Anyone saying, "No one wants to work anymore," should consider how they'd feel if they applied for hundreds of jobs not knowing they didn't even exist, then had to accept a low wage job just to not be homeless. It sucks. Posting ghost jobs is dishonest, and should be illegal.
The jobs aren't even necessarily ghost jobs. It is so easy with indeed and LinkedIn. And whatnot to apply that people are applying to hundreds of jobs. Because it's so easy. If everybody is applying to hundreds of jobs, that means that every job being posted is getting hundreds, if not thousands of applications. If you are just one of a hundred automated email notifications going to a hiring manager, it's impossible to stand out
I told a bunch of Boomers that jobs don't even send rejection letters anymore. They were genuinely shocked. "How are you supposed to know you didn't get the job?" You don't get anything. That's how you know.
@VVVVV00 That happened to me with ROSS dress for Less store! I got hired and was promised 15 hours a week at $16/hour. Mind you, I hold a Masters degree from a State university. They kept issuing me 0 hours per week. 😂 I put up a real fit!!! I was like, why do you bother telling me I have a job with zero hours. I have to earn money 💰 real money to pay rent, car insurance and buy food. I now get 3 hours 😂 a week. Progress, but still not enough to pay my $400/month room for rent. This is ridiculous 😒
Yup. And sometimes you get an automated rejection email, and that’s a moment for gratitude. I wish more places did automated rejection emails if you didn’t make it through an AI screening.
lol. So true. I’ve gotten multiple rejection emails like 5+ months after I’ve applied. Straight up forgot I even applied to some of these jobs until I get the rejection email 😂.
My number is on the National Do Not Call list, my State's Do Not Call List *and* my service provider's Do Not Call List. I constantly receive telemarketer calls. What makes it even more egregious, is when you tell them as much or ask to be removed from those call lists, they just hang up on you, and call you again 2 days later.
@Sheppy51 ... be thankful it wasn't 5 years 1 day unemployed .. this is pretty remarkable given the state we are in right now. It may be 1 to 2 years of unemployment as an average length of time at this rate this is going.
@@etienne2315Yep, as far as I can tell, this is the first time in human history when young, able-bodied, eager people cannot work because nobody will give them a job. People who by all definitions should be among the most active participants in labour are being blocked out from contributing to society by the very same groups that claim they don't want to work.
@AllenReviews your channel seems to be very negative. I could respond with negativity or a snide remark, but instead, I'll just wish you a good night/day.
Its going to bite them in the ass in a few years. 1. Low to no experience to train replacements 2. Poor to outright unethical hiring practice. 3. Poor salary 4. Toxic environment 5. High threat of replacement 6. There for shareholders and not all stakeholders
Watching this in real time. DEI hire got me canned in March because they didn't like I was a veteran. Watched as this summer, their busiest season, they fell flat on their ass and customers are pissed and flaming them on their social media. Makes my heart warmer watching the Titanic go down.
@@PAGrunt I somehow doubt that it was due to DEI and you being a veteran that you were removed from your job. I'm not saying it doesn't suck but I don't think that's putting the blame on the actual source of shittiness with the company.
@@keltzar1 Oh no...they were a DEI hire. Completely incompetent. Couldn't do the job they were hired for. They checked a box and that's it. But...they were also rather vocal about their distain for folks like me. You're correct, I guess I did do myself in. I told a joke, with like minded people, and they overheard and went straight to HR and blew it out of proportion and context, and made threats. HR, due to their new "zero tolerance" policy let me go with no witnesses, no investigation, no ability for myself to rebutt. Just so you know I'm fine. Still have my military retirement. And I kept a lot of that place running safe and operational. So trust me, it warms my heart watching it all fall apart and they're stuck with absolute zeros when it comes to competent help.
Excellent! Unfortunately, there's people out there who still think it's 1963 and you can apply in person and get an on the spot interview. They think you're lying or lazy if you can't find work.
The problem is the people who would respect you for coming in and demanding an on the spot interview are in their 70s and either successful enough they aren't performing interviews, retired, or marginalized enough that they aren't the one doing the hiring. Their opinions on why we can't get a job just don't reflect reality.
its not about leverage, the problem is that the economy is dead in reality, but growing in the mainstream media and social media. Most Americans are so dumb that they can't comprehend what's going on.
They’re not delusional. This is the consequences of importing 1 million people LEGALLY every year and 3-5 million ILLEGALLY every year. They’re telling you, YOU’RE REPLACEABLE!
@@justicedunham4088 It doesn't help when people blindly flood every random company with resumes. Still, companies don't have to try hard because there's an over supply of workers.
Posting ghost jobs should be illegal. Give the penalty some teeth: all applicants who met the posted minimum requirements for the position get a year's salary. Watch the practice stop immediately.
@@Halcon_Sierrenowell if you're not nuts in other ways yes. But if you're GOP I probably will not cuz the party overall protects billionaires too much and openly and is openly destroying public school systems in favor of making room for private schools and the DNC does not do that my state has DNC party member Tim Walz and he fed every kid in school for no upfront cost to the child I'm very happy. GOP voted for child marriage in Tennessee lol they voted against banning it. So yeah.
While I get ghost jobs are irritating, that's such a stupid proposition when people lie on their resume 😂. There should def be something to remove ghost jobs, but sometimes some places are hiring multiple candidates (due to turnover and etc) for the same role, which is why the job post is up for months or they're still looking for a candidate that is perfect for their niche (sports companies for ex need you to know certain terminology for a position even though you're not a broadcaster and such). Had applied to jobs like that and managed to get interviews. Never got those jobs. It took me 8 months to land a role and by month 6-7 those jobs I applied to (which were up my first week or first month of applying) were gone.
I used to be a recruiter for a staffing agency. We would hire for general labor warehouse jobs. They would tell us to tell people that we have jobs available when we didn’t so we could “build a pipeline” for whenever our clients wanted workers.
So you basically just bin every application that comes into your hands until the client decides that they actually want to start reading them? Horrible system we've created
This should be illegal, really at the federal level loss need to be passed. Because it’s making the labor market look like it’s much better in the United States and it is. And honestly, then most of the jobs that are out there really crappy.
I keep getting calls from companies I applied to months or years ago for jobs like this... I have a script I repeat by now for them... "if you can't give me 25 an hour, good medical and dental benefits with a nice HSA program, a climate controlled work environment, 50 hours of PTO and 180 hours of unpaid time off annually, paid jury duty leave, the right to chose my own schedule on a weekly basis and the right to cancel my shift with as little as 16 hours advance notice, and pay for my college courses then you've screwed yourself out of a top performer by sitting on my app, cuz that's what I currently receive at my Amazon warehouse, that completed my hiring process within 1 week without an interview and all I had to do was pass a drug screen and background check. Also thank you for informing me you've kept my information on file. I am now giving you notice under the California Consumer Privacy Act to delete all personal information pertaining to me from your records. Have a nice day."
I live in the United States, and I can tell you the laws here are set to favor the employer, not the employee. A lot of the politicians actually think there should be no minimum wage and no access to health care, with employment strictly at will.
The memory of the New Deal and the Social Contract that came with it is a very faint memory now. We've lived under the Greed is Good atmosphere of Reaganomics for over 40 years now.
My company has had my position open and posted for almost 3 years now. They aren’t interviewing people, they definitely aren’t hiring, but it’s been actively posted for years
Honestly man, solutions aren't needed if you can't give any. And it's a very heartfelt response that you refuse to shovel drivel out like "HERE'S 3 KEYWORDS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR RESUME TO GET A JOOOOOB!" That stuff is so condescending to hear from other people online, articles, etc. It's more than enough to have the stats on this from you, to have a current, up-to-date- video on the labor market to point to and say, "I'M NOT THE DAMN PROBLEM, THEY ARE!" Appreciate your work in these videos.
I actually got more hits by using a resume guide from the 90s than with all those keyword hacks. Can’t apply all the advice but it makes for better resumes to do some “old fashioned” things recommended against like having an objective, when applying to small companies. But it’s only small companies because they’re not making ghost jobs.
In this environment, it's honestly refreshing enough to see more and more people stand up and acknowledge that things are fundamentally not working. I think we all wish we could do more, but it can't be your sole burden to provide answers for all of us.
There may be many “jobs”, but if you’ve been on a job board in the last year, you’ll see that nearly every job is retail/fast food making minimum wage, or a high level executive. There are nearly no jobs for recent college graduates available.
These people do not realize that they are playing someone's life. Someone who is in pain, needs immediate help for his family, his old parents are dependent on him. Very sad state of job market.
If you are applying through a third party job posting site, you are not somebody. Sync about how easy it is to do those applications. If you are applying to hundreds of jobs, then tons of other people, including people who already have jobs, are doing the same thing with that same specific job posting. You are not somebody because you are just one of dozens or hundreds of nameless boxes on the hiring manager's dashboard. They have no idea who you or any of the other people are.
He said it himself. Hiring managers have self-incriminated themselves by claiming that they think providing “false hope to an overworked staff” is moral.
This country is a fucking joke so damn tired of it. I love the comment that says then just leave, if I bloody money with a good job which doesn't exist at this time especially in a country that only has a hiring rate of 2.2 % I would've been left. You got so much jobs out there that pay crap money for "full time" asking for a masters or a bachelors degree in something that a person would have to have roughly 50k-100,000 in debt to get to. Plus to the stupid taxes that comes from high paying jobs would literally make the person have to be in debt for life for a bs paying job. Since this country loves sending it's money to bs countries that has nothing to do with the everyday American how about they send me a million dollars see how fast I leave this place that's a collapsing empire. Look at job listing and see how many ghost jobs you can spot from their impossible requirements and bs pay I would suggest reporting these ghost job listings.
I gave up. Current plan is to cash out and take an early retirement. I wasn't going to retire for another 30 years, but I have enough to retire overseas now.
Needs to be a law that states that any job posts must be filled with in 2 two 4 weeks and once it's filled removed. Companies can't keep lying to people and the goverment.
Another problem is more and more jobs heading toward the under $10/Hour range. This is like making Pennies a day. You cannot pay your bills on this. No point in working. I would rather steal food and let the greedy businesses go out of business.
Totally agree. This is why job openings tells us nothing. If the jobs don’t support life then those jobs shouldn’t be done. How many of the job openings provide a livable wage? 😊
My response rate from job applications is lower than it was 10 years ago. 10 more years of job experience would logically imply I get a higher percentage rate of responses. And some of these jobs are "entry level", but asking for 5-7 years of job experience. Wild.
If you are using a third party site like indeed or linkedin, Think about how easy it is to send in an application and a resume. Everybody looking for a job including people who already have. Jobs are doing the same thing you are. Click click click click send. So you end up being one in an ocean of applicants. Whereas twenty years ago it was harder to apply, so there was at least some barrier to sending an application.
I’m stuck at my current job and I’m trying to find a higher paying job because in 3 months I am going to have to noice out and rent an apartment or room. With my current job I won’t be able to afford rent anywhere near my area. I can’t find anything, I’ve applied to dozens of places and no one gets back to me. I’m starting to become scared for my future.
No idea what industry you are in but can try networking within your current position? Try leveraging any goodwill you have with customers, clients or vendors. Network among friends and family, especially if any are in a similar field--they may not be able to offer anything but they may also know someone who can. Best of luck!
Government should make it by law for companies to have an indicator when they are currently hiring and one when they are only accepting applications. Green when hiring and red when only accepting applications. That way they don’t waste our time.
A lot of companies have a probationary period where you won’t receive the full benefits. They will also incrementally increase your pay through that time. The higher the turnover the less benefits are paid out and the labor costs go down because everyone is still at a base rate.
It makes me think of that lady who died at Wells Fargo and wasn't found for four days. I bet her job was still being listed as available. But I guarantee if she had been late twice in that month, her supervisor would've needed to talk to her. But no one was suspicious when she didn't punch out of the clock for four days! Your employers don't care about you. and if they do, don't leave them because they're one in 1 billion
I think I'm 500 applications in. I got my MBA from a big business school in DC. with really good grades, mostly did Finance, so I'm applying for Accounting/Finance roles. Even though I have work experience, I'm mostly applying for entry level roles and ghosting, refusing feedback after an interview so and so are really happening, sometimes from organizations you would never expect like a nonprofit. I see a lot of roles up for more than 30 days, and sometimes I see the same role after a few months posted again which only leads me to believe it's a ghost job. It's really ugly out there...
They say 40% are ghost jobs but after this research I truly believe we’re looking in the 60+ range. So sorry this has been your experience. In an ideal world, what aspect of finance are you passionate about?
@@DamonCassidy It's definitely up there. I also doubt it's only 40%. To answer your question, I've always been good with numbers and math and I found finance fascinating given how it allows working on financial statements and different analysis.
The Federal Government is one of the worst offenders of posting jobs that don't exist or are never filled. There should be legislation that requires all Federal Agencies who post a position must fill that position within 9 months of offer OR lose both funding for that position AND strike that position from their manning roster.
I used to hear “we’re always hiring” when I’d go into bigger companies, if you hear those slogans you should leave. Why would you wanna work at a place that’s “always hiring” 😂
My wife has a bachelors in psychology with a decade of experience in various roles. She has put in hundreds of applications, out of those several hundred applications, she’s only heard back about 20 of those and all have ghosted her but one who decided to go with the other candidate after making it to the final round. She has started applying for things outside her field and she’s still struggling to find employment and it’s not like she’s turning jobs down. This is the issue with these companies, you have ghost jobs that are out there and this practice should be illegal. If you intentionally put fake jobs out there the company should be fined.
Reminds me of when I applied for internships as I was graduating from my bachellor's degree, applied to like 20 places, got ghosted in a lot of them. The ones who responded basically wanted me to work full-time for no pay and the one I got was from a referral from a friend. Several months into my internship, I get offered a better position from one of the employers that ghosted me.
High turnover rate crushes productivity, anyone that doesn't see it is mentally deficient. It takes time for a person to get settled into an environment, regardless of their experience. That period is lost productivity. That costs you more in the long run, but people don't play the long game, they play the I want results yesterday game. It's the equivalent of turning the wheels on a car too much, you end up just going straight, your inputs become meaningless.
@@user-oe6ol4mf2q So... is The System working for anyone? Aside from the people who own it? I used to think the only people who were routinely employed were in the I.T. area, but I have heard horror stories from THEM! These same stories, trouble finding another job kind of thing. I still think it's better for them, but maybe not GOOD.
Absolutely! Unfortunately my comments are still flooded with old vs young comments. If we can’t even get that straightened out than we will just continue to be pushed around until something snaps
Bottom up revolutions very seldom succeed. The New Deal had to be imposed from the top and by a POTUS who knew drastic measures had to be imposed or the whole thing would collapse. Unfortunately, we don't have an FDR and we are thoroughly polluted as a body-politic in too many ways to count. Plus, there's always the Corporate Promised Land of China for companies to run to.
I had to go on anti depressant meds bc of the job market. I have been a realtor for 20 years. I survived the crash but the Pandemic severely hurt sales. So I decided to find a W2 job in real estate. Well, just as your video states, it’s all phony. Nothing is real. I was in such despair. My wife watched me slowly deteriorate. Some family members would make little sarcastic remarks about how I was struggling. It’s truly rough. Fortunately I did find something to help with bills but I truly hate it. I just want to find the energy to completely turn everything around but it’s hard to dig deep these days.
Congratulations on finding anything in this trying time. You have more perseverance than most of us. It's a bad situation, but you managed to pull through, even just a tiny bit. Celebrate even the small win, it might help mitigate some of the dark clouds over you. 🖤
Got laid off in May 2024 . 147 Applications so far. 9 years in the software industry, as a QA Engineer Undergrad BBA in CIS 3 industry specific certs, arguably 4. Only had 1 technical interview so far. I promise it wasnt like that pre AI. Before AI/COVID id get 1 technical interview easy if i spent an evening applying for jobs.
