Why Getting A Job Feels Impossible Now

[@ThePlatinumBeast]

Back in the day having multiple jobs meant you probably made some bad decisions earlier in life now a days its a means of survival!

[@brianthomas7407]

You get what you vote for

[@KingGreqo]

@@brianthomas7407nobody voted for a pandemic.

[@brianthomas7407]

@@KingGreqo you voted for reckless deficit spending, increased government, higher taxes, massive inflation, get ready for deflation

[@KingGreqo]

@@brianthomas7407You literally have no idea of who I voted for, or if I even did so at all.

[@brianthomas7407]

@@KingGreqo not voting and voting for democrats is the same thing. I’m glad we traded purchasing power for mean tweets though 😪

[@xaivang9106]

A guy who never worked for a company is going to give us tips on to how to apply for a job? GTFOH

[@meshworks6778]

I have a job (it's a min wage job but it's still work) and I'm still open to his advice. You're never too smart to at least consider a new approach. But what's most important is what's worked for you personally, and that's all Graham is offering. He doesn't have a typical job cause he's never needed one. He did work with a brokerage though so I think that counts as working with a company, though it wasn't a job search that led him there.

[@deem.4527]

He has worked for companies. You’d know that if you shut tf up and listened.

[@zaroku2938]

@@meshworks6778he’s never even job hunted before. And he’s sitting here saying “uuhhmm just try harder. Um try going in person”.

[@dianatamayo5089]

😂😂😂

[@TheCyberAi]

😂

[@larryspiller15]

Most places in my industry specifically ask you not to approach them and require you to apply online.

[@jackattackhissnack]

Virus research?

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

Yup, even “lower profile” companies ask this as well.

[@kimberleyhunter6815]

Walmart ONLY takes job applications online now. There’s no point in actually going there and leaving a résumé with anyone. No one will take it.

[@Ancient_Entity]

Getting a job is easy... anyone who claims it is hard is not actually trying or is too picky and overvalue their own skills

[@regitzecamara6761]

Omg yes

[@karnez05]

I don’t even know why I clicked this video. This guy is a millionaire with no gauge of how the real world works. Dude said go to a company and just ask for a job lol

[@holographicwing]

It all made sense when he said "I've not been in the job market" lmao he knows nothing but speaks with full confidence. Just like every other moron hiring right now.

[@Michael-RS56]

Yup, he’s out of touch to the greater population. It’s not that simple

[@hyozanhades09]

@@Michael-RS56 I agree he is very out of touch with reality. You can go into a business and ask and they will tell you to apply online on the job board or website anyway. Nobody ever hands out a physical application ever anymore. You can even hand resumes out directly to the owners of businesses and they wont ever call back.

[@Mango360Ru]

Came here to comment this. Does he think people walk into Google and ask for a job? So tone deaf. This isn’t 1950. The jobs I’ve been applying for sometimes have 200+ people applying. And these are entry level positions. He’s ridiculous

[@hyozanhades09]

@@Mango360Ru yeah he literally thinks in the video that you can just walk into a place and apply to a job and they might hire you. I have applied to like around 400 plus pinpointed jobs from real places and still only two or three interviews but still nothing came out of it.

[@KP99]

Graham seems very out-of-touch in this video. He mentions he's never really been in the job market.. and it shows. You can't just walk into a large company's office and say you want a job there. They'll just direct you to their website. Most of his commentary here just states the obvious, without any actual insight into the "WHY...", aka the title of the video.

[@lasurfette7830]

Yep. Hopefully he reads the comments.

[@anywhywho]

Yes it works in restaurants, my kid went to a nearby one, they asked for a number, then called, came in to try out, and got the job, took about a day at each step. But as a computer programmer, I can't walk into Google office and ask for a job. Also can't walk into a small software company, just doesn't work that way.

[@zaroku2938]

It’s so aggravating bro. He even said himself that he’s never job hunted before. I bet he’s sitting on daddy’s money and never had to get out there in the job market and sell himself to an employer.

[@1terminatorr]

Admits he's never applied to a job, then proceeds to give boomer advice on how to get a job.

[@michaelrosen8022]

Graham is a smart dude. He sees through the matrix which most can’t do that. Some animals are too wild to be caged.

[@lemuhuru]

Millenial advice looking down on Gen z

[@starburst1020]

@@michaelrosen8022 this is not “seeing through the matrix” this is dumb advice from someone who knows 0 about recruiting in the job market

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

Yep! He sounds like my boomer mom

[@RazrSharpProductions]

Graham, I can promise that simping for a specific company, as you recommended, does not work. I tried it.

[@MJB4646]

I think that’d only work for small businesses, I don’t think Graham is that aware of how a HR department works

[@Ancient_Entity]

Getting a job is easy... anyone who claims it is hard is not actually trying or is too picky and overvalue their own skills

[@gwwelch]

What do you mean it doesn’t work? If I have two candidates in front of me to hire but one of them didn’t just submit a resume but they did a cover letter, found me out on LinkedIn, put together a portfolio as to why their skills match with my company i would for sure hire that person over the resume only through job board person.

