Gen Z Grad Faces The Brutal Reality of Job Search In 2024

Gen Z Grad Faces The Brutal Reality of Job Search In 2024. This Gen-Z college student finds that job search is tough, especially in today's job market. Mass applying to 1000 jobs isn't the answer, though. In this video, I break down his situation and some possible solutions.

0:00 - intro
1:07 - The original video
4:32 - The Job market sucks right now
6:00 - Mass applying doesn't work
7:36 - Why companies repost jobs
10:43 - Are 4 interviews too many?
15:23 - Ghosting by companies
17:02 - How to stand out
19:13 - Your degree doesn't make you special

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[reevawebb]

It don't matter if you white collar, blue collar, a high school dropout or someone with a PHD. The job market is screwed up.

[MR_THINQ]

Well I’ve applied for over 600 jobs and I’m a Creative Director with over 30 years international design industry experience - I’ve won 2 innovation awards and 6 design awards and worked with Apple and most of the top 100 blue chip brands - and I can’t get a job!

So what am I doing?

I’m creating my own international creative design agency and will be targeting those agencies I’ve applied for jobs to and am going after all their clients.

[vigglarodz]

Companies always tell me they refuse to train. That's the ONLY problem I'm running into.

[arcanineryu]

Stores will literally leave "help wanted" signs in the window for years and never hire because it gives the impression to customers that the staff shortage is temporary rather than a permanent choice to understaff the store to make a buck.

[timah]

Getting an internship is a joke. You'll have the exact same issue trying to land one and have to deal with insane competition. It's a race to the bottom for a job that won't even pay you.

[maximkusanagi]

Sir, i filed 400 job applications and did 270 assessments in the span of 4 weeks. I applied to all the jobs I have experience with. The only callbacks I got were from scam companies.

[darlenewinch]

There are NO ENTRY Level jobs for young people! The entry jobs retires 5 years experience. A son has an Economics degree and is only getting jobs like this young fellow. Instead finance jobs he gets data entry, packing boxes?! What a waste of time getting a degree in the market! He working on a CFA and still NOTHING!! Hiring processes are BROKEN!

[azurephoenix]

My son went on 15 job interviews and about half said that they're not hiring but they have to interview a certain amount of applicants bc the corporate offices tell them to.
Wven the hiring managers don't know why they're doing it sometimes.

[yeager]

How to get a Job: "Just get an internship"
How to get an Internship: *Shrug*

I hate to tell you this dude but this is the opposite of helpful. It took me TWO YEARS of applying to find a internship and I only managed to find one because my dad called in a favor from a realestate firm he knows. Over 3.0 GPA, volunteer work, EVERYTHING and I couldn't find jack shit.

[jaysilva]

It feels like more work applying for work than actually working the job. 😂

I dread applying!

[n.d.]

I'm gen X and I'm going through the EXACT thing this gen Z guy is, and I HAVE experience.

[jiniahaldar]

I'm 23 years old with a master's degree in physics and 3 years of experience. I can't get a job, though. I want out of this miserable cycle.

Why did I waste my youth trying to get ahead? I never hung out with friends over the weekend, not as a kid, not in uni, not while working, because I was always studying for school or doing online courses.

My family never went on vacation because I was always studying so I could graduate early. I've been busy my whole life trying to be perfect, and for what?

It's so hard to keep going sometimes. To anyone who thinks grinding will get you anywhere, I sincerely hope your bubble never pops. I hope it works out for you and you never feel as lost and hopeless as I do. Best of luck to us all - it's rough out here.

[kakacoco]

This is why I slowed down on applying for jobs. I still apply, just not as much. These companies are liars. I’m glad I have job right now. I can’t imagine how bad it is for people who are unemployed.

[AnnMitt]

My 23 yr old son is currently going through this bs. Something is seriously wrong. Very wrong.

[MrWill-ngdg]

Older overqualified guy here unsuccessfully looking for any reasonable job after closing my last business. After one year I can't find anything, and I have the skills and experience to literally run these companies. I still have 5-10 working years left, but living in poverty now forced into retirement. Several professional employment consultants have determined that I am being discriminated against. Yes, the job market is very broken.

[shanehunt]

Wanna know the best part? I dropped out of college with only 5k debt and now getting paid working 19.45 in a logistics position. Saved 3k for a medical coding certification course, and well on my way to grabbing a job in the range of 50K per year with lots of upward mobility.

College is a JOKE. Who you know is far better than what you're qualified for. The American way of a handshake and a degree to get you in the door is dead.

[wulfsorenson]

It’s a sign the country is in a silent depression. Hundreds or thousands of people applying to multiple jobs last happened in the Great Depression. This time it’s less in your face because we have welfare and food banks now.

[easyfnmoney]

"A life after a layoff" is starting to look like me living under a bridge, burning my Amazon certifications to stay warn.

[stephencrimi]

This kid is so right about college, they don't care about your degree or grads, all they care is about your experience especially if you don't have any. Labor market is broken.

Too bad internships require the same amount of experience as an entry level job. How do you get work experience when you need experience to get in the door?