Why Finding A Job Feels Impossible Right Now

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⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 What's happening?
00:18 Misleading Statistics
01:59 The Rise of "Ghost Jobs"
03:52 Too Many Opportunities?
06:27 The Recruiting Process Is Broken
07:14 And This Makes It WORSE
08:24 My 5-Step Job Launch Process
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[HeadStronger-HS]

Ghost jobs should be illegal. Very demoralizing for job seekers.

[peterd]

The worst time to look for work is when you need a job.

[SilverLinin_]

The fact you have to go through all of this JUST to live. Is ridiculous on it's own. beyond broken society.

[jonnySmashes]

"We're hiring" now days means if you like making enough to live with your parents or 3-5 room mates, we got a job for you!

[FangerZero]

I think any company found listing a ghost job should be fined $500k

[RS-wetm]

manager: “why should i hire you?”

applicant: “because you’re hiring…?”👀

[SveGuacamole]

Finding a job, life partner, affordable property... you name it. Everything looks to be out of your reach and serms to be a luxury not a life basic.

[outtheredude]

So, basically, become a full-time cyber-stalker to get a nepo-job.

That's so messed up.

[TonyGue]

Everytime i hear politicians say "unemployment is at an all time low" when that is a blantant lie and extremely misleading

[sduljye]

Managers hire previous employees and employee referrals. Eliminates 98% of hopeful applicants.

[tee]

back then it was.. apply for job > qualify for job > get hired
nowadays.. stalk employees > gather intelligence on daughter of hiring manager > get her to fall in love with you > marry her > ask her to ask her father to bring you in > apply for job > gets hired even if unqualified

[MsShaunde]

I literally have mental breakdowns looking for a job, until I come across posts like this and I’m glad I’m not alone. I got a BA degree and have been looking for a job over a year, hoping to get out of my underpaid job, since the cost of living keeps increasing. It’s never taken me this long to find a job, so I’m stuck barely making ends meet until something better comes along.

[al-manasama]

Man.... This is fucking soulless.

Not attacking you Vincent. You're helping us increase our chances in an impossible time. I just mean this whole situation and how we all ended up here is just soulless.

[LaughingRam]

20+ years in software engineering and haven’t had a single response to over 100 applications. Used to take 1 month to find a new job. The market is weird right now.

[KevinEF]

Applied to 600 jobs in the past 3 weeks. Literally applying to every job that comes out in my area + remote + relocation.

Update: I found a job that pays me 50% more than my last!

[BSGSV]

Tip for job seekers: beware of "recruiters" offering to find you a job. Their business model is to build up their repertoire of candidates using your resumes to make themselves attractive to companies who will hire them to do the work of filling job openings. But many of these recruiters are just incompetent hacks trying to build up their portfolio and really have no job lined up for you specifically. Even worse, they may try to stuff you in a role that is lucrative for them to fill but not great for you. You may want to work with one or two during your career, but just be aware they do NOT work for you and do not have your interests as their focus. As Vincent said, your best route is to find a contact inside the company you can use.

[jashdelacruz]

This is EXACTLY what I need right now. Not those motivational "do not give up" clichés or "breathing exercises". I had been in panic attack the whole day, listened to calming music on Spotify, listened to podcast, until I ended up in YT looking for help. Nothing calmed me down until this video. I needed facts why nothing is working for 2 years!!! Not motivational sh*t because those speeches can't solve the fact that I've been jobless for 2 years!!

[flobba]

i feel like i gotta learn rocket science to get a job at mcdonalds

[mattvarner]

If you are in college now, please understand that you are not there to get an education. You are there to develop a network of people you know and alumni who can help you with these kinds of things

[shizz_]

Economy is dying housing market is crashing, rental market unaffordable, jobs are almost impossible to find