[@mikeyserrano9748]

@@Ancient_Entity Depends on the type of work you're talking about. I'm in a highly competitive field, so it ain't that easy finding a job

[@HHmz-rp8ht]

Yeah I wiped the floor with my dignity on linkedin for a couple companies and it didn't work. Graham missed the mark on that point

[@brandonlesco4821]

Does Graham know that walking into a place to seek a job results in them telling you to apply on their website?

[@Tudorgeable]

he's completely out of touch with reality

[@powerlifting1012]

Not any place.

[@cchoi108]

He's so out of touch it's like clickbait 😂😂😂 or comment bait 😂😂😂😂. There's already a tinder for jobs. It's called LinkedIn lol. Or Fiver or any gig site. However I also haven't looked for a job lately. When I did a few years ago it was all about the keywords, tailoring your resume, making sure you say x years of x experience of whatever they were asking for, etc and doing that for every freaking company you applied to. Mass apply not good and lazy. I'm getting a lot of recruitment emails by AI bots lately, like multiple ones per day. Apparently all the recruiters have been replaced by bots. So the strategy to at least get some bites would be easy. just be a bot right back basically. Use an AI tool to tailor your resume to what the bot is asking for and write cover letters. Shouldn't be too hard even if you can't code.

[@randomuserame]

It doesn't matter where you apply. The real reason you do that to put a face to the name.... But that only works if there's a brick-and-mortar, or if there's no badge requirement (even then, there will be almost always be a receptionist) For others.... find a way to stand out. Tag them X if you have to.... doesn't matter (use your professional account and delete/private your personal account). Get your name and your face out there front and center, then apply. And then ask them to _personally_ check your application. Pester them (respectfully) until they give you CONCRETE info not a "we''re working on it;" you need specifics... Where is it in the process, Who's got eyes-on, can we conference them in and address any concerns.... does mornings or afternoons work better... Like *_Go. Get. The. Job._* While you're waiting, if you have a portfolio or some kind of demonstration of your skills/ability. Send it to them. SHOW them. Make it so "you basically already work there; hiring you is a just an overdue formality." NOBODY does this... and this is why NOBODY gets a job. They're not adapting to the way the world is. And so they'll be left behind in a world that _no longer_ is. *Don't get left behind.*

[@lifeinlimbo378]

Yes, you can't go in somewhere and ask for a job unless it's like a real estate office lol. I have a master's degree and will be starting my own company because I am not getting the pay I want. But it was funny for someone who probably has never actually worked for anyone other than himself to comment on how to get a job lol, just saying

[@novacharchy]

Recent college grad from a major university, applied for 150+ jobs and still looking. It is frustrating to hear people say things like "it is so easy to get a job right now"

[@cejvy]

I have a degree, 5+ years of experience, a good job rn, and a decent resume and can't get a yes either rn..... It only takes one though.

[@cchoi108]

Keep at it and don't get discouraged you'll find one. I just heard of someone who applied to 120 places and they had loads of experience and qualifications for all the jobs but they eventually got one.

[@BorderTurrets]

You are competing with H2b Visas, immigrants, and the children of illegals which Elon Musk has said he wants more of, legally of course. Immigration only benefits the rich and politicians who want more votes.

[@anywhywho]

In 2016, with about 15 years of experience, it took me 85 applications to find a job. Keep applying, it's not easy, at least not for everyone.

[@zaroku2938]

I recently graduated and have been applying to so many jobs.

[@austinparker5155]

I literally took a 2nd job at night as a manager of a 24 hour McDonald's just to bring in an extra 1k per month to pay my utilities and insurance.

[@cricket12ish]

I like your beard

[@elasticharmony]

This is not so bad due to growth limits, the market doesn't always s go up. There are other better routes but being a part of a franchise is easy.

[@AmericanWears]

You’ll own a McDonald’s one day.

[@ryanmitchell4266]

Bidenomics - Stop Complaining

[@rushrush1209]

You do what you have to do.

[@brocky]

The job market has been the worst it's ever been. The unemployment rate is completely inaccurate. It's probably 5x the rate that the government shows.

[@KingGreqo]

Exactly. Many new jobs are being filled by people who already have jobs.

[@vladimirofsvalbard9477]

Yep~ But it isn't the government fudging the numbers; they're not that creative. It's the corporations that committing the largest string of earnings/employment fraud in US history; all in order to keep pumping their stocks and cash in options.

[@okorochukwunonso2563]

LIES

[@ambivertical]

I learned that a big reason that the current unemployment is not updated, is because all the jobs that gave severance pay means that those people are technically not unemployed until the severance runs out. So, despite them not working, because they’re still receiving paychecks through severance, they are not seen as unemployed.

[@milkbread5036]

@@ambivertical also the system basically erases you over a period of time. And not everyone is filing for unemployment.

[@Clone683]

The problem with a lot of those new jobs that the government likes to brag about is that they're dead end minimum wage work.

[@saast123]

I got my first apartment and boosted my credit score on minimum wage jobs. Albeit I’m single with no kids. But it’s possible.

[@edwinroyal9734]

​@seanthesag good for you! But realize that most of the country that wouldn't work. I lived in a small town and I couldn't get an apartment under $800/month. It was probably a good thing though because if I could've survived on minimum wage I wouldn't have had the incentive to learn skills that paid more.

