If Everyone Is Hiring, Why Can Nobody Get A Job?

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[@mitsunam7001]

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[@O999BIGFOOT]

erm what da sigma

[@GALuigi]

Nextiva is a horrible, soulless company. Funny they got you of all people to shill for them. Super ironic it's on this video too.

[@wilfred309]

Link doesn't work.

[@dougied3449]

You should cover the trades collapse caused by mismanagement and greed. For example: I worked for an aerospace manufacturing company but ive seen it across the entire industry, being freelance ive worked many places as temp hire to meet quotas. A master class machinist which means 4 years college and years of experience. The managers, hr, office staff and shift leads have degrees or associates in legal, business, accounting and even in counseling but not single one with engineering or machining degree or even training. those are the ones picking new hires. Since they actually have no knowledge of the industry, they work in, they pick on the likeability scale. ive seen them hire game physics designers, small building designers (sheds), server administrators and coders as engineers. this is why american craftsmanship has fallen. It would be similar to asking your h&r block gal to overhaul your car engine. That's why boeing has had so many problems. Nda's so I can't say more on that. I like breathing. They're more effective at getting rid of troublesome people than hillary.

[@racool911]

The worst part is if you have a parent who grew up in a different time and thinks you're just being lazy

[@Hazmat295]

Lol literally my girls stepdad... thinking it's easy to get an entry level job when literally everyone and their grandma is looking for a job or a second job

[@ImSimplyPhil]

literally my parents

[@avqu1la]

Literally my mom. My mom’s been telling me to get a part time job since my junior year of high school. I applied to over 400 job listings, consistently checking on my application by calling the hiring manager, only for my application to get rejected right after I hang up. And she thinks I’m just sitting on my ass.

[@kenlieu1512]

Same.. my parents think that I’m not even trying or even looking for a job when I really am.. it’s just that the job market is too brutal

[@jenkins9711]

Exactly…

[@KruzIonblood]

I should've gotten a job 20 years ago instead of being 5 years old.

[@gnulectures]

I know right? How silly of me to not learn JavaScript and Python in the womb.

[@internetpointsbank]

2008 would be just around the corner

[@disclaimer4211]

Amazing, il just get my time machine and just buy a house in 2005 and get a job so I can avoid all of it.

[@Distress.]

I'm in IT they're not hiring either

[@annyaanderson4703]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@coment5r6z4]

Its because employers refuse to train people. There is no worker shortage. There is a shortage of cheap labour.

[@O999BIGFOOT]

fr

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

this actually baffles me, training staff is tax deductible as a work expense so there's very little economically stopping them, yeah the staff training them are a little slower but down the line you have 2 effective and skilled employees so it averages out, it makes no sense

[@towardthewithin4018]

Not true. The books are cooked. Those lost jobs are never coming back. They’re lying to keep a positive public opinion.

[@imanothman3791]

This is exactly it! We're just expected to have experience in every single platform and tool.

[@Perri-F]

⁠@@jimbothegymbro7086it makes sense in a few ways but if I say em imma be labeled a crazy mofo

[@jsomething1116]

Lost my job recently and decided to hand out my resume in person and shake a few hands. Everyone looked at me like all 6 of my heads were projectile vomiting blood. Technology has made us afraid to actually interact with each other.

[@R53Hole]

👨👨👨👨👨👨6 heads!?

[@Iamhere829]

I’m sorry.. I hope things get better..

[@envy2069]

Yeah…you don’t do that anymore sadly

[@matteodelapaz1698]

How did you lose your job?

[@Candyy248]

If only technology removed job interviews entirely at this point...

[@P-39_Airacobra]

We've made so much "progress" as a society and yet our lives are more stressful and meaningless than ever. How ironic.

[@mischiefner]

*pseudo-progress ...

[@paulschell2712]

The only people that ever benefit from progress from society are the elites. Its such bullshit.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Who told you that we made progress as society? Let me guess, media, companies and politicians AKA liars.

[@duongnguyen-s1i]

@@AKUJIVALDO technically we did in medical field. economy even if inflation is insane but its been calm for now. technological, science, qol. but...... we are less human and turn to robots kinda and people are fighting to live in the moment but obey the cruel corporate rules. we are more united as a society but also more distant :(

[@Lewvou]

Technological progress thats it

[@Schlammie]

It should be illegal to call a job "Entry Level" when 3+ years experience isn't exactly a beginner.

[@katherinemahlum178]

Exactly

[@rik9833]

So what are we going to do about it, we need to past a law for this bullshit

[@danisabeh9771]

Yes

[@sdgamer1860]

wouldn't 3 plus years mean your almost a Seasoned worker at that point? That would imply that the company is looking for seasoned or veteran workers and not new blood beginners

[@deddrz2549]

Well a lot of times they don't call it entry level, but they still pay like the job is entry-level

[@jurassicthunder]

Ghost jobs should be ILLEGAL.

[@LaparohMesa]

Fr, US companies are as corrupt as Somalia

[@MrDanielvass]

It likely technically is, but they can always weasel excuses to justify so no company could ever be prosecuted.

[@jurassicthunder]

​@@MrDanielvasswell at least we can make it harder if anything.

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

Oh yeh

[@robertbeisert3315]

False advertising, stock manipulation, probably a few other things apply. The same should apply to "industry standard pay." That's racketeering, surely.

[@Lefty7788tinkatolli]

My mum told me my 2 years of unemployment was just me being lazy, looking in the wrong places, not trying hard enough, skill issue, etc. I sent her this. She has no fucking CLUE what we have to go through nowadays to get even the simplest of jobs.

[@katryk94]

I live in Poland. The same told me my granparents who are over 80 and lived during socialist times in Poland when there were no capitalism at all...

[@Psyrens]

The longer you don't have a job.. the more outlandish and extraordinary your story on WHY you sat around for 2 years better be..

[@divx1001]

You were unemployed for 2 years because you had the funds to live without income for those 2 years. Some of us can't afford even one month because we don't have our parents or they didn't leave us any property. Now tell me, do you think a person like me can have a similar story? No, I went to work as a waitress for 6 years until I got my first corporate job. I also freelanced various jobs just to sustain myself. The job market sucks but instead of complaining and shrugging your shoulders you should start working any job if it's that important to you. If your parents keep paying for your food and house, then you better accept their complaints and look for a job even harder. There are literally no excuses. Also try to be grateful for your parents that allowed you to look for a job for 2 years.

[@Lo0ny_T0ons]

Or if you do land a job it’s a shitty hole in the wall that you get treated like shit

[@2fiafisdoafw34]

Parents are BS, I hate them. Boomers are crap.

[@phoqueme]

"Im sorry your child's application for kindergarten has been denied, he does not meet the minimum 2+ year experience required, good luck in your search" that's how idiotic "entry level experience" sounds

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

Nah, it's more like "has your child been in an office job since kindergarten"

[@eitkoml]

Then the door is held wide open for nepos to get in.

[@marschallblucher6197]

Reminds me of that story of a job opening that required 20 years of experience using a certain programming language... That programming language hadn't even existed for 20 years at that point.

[@SimpSizzler]

I'm going to blow you away but that's a thing in the northern VA, MD, DC area. Not exactly the experience bit, but several of the daycares we tried to put our kid into had an application and a period of like 2 to 4 months where they reviewed the application. Only ones that accept outright are expensive ones because obviously they are expensive which means less people which means they will take anyone willing to pay 3 to 5k a month for "Montessori" (which is iffy imho)

[@marschallblucher6197]

@@SimpSizzler I never knew "Montessori" was an English word. In Sri Lanka it refers to schools for small children. Similar to daycare.

[@fireiceduet]

Because employers keep on asking for 3-8 years of experience for entry level positions, and pay peanuts for it.

[@grofbeton]

this is going on since the 80's

[@AK255.]

Sounds like a personal issue

[@JackieChan-rk7mc]

​@@AK255.Sounds like you don't know shit

[@daviecrocket9160]

Muppet ​@@AK255.

[@abrahamlincoln1600]

Hey I’ll take the peanuts

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

It's impossible to get an entry level job, because they require 3 years of experience, but you can't get experience, because you need experience to get experience. That is super flawed.

[@JohnDoe11VII]

And some will say needs 3 years professional experience coding in at least 1 language, then list required 7 random languages, with a list of software, and having released a product. Then say at the end you need a bachelor's degree minimum. At some point you might as well just try to make and sell your own software it's so bad.

[@wrathofainz]

Catch-22

[@codeintherough]

​@@JohnDoe11VII software is the easiest cheapest thing to actually build and release a product all on your own no employees. I really feel sorry for people that want to build physical products, now that's really hard without outside investors.

[@TheMarcuslindberg]

You should "work" in your own company during study. Then you have the experience 😅

[@seunmoses]

It’s not flawed, it’s a consequence of a few factors firstly new graduates are often expecting to be able to live independently so they require higher salaries (companies are unwilling to pay this for someone they will have to retrain anyway), in the past graduates would live with their parents till they married. Second, people figured out these degrees don’t give the holder valuable skills, on the job experience is more important. Thirdly, what you consider entry level is often an important function for the hiring company, just because you think its entry level does not mean they want someone inexperienced. I recent hired a recent graduate, she called in sick every day and had no skills, she’d learned to interview well, we let her go after a month. Next time we’ll want someone with a few years of work experience at least, for the entry level role

[@zburnham]

Companies are spending so much time finding candidates to reject that the good ones don't get called back either. THIS ISN'T WORKING. How about we start treating job applicants like human beings again.

[@TheMostSourKraut]

Companies deadass sit here and say "Yeah you're gonna need a degree to do something we could easily train you to do, as well as a minimum five years of experience, despite the fact that no one else will hire you either so you can't get the experience."

[@Tyler_W]

"Why does no one want to work these days?" He said after throwing away a perfectly decent catch because it wasn't Moby Dick.

[@johnallenbailey1103]

They want people that need income to volunteer for jobs that should be paid positions.

[@brainwashedbyevidence948]

I hear that factories are hiring anyone these days

[@roji556]

As somebody who’s trained new hires, people have also just gotten exponentially dumber with the attention span of a squirrel. It’s not surprising that companies want someone who already knows how to do the job.

[@Dredge22]

The not experienced enough line is just a lie too. I've got 6 YOE and a MS from a top 5 engineering school and still have less than 1% interview rate and almost no offers. The jobs just don't exist but its in the government and companies interest to pretend they do. The ones that give interviews are even worse than the ones that ignore you. Just spent over 100hrs interviewing with one and doing silly tests only to get ghosted.

[@HectorDiabolucus]

Job hunting has turned into a dating app, with the same results.

[@rawcoustic1718]

lol this is accurate

[@usagi_t]

Everything is a rat race now.

[@SlapStyleAnims]

Yep lol

[@viego5442]

Yeah you have to appease the hr-ladies private parts or you dont get hired lmao

[@MeatVessel]

@@rawcoustic1718 it’s not funny both are serious problems

[@planetbob6703]

"Just walk into the building, find the manager, give him a firm handshake and ask for a job." "That may have worked in your days but if I try that today, best case they'll tell me to fill out an online application, worst case they'll call security."

[@BIGMANINTHEHOUSE2002]

Yep

[@cnvdh3514]

I've done to varying degrees success. Got my first job that way but hasn't worked since

[@MusicalMarble]

Come on sonny! You gotta pull your self up by those bootstraps, look 'em in the eye, and tell 'em. "I don't have much experience, but by golly, I work hard and I'm honest!"

[@ghoulbuster1]

Boomers are so stupid that they think this works lol

[@zachjackel]

Stop applying at offices. Go work in a kitchen or a construction site. Both of those jobs offer training and will take you straight out of high school and wont be replaced by ai in the next ten years.

[@brendaechols5929]

I was once rejected within seconds. I hit the submit button. My email pinged. I was instantly rejected. I spent 45 minutes on that application. 😡

[@courier05]

It seems that you got across to one of them "fake" applications? Cus rejection within seconds sounds like an automated robot.

[@prash9650]

Too bad bro I get your pain

[@MoboFromDoomed]

why the hell do they use ai for reviewing applications? its so fucking stupid

[@Anna08371]

I had to do a 2 hour long assessment only to be rejected immediately with no explanation….that was for a very basic job that honestly ANYONE could do….im never doing a long assessment again

[@IanAconstellation]

@@MoboFromDoomed2024

[@christophercassidy9962]

My dad told me how he got a job in 1956...he walked in, talked with the boss for a few minutes, hired, came in next day...no paperwork and all they asked was who the check is is gonna be made out to and the payroll lady showed him the single typed sheet to make sure info was correct...thats it. No nonsense No bs No computer No office politics Fair chance and sink or swim

[@j4irooo]

this. as much as technology is helpful it’s ruined so many things. i missed the time when you could just walk in and get a interview on the spot now it’s just “check online for the job postings” fcking hate it here

[@bogeyt15games55]

Funniest part is if 85% of the applicants today walked into a place like that back then they would ask why your looking for an entry level position and not a manager/corporate position lol

[@emmber19]

It's still like this in some parts of the trades. After applying for a bunch of white collar jobs and getting ghosted I said "fuck it" and called up a couple local plumbing companies. I talked to the owner of all of them and had a job by the end of the week.

[@3825cmac]

With a pension, quality of life and job security for life.

[@Luminous.Dynamics]

Yeah that was in the 50s. Its 2024

[@tapewormrage]

Politician: “We’ve created millions of new jobs!” The jobs:

[@oppalarvaestyle]

the Employees’ fault; they should’ve known better

[@Ysumbruh0]

@@oppalarvaestylethey should’ve known that the politicians were lying agian

[@madDesparada]

​@@oppalarvaestyle yeah totally, shame on the employees for being gullible little bitches. Give me a fucking break

[@lonelylad9818]

Biden and the democrats

[@eclipticpeak8452]

Not its true

[@venomlink2033]

I used the boomer advice of “wear a tie, walk in and ask for a job” and was told tens of times that they didn’t accept in person job applications and could only process my application online. Printing your resume is literally pointless

[@christine-kht]

Yes because they get hundreds of applications. It's impossible tobsee through manually. The boomer way doesn't work anymore.

[@victora.1329]

​@christine-kht they get hundred online. Those who show up in person should be considered more seriously rather than being rejected outright

[@dongeronimoI]

​@@victora.1329HR is lazy and low-iq.

[@leullakew9579]

Nowadays if you simply walk in and ask for a job, they’ll most likely blacklist you from ever having a job at that company and even call the police on you for harassment or trespassing.

[@majortellandrus2552]

​@@christine-khtShowing up in person with your resume in hand and ready to interview if needed should increase your chances of getting that job. I don't even see how getting the hundreds of ONLINE applications somehow makes it harder for them to see the one you brought in printed on paper when you're probably one of like three people that tried it. They shouldn't even have the option to turn you away to force you through their automated fuckin system so that you ACTUALLY get lost in the soup.

[@arts6821]

I applied to a PizzaHut, it had one of those stupid AI chatbots that set a job interview for me. When I showed up they weren’t even hiring… waste of my time…

[@J_BiggityBar]

Same thing happen to me when i tried to apply at McDonald. Went to the interview only to be told they are more than likely not going to hire and even need to cut hours back.

[@shishibabyzz]

This has happened to me a few times from Mcdonalds

[@mzsunnyshine007]

Unacceptable practice! Sorry this happened to you

[@orektez]

i asked a manager point blank why they didn't hire me, she said most people's applications get filtered through their ai. i realized we entered a dystopian future at that point.

[@lydmonkey4593]

That's why in one of my first year college class, they said to customize your resume to include words in the job description instead of what you already have, like if it says "teamwork" and you put "able to work with others," change it to teamwork. It's so annoying to have to do this.

[@sgr1507]

My father still looks through them manually and rejects most of the time from grammar, not high enough school degree, not good enough in math (its needed if they atleast want to be the cashier at the company) and yes, they do accept people without experience, in so far their application is good, but if you arent efficent then theyre gonna wait for the trial to end to then pay you (i forgot how exactly it works) and then you will talk with him again where he says if u can work there as a full time/part time job or not Look in germany i dont know many companies that do it because they know it wouldnt work, like a bakery, cashier at a super market, fast food worker, electronics stores, or generally stores

[@jayblack9871]

​@@Pfennigfuchs-z7v But they should.

[@Elenrai]

Worst thing is it filters out good candidates lacking the skill to navigate this irrelevant hellscape😂​@@lydmonkey4593

[@Sc9cvsd]

That's what people dont realize. Many if not most job postings are fake. They are the company fishing for market info for when they really need to hire. They can post because it isnt time commitment from HR staff to comb thru the resumes, they just have AI do it. And if a unicorn candidate applies then they'll interview them and maybe hire them but they have no intention of filling the position unless someone quits

[@abdurahmankareem1]

And the worst part is if people blaming YOU saying you're not applying enough. Basically blaming you

[@Supirbemo]

I feel that

[@idontcare1102]

Their main diet are rubber boots.

[@Challenger160]

This one really hit close to home. Literally.

[@wavejumper3]

"These jobs take intelligence" yea, if it's *entry level* that implies they want *entry level candidates*

[@sirvixhiter]

Dude I was just under 2weeks unemployed putting in 5+, apps a day getting to the point where I was blindly applying to everything just for income. Ex gf hit me with the "it kinda feels like you just don't wanna work". People with reliable jobs they've worked for years are super apathetic dude.

[@emmafrost7151]

The ‘70s: “I’d like to apply for a job, please?” “You have a pulse! You’re hired! Are you wearing a tie? Clearly you’re management material!” Today: “I have a master’s degree and speak three languages.” “We also require three years of experience!” “But this is an entry level job!” “Please leave before I call the police!”

