Modern job hunting
 

Not for me, but a few buddies of mine have been going through absolute hell trying to find meaningful employment. Ageism is a serious issue, education seems meaningless, and calls for interview seems to based on a lottery system than actual qualifications.

I’m glad I’m not searching. Otherwise I’d probably blow my fucking brains out trying to convince these HR cunts that I won’t be skipping out of work mid day to go to Costco and then dicking off home at 1pm.

Evofire got a new job recently. How was that shit ?

With the economy in its current state, the problem's been compounding. Recruiting teams have been scaling back, so they have even less time and energy available to properly screen applicants.

That makes it even harder for someone to try to get an interview without an "in" :/.

Yeah it sucks tits out there, I was looking for work for three months last year and only managed to get in from an old manager's referral. Hard to believe it was only 3 or 4 years back during the Great Resignation I job hopped multiple times to get a 75% increase from my 2019 baseline. I guess I flew too close to the sun I had to take a 20% cut at the latest job.

Hobz has to hook everyone up with dirty dock work now

From the context of your point, I think you misused that slang. Your use would imply that job hunting is a pleasant experience. Perhaps, you meant, 'it sucks dick' out there'?

sure maybe I should have said it sucks man tits out there. Either way the sucking part is apt.

I applied to Translink again and they have blocked my IP. It's rough out there, folks.

My kid and my niece both had to rely on people they know to get minimum wage jobs so it's not just skilled positions, finding a burger flipping job is really hard right now for most young people, most my sons friends group all went through the same shit, 100's of applications to get one shitty McJob.

I have a friend in Washington State who came out of the military, finished his comp sci degree last year, and has had zero luck as that industry is kind of fucked at the moment. He's considering reenlisting but he never loved his time there.

I'm kind of in a niche job, I get a lot of recruiters still reaching out regularly but no way I'm leaving my WFH behind if I don't have to.

It's overall shitty out there, I feel if you don't have a referral/inside track the odds of getting actually hired anywhere are pretty slim right now.

I mean what is a guy to do if you got monthly payments and a family to support ? Gig work? How many more uber drivers can this city handle ?

It’s fucked up man. This is Canada. Canadian boys should not be in this position where even shitty entry level jobs you gotta fight Gupeert and Tum Dan Wong. Fucking immigrants. I blame all these shit faced immigrants and yes I understand that I was also an immigrant but fuck you.

Another turd bullshit policy where he sold these immigrants a story that would never come true and flooded the country full of people that have zero prospects.

geez we’re constantly hiring and so are other shops. good thing for us is the rich get richer.

It's pretty wack in the job market, there's so many layoffs and even experienced people are having trouble finding jobs or even getting interviews.

I'm in tech and I think it's even worst, you're competing with all these experienced and tenured folks for a handful of positions. I feel bad for recent grads that are all having problems looking for employment. AI sure isn't helping too with most companies 'shifting' their spend to AI than headcount.

I'd really hate to be job hunting right now, so as much as I want to jump and get a 20%+ raise, job security seems to be the better gamble now.

young people like high schoolers/early 20s complain they can't get jobs.

small business owners, especially in rural areas, complain they can't find enough workers and want more access to temporary foreign workers.

who to believe?

I feel kind of like blaming the kids? feels like compared to 20 or 30 years ago, less kids these days want to work in fast food/entry level jobs, but then complain they can't find employment. but I don't talk to teenagers much so maybe I'm wrong.

I’m also very certain this ageism thing is real. They look at what year you graduated and instantly NOPE you out if you’re 40+. I guess they figure anyone who’s 40+ should already have their career path set and if they seek an entry into a different field they’ll instantly reject it.

Maybe recent grads should try content creator?

plenty of healthcare jobs out there... just sayin'

Then we’d have to work with you tho! Ew.

That’s a really really hard gig. Plus you can’t exactly just jump into it. You need some sort of education and getting a piece of paper nowadays is a long and expensive.

Singh Hortons? I know Guangdong jobs be booming, just need to learn to wok or wrap dim sum, no tax too :ifyouknow:

Lawl I’ve only seen the no3 road boba 101 hire some cha lo. Otherwise no china place would ever hire any other race

Would you want curry bbt?

I don’t go there anymore.

There are jobs where the schooling is only 1-2 years long. Others would be in the 3-4 year range I believe. Lots of people think hospitals only employ Nurses and Doctors but there are WAY more jobs than that. If your kid is uhh... academically challenged, there's other jobs here that are still union and at least guarantee them hours and benefits.

Care Aid is a job that gets people points for PR.
LPN ... just a little under an RN but still a very good position.

Out of curiousity, I looked up Medical Lab Assistant (MLA) program and it's 8 months at VCC. Tuition is low, duration is short and the job would be union. Wages are... ok.

This is quite positive!

There are examples like me who are in graduate school with...no job prospect! :concentrate: