Why Finding A Job Feels Impossible Right Now

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@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

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@meropale 4 ай бұрын

Some things never change. Even before I ever had a job I remember hearing it's not what you know, it's who you know.

@jayc4715 4 ай бұрын

Blow

@meropale 3 ай бұрын

That too probably 😂

@theoriginalDAL357 4 ай бұрын

Essentially every job I have ever been hired for was through someone I knew already that had connections to the company.

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, before KZbin, I was looking for a job for 3 months without any progress. Then, one day I was talking to a friend who said he could email his HR department and the next day I had a job.

@dforrest4503 4 ай бұрын

Exactly - it’s all about connections.

@eastcoast2kc 4 ай бұрын

So what can job hunters do about this?? Absolutely nothing....this all sucks right now😡

@MandalaBunnyhome 4 ай бұрын

There are soo many rounds of interviews it's ridiculous. I was ghosted by 2 places too. I'm so fortunate I found a job but the process was so awful and I have a master's in IT with experience.... just be consistent and don't give up, it's hard but you will get there

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, once I had an interview with a government job and they said, "If we move you to the second round of interviews we'll send you an email in a week or so, if not in 180 days you will get an alert that your application will be removed from the portal, haha.

@donnabennett5454 4 ай бұрын

When they give "mock assignments", what they're really doing is using the applicants for free work and never hire them. I remember watching something about this a while back.

@Peaceofmind-be 4 ай бұрын

That's right. Anything that asks for original ideas or research, such as "propose an environmental strategy for our project/company", market research etc. is a red flag.

@jayocean4724 4 ай бұрын

I have been looking for a better job for 6 months. Competition is so fierce and you can easily put in application without hearing anything.

@wangdefa-p4j 4 ай бұрын

I can offer you a job. Have you found a job now?

@NeverAloneNeverAfraid 4 ай бұрын

Retirement companies are always hiring

@SilkBath 4 ай бұрын

I'm seeing lots of jobs that require experience in the field, yet they pay you very little. Hard for the new guy to get hired now.

@Savvynomad225 4 ай бұрын

I think people need to be consistently looking for opportunities, even if they have a job because that can change, at any time and for any reason.

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, longevity isn't there anymore.

@amycolucci6769 4 ай бұрын

Hell 🙌 yes

@keekeeking7360 4 ай бұрын

Amen im feeling that way everyday with 2 jobs

@toddpacker1015 3 ай бұрын

First Citizens Bank is the 🐐 of fake job postings

@padmeasmr 4 ай бұрын

Right, everythings become so hard! I didn't get into the PhD program I wanted, noone would answer to my applications and CVS, so I focused on writing my novel and then I had to start creating my own opportunities: I found a room to host an acting course from September and I'm now promoting it, the people who rent me the place liked my CV so I did some random collaborations with them as interviewer and teacher, which led to some other occasional jobs at a summer camp as video editor and language/acting teacher. Moreover I had the idea of writing an article about an event they let me partecipate in and I went to a local newspaper office just outside my home the next day to see if they were interested. They loved it even if it was my first article ever and by chance they were looking for someone to hire part time (at the beginning at least) so they asked me if I wanted to start an intership right away. I never dreamed of becoming a journalist but I love writing and learning and I'm interested in the publishing world as well as many other things. So I'm happy cuz I didn't just wait around. Today you need to push and push, act on ideas, go for it, do the work and make people see you can do it. The acting academy helped me a lot with the interpreneur mindset, how to market yourself. We need to be brave if we want a chance. Times have changed

@MarkMark-ji6ts 4 ай бұрын

what's an intrepreneur?

@Christian-qu9ml 4 ай бұрын

Exactly the same here in Australia. We are being gaslighted and lied to!

@sco0ter 4 ай бұрын

I recently got laid off due to economic reasons and yes, it is hard to find a good job, even as a software engineer with 15+ years of experience. Fake advertisements, employers don't answer, they reject you because you "only" fulfill 90% of the requirements, or make poor offers in terms of salary. It's crazy. Living in Germany.

@theaccountant666 4 ай бұрын

Big mistake being in Germany. People are mostly underappreciated and quite underpaid in comparison.