[@bullgravy6906]

Oooh, yikes the minimum is 4 languages…we’ll be in touch

[@Umlaut95]

“Thank you for uploading your resume along with inputing that same information into our site.” 🤗

[@god_when333]

Fr, i think companies hiring entry lvl jobs should not have the right to require experince like bro its called entry level💀

[@sum1337]

today : so what would you bring to the company ? applicant : *roger* *roger* employer : YOU'RE HIRED!

[@GrimReaver]

“We decide to go with someone with more experience” 🙃

[@Brandon-io9yj]

I have been in my field for over 10 years. And there were a few employers that literally told me I have everything they needed but they cant pay me what i deemed fair. One guy was brutaly honest and said he would hire me if he could but his hands were tied to hire a cheaper less experienced candidate. Last year i was looking for work for months i had applied for 112 jobs and got a crappy one. I still kept looking for 2 more months and finally found a good paying job. In total for me it took 6 months over 150 applications and over 30 in person interviews. This economy is crazy

[@jamesmarkcabral3310]

Un-paid internships should be a human rights violation.

[@jennyanydots2389]

My life is a human rights violation. Jesus will log me off one day

[@chrism8180]

@@treesoul00 then don't have a child

[@jofx4051]

​@@treesoul00Just don't start being a parent in the first place 🗿

[@pippip8744]

​@@treesoul00so you are lazy and entitled, we get it.

[@welfare_baybee]

Lmao no. Go find something else to do

[@taylor943]

Companies acting like hot girls on tinder

[@Nakkisampyla]

Like 80% of girls 😅

[@julianstone1192]

That would be the case if you could pay a bribe to get the job lol

[@oncet0ldme1aint]

But the hot shingles are in your area

[@NightmareRex6]

well the hot girls wont F you, but the companys atleat F you ALOT.

[@jokerpilled2535]

Any girl over 5/10

[@mustard7306]

>job listed as entry level >required: 3+ years of relevant experience in the field This is why.

[@Distress.]

Barely above minimum wage

[@Chris-pq3wp]

It's not entry level so why do they call it that?

[@ircabc5332]

​@@Chris-pq3wpiirc it's usually labeled like that because you could advance in the job, i.e. get promotions, but right now that name is just used because you will get a bunch of applications and if you're a large corporation you could show the number of applications to the shareholders to make them wet themselves.

[@cardswarzreov2115]

I found one that is looking for minimum 5 years of experience

[@SolidSiren]

​@@cardswarzreov2115Are the employers....retarded?

[@Hedspaces]

That’s something that happened to me, i landed a job for full time, but when i went into the interview i was told “we forgot to take down the listing, but we can offer you part time”

[@ifylovesweets2629]

The only way to get a job these days is to know somebody on the inside

[@marcusmuah9460]

Minorities are screwed, we are first generation student to finish school and don’t even have families that can help us get jobs it’s sad

[@erfquake1]

In my case it didn't matter. All applicants had to apply online, and ATS filtered me out for a reason I'll never know & noone can tell me.

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

Pro tip : that's how it has always been. The difference today is we no longer have real communities.

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

​@@marcusmuah9460it's not a problem unique to minorities.

[@KMSTGerm]

@@marcusmuah9460 shut the absolute hell up, you underwear stains are the reason why the country is in the shape it is.

[@jfp17]

My brother once told me about a story he read in the Wall Street Journal about a CEO who applied to his own company and his resume was rejected.

[@LooseBills]

Damn 😂

[@bullgravy6906]

Like Charlie Chaplin losing his own lookalike contest. True story.

[@stayingfitandfocused]

Lmaooooo

[@thomasallen4340]

I'm betting someone lost their job that day lmao

[@JUVI9596]

I believe it

[@amazingman63]

Iv started lying on my applications. I dont care anymore about honesty, every employer has lied about benefits, hours and pay. I refuse to maintain honesty at the cost of my job and ability to have a roof over my head. Update: not only did it work but im making 5 more dollars per hour and with better benefits.

[@ethanheitz4489]

Yea, may as well. Like Moon said, the trust has been eroded. If there was ever any to begin with...

[@xbreezee]

That makes me really sad

[@pwnomega4562]

I can relate my team lead is some teenage girl that was 'allegedly' a manager at some place for 4 years... i honestly find that hard to believe... apparently from what i heard from a friend as that she didn't even want the job but my supervisor just handed it to her and convinced her to take it. keep in mind the same people that just handed a teenager a position of authority over an entire production line was also incredibly skeptical of me because i'm gen Z and """due to my age, they assumed that i wouldn't want to work"""" yet the hire someone younger than me in heart beat and put them a rung or two above me on the totem pole... ironically the laziest people in the plant are in their 30s and 40s....

[@jeankirchstein2552]

​@@pwnomega4562nah sounds to me they had ulterior motives if you get what I mean

[@joesdoe4732]

My friend lied on his interview. He got the job

[@brocolinoytx8298]

“You don’t have enough experience” well when am I ever gonna get the experience if you don’t show me

[@tainamichelle2683]

I swear, it is just terrible how people who are trying to get their first job barely have a chance because a lot of jobs would never hire people who actually have experience. Like, jobs train people how to do the job they applied for so they can get the hang of it. It's like saying people who have no job experience aren't capable of learning the ropes in order to get the job. Like, seriously, how are people supposed to get experience if they are never given the chance? Not everyone wants to work at a fast food restaurant, let alone for a first job. It feels extremely insulting that you get rejected just because you have no experience and you are only going to start at part-time at that.

[@oliviaarnest5536]

And if you do have the degree and experience, you may then be considered over qualified for a position and they don't want to have to pay you what you are worth so they still won't hire you.

[@captainmunchies134]

"That's not my problem, next"

[@wojciech_leszczynski]

The world is becoming the definition of "Why doing good when it's much easier to look good?"

[@qzy-179SanTzxkW]

"[...]to look like doing good"

[@turtleanton6539]

Faxxx🎉

[@abrahamlincoln1600]

Can’t forget zuko’s classic: “WHY AM I SO BAD AT BEING GOOD?” Which the worlds also becoming.

[@robertbeisert3315]

Not the world, just our part of it.

[@realmynameshiro]

Becoming? It already is.

[@bonginkosishabangu5160]

"Finding a Job is a full-time JOB"

[@AnalyticalMenace]

Well, yes.

[@Merlin_From_Shrek_3]

Yeah and then you get a part time job at best

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug3450]

Yup, took me almost 2 months to find my current job after sending couple hundreds of applications.

[@sbonfye8058]

@@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug3450same here bro and I got a great job but it took me a couple hundred tries

[@jasonzhu9742]

But do you get paid for it🤔

[@globalmapping5034]

Barrier of entry is too high, diplomas needed everywhere, experience required 95% of the time, while in reality everyone actually learns the job AT THE JOB and rarely knows anything upfront..

[@polishal9061]

Ignore what is in the requirements, apply anyway. In most cases, these are only the company wishes, unless you go for a doctor or engineer jobs of course.

[@lystic9392]

​@@polishal9061Doesn't ATS mean this is no longer going to work? If you get put on the bottom of the list automatically... Sounds a bit like how dating has gone downhill through dating apps. Turning people into numbers instead of maintaining a human element.

[@sohigh7433]

​@@lystic9392it is exactly how it works. I've been applying for 2 months, 40+ applications sent out, only one interview. Because a friend recommended me. I didn't even get an email reply for the other ones, the ATS straight up rejected me. Then said friend left the company that interviewed me on not so good terms. They hired someone else just to spite him. It is unreal how little effort companies want to put and how much they expect from you.

[@mistermoo7602]

​@@polishal9061 Too many people started doing exactly this so they get filtered out by AI now, along with many viable candidates because the program doesn't know any better.

[@substance90]

Only very large companies can afford to pay you 6-12 salaries to just learn and not earn them a single penny in this time. - source: I’m a small business owner.

[@BHV0810]

Having to work while studying full time is ridiculous. Not being able to find work while studying full time is even worse. This society has me on the brink...

[@drrocketman7794]

"Entry-level job" means no experience required. This is something a 16 year old can do. "3 years experience required" isn't entry-level.

[@JohnDoe-zx9ul]

All your generation does is whine, you got 16 years of that 😂

[@drrocketman7794]

@JohnDoe-zx9ul I'm a Gen X. I've been seeing this sort of thing for the past 27 years, the boomers all think we're taking their jobs and won't train us at all. You can't get a job without experience, but you can't have experience without working.

[@xylynthian753]

​​​@@JohnDoe-zx9ulSo tell me how someone is supposed to get experience in an industry if they can't get an entry level job in the industry? Internships aren't everywhere.

[@user-net-unknown]

​@@JohnDoe-zx9ul ᖇETᗩᖇᗪEᗪ comment 100%

[@Interxection]

​@@JohnDoe-zx9ulyea and all you do is complain about our generation quit yapping

[@RTeeeezY]

The most disgusting part about that is, that young people which wanna start their independend lives sometimes get stuck for years. They lose every hope, because they didnt do anything wrong and yet cant succeed. No wonder some people wanna see the system rot away. Also somehow its the same shyt in the US, europe and asia.

[@leonardmanolache1291]

Im from romania and right now i am unempleyed and i struggle to find a job but no results. What makes job market better is that employers to to stick out the head from their ass

[@unstoppablesquid1232]

Best i could find was a fish factory were half the people there dont speak english

[@danielpetrucci8952]

Same bullshit in Canada

[@MamaAnarchy_]

Yep, that's me. I've been unemployed for a year now. Applications go nowhere. I have very minimal generic experience and can't drive, making it nearly impossible to actually get a job. Then the government and companies wonder why so many people are depressed.

[@NothingXemnas]

South America as well. Latin America has never been more screwed. Actually, talking with people abroad made me realize the housing crisis and job shortage is present in every country at this point. How did the entire globe get fucked like this?

[@DairukaSutain]

Who would have thought that a department devoted entirely to turning Humanity into a Resource for the sake of their corporate overlords would've turned out to be evil and dehumanizing.

[@Hath.0]

Once you realize that "human resources" is there to protect the employer and not the employees. It makes alot more sense. They just call it "Human resources" to sound good.

[@1685Violin]

Blame too many regulations that companies require HR departments at a certain size.

[@ensoniq2k]

@@Hath.0 Might as well call it workforce commoditization

[@chrism8180]

@@ensoniq2k well they aren't shy about referring to us as "human capital". That should tell you everything you need to know

[@problemsolver3138]

​@chrism8180 your social security number is nothing but your tax number

[@chan90s]

Applied to 2000+ 6 years of work experience. Worked in 4 countries. Stellar awards in my field. Still no one gives a f***

[@GH0STRIDEZ]

I cant even get an interview to a part time anymore Edit: as of writing this I have finally got a job working in retail, my advice is just to never give up and instead of using online services to send in your application you should rather make a good first impression by visiting these stores/companies in person. I wish good luck to everyone here! ✊🗿

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

yeah, I'm convinced the ads are all scammers and ghost postings, there's maybe a dozen genuine jobs a month and even then they're mega picky

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Government has to keep up the perception of a strong job market. They leverage partnerships with tech companies to accomplish that.

[@O999BIGFOOT]

based sigma

[@HFFCANADA]

You also can't look in the same places for postings as people have always done. Some jobs are hidden but hiring. Different websites, alot of corporations have independent hiring practices through their websites only. Indeed has ALOT of industrial opportunities like mining and fishing vessels. Government jobs are mainly on the careers page on the government of Canada website, Some places only advertise on certain sites or their own company pages, Some places dont even put ads out on the internet. Alot of places will just put a help wanted sign and forgo any of that social media stuff. Ask multiple times, call back to see if they've received it, use ma'am or sir and be respectful. There's things you can do to make it easier and questionls you can ask to see more places to apply. and as corny as it was for my parents to advise me to do stuff like that, it all worked very well. Jobs don't find you, you find the jobs. So find them

[@KabukeeJo]

They don't want you, they want cheap imported labor.

[@kcato5879]

They want 5 years experience, a bachelor's, and certification for $20 an hour...

[@stayingfitandfocused]

Bruh yes. They're so out of touch

[@robblaettler4589]

My job is hiring anyone with a pulse for 20/hr. Some people just want to not work. Jobs are all over right now.

[@deadlydiminuendo2161]

I have 14 years of experience and make 15/h

[@kevinbissinger]

​@@robblaettler4589interesting how you wouldn't name the company... Sounds like you're full of crap or you just want to feel superior

[@burmy1552]

@@robblaettler4589 If you're living in Decatur IL where the cost of living is 22% less than the US average then $20/hr is still tight but doable. Anywhere in California it's not. There are loads of jobs in Cali that pay $20/hr and the majority of them require college/certifications/prior experience.

[@tomsnowden6201]

Anyone still simping for corporations and saying “ppl are just lazy” at this point really should just be ignored like a crazy person

[@elizabethclarke4981]

I agree

[@ice9232]

just dismissing all these senile boomers who say this shit could help. they know nothing about how the world works in this day and age

[@truecatholic1]

Even a parent who wants to kick you out onto the streets?

[@bullgravy6906]

I never take anything my dad says about work serious and haven’t for 15 years at least. When I was working part time and going to school it was “a man has to work 40.” So I eventually start doing 40 and it was “anyone that wants to get anywhere has to work 60.” Eventually I’m working 55-70hr weeks and finishing up university and it was “a real man works in sales because it’s 24/7, always ready to answer the phone.” The goalposts were never even put up they’d have moved too much

[@Section8Warrior]

Do you have any idea why he'd say such idiotic nonsense? Like perhaps it's an insecurity thing? Masculinity copers always make me lol since they genuinely believe being a slave gives them a sense of honor lmao​@@bullgravy6906

[@Drifter20]

They are stealing personal info and selling it. It’s a business inside a business.

[@YoungMesrine]

💯💯

[@marka8274]

Boomers born at the right place at the right time.

[@mfbias4048]

Good for them. We would all take the same benefits if they were happening to us now and not think of an impossible to imagine future generation.

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

Idk on that, my family had not as much as others, then again being country folk it was given.

[@shadow7988]

@@mfbias4048 No, its cultural. Notice how the tiny hat community wasn't shattered by things like divorce olympics, and how they have each others backs with constant nepotism and lobbying? They sold all this stuff to boomers and x'rs from all the other groups, made a killing, and crushed an entire society under their thumb in the process.

[@marc1981tremblay]

It more that boomer used they demographic weight to get benefits for them on futur generations credit cards. And then kicking the ladders

[@soldier22881]

@@mfbias4048 agreed i would also take advantage of the benefits but unlike the boomers i would make sure my not only my children get to have a bright future but future generations as well, neither the boomers nor the generation that came after fought to protect these benefits.

[@alessiot99]

If employers can lie on job offers than it's fair to lie about one's number of skills and years of experience

[@kl41256-p]

I should prolly do this to troll and play a prank on these troublesome idiots.

[@grazynawolska8160]

They have the imaginary job, you have the imaginary skills & experience. Sounds fair to me.😅

[@memerthedealer]

You can if you actually do good

[@stayingfitandfocused]

Hell yeah ​@@grazynawolska8160

[@ethanheitz4489]

​@@memerthedealerFake it till you make it. That's the only real valuable lesson college taught me.

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

This shit is precisely why you make sure you lie your ass off on resumes. If they wanna lie to our faces, we lie to theirs to even have a chance at getting in. It’s only fair if they wanna play an unfair game.

[@m.w.njoroge7438]

I hate lying but I'm realizing more and more that you may need to bend the truth a little...🤷🏾‍♀️

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

@@m.w.njoroge7438 Oh, I’m not fond of lying either. I just know when things have to be done for the sake of survival. If you’re not even trying to get ahead or walk all over anyone to climb to the top, do what you must to survive.

[@max_e_maxxy_]

I hate lying, and I hate liars, but these aren't people, theyre faceless corporations with ridiculous requirements that cannot be met, say whatever you want 🤷🏻

[@EinsteinPisces]

Great might as well go now lol this is a joke

[@The_Divergent]

But just make sure the Companies that you applied for, has no access to your past job Some required this And yeah, I lied to some interview😂

[@parafaust6201]

The level requirement to enter the first dungeon is level 5 but there are no monsters to kill so youre stuck at level 1, softlocking yourself

[@NoKapMan]

It’s even more demoralizing when several companies interview you, you get through the second round of interviews and told you’d be an amazing hire THEN being told they hired an internal candidate.

[@user-qf6uu8kr4w]

You were just a plan b if the internal candidate didn't actually take the job

[@pastsubstance2930]

I’m the internal candidate just interviewed recently. I learned this the hard way and realized I had to get in some way so I got an internship and started networking internally and applying like crazy within the company. If this doesn’t work then there is no hope anymore.

[@thecatfromoregon]

Like they guy who's all "You're everything I'm looking for in a girl... But I like you as a friend." 😂

[@JESUS.saves.Repent.]

Why are we not protesting over this? We literally can't afford to live.

[@czinn327]

We did. They ignored it, had the press lie about the protests, they waited it out, and when attention faded they co-opted the movement.

[@JESUS.saves.Repent.]

@@czinn327 Tyrants are in charge of the nation then.

[@googleisevil8958]

Could also be that any protest would be co-opped by idiotic movements. Remember Occupy Wall Street? That fell apart because it wasn't focused and they started advocating for more and more insane shit. Same thing would happen today.

[@jamezbrian4135]

@@czinn327 libz did that. Walz - Harris

[@ratte6090]

we gotta revolt or some shit. It’s just getting worse.

[@SilverUnderworld]

My friend who married an American (not a full American citizen yet) told me he placed 1000+ applications and finally got a job acceptance, but they said he needs proof on his college transcript but his college said it will take 5 weeks. The new job won’t let him work until the transcripts come in. Here’s the annoying part… the job only requires a high school diploma…

[@aMuslim1]

This happen to me except with my high school diploma. My highschool wouldn't respond so they could not verify my graduation. I showed HR my physical copy of the diploma through my phone's camera, and she said they would allow my hire to start as expected, but if they found out im lying I will be fired. The highschool ended up getting back to the company a week after I started. Maybe your friend could do something similar if they are still waiting

[@S_--]

Peabrained Schizoid moment

[@diegocanale1124]

WTF?!