[@LisaK-lj3vt]

@@edwinroyal9734 Curious, what skills helped you do better, to get a batter job?

[@edwinroyal9734]

@@LisaK-lj3vt Working with a career advisor to help me with my resume and explore job and training opportunities helped a lot. Besides that mostly just always looking for ways to further my education and be the best in my field. I'm still young and not very far in my career, so I'm not speaking with a bunch of experience, but I believe if you focus on what you're good at or have a natural inclination for and are willing to work hard, you can find a career that will be satisfying and rewarding. My biggest mistake I think was spending to much time working at dead end jobs thinking that the harder I worked the more money I would make. In hindsight, I would have been better off going to school or starting an apprenticeship. The world is changing fast, so I think the best thing we can do is to explore our options and make carefully calculated decisions.

[@davidandrews5262]

Used to be true...but with self check out taking over the country. I'm pretty sure we are losing minimum wage jobs.

[@Josh-xh9qn]

Wl all know why people can't get a job. I'm sorry this entry lvl position requires 10+ years of experience, a masters degree, you be willing to sacrifice all free time to work for us

[@themiseducationoftheameric7407]

THIS!

[@Ancient_Entity]

No... Getting a job is easy... anyone who claims it is hard is not actually trying or is too picky and only seeking specific things or overvalue their own skills

[@themiseducationoftheameric7407]

​@@Ancient_Entity "only seeking specific things" Yes. They're trying to get a job in their field of study they went to school for. That's how it works when your skilled or talented in something. Of course anyone can sell "fruit", and get a job doing that if they have no skills.

[@Ancient_Entity]

@@themiseducationoftheameric7407 lol... these clowns are learning that college fleeced them into debt for nothing. Should have learned a trade skill😅🤡 As i said they are being to picky... if you cant get a job in your field, get what you can. I could have a job in less than an hour if i needed one.

[@Ancient_Entity]

@@themiseducationoftheameric7407 the problem is most of them aren't skilled or talented in squat and have zero experience... wasted their time and money in college on a piece of paper while other people were gaining experience and skills and suddenly expect preferential treatment and handouts for a worthless degree... I bet they can get a plethora of jobs but feel like they are below them and they are too good for them.

[@JaxonPetersen-cu8jt]

"I've never really looked for a job" Me: .... Why am I watching this guy?

[@Kokola-qh9wp]

This man just said he never had to look for a job and just stumbled into them... Someone who made a career from nepotism shouldn't be allowed to comment on this subject

[@T.O.E.C]

Old school

[@jimpro243]

Over the years, I've seen a growth in international outsourcing in my general field. Since the pandemic, I've only seen it accelerate further. When the tech companies began layoffs, there were simultaenous rises in international positions in countries like India or the Philippines. At this rate the American middle work tier is being slowly displaced with international outsourcing jobs and we are left with hustling multiple lower-end jobs, which is also pressured by automation. Also, my company froze hirings for over a year now, even when we are hemorrhaging staff, they simply will not replace.

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

This is very true

[@StannisBaratheonOTK]

We could work for the same company with how familiar this sounds. A sad situation.

[@Ancient_Entity]

Getting a job is easy... anyone who claims it is hard is not actually trying or is too picky and overvalue their own skills

[@haileyreign971]

This just occurred to one of my friends in the tech field. The department was essentially cut in half... with those same positions being moved across seas. It's nothing less than heartbreaking. 😮‍💨

[@nameunavailable456]

@@Ancient_Entity You must not make any money, or are younger than 45.

[@nevcalyear7394]

I love when someone who has never been in corporate America gives advice to those who are trying to get back into it after layoffs. I like you Graham, but almost all of your advice here was just wrong.

[@elasticharmony]

He has made a fortune on his own so must therefore be of use.

[@PontschPauPau3451]

@@elasticharmonyPeople need to stop thinking that just because someone is financially successful (especially someone who is a successful content creator, a field that relies extremely heavily on luck and timing), that their opinion means jackshit outside of whatever field they made money in.

[@tdillins]

The problem with job postings is that employeers want everything from the candidate and pay them at entry level salaries. They say things like "Requires 15 years experience" then only offer you 10$ an hour. Employers need to lower their job standards or increase the wages for the job. They can't have both.

[@boomn216]

I thought min wage was 15 an hour?

[@jeanieologist4456]

@@boomn216depends on YOUR state

[@cheery-hex]

maybe you're in the wrong field? for ie oil rig workers get high pay with no experience

[@boomn216]

No idea what that even is.@@cheery-hex

[@Xantrah]

In most jobs, walking in to a specific company that you want to work for and just trying to get a foot in the door will not work. The receptionist will defer you to a website to apply. They will not let you talk to anybody of any real authority aside from a security guard encouraging you to leave the premises. This may have worked decades ago, but today it's considered a security risk. You're more likely to be trespassed than offered a job.

[@lasurfette7830]

I'm a product manager and got laid off in November. I still don't have a job, and of course I am considering a contract role because there are just more openings for those versus permanent. I've had a number of interviews where I was told, "They really liked you, but they've gone with a slightly stronger candidate." I'm interviewing for jobs that are going to be a 30% pay cut.

[@creditrepairwizards]

Find out what EXACTLY a stronger candiate is, what that means , and exude that to interviewers.

[@jeanieologist4456]

@@creditrepairwizards it could mean that you’re overqualified not that there’s somebody better than you, but you’re overqualified for the position which is ludicrous but that’s what’s happening. It appears they don’t want intelligent people working at their organizations. They want the easily pliable individuals. And by the way, they send you an email when they turn you down so you’re saying that you want us to reply back to them how can I be a better fit for your company or a better candidate? You really think they’re going to answer you.

[@lasurfette7830]

@@creditrepairwizards Yep. I've started asking them for feedback.

[@Jarlus]

Graham, this topic is clearly not in your wheelhouse.

[@davidporter9553]

Yeah, he should have left this alone.

[@PageTurnerr__]

We love you Graham but this person is right. Advice was way off base.

[@luvfoto]

I’m glad I have my own business. I have not applied for a job for 17 years. But the stress of having to find work day in and day out is draining and more then most could ever handle. Graham is our Master Class teacher. Thanks G- Ohhh and stay tight and loose Graham 😂

[@OroborusFMA]

It was bad as anything back in the 2009-2010 Great Recession. I was laid off in December 2008 and didn't get another full time job until December 2010 . . . and it was my old job rehiring me! I didn't get a single offer from the places I interviewed for. Sad. And today it appears even worse.

[@yearginclarke]

I had the same problem back around that time. One of my biggest issues is I grew up in a very isolated rural area with few opportunities. Chose not to go to college because I almost failed high school due to poor math skills. I don't think I would succeed in college. Anyway I lost a job in Nov. 2006. Between then and June 2010 I could not get hired for a full time job, all I could get was one temporary harvest season farm job, and working for myself doing odd jobs. Tried staying at my sister's house in a nearby city, still couldn't get a job no matter what I tried.

[@courtvisions2]

I think a main issue is if you are a junior level in your field there are just no jobs for you specifically. Most jobs are 5+ years experience at the moment. I was laid off from a relatively safe tech company after having ~2 years experience working in the industry and it’s just desolate for my experience level workers. So yeah, you literally have to apply for jobs you’re on the edge for with experience but not by choice.

[@BorderTurrets]

No worries, the boomer CEOs are outsourcing and abusing H2B visas for cheap "skilled" labor.

[@GothicBookLover]

Or you have too much experience where the manager interviewing you fears you might take their job

[@Ancient_Entity]

No... Getting a job is easy... anyone who claims it is hard is not actually trying or is too picky and only seeking specific things or overvalue their own skills

[@Posei77]

@@Ancient_Entity why do you repeat yourself?

[@brendinho1993]

8:10 For most jobs, that try-before-you-buy idea is never going to happen. That's the role of the probationary period at the beginning of the contract. Even at jobs where you have the exact skills that the employer is looking for, they still pay you a full salary while you go through weeks of onboarding, reviewing policy documents, signing NDAs, getting your environment set up, getting permissions and accesses, and doing prescribed classes to bring you up-to-speed on regulations, client specs, etc. HR would have a million heart attacks thinking of all the possible lawsuits on all sides if companies brought in randoms, simply because of all the things they can break or accidentally reveal while providing 0 value whatsoever to the firm.

[@cchoi108]

This, exactly and obviously. Lol. Maybe someone like us should start a KZbin channel about how to get a job except we are already getting no sleep at our understaffed jobs lol so I guess that's never going to happen.

[@ironically_iconic9848]

There are almost no jobs near me, and I’ve applied to almost every entry level job possible. I rarely if ever get a response. I call them and they say i’m under qualified. Under qualified for entry level jobs that start paying for $10 an hour. Also trying to get a job at a company you like doesn’t work, they don’t care even if you lick their boots.

[@20stacks11]

Then if you have a masters you are overquallified.

[@LegacyStacker]

Hi Graham, sorry, it's obvious that you haven't looked for work. Today, you can't show up to a company and apply in person, they all send you off to their website, which can be like entering a black hole. 😎🏆 I've been on the other end of the hiring process many times as well, and when I receive 100's of resumes in one day, it's nearly impossible to sort through them all. I have used employment professionals (head-hunters), and that has worked, in both sides of the hiring process.

[@TL-rh1lf]

it's the shitty reality of today's world... job boards are the worst way to find a job.. the good ones are usually found through networks and knowing the right people.. it sucks if you're not in with the cool kids.. not to mention a lot of jobs posted on boards aren't even available and used just to collect information from people's resume or other HR bullshit

[@T.O.E.C]

u better off messaging them in linkin and pretending to be their friend to get a job lol

[@brendanleach8971]

I just got a new job on Thursday! (After looking for a new one since July)

[@lasurfette7830]

Wow. Congrats! What do you do?

[@okorochukwunonso2563]

Wow..since July? Congrats

[@brendanleach8971]

@@lasurfette7830 environmental compliance related stuff

[@brendanleach8971]

@@okorochukwunonso2563 thank you!

[@BelArtist]

YES! Way to goooo!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😊

[@PikminGuts92]

Honestly Graham is so out of touch with today's job market. He sounds like a boomer when explaining how to get a job.

[@Relesy]

I didn’t even hear back from unpaid internships. The system is broken.

[@robertwendal5894]

This growth is industry specific, I'm surrounded by manufacturers and prisons starting at $25 and hour desperate to hire. But the hours are long and they require manual labor. I think we've over educated younger people with degrees and certifications, they want the office, the tik tok sushi at work video. They really want the work from home on the computer. Also no one reports the adjusted jobs and inflation numbers, they roll with the official ones and ignore the real numbers.

[@GBR9794]

The real number required 27 an hour to live comfortably and from what I have seen, labor jobs are just as stagnant and competitive as office jobs and to fit in you must be a substance abuser of some sort. Literally all my coworkers are heavy smokers, some even drink two to three red bulls a day. That pretty much killed it for me and yes I worked as a lineman for two years and quit for office work.

[@tiaralogan6458]

The places you want to work at won’t hire you because everyone wants to work there silly. When the money runs out, it’s no longer about what you want, it’s about needing an income. Hence why people apply to anything.

[@T.O.E.C]

fax

[@michaelrosen8022]

I always apply directly for the companies I want to work for. I can’t stand job search engines.

[@hungdoan9148]

Tinder for jobs? You mean linked in?

[@BelArtist]

LMAO that’s what I said too ahahahhahaha

[@milkbread5036]

If you go in person to get a job, they'll tell you to apply online-- then they reject you via email :D

[@MyDivingSuit]

Graham is stuck in the boomer mentality of how to get a job 😂

[@cchoi108]

Yeah and he's not even a boomer hahaha. Not sure where he got these completely outdated ideas frankly. Absolutely no one is giving this kind of advice hahaha.

[@kay2187]

hes an out of touch rich guy whos desribed himself as never having to enter the job market@@cchoi108

[@ViperChief117]

I’ve been looking for jobs the past two years now. I’ll be applying to places and never hear back from anybody.

[@janelleg597]

Track em down. Get feedback. Pressure

[@frunkaf3314]

Graham, you really need to stop this narrative about just spam messaging a company you're trying to work for. There's an entire industry of hiring managers that exist to filter for potential candidates for a job. Stay in college, get certified, whatever you need to do but actually develop a marketable skill. The vast majority of people don't go far in an industry by starting out doing "whatever" for a company.

[@cchoi108]

This is a good point. Graham as well as most entrepreneurs need to be generalists and they need to do "whatever." The modern workplace is all about ultra-specific skills. The good part is that there's a huge range of ultra-specific skills that you could train for, that require varying degrees of education, from just a boot camp, to certifications, to community college or an associate's degree, a college degree, or advanced degree. Just pick something you're cool with doing 12 hours per day.

[@Talon97]

Employers taking notes from Leonidas lol, "GIVE THEM NOTHING, BUT TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING!!!!" (referring to applicants).

[@undefined7463]

I used to work for a small business that worked on chillers (industrial chillers the size of full size school busses), the owner who was also the boss told me something golden, he said along the lines of this: I hire people based off of what you can offer to me, not simply someone that is just looking for a job. In general, make yourself marketable, profitable, and as skillful as possible, so you can walk into any company and pretty much pull your own “mad men” scene: you need me, this is what I can do and can prove it at any time. Bullsiht can and will be sniffed out, always stay genuine and self aware.

[@m19c65]

I got paid by McDonald's in the uk for a interview. At the time it was about £100

[@KP99]

Did they give you fries with that?

[@m19c65]

@@KP99 nah cheeseburger😁🤣

[@davidgavney6711]

Yes, you don't just walk into a company and ask for a job anymore, unless possibly a service job. Maybe in 1970 you still could. Now, it's an application into their ATS system which may or may not be very good and if selected will have to go through interviews, tests, mini projects, and a multitude of questions and surveys to make it to the final few. The only good thing a personal interview is good for is weeding out the psychos, which I've seen done in the past. The only workers who got "more" from unemployment and covid relief were possibly restaurant workers, and that ended after a while and unemployment doesn't last forever. The problem is people kept saying people were saying that they were being lazy and living off that money WAY longer than they were actually getting that money. It was just an excuse. My feeling was those people said they didn't want to work at those sh$tty jobs any more and figured something else out, went back to school, lived with someone, or figured out other financial resources.

[@TraequanChristian]

I’m finding that finding a part time job outside of my 9-5 is hard too.

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

I’m finding a PT outside my FT does not justfy working weekends for only a couple hundred bucks

[@jessicavogt1690]

All of this nonsense makes me glad that I am self employed. I know that’s not the path for everything though

[@Mary-Mar]

I agree, that unfortunately, Graham comes off like someone who hasnt had to look for a job in a very long time. Can't say I'm not envious! Elder Millinial here, and I think when businesses were saying "no one wants to work", and there were "lots of jobs", none of those jobs were careers that people wanted to do. Most were low skill, service industry jobs with low compensation. Honest work, yes, but have we learned nothing? People do not want to work ceasely and feel like they'll never going to get ahead. To answer your question about starting your own business, I am seeing some of that, but many people do not have the financial runway to do that. That being said, that's what I'm doing, but I'm single, dont have children nor a need for expensive medical coverage.