@carolmh28 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. You’ve brought up facts that were unknown to me. For the last 7 months I thought there was something wrong with me but now I see the big picture. 💯

@malgorzatabuczynska2684 4 ай бұрын

Thank You for clarifying the job market. I have a job now but shiver at the thought of looking for it again.

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's crazy how hard it is to find a job!

@andreabellini6796 4 ай бұрын

I own a housekeeping business, I’ve had days where I had 9 interviews set up and nobody showed up. I don’t understand going through the process and not even showing up to an interview.

@juliemarkham4332 4 ай бұрын

I wonder if ghosting the interview is because they just needed to "apply for" a job to satisfy unemployment requirements.

@Fire_Moon_Tarot 3 ай бұрын

I’ll be honest I’ve done this in the past. I’ve only applied to housekeeping jobs when I was feeling desperate for work but then I knew I’d hate it and decided to just continue my job search. I always let them know . But I never went through with the interview.

@b.elizabethzermeno6339 4 ай бұрын

Yes my daughter is been applying for a summer job and none of them have give her a call

@MariahFabFab-uh4yd 4 ай бұрын

🤍🙏

@TheSimArchitect 4 ай бұрын

The biggest problem is that too many people have diplomas. Before you had to work harder than most people to be accepted or you needed to be able to afford to study. They removed that barrier of entry and we got a much worse one, which is the job market itself while you're likely buried in debt and with a degree you can't use to get a comfortable job that pays well because you're easily replaceable after hiring, and you're an abundant resource before.

@mrbanditos3583 4 ай бұрын

Another problem is that many fields do require degrees. There may be too many workers of actual fields where you need a degree, because of the dangers related to it. To put it simply, some countries have restrictions that X cannot work without Y. Ofc it does not apply to many of the fields.

@TheSimArchitect 4 ай бұрын

@@mrbanditos3583 The problem is that we need a certain percentage of people doing unskilled work. Those were traditionally the ones who could not score well on tests or that preferred less responsibility for a lower pay. There's plenty of low skill positions open and many people are working on those even after going through the pain, effort and expenses involved with obtaining a degree. That's also why the rich want us having tons of babies, because the more abundant we are, the lower our cost is. Plus they get more consumers to leverage profits. Even if society benefits as a whole, we don't.

@TheSimArchitect Ай бұрын

@@mrbanditos3583 Most people want to make more money while providing the lowest return (less effort, less risk etc). It used to be difficult to be accepted at college, and graduate. The reward was a market with low competition and high salaries. Now anybody can sign their financial freedom to get a loan (instead of working a few summers) to pay for college and there's too many available spots to study things with pretty low demand and relevance (yes, I dare to say a plumber is necessary in much higher numbers than people that study philosophy and gender studies, sorry). Same happens with housing, though. There's absolutely no shortage of medium and upper class homes. The bottom tiers, the non discretionary fraction, of everything, is the problem. Being that food, basic health care, transportation, insurance, you name it. I wish I were wrong but that's I see, sorry.

@reach4thestars67 4 ай бұрын

When my daughter first started looking for a job, she was not getting a response. I looked over one of her applications and realized she did not know how to complete a job application. After I taught her the correct way to fill out a job application, she started getting interviews and has been working every since.

@toddpacker1015 3 ай бұрын

What was she doing wrong

@reach4thestars67 3 ай бұрын

@@toddpacker1015 She was not answering all the questions. Saying n/a to questions she did not understand. Entering last 4 digits of social security numbers. Basically, not following directions.

@frenchfruga4851 4 ай бұрын

Good afternoon mr williams , we have the same problems in France , 200 000 jobs are unfilled , i suppose you see our situation , the debt is more than 3000 billions , recession is coming and the unemployment rate will rise quickly I will never quit my job as a delivery driver , i've been there for 17 years , many jobs will disappear because of IA

@katresealexander1311 4 ай бұрын

I'm old school. I go drop off my resume in person and talk to the manager personally after completing the online application.

@JessicaNiles 4 ай бұрын

I'm wondering what job market you're in? Most places don't even entertain people walking in to chat... Everyone has an HR team you gotta get through first!