[@Mark3nd]

Now comes to reassurance. To tell us that there's a spark of hope in this harsh society. A hug of sorts or something.

[@haku7335]

Gg

[@serrahighsfinest]

Investors should sue these companies lying about the companies growth with these fake job listings.

[@nmccw3245]

Growth is measured by earnings, profits, capital appreciation, and dividends. As investors we don’t care about personnel issues.

[@Staaaarrrrrrrrrr]

@@nmccw3245hahahh you will when your children start to seek work 😂😂😂 its called karma

[@nmccw3245]

@@Staaaarrrrrrrrrr - No children. Thats why I’m wealthy. My niece and nephew, both Doctors, are doing fine - I’m teaching them to invest.

[@AstonMartinDBS749]

For those who don't know as well, companies will purposely post a job application to gather data. Not for the job itself. They will then sell your information to data companies who then sell it to advertisers.

[@DannyzReviews]

Should be illegal, but consider they're the ones padding our politicians pockets, nothing will be done about it.

[@noobishtitan9714]

Jesus

[@DeeZire]

All the recruitment websites do this. Register with them and watch the spam come flowing.

[@HotYoghurt1]

Damn, now you say it, it is so obvious that they do that, I just never thought of it. That should 100 percent be illegal.

[@SAINT56789]

So true

[@RealLifeIronMan]

Purposely posting ghost jobs should be deincentivized, punished, or perhaps even made illegal.

[@TonisScene]

All three consequences sound good.

[@mint_zzz]

How about 3-in-a1? :D

[@JohnWalsh2019]

But then people would be faced with the fact we are in a recession and that doesn't fit the narrative from political leaders and the news media.

[@SimpSizzler]

Government jobs are often like this They have to post openings for positions in agencies for legal reasons however, from experience, they already have people lined up because they have experience working with them. It's like the American version of Nomenklatura

[@RastaJockeyYa]

​@@SimpSizzler I'm sure that for a employer to call themselves an Equal opportunity employer , posting jobs that you know will be filled is still a requirement.

[@cinifiend]

Moon summarizes it pretty much perfectly near the start of the video. 20 years ago employers were forced to interview candidates and treat them like a human being and use critical thinking to find the top talent. Now all your talent, skills, experience and even personally is literally just simplified down to a datapoint in a spreadsheet, and there is no human element at all.

[@nerychristian]

The problem is the job market sucks now. Despite what the media will tell you. There aren't that many jobs available. I think the only type of jobs that companies still hire for are HR jobs. So whenever there is an opening for a good position, they either already have an internal person they want, or they will only hire the top people

[@turtleanton6539]

Yeeh. Faxx😮

[@kedsdead8679]

Add immigration and its impossible

[@Mike-nr9po]

I’ve work in Talent Acquisition for about 12 years now. Early in my career we were taught that recruiting has two aspects; the science (reading the data) and the art (reading the human element). Over the last few years our industry has completely ignored the ‘art’ aspect of hiring. Everything we do is now about data and proving a hire based on data. You can no longer justify a hire with the persons ACTUAL skillset or personality/motivation, we are forced to justify hires with data points which include things like race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. There needs to be legislation on current hiring methods. We need to stop shipping so many middle class jobs overseas or we will no longer have a middle class.

[@paulcollard6634]

@@turtleanton6539 * Yes. Facts.

[@artemisia457]

My parents refused to believe I had a hard time finding a job. They assumed I self-sabotage out of laziness/anxiety even though I offered to show them lists of places I applied to. It took a friend their age to make them see reality since she was looking for a job as long as i have with the same results - almost a year of sending 100+ applications and maybe 2-3 interviews. I finally got a job through someone who recommended me.

[@TheValkryie]

Entry level job was once defined as "An entry-level job is typically one you can perform without any prior education or experience."

[@daveinthemicrowave]

Even if they don't require previous experience they will still take it if 1 of the hundreds of applicants do have experience...

[@repkins]

And now they are putting Entry level just to match the pay.

[@captainthiccnick]

But now people don't have dads and that's why their practical skills are shit.

[@duckymomo7935]

I’m not sure how I feel about entry level On one hand they’re important but people act as they’re stepping stones to other jobs in which how does Walmart prepare you for other jobs? Some people like their entry level job and remain company loyal in which I’m wondering why isn’t it a livable option for some then?

[@jtowensbyiii6018]

​@@duckymomo7935 Republicans shit on the poor and held down wages for 30 years, NEARLY HALF OF ALL JOBS IN THE COUNTRY ARE WITHIN 10% OF MIN WAGE

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

Don't worry. Slowly but steadily we are approaching the point where all this will backfire in really, really ugly ways.

[@dylanplumley280]

For who? Us or the companies and incompetent HR managers?

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

@@dylanplumley280 The companies, then (as always) for everyone else. 🤷‍♂

[@BLACK80085]

​@@Dr.W.Krueger just make your own thing you own and not look back on those cowardly zombie companies.

[@depth386]

@@dylanplumley280look at demographic pyramids of various countries. Korea is possibly the worst, followed by Japan, Italy, Germany, China, Canada. The U.S. is kind of hanging in there but even the U.S. looks like it needs to open up to some more immigration.

[@sosleepy2]

Isn't this the backfire of quiet quitting and great resignation.

[@realdoomsdaybeast]

They're hiring...a unicorn, they don't actually need to fill the spot, they just wanna keep their options open in case superman or woman applies. Basically their candidate doesn't exist. The position will always be open.

[@kathrynj.hernandez8425]

The same way women date.

[@rielaxault]

​@kathrynj.hernandez8425 just like how the high black crime rate all starts in the fatherless home, our concept of supply and demand all start with women and the dating market

[@neilECM]

The company I work, they will fire you in case they hire someone that accepts a lower salary. That is the reason why salaries are becoming so low.

[@Bigmike83007]

@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 Then they do the same in HR.....😂 women

[@lilyisonline]

@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 so do men

[@DanteTimberwolf]

Finding a job was probably the most stressful work related experience I've been through. My availability? What time to do you open and what time do y'all close. Transportation? You need me to be there ar a certain and I will be there early. I got all the necessary skills and experience for the jobs I applied for. Not. A. Peep. I sent out over 100 applications, only got 3 responses and 1 interview. Yeah I didn't get the job because they interviewed someone the day before. 😑 Then I just started going from store to store essentially begging for a job. Finally I got one. Boomers wanna cry about the younger generations not wanting to work. Well, it's not that we don't want to work because we do. You just won't hire us.

[@ChrisH0Y]

Young people: Not enough experience to get the job. Old people: Overqualified for the amount they want to pay you.

[@totallyrealcat4800]

At this point, these words really do sounds like excuses for a ghost job posting

[@zadock6370]

my dad after getting out of the navy in the 70's or 80's could not find a job for the life of him because most employers would say that he is "overqualified". not even for the amount he would get paid, he just straight up would not be hired because he was overqualified.

[@Finalizor]

That doesn't even make sense How does one become overqualified

[@zadock6370]

@@Finalizor ask the dozens of employers who turned my dad down.

[@myobmyob2215]

​Can confirm that was the case in 70s and 80s. Had to hide military service, it was considered better to just pretend to underemployed for the last 3-10 years. ​@@zadock6370

[@iRunKids]

Remember when Disney brought in a bunch of H1B Visa workers from India & Bangladesh and had their people, most of whom worked there for decades, train their replacements if they wanted to keep their bonuses? Why pay full price for an American employee when you can get a foreigner for a fraction of the price, and if they complain about anything you can threaten them with deportation!

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

Why foreigners see themselves deserving of less than what the actual native employee is beyound me. Their greed and ignorance needs to be stopped for a while.

[@Raftimusprime]

Liberals voted for this, they can reap what they sowed.

[@yxngweezy]

Its like that in the middle east but they don't deport they keep you there.

[@kaijuultimax9407]

Twitter is quite literally run by immigrants who can't leave because their H1B's are tied into the company, everyone else left or got fired. That website is only up because of Elon Musk exploiting the immigration system.

[@Colonel_RamRod]

Explains why Disney and other big companies cry wascism when you bring it up. They’re profiting too much from it to lose it

[@Harry-dh2pm]

It is now the safer option to start your own conpany. It literally has more job security. I cant believe I wrote that.

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

😯👍 We ALL know what you wrote is true. You're the one with the backbone strong enough to say it.

[@jens_le_benz]

That’s all well and good until you consider land and web domain prices

[@christianrobloxserver7282]

If you can manage to get a loan to buy equipment and are willing to watch thousands of hours of landscaping videos to learn different skills and techniques to practice in real life, businesses like landscaping and property upkeep can actually be fairly liquid. I know many people who make a decent living doing so. It's hard work but at least it's the kind of work that pays more the harder you work, unlike a job at a massive corporation that'll hold a 3% raise hostage if you don't put in 100% more work and effort.

