. They are working until 99 years old
There are about 10 years worth of new people in the country and jobs dont grow at the rate of population growth. The situation in canada is similar to african countries like somalia, ethiopia.
Its impossible to find a job, even as a Canadian. How is it that a teenager with work experience cant get a job as a dishwasher, one of the worst jobs ever.
A student union president, what a joke
job market is tough !
There's a 100% chance Shaziah is an NDP / Liberal voter.
Love how these young people are complaining about how tough things are, but they are the ones keeping the liberals (who are responsible) In power.😅😅😅😅😅
You get what you deserve in this world.
We all get to be equally poor
The best investment is putting gas in your rusty car and drive out of that province. Take your money, sell your house, leave. What jobs are back there, the retirees take your job away from you. You can drive around Dartmouth in 20 minutes on a wanna be ring road, then you go home and nosy neighbours wonder if they can borrow your trailer. Rent control gone bad. Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Kelowna are all much better cities that actually want you
The trades stay the play.
Try putting this on your resume: my pronouns are whatever makes sense to you and I won't run to HR if you hurt my feelings.
This is terrible advice tbh. Having worked in tech for 6 years post university I can tell you with absolute certainty that it's possible to get jobs, you just need to stand out vs others with the same degree. If you've studied finance, take your cpa or cfa. If you've studied anything around comp science, take data management courses, learn how to code and use sql. Etc. You can't come into a job with just a degree. No one wants to pay to teach you how to do your job.
…than why waste time ‘n money in school…why not just get the certification directly instead. If I have to do it over again…I definitely attend trade school to learn marketable skill set.
@bluestonemetallic7 without the degree you wouldn't even make it past the pile of resumes.
I see what your saying, but by definition, everyone can’t stand out. Only a few out of thousands can.
@@cphilipbrown I know. That's just life.
That is ridiculous. Jobs should be forced to include training. And degrees, with some exception, are worthless. Back in the 70's companies would identify various people and offer to not only continue with their education, but also help pay for it because the recognised the importance of worker loyalty. It can be that way again, but the government has to step up and dictate how the hiring process should work from start to finish.
No matter what, we need to have a national guaranteed liveable universal basic income.
So send inflation to the moon? Good idea
And end up like Venezuela and Zimbabwe where everyone was a millionaire until they saw the cost of just a loaf of bread?
@@shauncameron8390 you mean trillionaire where you need a barrel of money to get a loaf of bread
@@jctai100 it's already there and investing in the ppl will be good for the economy unlike the current model or printing billions and giving it to billionaires in the form of corporate welfare
@@shauncameron8390 Venezuela never had a basic income and for you to compare that country to Canada is completely asinine and highlights how uneducated you are on the topic
Tell me something that I do not alredy know 😂 We all know who and what the ptoblem is yet nothing is done about it
That's okay. They have demonstrated their lack of will to do anything resembling work. So the employers are now looking towards Gen X
What the student rep is saying here is completely at odds with every employer I speak with. No one can find enough workers, no one. And the ones that do want to work only want very specific hours at a higher rate of pay than the employer can afford. I do not understand where the disconnect is?
Employers don’t want students who are going back to school in September. That’s the disconnect.
@@carlyar5281 again not my experience. Forestry and construction both have a lot of room for seasonal work. Retail as we’ll need to have summer staff to cover for vacationing permanent staff.
They probably just don't want to hire the whiney, woke and entitled. So many university grads think they can skip the entry level.
you mean they want reasonable pay..
Lol how much do they pay? If they can't find anyone then they're paying slave wages is my guess
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Mainly because young people want a job, but don't want to work!
Mainly young ppl are not interested in working in a job that is unsustainable.
@@annaflea its called working up the ranks and gaining experience.
@@annaflea That is what I said - they don't want to work and gain experience, or prove that they are competent and capable workers. They just want everything handed to them on a platter.
Typical statement said by boomers who have zero clue what the current job market is like, because they haven’t applied for a job since 1985.
People with internship experience and high GPAs aren’t even getting callbacks. Many grads have swallowed their pride and even applied for minimum wage positions, and still cant find anything. In the interview it literally says entry level positions get 1000 applicants within minutes, which is true because I see it as a new grad.
“No OnE wAnTs To WoRk” I dare you to quit your job and find quickly find employment if you really think its that easy. And if you’re retired then you have absolutely no right speaking on the current job market.
@@PauloAguil I have 2 universtiy degrees and have been working for over 55 years at close to 20 jobs, I still work at a seasonal job paying near minimym wage and pick up garbage of I have to as part of the job. Every year I see young buvks get hired, only to quit a week later because they have to pick yo garbagem or haven't been allowed to operate expensive machinery due to their lax attitude. If you can't get a job in your field, put your pride away and work towards it - you don't get to start at the top!
Here’s a tip… stop being a little B and tuff it out, life is not easy for anyone.
Though what out? That companies cry about a shortage of workers and then refuse to hire anyone after hundreds of applicants with proper education?
LOL It’s just starting for them. Welcome to the real world.
What did elected officials do in China? Poverty allieviation completed 10 yrs ago, now Modernization. Vocational schools that trained 450k Nurses/Doctors, Trades+++. Infastructure is 50yrs ahead of Canada. CGTN The Point-Heat-Hub, amazing... Cyrus Janssen visiting now, documentaries Uyghure Autonomeous Region-Tibet, Spring Festival a must see
Yes job market, affordability & housing market is really really difficult for coffee art makers, ppl who eat outside regularly & don't live in structure called family & youtube infulancera. Not sure how these international students find the jobs in canada.. 😅😅😅😅😅