@suecook8087 4 ай бұрын

How do you get through to the HR person when you can't get someone to answer that phone?

@ooievaar6756 4 ай бұрын

@@JessicaNilesdepts of Human "Ressources" like coal, of fuel. Best to pass them, avoid rts and algorythims

@katresealexander1311 4 ай бұрын

@@JessicaNiles Childcare.

@katresealexander1311 4 ай бұрын

@JessicaNiles I have a physical portfolio with everything to be in compliance to start. I'll personally ask for an email to send the portfolio information over, and if they are in need of a well qualified person for the job, I'm a phone call away. People are lazy they don't look through online applications. Nowadays, you have to sell yourself a certain way.

@suecook8087 4 ай бұрын

One reason for the bogus listings is to keep the company's corporate name in the public eye. 2. There's a huge difference between unemployment and underemployment. 3. There needs to be another Great Resignation because what they're doing to the people is wrong.

@jilross4892 4 ай бұрын

Its inhuman that folks have to depend on jobs.

@kovalas543 4 ай бұрын

The best way to fix broken system is to stop complying. The system will take advantage on us as long as we will allow it. Thats why I no longer doing unpayed home assignements. Maybe I'll never find a job but I realized that being employee doesn't make sense anymore. The risk is the same as being enterpreneur but reward is limited.

@trdriver430 4 ай бұрын

That's right

@Peaceofmind-be 4 ай бұрын

That's right, particularly when you get a sense the assignment is not in a good faith, like asking applicants to propose ideas and strategies.

@toddalexander1903 3 ай бұрын

Tbh. I took a part time job at a golf course... major pay cut. But im so much happier.

@toddpacker1015 3 ай бұрын

What work did you work before and how did switching to a better job with less pay improve your life? Also are you still able to pay your bills? I'm asking because I'm considering doing something similar.

@toddalexander1903 3 ай бұрын

@toddpacker1015 I was in real estate before golf. I really enjoyed real estate and helping family's but I missed a bunch of my kids things. I'm much happier now, golf also is a passion of mine and being able to hit golf balls while working is a nice perk.

@plappin 4 ай бұрын

Excellent topic but very depressing from the POV of someone who has never had to submit to this kind of process. It wasn't so easy back in the day but at least you weren't being screened out by an algorithm.

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's really just crazy how much is controlled by algorithms. And how people don't 100% understand what the algorithm is actually doing, but just trust it because we think computers don't have biases and make mistakes.

@Luncheon23 4 ай бұрын

3:09 What a cute doggie Star is! ❤

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

She is! Loves to bark at passers by the window!

@mcdianer 4 ай бұрын

I rewind several times just to see Star. Will you do videos on owning a dog? First thing i think I need is to fence in my backyard.

@disruptapps 4 ай бұрын

Thanks to Big Tech, AI, gig work, millions of us have now been 'thrust out into the wild' and forced to 'figure it out on our own.' We thought we'd go to college and find comfortable jobs where we'd be taken care of as our parents told us but here we are unemployed/ under-employed trying to learn to fend for ourselves LOL

@ooievaar6756 4 ай бұрын

Schooling as a business model = diplom inflation. And for all these (bad monitored/not motivational/cheap !!!) online courses you need: ....big tech...AI, exactly. best to unplug and grab your old books again

@miguelmarquez6206 4 ай бұрын

I decided to reach some level of financial freedom just I case I get fired. Nothing is permanent.

@butterflies_and_trees 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video and very valid points! I am looking for a job and have applied to multiple positions on job sites and have gotten zero interviews so far.

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

@Revert2017 4 ай бұрын

So happy to see Star have a cameo❤

@ArafatBukhari 4 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 As Always Excellent 👍 video

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@dforrest4503 4 ай бұрын

I agree with the big problems being ghost jobs, and there being so many applicants (due to everything being online) that companies need to use ATS to screen them. It’s those personal connections (you called them weak ties) that will land you a job - do everything you can to develop and maintain them! I retired from a job and wasn’t even thinking of looking for another job (at least for awhile) but a couple of those weak connections meant I was able to get a part-time job almost right away. So far, so good!