[@alexander_sinclair]

If you can figure out how to get enough customers

[@Harry-dh2pm]

@@alexander_sinclair Literally easier than landing an interview. I speak from experience.

[@TheRedneckTelevision]

As a former Walmart department manager, I can tell you there are hundreds maybe even thousands of applications at any one store. We were simply not allowed to hire anyone.

[@TheHatandBeardShow]

In the last 3 interviews, the HR manager was shocked that I wasn't black when I selected black as my ethnicity. My white selected application got rejected all 3 times. They're the exact same resume that was submitted.

[@prettyboyjeremy]

Funny enough, i am actually black and still get constantly rejected, gjosted, or next candidate

[@moses3418]

Racebaiter we all get screwed

[@TheHatandBeardShow]

@@prettyboyjeremy just beef up your experience. Recently, I've noticed they don't even read your experiences in my industry.

[@TheHatandBeardShow]

@prettyboyjeremy also dude, that sucks. It drives me up the wall that employers just ghost applicants. Like, why should we treat them well when they treat us so poorly? In my current job, we all just got threatened with defamation lawsuits for whistle blowing.

[@AK36677]

Bingo 💯💯

[@maciej5640]

HR departments ruined everything. Prove me wrong. Protip: you can't.

[@O999BIGFOOT]

ye

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Modern versions of HR departments have ruined much. HR, if it was done correctly per the text book definitions from decades past, would be a benefit to companies.

[@dropdead6969]

Women entering the workforce did this

[@dumbandunimaginative]

@@dropdead6969 unironically true. Doubling the workforce overnight screws everyone over. When you flood the market with labor, wages drop like a dead bird, or stagnate in the best scenario.

[@mrnobody9611]

​@@dropdead6969 Well, if its true, what do we do? We cant just remove the right to work for half of humanity.

[@momotaroreincarnatednthtim6303]

The only thing that never changed is nepotism. 100% they secure jobs even without experience.

[@myobmyob2215]

Union still overfilled w coattailers. Can tell w one glance now. Uppity loud name dropping harasses coworkers drugged up AWOL always a do nothing schlub w the cushiest job. One contractor would not hire anyone because he was waiting for his dumbsit boy to get out of jail so he could hire him and him only.

[@Elenrai]

When a child of anyone at a jobsite is hired, things tend to go to hell😂

[@FinnProp]

@@Elenrai I have seen few cases. Other people have to save what can be saved.

[@GoldGollum]

And this is exactly what I was about to write. Many businesses will hire their buddies who may be on same level as yourself (even below in some cases) and rather take them and pay for courses than you. In a way it can make sense, but on the other hand it’s handicapping many talented workers. The system is incredibly biased and rigged. I don’t see no positive outcome with the way they are handling this with AI, nepotism, ghost job it’s set for failure in the long run. Humanity you made it, you (we) really did…

[@Paul-d6j7h]

Best bit of truth I’ve heard on KZbin! nepotism IS the problem! 100% especially in Britain or UK or whatever the f**k it is these days

[@arcturus4317]

I'm 20 years old and have everything I need to get a job other than experience, I still haven't gotten my first job outside of side jobs or family jobs because literally nobody is hiring people with no experience. It's frustrating. Now I'm just looking at the military.

[@poolee77]

Our company has tons of posted openings. Yet we are on a hiring freeze, my boss accidentally let that slip in a team meeting. Essentially they’re forcing people to cover more positions for the same pay while stringing them along with “we’re trying to hire help but no one wants to work”.

[@lesleyand0160]

Horrible! 😢

[@vimmiv]

refuse to work without compensation !!!! Unionize! Power to the ppl !

[@yurikendal4868]

They do. Just not for him

[@tiredoftheworld4834]

Thank God your boss admitted the truth even accidentally. I’m sick of people lying my mom is a Registered Nurse and she feels the pressure. They WANT a manufactured “shortage” but don’t want to pay people thus put her on a salary this year In January while making sure to understaff to keep nurses slaving away

[@hobomike6935]

“And other duties as required” = well just keep spreading around the workload to the remaining employees without OT or raises/more benefits.

[@ltzMeSnowy]

When I got promoted, my manager told me to apply to a job posting that the company put on LinkedIn. This was just a formality; they weren't actually planning on hiring anyone else for this position, they just wanted to post the job so that it appears as if the company is growing. Over 1,000 people applied to that job just to get their resumes thrown away.

[@roeital5504]

So you work for criminals

[@Kellybombelly]

😮

[@Staaaarrrrrrrrrr]

Name and shame

[@ladykavia]

I hate this world.

[@loopernagic4658]

🙏

[@Notsvltvui]

Same boat

[@TH3R0RK3GUY]

Same here man I'm really worried about our society😢😢

[@scubasteve3032]

Hate the politicians who did this to us.

[@normanclatcher]

​@@scubasteve3032 hate the lobbyists that have steered the politicians away from making meaningful change about this. The bureaucracy bleeds the public figures dry, mentally and emotionally, such that they wind up being _unable_ to serve their constituency.

[@benshapiro9731]

I am a recent graduate of UW Madison with a major in computer science. I Have been looking for a job for 5 months after I got laid off. Every day I spend hours and hours just applying to jobs. I have submitted 600 resumes and have gotten 3 interviews. The amount of ghost jobs is absolutely heinous. Zip recruiter and indeed are full of them. There are very little entry level jobs but so many senior positions. The state of the US job market is fucking horrible

[@benshapiro9731]

Hopefully I find a job soon, cuz September is the last month I can make rent with my savings. And yet: when I look at the news, apparently the US job market is stronger than ever. Who would have thought

[@HouseMusicNinja]

I got a rejection letter from a job I applied for TWO years ago and it told me the usual "with careful consideration and expedient effort, we've decided to go with other candidates. Please apply again the moment any opportunities arise". Thats when I knew something was off with this job market.

[@Sergeant_J]

No because I was in the SAME boat when I applied for TJMaxx (I was 16 at the time). They took my application, LET me come in, where I assumed I would be trained and then told me “Oh, we just hired a bunch of *other* people, come back next week or so.” Fuck them. Just tell me straight up if you didn’t want me.

[@jennyanydots2389]

You got rejected over the sex offender registry.

[@sithticklefingers7255]

“Expedient effort” 😂

[@T.H.E.O.R.Y.]

What about the response made you leery?

[@RefreshingShamrock]

I applied for a job and they emailed me back a year later asking if I was still interested in the position. I emailed him back with a very angry reply because at the time I applied I was facing homelessness, and I eventually did become homeless.

[@dominiciancabatit6012]

And that is why kids these days want to be content creators or "influencers" instead...

[@sakuraneko2595]

yeah the youths have been failed

[@wolfbountygameryt1404]

Society failed them they didn’t fail it’s a systemic issue where companies are thrnlazy ones not training and requiring a couple years experience for entry level positions. You can’t have experience when no one’s going to hire you for a job hate just simple facts.

[@The_whales]

With the education system being a mess, the “best people” in the future will be at todays average at best case, or nobody at worse case

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

to be honest, it is much better overall than actually trying to get a normal job nowadays...

[@myoutuber77]

Selling pictures of your feet on the internet is a lot more profitable indeed.

[@funnyguydragon]

Many are putting up fake jobs to get "data on employees and not actually hiriring" this is so evil

[@myoutuber77]

Yep. Linkedin for instance collects your applications so that they can send you ads better tailored to your situations (programming courses, management certs, etc).

[@robrockstar9648]

They also use it make it look like there more applicants available then there actually are so the have leverage to pay you less when they actually hire

[@funnyguydragon]

@@robrockstar9648 this is so bad for a person thinking "i did almost everything and I am a perfect candidate" only to get slam dunked on by another person who has 7+ years of job experience applying for entry level

[@Freedmoon44]

And the irony is that the whole reason why this 7+ years of experience has to get entry level job is because he isnt accepted otherwise for being overqualified​@@funnyguydragon

[@otherwize12]

I applied for a job, 3 days later I started getting calls from foreign countries. Bastards probably sold my data.

[@F00dstamp96]

Pro tip: Copy-paste the job description and duties to your resume and cv and edit some words so it's not exactly the same. Highlight said info and make it the color white. Shrink the text too and save as word doc. ATS doesn't care what it looks like as long as it's parsable. If they want to game the system. So can we.

[@Mike_B-137]

The old 70 percent rule. Just like in medicine, if some condition has a potential of maximum 10 symptoms, then 7 of 10 symptoms or around that number, can be classified as confirmation of the disease, but if 10 out of 10 are all symptoms for disease/disorder, most likely it's to good to be true to be of that condition/disorder/disease and most likely it's overlapping with other underlying conditions that needs more investigation/inquiry. Not too perfect, not too good to be true, just about right to not rouse the suspicion.

[@NathanSmutz]

A buddy of mine who works in HR says there are a lot of fake jobs. It has to with COVID-relayed “loans” that would be forgiven, with requirements to employ people. He says they can get away with advertising jobs without actually hiring.