[@lucristianx]

Graham… buddy. That’s not how it works. Sometimes you’re too valuable in the position you’re in for a company. Or worse you’re not in the political loop thereby never promoting. All my managerial roles have been as an external applicant.

[@zziggy808]

It’s like Graham knows I’m laid off😮 tech/bio is ass rn in San Diego

[@vulpeeze]

I appreciate the good intentions, but damn Graham doesn't know how useless it is to go into a store, even non chains, for a job. They will NEVER call you back. Or they will just tell you to apply online. Simping for companies absolutely doesn't work. It sounds like it should work but it doesn't work at all.

[@murmovies]

I think peolpe are choosing the wrong careers. My current profession has unemployment rate of 0.6% and job growth of 40% next ten years. I could find a job tomorrow. Start planning early in life, get a useful degree that is tied to licensure or certification that is tied to a specific career path.

[@cchoi108]

This is excellent advice and should be pinned to the top.

[@travis3382]

what profession?

[@thelasttellurian]

Advice from bored millionaires is always so practical and relatable. Remember - the problem is always you - the poor.

[@xcgates]

I left the military and applied to a crap load of places, with little callback. After I got an in through hearing someone was about to post a new job, I found out how hard it is to filter applicants from the business side.

[@mohitmadkaikar2914]

This is the most disconnected video on this channel. He has no idea what he is talking about. People have already done all the things he said and beyond

[@johngerald3102]

I feel that computers screen applicants so tightly that few are selected

[@tyrone6]

For the life of me i just cannot get a job its insane

[@WilConquer]

His approach will not work. Im in IT and the market is extremely tough even as a senior engineer

[@Jerrydiehard]

A little out of touch in some parts of this. Essentially, reaching out to specific companies IS common. Due to this, even reaching out to specific places is highly competitive. To give you context, its not uncommon to see 500 applicants in the first 24 hours for the tech industry. These arent for big companies like a Tesla or Google either. Its practically everywhere even for no-name companies.

[@Ndasuunye]

well he technically only worked 2 9-5 jobs his entire adult life. so dude is pretty privilaged to have life work out for him

[@liam1902]

2:20 - I'm pretty sure at the very least SOME of them know beforehand that they may go viral and as a result, could start a social media career so they never have to work a corporate job ever again. Like I understand people use TikTok for venting out frustrations and finding people who are going through the same thing as them but relatability sells and racks up the views so uploading yourself talking about the corporate job lifestyle, living struggles, hating your job, getting laid off, financial transparency, and all that can definitely help to gain a large following.

[@unclestinky6388]

Many of those so-called jobs created are with the government. I would just work for the government if I was young. You may have to move to where the job is, but once you are in, you are in for life. You might not even lose the job if you break the law and no one really cares if you provide a benefit to anyone

[@BadBrad119]

In my trade, it's impossible to get to the next level and get hours needed, and at the same time my employer can't find anyone at the lower level. Very strange market...

[@beyond-the-soul8651]

Where I live most fast food/customer service jobs are hiring. If you don’t find a job that is because you are not looking hard enough. if you really need a job, you will apply for everything including McDonald’s or Burger King

[@5000MikeMaster]

Exactly, if McDonald’s of Burger King is the best you can get. It’s better than nothing. A lot of people with high ego these days they can’t be humble. McDonald’s and Burger King are hiring near me.

[@tuckerbugeater]

cool bro@@5000MikeMaster

[@starburst1020]

⁠@@5000MikeMasterif you spent years in college getting a degree and accumulating 30-50k+ of debt, why would you be satisfied with a minimum wage fast food job

[@5000MikeMaster]

@@starburst1020 so is it better to do nothing? I'm not following your logic. How is no money better than making some money? If it's the best you can do humble yourself. Gotta start somewhere.

[@Sam-tr4cy]

Recession. But people, gov, and media don't want to say it

[@BorderTurrets]

I think most are burned out because people can look at how Boomers were able to do more with less at so early in their career. Today, we have to compete with illegals, H2B visa holders, new college grads, and businesses dead set on outsourcing to achieve marginal profit gains. The house market is saturated with people, job market saturated, and the culture of businesses is no where near the same. Before, employers invested in their talent while now they offer fringe benefits and expect you to do any professional development out of pocket.

[@jeanieologist4456]

I don’t know what jobs you’re talking about that would hire illegals unless she want to go pick fruit on a farm. Every job that’s worth having requires a Social Security and proof of citizenship, as well as a drivers license and a passport either or obviously you’re buying into right wing media Bullshyte

[@jeanieologist4456]

Talking about jobs, and then pushing free stocks, as if anybody in our position looking for employment, has the opportunity to get something for free, which we know does not exist

[@kory9790]

Nice a Shelby and Graham upload back to back. Good start to the weekend.

[@lindanorris2455]

20 yrs. in stem and nothing for nine years!NOTHING! NO CALLS, NO JOBS, NOTHING! NOTHING! NOTHING!