@cesarpazmino4453 4 ай бұрын

That world map in the background looks cool! Where can I get me one? Please share link.

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I just put a link in the description of it! It's a 3D printed wooden world map. Mine is the Large size. It takes a few hours to set up, but it is extremely fun to set up. It's like a puzzle and you get to notice where everything is on the map!! Extremely good quality too!

@_lovefran 4 ай бұрын

Awwww Star needs to make more cameos 😂

@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau 3 ай бұрын

It's always good to have connections.

@ahmedmvlik 4 ай бұрын

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@flatandsplat 4 ай бұрын

My daughter cannot find a casual job to get her through uni. Employers are over hiring casual employees and not giving them many hours so everyone is looking for a second or third casual job to pay the bills. The government reports about how great the employment rate is but no one has job security or enough money to live on. It's so bad and it's demoralising for the poor kid.

@transitengineer 4 ай бұрын

Well, 90 percent of video's that, I have seen on KZbin of unemployed professionals have all been in the Computer Science (CS)/Information Technology (IT) field which, for some reason is now coded named "Tech". In the early 1980's, I earned my B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. But, I am not seeing many video post of 9-month to 18-month unemployed civil, mechanical, industrial, and electrical engineers looking for a job. Sometimes jobs that were in high demand one year a few years later they, just are not in demand anymore. However, I will say as someone who was unemployed in both my 30's and again unemployed in my 40's, it has always been hard finding a new job but, staying active in various professional associations within ones field makes a major difference (smile ... smile).

@ThinkingJames 4 ай бұрын

Hi Austin, you also did not mention outsourcing. We people from other countries like the Philippines can offer lower per hour rate compared to U.S Citizens looking for job remotely. We can accept lower rates as the standard of living here is very low but can offer same amount of workload or even heavier.

@juliemarkham4332 4 ай бұрын

I've been working a hybrid schedule (onsite and remote) since the pandemic.

@jayocean4724 4 ай бұрын

Praying for a higher paying opportunity 🙏🏾 this market is unreal

@BasedVegeta 3 ай бұрын

15:45 Why would you WANT to work in THIS system?! Who in their right mind would?!

@SAreamusic1 4 ай бұрын

Yes very true on the panel “intimidation” interviews!

@innitandting 4 ай бұрын

Companies spin you a load of BS about how well they treat you, with posters in the canteens and corridors shouting about how your welfare is their priority. Utter cobblers. The bottom line is all they care about, and will change hours, rotas etc to suit them and not you, they don't give a f. It works both ways though, they treat us badly, then don't be surprised if workers stop giving their all, if that's how they treat us.

@loriella6250 4 ай бұрын

Austin, I love the map! May I ask you about it?

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I love it too. It's a 3D printed wooden world map. Extremely good quality and extremely fun to set up!! It takes 3-6 hours to put up, but I guarantee you that you won't want it to end, haha. You get to learn where everything is on the map because it's like you're carefully putting a puzzle together! I put the link to the map in the description! Mine is a large. I highly recommend if you're looking to put something on your wall that is a conversation piece!

@loriella6250 4 ай бұрын

@@ElAgustin Oh! I love it even more now. I'm a jigsaw puzzle enthusiast!

@DamonCassidy 4 ай бұрын

Really great video! Thank you for sharing

@ElAgustin 3 ай бұрын

You're my inspiration!

@Jo-AnnStanton 4 ай бұрын

Great Video! And I love your map 😊

@PengDima 4 ай бұрын

Connection is the key tonfind a job!

@fizmath935 4 ай бұрын

Regarding using helpful connections, some of you don't have those connections and you never will. Much of this was determined during childhood and the family you were born into. You have no hope when the resume is reviewed by HR people who majored in sororities. Stick with small companies that are within driving distance and try to walk into their office to talk to someone. Get into the gig economy.