[@jurassicthunder]

the great wealth transfer.

[@blazeesq2000]

It can be fixed with lawmaking. It takes just a little more time to email your lawmakers and suggest laws that would do a few things: The criteria of the ATS must be published to the job seeker for each position. Job seekers must be given a reason for any denials or rejections in X amount of time. Any advertised job must actually exist. No job seeker will be required to interview more than twice before a decision must be made unless subsequent time spent interviewing is compensated at a pro-rated hourly rate at fair-market value in the median of the posted salary for the position. And so on. I am sure there will be commentors whine about the cost to businesses to jump through these hoops or whatever. And that would be true. Of course, it might be cheaper to hire a person on the spot.

[@chimera_43]

Basically its "If you are not exactly like me and arent smiling 24/7 you cant work here." 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@piotrd.4850]

Indeed.

[@amosamwig8394]

@@piotrd.4850 is a decend website.

[@ahmataevo]

Toxic positivity.

[@Mr.scooter-le8yo]

With thousands of applicants why not

[@blackqweenmars]

Agreed that’s why it’s so hard to be hired as a person with autism. I only like smiling when I actually feel like smiling and any sort of fake smiling just doesn’t look right on my face so I don’t do it.

[@mattfirman3877]

Something else overlooked by everyone. If you rely on an automated system like this then it opens the opportunity for gaming the system, which will result in hires that are great at getting jobs but terrible at doing them.

[@andreweastaughffe1070]

White text worked for a good amount of time just copying and pasting the job description in or using their key words a bunch down the margin of the page it would get you an interview even with a basic resume

[@m.c.martin]

@@andreweastaughffe1070 I actually tried that and it didn’t work

[@Fatioman333]

Well put. They’re basically filtering for professional bullshitters.

[@РусланЦап]

Just like dating lol)

[@NaqrSeranvis]

@@Fatioman333 Perfect material for salesmen. Professional bulshitter will sell you a product you don't need in no time.

[@antoniolabrasca9069]

Jobs will pay your bills, business will make you rich but investment makes and keep you wealthy! I pray everyone here becomes successful

[@jeremygood3246]

Investing in alternate income streams should be the top priority for everyone right now especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing. Stocks, gold, silver and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.

[@madiezancanellatl9205]

Starting early is the best way to getting ahead of build wealth, investing remains the priority

[@claresmithy4667]

I’m looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you thing I should be buying?

[@HexaBoxabl]

Kate Mellon Bruce is not just my family’s financial advisor, she’s a licensed and FINRA agent who other families in the US employs her services

[@HexaBoxabl]

She's active on face book @

[@Mexican00b]

I just asked for a job at a pharmacy as cashier They wanted a cashier, seller, someone who knows how medicine interact with each other and what medicine worked on what disease, and recomendate those to the clientele... and also clean, do inventory, acomodate the items, receive the trailers and clean the bathroom stores... All for minimum wage... They wanted a doctor to work for them as a minimum wage worker and hang up on me when i pointed that out

[@mrbanditos3583]

Don't worry. In Central-East Europe, you have to have a pharma degree on top of that. So it could have been worse

[@superstar64]

Don't be afraid to name names here. They fully deserve it.

[@jeankirchstein2552]

Sounds like retail in a nutshell you apply to be a cashier yet you're expected to run the whole store it's bs honestly

[@johnclose2925]

Sounds like you dodged a bullet. Don't work for a company that is unwilling to pay you a decent wage for the job.

[@richardcheney6964]

ngl you could memorize all the medicine-related shit in 9 weeks if you applied yourself source: thats how long it takes to train someone to work in a pharmacy

[@sylverStarProductions]

I literally have several years of high level experience. I have a sharp well written resume, and am very well articulated. Every interview I have, the managers absolutely love me and things go extremely well. Then every time, I get passed up. This Is the first time in my life I can't land a job on the spot. I've been trying to get a good job for several months. My side gigs are barely holding me up

[@realbigtuna667]

I'm right there with ya bud. Up to this point, I've batted 1.000 on interviews translating to jobs that I wanted to take. Now I can't even get an interview with 12 years experience in my field and no gaps in employment.

[@KatharineOsborne]

I’m 48 and having the same experience. I’ve been out of work for 13 months and it’s depressing. Never had an issue before 🤷‍♀️I get interviews and do well, but there’s always someone who fits the criteria more precisely.

[@bogeyt15games55]

This is me. Landed multiple jobs by just walking in asking for work and then having a great interview 5 minutes later. Now even if I land the interview they sit me down at a computer to fill out one of those questionnaires and then I never hear back from them again.

[@blitzie66]

same, great resume in my field, personable, articulate, experienced and still passed up.

[@michaelCMcGhee]

Y'all are actually getting interviews with an s?! I've had 1, seemed really promising, but I haven't heard from them in a month. Good luck to all of you!

[@jul8803]

On all accounts the fabric of society is unravelling due to predatory behaviours. This will end very badly.

[@volunteer4awesome]

The whole world's run by scammers and people going through the motions.

[@YeahThatsMe0587]

Agreed. People can talk politics and policies all they want but this country is diving towards a recession because of corporate greed. Has nothing to do with whatever color gang you’re representing. Both sides of the aisle have allowed us to be robbed.

[@lovelydiva06]

I really wanna know what they think the end game is with going on like this cause this is not sub stainable

[@zacharyday3039]

​@@lovelydiva06my suspicion is they probably know something we don't about how fast things are actually unraveling.

[@mysticwhisp4061]

Yeah nah something really bad is gonna happen soon in this world.

[@marshallpierre9483]

Good grief, it feels like everything everywhere is becoming incredibly worse! The worst thing is that i fear that there will not be any sudden collapse of anything. Bandages will continue to be applied to give the impression of improvement while in fact this simply elongates the torture. Imagine feeling an agonizing pain and you can neither die nor be cured. This, i fear, is what the future holds.

[@ratte6090]

an actual fucking QUOTE bruh goddamn

[@marshallpierre9483]

@@ratte6090 Thanks brother. But I seriously fear this

[@canadiancanucklehead8310]

I’m so tired of trying. This process has been driving me depressed, I just want it to end.

[@davidl.995]

I've been at it for over a year and a half. You and me both.

[@dinoblacklane1640]

The worst part is, when it does end and you finally get a job Well now you have a terrible soul crushing job And the company can treat you like extra terrible because there are thousands of applications

[@BrodyAleksander-YOB]

Same, finally landed a landscaping job. 10 to 14 hour days, no overtime, no safety checks performed once in 6 weeks, chemicals spilled allover equipment regularly and pesticide not handled properly. Never any clue when the days shift will end, then 90 minutes transit to get home. And the company fires people before they reach probation effectively treating employees as temps.

[@BrodyAleksander-YOB]

What city bro. I'm in Calgary the apparent job market capital of Canada and its same here

[@martyr_lightsilver1833]

@@BrodyAleksander-YOB Man, I hate this fucking country.

[@ArmyVet98958]

Yeah most jobs ive seen require alot of education and experience but no one can get experience if no one will hire them.

[@kl41256-p]

Employers that do this are the dumbest idiots alive.

[@oliwierjezierski3294]

how do you get experience without a job? its simple, you cant

[@Mr.FuzzyDingo]

Also if you have too much experience, they don't want you either

[@LooseBills]

​@Mr.FuzzyDingo that's what over noticed....I've got 10 yrs experience on the jobs I apply for and it doesn't matter, I've taken courses and got certificates to increase my chances.....still doesn't help

[@paulmaxwell-walters8861]

​​​@@oliwierjezierski3294 even so, if a company can get 1000+ applicants for a role, there'll always be some desperate Ivy/Oxbridge educated laid-off-from-FAANG/Goldman Sachs with all the right buzzwords unicorn applying.

[@OvisMilitaris]

#1: Corporations are NOT your friends. You are a disposable tool of convenience. #2: Professional resume writers were, and still are, a thing. #3: Corporations are NOT your friends. You are a disposable tool of convenience.

[@crazydrifter13]

Looks like you repeated one /joke

[@Universall-Man]

@@crazydrifter13 I think its a reference to fight club.

[@crazydrifter13]

@@Universall-Man oh thanks

[@TheBaguetteLV]

@@Universall-Man i think he was just trying to place heavier emphasis on that first point by repeating it.

[@Universall-Man]

@@TheBaguetteLV Switching the places of #2 and #3 and lowercasing the word”NOT” on #1 would have done the job.

[@dongeronimoI]

At this point we should admit that the Internet was a mistake and that computing beyond what was available in 1985 brings more evil then good.

[@jflsdknf]

💯💯💯💯

[@cosmicreef5858]

The internet was GOOD thing Instead of a mental illness controlling you i suggest THINKING before comemnting!

[@nmccw3245]

The same thing was said about telegraph, telephone, air travel, etc. The only constant in the world is change.

[@ghuttsmckenzie4269]

Nope, that's not the internet's fault, just our own. We weren't prepared for the responsibility and changes these new technologies would bring. We let these revolutionary advancements get our heads, believing that our growth would last forever and that our short-sighted actions wouldn't lead to long-term and dire consequences. We let things turn out this way, the internet isn't to blame for our actions.