I would say, start applying outside of the tech industry and you should see much less tech-BS. Railway is probably under-staffed since nobody wants to work that anymore (because it's dirty, outside and has 24/7 operation) and you could easily become fully qualified for something in 2-3 years.
I'm so bummed i finally got a job after 7 months of looking. Mom brought covid home so i got sick and couldn't go to my first day of training and they pulled my offer
Yeah they do illegal shit like that because companies know people most don't often push back. The current department of labor could help you out. You can also post your situation on r/workreform and get REALLY good advice. People have gotten money or even had their jobs reinstated
I was already depressed, this though, this takes it to another level. This makes sense while I would get job offers from businesses I applied to years ago.
I tried explaining this to my parents before the pandemic; that you apply for jobs and won't get a call for an interview but that company can turn around and sell that info. they don't get that because one is a school corp admin and the other works with headhunters because of their high level skill.
My folks refused to listen when I tried to explain this to them years ago as well! It's infuriating. I literally just sent them this video with an "I told you so".
I swear i had a DEI interview once. I was under-qualified for a position, but I thought maybe they were the type of company that gives unconventional candidates a chance - that was how I got my last 2 offers. It was the most pointless interview ever. I spent time studying and researching their company. They would just ask me a series of yes or no questions where "only professional experience counts". Fair enough but you have my professional experience on my resume... why did you waste both of our time?
Pretty sure I was hired for a DEI job. I felt so incompetent cause I truly wasn't ready for that position although I was assured I'd get help for the things I didnt understand. I think my colleagues knew cause they treated me like a pariah. I left after a year, extremely defeated and insecure.
Who are these lucky people landing jobs with only 160 aapplicationns/resumes being sent out ? I send out more than that in a WEEK, and have only gotten 2 interviews in the past 8 months, and both of those went nowhere. (The companies hired other individuals, and within 4 weeks were advertising the same job again to replace the folks they hired....)
These kinds of horrible practices by companies, staffing and corporate, are why I stopped being a recruiter. They pull the wool over our eyes too, listing their requirements for hiring a potential candidate, but when we want feedback as to why they haven't hired any the dozens of candidates submitted, we get yelled at, or even fired for just wanting to know how to provide them better potential employees. Like any profession, some recruiters are absolutely deplorable, some do try to help others, but I was often thanked for my transparency by those potential candidates. I used to provide them resources like Delilah Bell and other websites/social media pages which post jobs; a few wrote back to me after some weeks saying they were able to find a job from one of those resources. But it's beyond heartbreaking that so many capable people are being played with by corporate America.
There are job openings but you have to ask yourself does anybody actually want them.. so many jobs do not offer a living wage, any kind of professional mobility, or potential for annual raises in line with inflation and cost of living. Even with those close to a livable wage the work environments are either toxic or abusive - employers sell a deceptive picture of what the job is and what the work environment is like only for a new employee to find out that it is completely false and the requirements are very different once they are embedded. In the majority of the country there are no workers' rights or protections and a vehement anti-union or collective bargaining culture.
The people who decided businesses must throw everything to the wayside to continually improve profits at the cost of everything else completely screwed the whole system over. Businesses are going to be in a world of hurt in the future when the experienced workers all retire, and there are no replacements for them due to businesses never hiring and training up younger workers.
Highest standard of living economically, lowest standard of living ethically. It's all credit card spending from the gutter. This includes the presidential race. We have to reclaim our integrity and our ethics. Great installment Damon. Well done.
I routinely get job offers from recruiters. For short-term, non-remote, contract work located at least 1500 miles away, doing something I am supremely overqualified for, and at about 1/5 to 1/3 the pay scale I would consider accepting. The one that floated in this week was for 90 days, relocate to the gulf coast during hurricane season, doing a job I was overqualified for 30 years ago, for a piddly $33/hour. These "recruiters" all out of Bangalore need to go the f*** away and stop bothering people with bullshit job positions. Assuming, that is, that they aren't all part of some phishing scam.
IT is exactly the same except the jobs are about half remote. You constantly get wildly out of reason offers due to 1 single keyword that their algorithm pings on.
4 years 6 months unemployed. I was working as a tree climber, but I fell and got injured, fired, and no one else would take me on. Thank God I have a good support network. I was cleaning houses, yard work, child care for pittence, 3 kids for $30 a day. Cooking and cleaning for friends who let me stay with them. I even sold my plasma to pay for food that I would make for friends for "rent." On top of sending out 3-5 applications a day. McDonald's and Walmart rejected me. I even considered ending it several times. Eventually, the thought was that my network would not be so acomidaidating if they wanted me gone, and i couldn't spit in the face of their kindness like that. I'm employed now, and I actually like my job, but I look back and think, how can a system of implement be so badly managed to get this way? Watching this video answers a lot of questions. Thank you.
Take the job of writing job descriptions away from HR and have the hiring manager write them. Too many job descriptions are written by someone who doesn't have a clue what the real job entails, and write for search terms. Little wonder why the quality of candidates never changes.
This is not the issue. For some places, sure, but in my experience, the quality of candidates does not rely on the job description at all. Even with quality candidates, and recruiters get reprimanded/fired if they start questioning corporate.
