My experience job hunting.

All true. Same here. Had to take a job 150 miles from home. Was out of work since April and same jobs are still listed.

You should use this time to enhance your skill set or obtain credentials I'm a new area that is in demand.

There are paths to success no matter who is in control of government or how many people are let in to the country.

Pick a path and work it.

Can you weld aluminum? Show up for for work on time consistently? Have previous marine experience?

PNW boat companies are starving for talent, we are fighing over then same small pool of applicants, and starting at 25?hr+

We have at least 5 years of work backed up.

Around me fast food places close early and some not open at all because they don't have enough workers.

The funeral transport industry is booming! You'll make more money than McDonald's.

The reason you don't have a job is because you don't want one. If you wanted one they are out there

I keep seeing more and more desperate sounding signs asking for help at O'Reilly auto parts...I'm pretty sure the last one said they'd give you a blow job as a sign on bonus...

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You must be a white male, LOL.

I was gainfully employed for 20+ years, then a downturn in my industry.

LinkedIn, Monster, Indeed... all fucking worthless! They are networking portals for 20 something year old girls looking to job hop.

You ever see the resume of a 20 something year old female? Doesn't stay at one job longer than 3 months, yet jumps from position to position and works their way up incredibly fast.

From intern to VP in under a year. No experience and even less talent or ability. It's like some Bizarro fake job world out there.

I honestly think the male senior partners of every company just hire hot 20 year females and populate their companies with them. Or 20 something guys so that they can pay them peanuts and work them 80 hours a week.

Especially in the marketing/desing business... it's all run by 20 something girls, and the 3 older male partners. That's an American company in the year 2021.

Depends on what you're looking for.

Tech is doing OK, since more and more companies have been remote and are OK with hiring directly new remote workers.

Low-/Minimum- wage jobs are plentiful, as a lot of people make more money on COVID unemployment than they would at their $9 / hour wages.

... and vote Democrat.

My husband got laid off June 30th because of the Chyna V!rus...I have sent out close to 200 applications...I am in Texas BTW...at least 100 applicants per job!
They are only hiring people with BA degrees right now...
My husband in the 30 yrs I have been with him has NEVER had a hard time finding a job in his field. He just went through 3 interviews at a good company...told us NO yesterday. In the 6.5 mos he has been out of work...he has only gotten 1 interview per month!!!
He is so discouraged...I saw him in bed yesterday, cause he has a sinus infection....and he was weeping!
I just encourage him and and tell him we will Trust God for the right position....I will keep his spirits up and we will not give up...EVER

Tech is OK.. but it is still a challenge if you are wanting a higher paid position. People are hanging onto those.

You cannot get a job at McDonald's if you are white...

No, they cannot require that...

I'm 58 and was laid off at the end of May. At the beginning, hundreds would apply for 1 job, I wasn't getting any interviews. I would get the occasional interview, made it through 3 rounds at a couple of places, then didn't get the job.

Fast forward to the holidays, I kept applying through December and after a week of 6 interviews, I finally got a job. What a relief! I start on Monday.

All I can say is keep applying, if a 58 year old person can get a job, then you can too!

I do some hiring for IT and developers.

From a hiring perspective there's just a lack of passion from applicants to actually do the work. Most often times Im mainly looking for the least lazy person. Things I see constantly.

-lives a bohemian lifestyle and changes jobs ever couple months. Great it takes years to get good at certain jobs but its nice to know your gonna leave whenever you get an itch. This is very common for people in their 30s.

-People 25 and under I can sum up 90% of them with this: Their mom made them go to school, they play video games all day so they went for computers. They dont know anything or have any interest in how they work. They dont even get on their home computer and cant even tell you what version of Windows it runs. They used some tools in class but thats extent of their computer knowledge. Oh and they want to be a developer to make mobile video games, but they never taken any steps to start that. They also have no idea what video game they want to make. They basically have never done anything with technology unless it was a class/group assignement and they cant give you any details on that. "i dont know the teacher did something with Sequel". Thats been my last 100 interviews with people under 25. Somewhere along the way these people were told if they just show up for class they will get a degree and their life will be roses. Nobody talks about this but many degrees arent the open door they once were. Most of them seem to be paper farms these days and businesses are catching on.

You can bet you prospective employer hops on Facebook to see how you lean politically, and what your personality is like...

I've watched it done and they laughed! If we didn't like the person's vibe, resume right in garbage... even if they were more than qualified.

It's fucking brutal out there... brutal isn't even the right word.

Women over 50 are the worst. Can't stand being around them

I do this pretty much every day

all my healthcare jobs are posted for internal candidates but we also try to keep visibility and some of the agency happy and we allow them to post it on dice or linkedin and other bs internet site.. If you don't have friend... it is going to be tough...

Trump’s legacy.

Maybe you should change your name to Davonte or Yidarius.

Yeah i am mid 50's and got a job in Dec.... prob is it was hard graft for 20 yr olds but i managed it just about. Now the shifts have dried up and i am back applying to loads a day but i have to agree with the op tbh, same few jobs and half of the ones i have applied for just are not there atm, just agencies wanting to list you on their books to fill gaps when the odd job or shift arises etc.

Really? Then who's buying all your weed and booze everyday?

While I don't condone that activity, I believe the employer should have the right to hire, or not hire, anyone they wish...If I want all black females, then I should have that right, but the government should not have that power...

Yeah most places are a bit turned off by “handshakers” ie well dressed walk ins who try to pass out resumes at businesses. Not a good look. Just follow each jobs instructions for applying and hope for the best. If you actually likeable, the best way is a word of mouth referral.

If you don't have a family, move.

Back in the 90s, I had to do this, as there were no decent jobs where I lived.

If I hadn't ... I'd be without a 25 year career.

Since there was no one in my hometown with my skills, after a few years, I was able to start snagging the jobs that popped up here and I moved back.

There are so many places in this country with no prospects. Move away from them. They are dead.

I worked landscaping and tree trimming jobs before covid. There are currently far fewer of those jobs available and starting wages seem to have gone down.

Pre-covid wages were going up under President Trump as there were more jobs than employees. As soon as the restaurants were closed many out of work cooks and servers began applying for those positions while collecting unemployment.

Kind of sucks riding around in a work truck making $300/wk along with a guy collecting unemployment+ $600/week extra unemployment+ the same $300/wk as me.

Last summer I was making $300/wk when the convicted felon socialist next to me was making $1300/wk.