[@codylee6894]

Don't forget outsourcing. It skyrocketed for the past 4 years.

[@gehdochnicht]

Globalism ruined everything. Now you don't compete just with others in your town or city, you must compete against 7 billion others in the planet.

[@EdgarLadrak]

What is outsourcing ?

[@NKillBruh]

​@@EdgarLadrak Giving people in other countries a task to do as a job. For instance Roblox has employees in India to help with customer support

[@EdgarLadrak]

@@NKillBruh oooh ok I see thanks for the insight

[@Frodo1000000]

I'd call that offshoring (at least in USA, I'm from Europe). Outsourcing doesn't imply it has to be from another country, could be another company in the same country. Interestingly, it does happen to my country as well recently too (Poland), even though our country was never a victim of it, rather we are employed by Western companies. But current war made Poland into migrant destination country for work for Ukrainians.

[@charlesw7397]

Yep, my girlfriend graduated from college a year and a half ago and cannot find a job. She's been working for free with start ups so she can list the starts ups as experience. When she looks on Indeed at listings, it almost always says "1000 people have applied for this position". The chance of one of those thousands of applicants having better credentials than you is extremely high. She's had dozens of interviews and has made it to the third round of interviews with some companies but she's never gotten the job, likely because she's a little shy and I assums the interviewers choose the more outgoing candidates. Back in my parents day, they'd drive to each potential employer and talk directly to hiring managers. They likely wouldn't be competing with more than 5-10 people for a job so you had a much, much better chance.

[@Sadreath]

You also had like 10 companies total you could apply to instead of hundreds though. If a job opened up two cities away you would likely never know. Writing 100s of applications wasn't even possible back in the day.

[@Bgbloom]

@@Sadreath This is so true. The job market is incredibly oversaturated right now. Small businesses are struggling to manage when they receive over 500 applications for a casual position meant for a high schooler. As a result, we now have qualified adults competing for these jobs, raising the bar even for entry-level positions. The power is really in the employers' hands at the moment. I hope you're supporting your girlfriend @charesw7397 and reminding her that none of this defines her self-worth or value as an individual. The same goes for the housing market-houses that should be worth $500k are being sold for $1.2 million because of how competitive it is.

[@Soul_Latina]

What industry does she want to work in? Also have you tried a recruiter?

[@crimsonfire6932]

What industry are we even talking about? How is there even a third round of interviews?

[@edd.5169]

too many humans on this earth now. You must now compete with the 100 million other people jammed into a megalopolis city

[@christopherneufelt8971]

We need a 20 years applicant with a 20 years experience....Typical requirements.

[@volrag]

"I'm the perfect candidate, the second I was born I started working accounting. My first words were "Damn you Excel!". My first steps were to use the printer. I got into arguments with my primary school maths teacher because they refused to use algebra. I skipped my high school prom because I was working the next day. I had twice your experience before I could drive a car"

[@christopherneufelt8971]

@@volrag You are hired! People, this man (I hope that I am not misgendering you) fills up every possible requirement. Volrag 2024!

[@squirrelhallowino29]

@@christopherneufelt8971 The person's funny, of course is a man.

[@LemmingwayArk]

@@christopherneufelt8971 "No, you are not hired" Hiring manager to owner: "That candidate is overqualified for this job, and might use this as a starting place, and will most likely then hop over to another job. So no overqualified people." So even if you are too good for the job you don't get it. This sh*t's f*cked!

[@Lonovavir]

For an entry-level job paying $12 an hour to boot.

[@wrecklessfilmsofficial]

7:40 This phenomenon has led to my cover letters getting lazier and lazier. I'm basically just trying to use it as a way to beat the algorithm so i can talk to a human being

[@ghostrider_414]

I've been working full time for 17 years. I have experience in factories, warehouses, retail, and management, yet it took me OVER A YEAR of non-stop applications to finally land a low pay job in a grocery store. I put in thousands of applications and only got 3 total interviews out of all of them. Most of the applications resulted in no response at all from the companies, or a copy and paste type email saying they've moved onto other candidates. One of the interviews was a total waste of time. It was for Dunkin. The job post said starting pay was $14 but in the interview they laughed and said the pay was only $8.

[@bubbabruh6309]

I live in a big city. When I first moved here seven months ago it took me over a month of sending out applications, probably almost 100, before I got hired at a retail store. Stayed there for months but eventually they tried to screw me over with the schedule, so I quit and then had my ged two weeks later. At that point I'd learned a little bit from my experience and knew what online places to avoid applying too. And did multiple interviews inbetween quitting and getting my ged. One of which was a serving job that was advertised as paying 13 an hour but the interview said it was the minimum wage for servers, less then 3 dollars an hour. Only place that hired me was a resteraunt that refuses to properly train me and will only reliably schedule me for two six hour shifts a week, even though I specifically applied for a full-time job. Just about everywhere has a "were hiring" sign up, tho.

[@eygs493]

you have nothing

[@wavejumper3]

Its almost like that's the issue, ​@@eygs493! Amazing! If nobody's hiring but every buisness is "hiring"... Can't wait for the "these jobs take high intelligence but keep playing the victim" bots to show up 😂

[@Carcassbits11]

You should cone work at my warehouse. We pay $17 an hour and 95% of our employees don't speak any English. We literally hire anyone with a pulse. No experience needed

[@hodgindaylon]

I put in over 1000 applications in 3 months and get 1 call back and 1 text.

[@nestorgonzalez6078]

The system playing games with people

[@Hath.0]

I bet if you had a more diverse sounding name, you'd instantly get more responses. Not even being "funny", most big cooperations are more concerned with meeting diversity hires over hiring qualified persons.

[@saagisharon8595]

@@Hath.0 that's only because white people cost too much because of their higher living standards

[@LostHorizons0]

Same they want to smash down our system it’s all part of the “great reset”

[@LostHorizons0]

@@Hath.0I told my wife on going to say I’m “non binary “ since I can’t fake not being white … than maybe they will be forced to hire me

[@DarknetDude]

If this is the way companies want to play, I have no problem lying. I see a little reason to play fair, in a ridiculously unfair world.

[@STELLARMIGHTY]

I’m with you

[@Oinkiepiggy]

Yup. I don't play by the rules, I make 100 a year. If they lowball you laugh and walk away. Do your part

[@BidensTaint]

Go for it. Vandelay Industries is a great reference 😂

[@theucheao]

Make sure to keep your good morals strong though. Fight evil with evil if need be, but live a just life, personally, for yourself and to those you trust/love.

[@sohigh7433]

​@@BidensTaintI might just put it on my resume and hope that no one in the company has ever watched Sienfield because 3+ years of experience for an entry level job is fucked.

[@rc123theycallme]

‘It’s not what you know; It’s who you know’ Truer words were never spoken.

[@scooterRL]

80 jobs applied for. 12 got accepted. 5 gave an interview. 2 gave a second interview. 0 gave me the job. I worked my ass off and stood out from the competition. Unfortunately this country has fallen into picking the ones who require little no training instead of the skilled and hardworking. [UPDATE] after 9 months of relentless trying and failing applying for over 400 job roles in the end. I am now fully employed in my dream job and couldn’t be more happy. And to you reading this, please keep going because the strangest and greatest of opportunities tend to come up when you least expect them. Go get your dream job!

[@tairz2013]

Start doing your own thing. ........many blessings to you!

[@gastondmitrio2608]

Almost 1000 jobs applied for Many accepted Dozens of 1st interviews 10 2nd interviews 0 offers I've been applying since november 2022

[@scooterRL]

@@gastondmitrio2608 I feel that bro. It’s bs

[@abiotic_sloth1768]

2000+ jobs applied 5 accepted 2 interviews 0 hires 2 years and that's all. Two whole years.

[@jameshilterd7351]

3,400 applications (actually) 55 accepted 29 interviews 15 coding tests 0 offers 3 years of experience full stack, I'm also white. These tests aren't hard, in fact I've always recieved stellar feedback saying I did well and what was asked. The issue was there was always 5+ other candidates.

[@User47533]

Ghosting is the new rejection email

[@MeatVessel]

True

[@greendaleforever]

So I've learned...

[@blackqweenmars]

True

[@lovelydiva06]

It’s unprofessional, they always want us to be professional yet they can’t bother to be professional, it only takes a second to say your rejected or hired smh

[@alexolson7071]

"worker shortage" my ass! been looking to work for a year. I can't even get the local hardware store to call me back. And I walked in and introduced myself and everything.

[@loganmartin6534]

And then dickyburgers complain that crime is too high.

[@LamaniRolle]

Following up doesn’t work anymore, I they need you they’ll call you

[@tjones3393]

Ace hardware hired a chester that did 10 yrs in the pen.

[@medler2110]

Have you called them back?

[@WutherWave-qc3ud]

@@LamaniRollewhat follow ups don’t work!? … times have changed my dad use to say do a follow up