One of the first things they need to do is get rid of recruiters. There’s so many jobs out there that are just time wasters and recruiting is one of them. Along with a lot of upper management, actually there’s way too many managers overall. HR could easily post the job posting then people can apply for it. you don’t need headhunters and recruiters looking for people. It’s annoying
You are the problem. Reading resumes and interviewing applicants is a full time job. Most companies fired their hiring managers in 2022 and now look at the mess we're in.
Something that's not coming up much here is that (I think) the HR sector is able to create work for itself! And of course high turnover and shabby and false recruiting practices are good for them, in a situation where it's possible to become unemployed and stay unemployed.... Desperate people want to cling to their jobs even if they are awful, I have done it! I'm not saying that HR people are happy to do anti-social work by the way, but it might be their only way to live. But yes, trying to return somehow to the point here, it seems like the Administrative sector seems to grow, and maybe grow ON make-work activities.
Ghosting sucks! I've seen articles giving people tips on how to identify ghost jobs. Problem is, some of them are posted on platforms that allow these ghost jobs to be posted, so I'm not sure how accurate they are. Best thing we can probably do is learn more about how this broken system works and bring more awareness to it. Thank you for contributing to that.
I don't know if this will help, aside from appeasing the algorithm, but my experiences and observations corroborate what you're saying. I don't just mean my own personal anecdotes either. There is so much evidence of this that is pushed under the rug. I don't know the best solution either, but I agree that at least trying to make people aware of it is a good place to start.
This is such a difficult battle to be apart of. So much division on this conversation unfortunately. I really appreciate you sharing this! I hope you’re doing well
I just really am truly curious How this story is going to end because You can only play charades for so long until The masses are one dinner plate away from either starving to death or Burning everything down
I work at one of the biggest staffing agencies in the country. I don't know why the Dept of Labor is saying there's so many jobs. We're struggling to find clients that need staff. Whoever is opening all these ghost jobs, they're not using staffing agencies. Methinks someone is not being truthful over there at the Bureau of Labor Statistics is cooking the numbers to make a certain party look good.
One year later, I still have no job with zero interviews despite having an optimal LinkedIn, Indeed, portfolio, resume, cover letter template, and much more.
Thanks for addressing this topic. It's terrible. Been putting applications in and submitting resumes cold calling, walk ins, walk ups.....since June 2024. No interviews. No call backs. . . Done at least 100
This is why we have a drug and alcohol epidemic. Past generations just drowned themselves in escapism. It’s not a coincidence that many states are legalizing marijuana now. The powers that be knew this was as coming and now it’s here. This is not a normal downturn. My advice is find multiple roommates or live at home. Find a hobby you love. Get out in nature. Soon you will see millions of jobless/homeless. Think I’m crazy? The writing has been on the wall for 20 years.
90% confidence, scientifically speaking, is really good. Of course it’s not perfect, but I guarantee that many studies WISH they were that confident in their work.
Dodge V Ford 1919 If you haven't done a video on this lawsuit I feel like you really should. It is one of a few legal cases that acted as a turning point for America. Ford wanted to prioritize his employees and the Dodge brothers sued him saying his duty was to the shareholders.
This makes sense. I apply or get recruited to a company. They reject me. The job post is online "forever" it seems. One year later, the company's HR recruitment staff claims they found my info in their data and offers me a job interview :|. In the mean time, I accept a job with a company that gives me a chance and I show my appreciation by doing my best for a year, and then I get an email about a company that thinks I'll give it up...for a company that is playing games with my application I worked so hard to create just for them.
This is so true. And you end up getting spam texts/emails right after too. This video really needs to go viral. I wish there were more honest people working in HR. I know it’s their job but they have sold their soul and karma always comes back. Someday they’ll be in the same position. Thank you for shedding more light on this. All this should be illegal but so should the poisons they put in our food.
I very much appreciate your candor with the final segment. Thank you for an informative video that reaffirms what I've seen from trying to be hired even in a specialty job market that requires a degree like social work/behavioral health
Literally went to an interview a month ago where they hired the candidate for the role the day before my interview and didn't bother to let me know. I showed up for the interview, greeted the interviewer, was kept waiting for 10-15 minutes while the interviewer talked on company phone (desk phone) to her friend making plans for that weekend. Very rude for 1. Not letting me know the day before or that morning that a candidate was found. I wasted time, gas for car, and emotion for no reason. 2. Kept me waiting just so she could make plans for the weekend.
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO!!! In Brazil it is much more profitable to be unemployed because people live by government support and take as many side hussels as possible. It is the new normal way of living after covid.
"They're penetrating the bureaucracy " line stood out to me as a child. The Incredibles is the perfect example of what we're going through. Job searching lately has mad people including me feel crazy for not being able to land something. Thank you so much for making this video! February 25 is going to be intriguing for sure. Let's see what comes up.
You are 100% right especially in the blue collar trades. You can get a foot in the door as an Assistant/Helper, do majority of the workload and still get passes over for the Foreman's girlfriend son/daughter who's last job was Starbucks. The new positions are already filled by family members or friends before they are even posted
Don’t apologise for not being able to provide solutions to this terrible system. The system isn’t just broken, it’s criminal and corrupt and thank you for shining light on it so more people can see it for what it is. One thing that made me feel sick to my stomach was how these companies are harvesting our personal information to sell. How is this even legal? This sort of thing makes me want to buy a piece of land in a remote area and live off the grid so I don’t participate in this disgusting system.
Thank you for your honesty and at least shedding light on the situation and opening the conversation as to what is going on. Yes, it is depressing, however, with the truth comes more options and choices for building better and more creative systems. It will not be easy, but anything that is easy is often not worth while or long lasting.
Sometimes the answer one needs is to be told "you're not crazy, it's horrible, but you're not alone. Be kind to yourself. Help each other." Validation and self-forgiveness can be enough of a solution sometimes, especially when the solution is something the general public has little way of influencing.
Thank you so much Damon. Your message at the end really encouraged me. I’m working part time busting my behind to get a full time role at a very laborious grocery store. They said I may not be up for promotion due to calling out for backaches (because I’m manually pushing dozens of carts in the Carolina heat three times a day). I wonder where did I go wrong or why I wasted my time going to college only to be burdened with debt and have no job benefits. Thank you for making it plain. I hope we all see better days for this country soon
I’ve said this for years and was brushed off by anyone I had this conversation with. The amount of jobs I’ve applied for over the past 4 years even being “overqualified” for and receiving no response is statistically impossible if so many companies are hiring. 🤷🏻♀️ just sayin….
My husband wanted to advance his career as an engineer. He was good at what he did. For example, designed and made an essential part that was used in the Hubble space craft. He wanted to stay in the lab and make things. But he was told he had to try to move into management, and that if he could not, he would eventually be forced out (because they wanted to replace him with a newer person at a lower salary). Within 10 years, at the age of 54, he died, and I think the stress of these pressures contributed to his death. After he passed away, I was going through his papers. I found a stack of all the job applications, and found out that he had kept a one page paper copy of every job application he had submitted as he tried to find a way to get into management or find a different job. The stack was 4 inches high.
First job out of grad school took me 8 months and applying to over 150 job applications to get, 14 months later I got laid off due to a change in funding, job I currently have took 6 months and over 200 job apps to get. I've been at the position for about 6 months now and I hope that I can keep it atleast until I find something else that I want to do, but the job market is so bleak that the idea of applying for jobs at all makes my stomach turn. I'm often asked asked what my next career move is or what my dream job is and at this point I feel like my standards have fallen so low I'd much rather have a crappy job that pays ok if it keeps me from being unemployed
Anyone saying, "No one wants to work anymore," should consider how they'd feel if they applied for hundreds of jobs not knowing they didn't even exist, then had to accept a low wage job just to not be homeless. It sucks. Posting ghost jobs is dishonest, and should be illegal.
And on top of that massive time investment your information is harvested and your now being spammed with bot calls.
Butbutbut.....bootstraps......pulling yourself up.....
Should definitely be illegal. Bad news about who decides what is and isn’t illegal, though.
The jobs aren't even necessarily ghost jobs. It is so easy with indeed and LinkedIn. And whatnot to apply that people are applying to hundreds of jobs. Because it's so easy. If everybody is applying to hundreds of jobs, that means that every job being posted is getting hundreds, if not thousands of applications. If you are just one of a hundred automated email notifications going to a hiring manager, it's impossible to stand out
Preach! I'm pushing 450 job applications in just a month and nothing
I told a bunch of Boomers that jobs don't even send rejection letters anymore. They were genuinely shocked. "How are you supposed to know you didn't get the job?" You don't get anything. That's how you know.
Both Walmart and McDonald's hired me then ghosted me. Yes I followed up, but I never got any hours at all.
@VVVVV00
That happened to me with ROSS dress for Less store! I got hired and was promised 15 hours a week at $16/hour. Mind you, I hold a Masters degree from a State university.
They kept issuing me 0 hours per week. 😂 I put up a real fit!!! I was like, why do you bother telling me I have a job with zero hours. I have to earn money 💰 real money to pay rent, car insurance and buy food. I now get 3 hours 😂 a week. Progress, but still not enough to pay my $400/month room for rent. This is ridiculous 😒
Yup. And sometimes you get an automated rejection email, and that’s a moment for gratitude. I wish more places did automated rejection emails if you didn’t make it through an AI screening.
@@darkstarr984Seriously, if you're too lazy to tell me why I didn't get the job, at least tell me I didn't so I can move on with my job search.
lol. So true. I’ve gotten multiple rejection emails like 5+ months after I’ve applied. Straight up forgot I even applied to some of these jobs until I get the rejection email 😂.
After applying for jobs, I now get tons of spam texts and now likely have my resume and data sold to these data brokers.
Same
Yeah. I had to change my number and email after I got a job. It sucks man…
My number is on the National Do Not Call list, my State's Do Not Call List *and* my service provider's Do Not Call List.
I constantly receive telemarketer calls. What makes it even more egregious, is when you tell them as much or ask to be removed from those call lists, they just hang up on you, and call you again 2 days later.
Most don’t seem to be selling for me, but then I’ll send an application and get dozens of scam emails all at once
I know that's a fact because I use a Google Voice phone number.
1 year 5 days unemployed 400+ applications 100+ interviews and I finally got hired for a job last week. It is just ridiculous.
@Sheppy51 ... be thankful it wasn't 5 years 1 day unemployed .. this is pretty remarkable given the state we are in right now. It may be 1 to 2 years of unemployment as an average length of time at this rate this is going.
That's crazy also just from a productivity point of view people having to jump through so many hoops is just slowing down the whole economy.
@@etienne2315Yep, as far as I can tell, this is the first time in human history when young, able-bodied, eager people cannot work because nobody will give them a job. People who by all definitions should be among the most active participants in labour are being blocked out from contributing to society by the very same groups that claim they don't want to work.