[@RobynTapps]

Ive been applying everywhere, from jobs in my feild to entry level jobs flipping burgers and cant even get a call back. This includes online applications on company websites, indeed etc and dropping off resumes in person. I have no expectations any more. I just want to work.

[@Goldzwiebel]

A hot job market for me, as an accountant in Germany, is when I apply to an employer who has no job advertisement and get three interviews because the employees sold my data to the competition. We also do management consulting, so I get to know a lot of people who want to become self-employed because they can't find work. Many try delivery services or dropshipping. I then tell most people what jobs are in demand right now, like accountant, and that they can apply there without any previous knowledge. It is a shame that such information is not publicly available. The state employment services are still at the same level as they were 20 years ago, when there was a lot of youth unemployment and you had to have studied to get many jobs. In Germany, of course, the open positions are not well paid either. As in every country, the jobs with good pay are always gone.

[@cala6361]

I worked for a company specializing in labor market data and analytics. Funny that they couldn't prevent massive layoffs like many tech companies.

[@rhays615]

I remember when I worked as an entry-level manager, we were short staffed, and my boss refused to advertise positions. His reasoning was, we never yielded any quality candidates from help wanted adds. He would rather hold out for people who were recruited by other staff, or someone off the street who would choose the company as an employer. I hated that boss, but he was right about that.

[@toyiak9145]

I live in upstate NY, we have jobs everywhere and not enough staff at most nursing home facilities etc, I just got hired through the government for an VHR position and their short handed throughout the state. I got hired at $23/hr and for my area that's a really good wage.

[@Ndasuunye]

you also need a car in upstate. i went there for vacay. some places my phone service didn't work. YIKES. No thanks.

[@ChrisFromFloriduh]

NY trash tho.

[@mirage2847]

@@ChrisFromFloriduh Depends, NY is a huge state.

[@toyiak9145]

@@ChrisFromFloriduh Upstate NY maybe 🤷🏽‍♀️ but I also don't see anyone else shitting on your state for lack of basic necessities such as a vehicle or a phone plan with actual coverage, yikes 🤷🏽‍♀️.

[@Ancient_Entity]

Yes... Getting a job is easy... anyone who claims it is hard is not actually trying or is too picky and only seeking specific things and overvalue their own skills

[@pocmouse3909]

First, the other first got fired

[@JoelUldrych-kh2sc]

Okay, you can have a cookie too. 🍪

[@MikeAllaway]

Graham - If you had to go get a whole new job in an area you've never been in before (no KZbin or real estate) what would it be?

[@luvfoto]

I picture Graham as a welder 😂

[@jacksonbilly9979]

He’d be a hitman

[@zeeboy6714]

3:46 “I’ve not been in the job market… practically ever”. This quote speaks volumes. This is extremely lazy, low effort and out of touch content. Graham should stick to topics in which he has experience- ie real estate and KZbin.

[@regtalkswealth]

*Honestly I'd rather be my own boss than have a job* 🎉

[@PontschPauPau3451]

The average entrepreneur is middle-aged and has around 20 years of experience in an industry. This modern hustle culture idea of just trying really hard to become successful in your 20s without any experience, any knowledge, any connections, any capital, is RIDICULOUS. You need to work for people that know what they're doing and how to run a business and learn a LOT of skills before you can seriously think about becoming your own boss.

[@yearginclarke]

@@PontschPauPau3451 I've have the same opinion.

[@stonewietsma4939]

Yea no $h!t Sherlock

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

I think it depends on what kind of job you have will decide how long it takes to find a job. Also, it's how well you sell yourself in an interview.

[@lunamoon9107]

Ghost jobs are becoming more common

[@MFczarFace]

Big miss here Graham. You think we're not applying to the specific employers/locations we want? Yeah dude, but there are literally thousands of other applicants. Linked-In remove the number and now just put 1,000+.

[@saast123]

I’ve absolutely always walked into the places I’ve applied to and given my resume and a small introduction to my experience. I’ve only been unemployed for maybe a few weeks at a time. So I’d recommend that as opposed to just waiting for a call back.

[@deem.4527]

That doesn’t work. Hiring managers find that annoying.

[@lastime77]

Go get a teaching job. 😂😂😂 Teacher shortage.

[@thacoolest13]

Don't do it! It's a trap!

[@abbyoneill4473]

For a reason 😅 teaching seems like one of the toughest most thankless jobs

[@JustJackk]

178 job applications in the New York capital region and the only two who called back was Amazon and Walmart

[@AL20199]

that's insane, same I've been applying a lot and nothing.

[@AnthonyRusso93]

Don't ever ever say verbally and explicitly that you're willing to do anything to get a foot in the door or any other equivalent proverb. Desperation is a double edged sword except both edges are hurting on oneself exclusively. Never agree to play the sub unless you actually want the other party to be your dom. Act like an asset to be viewed as an asset. Act like a clown you better love getting laughed at like a clown. Don't bring any metaphorical ballon animals to the prospective employer don't talk about metaphorical whoopee cushions or show the metaphorical cards during the slight of hand illusion trick on the resume. Maybe if the job is a literal circus clowns are A O K but most positions are only circuses figuratively.