@monishthomasp 4 ай бұрын

Great content as usual.. ❤ job markets are topsy turvy since Covid.. 😭

@hardship2hustle Ай бұрын

Don’t stress over these employers playing ghosting games, trying to lowball and still get quality (desperate) applicants. Job losses are hitting multiple industries, and when people can't pay rent, landlords feel the pressure. If the landlords miss mortgage payments, the bank can repossess the property, which happens often in downturns. Many landlords are also employers, and there are consequences to playing games with job applicants/renters. Honestly, we all shouldn't bother working anymore-let robots take our jobs and use the "robot tax" on companies to fund Universal Basic Income for everyone. Employers constantly remind us we're replaceable and would outsource our jobs in a heartbeat. You know they would. Let them lose their office buildings and residential complexes to the banks, who are waiting on the sidelines currently. That's why they want people back in the office-to maintain the value of those properties. They don’t care about us, so why should we care if they get foreclosed on? Let robots take our jobs and banks take their properties. We already own nothing-let them join us!

@tomoyakado Ай бұрын

At this point I feel like giving up searching because I am applying to so many jobs but I don’t even get to interviews

@hyderabbasi 2 ай бұрын

What solutions are you offering? Anything? These are issues covered extensively by other youtubers. So what's your solution?

@backseateats9513 4 ай бұрын

I am a cpa and been unemployed one year 😢

@pattykake7195 4 ай бұрын

Contract work is the new norm…companies can still cancel your contract at their pleasure….

@suecook8087 4 ай бұрын

People need to refuse their jobs because there's just trying to screw you out of benefits.

@aaronaustrie 4 ай бұрын

#1. Fake jobs

@JessicaNiles 4 ай бұрын

THIS!!!!!!! ⬆

@sylviajacob7974 4 ай бұрын

Self employed is sustainable if one works hard and succeed

@jasonangeles3765 4 ай бұрын

we should count the employment rate not the unemployment rate..

@aaronaustrie 4 ай бұрын

It's atrocious 🤦🏾‍♂

@zicoprmday 3 ай бұрын

Not happen in us but in indonesia too

@janebaker966 4 ай бұрын

Lies,damn lies,and statistics!

@SDsc0rch 4 ай бұрын

my question... HOW does the govt know if I've looked for work within the last four weeks?? when I was looking for work, I don't remember ever being asked ???

@GrannyLinn 4 ай бұрын

They apparently don’t check. You list companies and their addresses. It’s a sick game.

@danicegewiss862 4 ай бұрын

You apply on line. That information is not a secret. They know everything about you thanks to your internet searches.

@fizmath935 4 ай бұрын

They claim to do random checks where you tell them to whom you applied and they call up those companies and find out if you really applied for the jobs.

@rencechannel2240 4 ай бұрын

Is that "Aura" can use by Non-US based citizen?

@ElAgustin 4 ай бұрын

No, unfortunately it's a US based company and is only for people within the US.

@georgeandrews2839 4 ай бұрын

Hiring and the economy always slows down during election years.

@JA-mq9ti 4 ай бұрын

I can't find a job applied to hundreds

@leggyReid4c 4 ай бұрын

There are jobs in healthcare... shortage of nurses

@suefleming 4 ай бұрын

Finding a minimum wage job is easy.

@misslinda772 Ай бұрын

Those $70,000 legal jobs no longer exist. ❤

@amycolucci6769 4 ай бұрын

Amen 😢😢😢😢

@andyholder6039 4 ай бұрын

Being broke is a poor quality of life lol, won't work 😞

@Mikael00898 3 ай бұрын

My life changed when I realized that no one was coming to save me. If you take your life seriously you will see a lot of improvement. I made the decision to start cryptocurrencies earlier last year at 38, just 1 year plus a few months since I started, I have grown my portfolio to over 100k, I know this isn't much but it wasn't easy to inspire myself. I really thank God for my journey so far and also connecting me with the right people.

@J.Fernandez-m4r 3 ай бұрын

This is so relatable, procrastination sometimes plays a major role. I'm on the same path, started my journey 2 months ago and I'm grateful for the knowledge I have gained so far. Let's gooooo!

@getitbig9142 3 ай бұрын

⁠I like the fact that you acknowledged God at the end. I hope you don't mind recommending your advisor since you mentioned something like that.