Congratulations, I am in a similar boat
What's your situation like? Are you living with the parents?
Selling your personal information that you provide when applying for a job is more lucrative than actually hiring you now.
this should so obviously be a crime, how is this not a major crime??
@@0gfjvih5 Because the criminals make and enforce the rules.
"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
Overused and kind of cringe
@AllenReviews your channel seems to be very negative. I could respond with negativity or a snide remark, but instead, I'll just wish you a good night/day.
The many truths of George Carlin
@@ScarTalon your original comment was negative….
@@AllenReviews my comment was in reaction to this videos topic and information. It doesn't necessarily mean i'm personally being negative.
Its going to bite them in the ass in a few years.
1. Low to no experience to train replacements
2. Poor to outright unethical hiring practice.
3. Poor salary
4. Toxic environment
5. High threat of replacement
6. There for shareholders and not all stakeholders
nah, theyll just outsource and blame colleges or something asinine
Watching this in real time. DEI hire got me canned in March because they didn't like I was a veteran.
Watched as this summer, their busiest season, they fell flat on their ass and customers are pissed and flaming them on their social media.
Makes my heart warmer watching the Titanic go down.
It already has
@@PAGrunt I somehow doubt that it was due to DEI and you being a veteran that you were removed from your job. I'm not saying it doesn't suck but I don't think that's putting the blame on the actual source of shittiness with the company.
@@keltzar1 Oh no...they were a DEI hire. Completely incompetent. Couldn't do the job they were hired for. They checked a box and that's it. But...they were also rather vocal about their distain for folks like me. You're correct, I guess I did do myself in. I told a joke, with like minded people, and they overheard and went straight to HR and blew it out of proportion and context, and made threats. HR, due to their new "zero tolerance" policy let me go with no witnesses, no investigation, no ability for myself to rebutt.
Just so you know I'm fine. Still have my military retirement. And I kept a lot of that place running safe and operational. So trust me, it warms my heart watching it all fall apart and they're stuck with absolute zeros when it comes to competent help.
Excellent! Unfortunately, there's people out there who still think it's 1963 and you can apply in person and get an on the spot interview. They think you're lying or lazy if you can't find work.
I've been told this very thing several times over the last decade by people in their 70's.
The billionaire propaganda machine is pretty strong
Yes, many boomers seriously believe this to be true.
This is exactly how I got a job at GameStop in 2012 but yeah good luck trying that nowadays.
The problem is the people who would respect you for coming in and demanding an on the spot interview are in their 70s and either successful enough they aren't performing interviews, retired, or marginalized enough that they aren't the one doing the hiring. Their opinions on why we can't get a job just don't reflect reality.
Companies feel like they have leverage right now. They have grown delusional.
its not about leverage, the problem is that the economy is dead in reality, but growing in the mainstream media and social media. Most Americans are so dumb that they can't comprehend what's going on.
They’re not delusional. This is the consequences of importing 1 million people LEGALLY every year and 3-5 million ILLEGALLY every year.
They’re telling you, YOU’RE REPLACEABLE!
The problem is that outside of around 2017-2019 where unemployment was actually extremely low, companies have had leverage for decades
Their delusions turned real is just their crimes against us.
@@justicedunham4088 It doesn't help when people blindly flood every random company with resumes. Still, companies don't have to try hard because there's an over supply of workers.
Posting ghost jobs should be illegal. Give the penalty some teeth: all applicants who met the posted minimum requirements for the position get a year's salary. Watch the practice stop immediately.
If I run on that platform, will you vote for me?
@@Halcon_Sierreno yes
@@Halcon_Sierrenowell if you're not nuts in other ways yes. But if you're GOP I probably will not cuz the party overall protects billionaires too much and openly and is openly destroying public school systems in favor of making room for private schools and the DNC does not do that my state has DNC party member Tim Walz and he fed every kid in school for no upfront cost to the child I'm very happy. GOP voted for child marriage in Tennessee lol they voted against banning it. So yeah.
While I get ghost jobs are irritating, that's such a stupid proposition when people lie on their resume 😂.
There should def be something to remove ghost jobs, but sometimes some places are hiring multiple candidates (due to turnover and etc) for the same role, which is why the job post is up for months or they're still looking for a candidate that is perfect for their niche (sports companies for ex need you to know certain terminology for a position even though you're not a broadcaster and such). Had applied to jobs like that and managed to get interviews. Never got those jobs. It took me 8 months to land a role and by month 6-7 those jobs I applied to (which were up my first week or first month of applying) were gone.
Can we make it illegal to spam a resume to listings when you don’t come close to meeting the requirements?
I used to be a recruiter for a staffing agency. We would hire for general labor warehouse jobs. They would tell us to tell people that we have jobs available when we didn’t so we could “build a pipeline” for whenever our clients wanted workers.
So you basically just bin every application that comes into your hands until the client decides that they actually want to start reading them? Horrible system we've created
Class action lawsuits
This should be illegal, really at the federal level loss need to be passed. Because it’s making the labor market look like it’s much better in the United States and it is. And honestly, then most of the jobs that are out there really crappy.