[@fact6504]

I listened up until he said go to the jobs and apply doesnt work in corporate maybe fast food or retail

[@newbiedebater]

New hires make more than existing employees. This incentives you to constantly be looking for a new job when annual raises are merely 2-3%.

[@elvia3068]

Thanks for this vid Graham I definetly agree that job search is tough....we have to give our new generation kiddos a boost of confidence in the employmnt world.😊

[@shanel4496]

This is neither instructive or productive employment advice. Nothing about the attempt at advice given is practical, applicable or just plain relevant in the dire job market for so many Americans. The media and charts and graphs aren’t telling anything close to the actual it’s tough out there in the labor market story. Graham’s awkward yet honest “I’m a solo entrepreneur, so I really don’t know anything about the topic.” makes me wish KZbin would demonetize this one. Pure drivel.

[@cheery-hex]

some ppl commenting like Graham doesn't know what he's talking about. he prob spends a ton of time with ppl who own their own business (yes, big ones) and is coming at it from their perspective. he is literally telling you why most businesses aren't hiring

[@Laz_RS]

Nothing has changed in decades. The same arguments, the same complaints, the same mass hysteria. The only difference now is social media. Working is horrible, welcome to the world.

[@miguelferrariart]

The part that kills me is. Once you finaly get a job after 5,000 applications. The people who you work with really don't have as much experience as yourself.

[@ParkDari]

I am seeing a young person being told over and over to apply online and get no call back. When she shows up to check they say online only. Trying to give a reasonable time before contacting but days keep passing. At least they keep sending in more applications every day and following up in 48hrs Just slower than expected

[@compdogg94]

Tinder for jobs.......bro just described fiverr💀💀💀. All love. Great video guys, it's Graham lol (do that intro more, we love it)

[@babyboy770]

I think Graham makes good points as an employer. But there are some nuisances in the job market now. Something the video does not take into account is that some industries and degrees are over saturated. Some are becoming phased out due to AI and technology. Some companies admit to posting jobs they have no intention of filling. It just shows up as "jobs" in the market which skews the actually number of available jobs.

[@bitcoinbrown3454]

Yeah the market is interesting, awesome video graham! Would love to connect with you and get this site to you when you have time to review the changes and let me know anything else 👍🏽🙏🏽appreciate you bro

[@tammiegriffin5569]

Oh, Graham, bless your heart.

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

😅😅😅😅❤

[@sydneyhart]

Per ShadowStats, the current unemployment rate is about 25%.

[@Masticator93]

That's what it was during the Great Depression. The economy ain't great but it isn't that bad.

[@CharlesLambert137]

Human resource management ruined employment. HR has walled employment behind mindless applicant management systems - garbage software written by IT bureaucracy. Do you really think that if there are 400 applicants to a position that you stand a chance of getting hired? If you apply for a job through an HR bureaucracy, you are looking for a job in a bureaucratic environment. Do you want to spend your day working on a mindless production line? Get rid of the HR bureaucracy in hiring and give the responsibility back to hiring managers. Stop listening to experts - they are only experts in pushing their own agenda. They are only experts in bureaucracy, accreditation and endless amounts of multiple-guess training exams. Most importantly, why do you need to make so much money? Because you need a 3000 square foot house, a luxury SUV or two in the driveway, designer clothes, endless amounts of electronic gadgets to distract yourself from the reality that a materialistic life has absolutely no meaning. If you were on your deathbed and you reflected upon your life, would you regret your decisions?

[@T.O.E.C]

fax

[@broncorik2268]

I had to get a second job to pay for my commute to my first job . Glad I can do my part commuting an hour to save commercial real estate for millionaires

[@jaden2758]

I just hope that in a year i can get a career out of college if not i dont know what i will do

[@andrewthegeek6522]

If you think you can handle it corrections (prisons and jails) are rather desperate for employees right now and the pay ain't bad. Just know the shift will be 12 hours

[@TheOblivionMemeGuy]

The heart of the issue is a classic human dilemma - If we're told the economy is bad, if we think it's bad, and we believe its bad, then the economy is definitely bad. If we believe the economy is good, then the economy is good. I don't blame the government/media for always saying the economy is good even when it's obviously not. The other alternative is to say it's bad. People don't realize WE ARE the econonmy. We have to go out there spend money, buy services, etc for the economy to do well. The economy is the ultimate karma, what goes around comes around.

[@subscribemytube]

Do what you can to get your foot in the door. Exactly. My BFF was a fresh immigrant in 2020 with no education and no skills. Started as dishwasher in a restaurant. Worked so hard she was noticed by local hospital who hired her for their kitchen. Worked so hard that her boss PAID her to go to school to be a nurses aid. Worked so hard they are offering to pay her to go to school to be an LPN. Conclusion: WORK HARD and BE SMART

[@kmmk292929]

I hate to say it, but I gotta say it, your office is really unnattractive and it's too dark for these videos. Every time I watch these, you got interesting things to say and stuff, but the office is just ugly, and it's very noticeable. Why are you working in such a dark office space? Where's the lights? Just my two cents..