I keep getting calls from companies I applied to months or years ago for jobs like this... I have a script I repeat by now for them... "if you can't give me 25 an hour, good medical and dental benefits with a nice HSA program, a climate controlled work environment, 50 hours of PTO and 180 hours of unpaid time off annually, paid jury duty leave, the right to chose my own schedule on a weekly basis and the right to cancel my shift with as little as 16 hours advance notice, and pay for my college courses then you've screwed yourself out of a top performer by sitting on my app, cuz that's what I currently receive at my Amazon warehouse, that completed my hiring process within 1 week without an interview and all I had to do was pass a drug screen and background check. Also thank you for informing me you've kept my information on file. I am now giving you notice under the California Consumer Privacy Act to delete all personal information pertaining to me from your records. Have a nice day."
The temp agency is more helpful and place more people in jobs
I live in the United States, and I can tell you the laws here are set to favor the employer, not the employee. A lot of the politicians actually think there should be no minimum wage and no access to health care, with employment strictly at will.
Same nonsense happening in germany, where most laws are pro employees. The laws aint the issue. Its HR
The memory of the New Deal and the Social Contract that came with it is a very faint memory now. We've lived under the Greed is Good atmosphere of Reaganomics for over 40 years now.
My company has had my position open and posted for almost 3 years now. They aren’t interviewing people, they definitely aren’t hiring, but it’s been actively posted for years
I hope you are actively interviewing. Best time to look for a job is when you still have a job.
and that means there are no jobs? this kind of thinking, I would not hire ya
@@standingbear998what? 😂
@@standingbear998Glad I don't have the same kind of thinking as you
Did they just forget to delete it
The system isn't broken, it was designed from the start to work against the worker and in turn the city and state tax base. Greed has no fill.
Honestly man, solutions aren't needed if you can't give any. And it's a very heartfelt response that you refuse to shovel drivel out like "HERE'S 3 KEYWORDS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR RESUME TO GET A JOOOOOB!" That stuff is so condescending to hear from other people online, articles, etc. It's more than enough to have the stats on this from you, to have a current, up-to-date- video on the labor market to point to and say, "I'M NOT THE DAMN PROBLEM, THEY ARE!"
Appreciate your work in these videos.
He mentions this kind of title in 14:28. You're welcome.
I actually got more hits by using a resume guide from the 90s than with all those keyword hacks. Can’t apply all the advice but it makes for better resumes to do some “old fashioned” things recommended against like having an objective, when applying to small companies. But it’s only small companies because they’re not making ghost jobs.
In July 2024, Australia created 58K full time jobs, the US created 114K. The US has 14x our population. You do the maths - your country is in trouble.
And the states keep importing more replacements
We know and plan to fix it in Nov.
60% of those jobs btw were part time temporary positions AFTER the US killed off 60kish jobs. but there are sooo many jobs needing people in the US.
Its 100x worse in canada. losing jobs every months.
@lazvt8469 if you elect Trump, our country won't deal with him mate.
In this environment, it's honestly refreshing enough to see more and more people stand up and acknowledge that things are fundamentally not working. I think we all wish we could do more, but it can't be your sole burden to provide answers for all of us.
We need to vote and protect our votes better.
There may be many “jobs”, but if you’ve been on a job board in the last year, you’ll see that nearly every job is retail/fast food making minimum wage, or a high level executive. There are nearly no jobs for recent college graduates available.
Yeah, take your student loans and useless degree to walmart or mcdonalds lol
Unfortunately this has been a phenomenon for over 20 years now. I ran into this same problem when I graduated in 2002.
@@clineshaunt even earlier. The moment universities became popular, the deal was sealed.
@@user-nc8ey7bw5oProjecting, aren't we?
These people do not realize that they are playing someone's life. Someone who is in pain, needs immediate help for his family, his old parents are dependent on him. Very sad state of job market.
Oh, they very much know what they're doing. Puppeteers tend to love having puppets...
If you are applying through a third party job posting site, you are not somebody. Sync about how easy it is to do those applications. If you are applying to hundreds of jobs, then tons of other people, including people who already have jobs, are doing the same thing with that same specific job posting. You are not somebody because you are just one of dozens or hundreds of nameless boxes on the hiring manager's dashboard. They have no idea who you or any of the other people are.
He said it himself. Hiring managers have self-incriminated themselves by claiming that they think providing “false hope to an overworked staff” is moral.
Isn’t like the same thing for most corrupt politicians around the world ?,
but corporations are people remember that
Most of these actions by the company feel like they should be felony fraud, not a common business practice.
It is not illegal if you lobby to change laws or to keep harmful stuff from being illegal.
And they should do jail time just like any other human being.
This country is a fucking joke so damn tired of it.
I love the comment that says then just leave, if I bloody money with a good job which doesn't exist at this time especially in a country that only has a hiring rate of 2.2 % I would've been left. You got so much jobs out there that pay crap money for "full time" asking for a masters or a bachelors degree in something that a person would have to have roughly 50k-100,000 in debt to get to. Plus to the stupid taxes that comes from high paying jobs would literally make the person have to be in debt for life for a bs paying job. Since this country loves sending it's money to bs countries that has nothing to do with the everyday American how about they send me a million dollars see how fast I leave this place that's a collapsing empire. Look at job listing and see how many ghost jobs you can spot from their impossible requirements and bs pay I would suggest reporting these ghost job listings.
It’s not just this country, it’s the global economy.
Agreed
Move.
I hear Hati is highering.
Communism...
I gave up. Current plan is to cash out and take an early retirement. I wasn't going to retire for another 30 years, but I have enough to retire overseas now.
The new American Dream is to leave America.
Better hurry before dollar crashes.
@@Eaglemadhatterthen they'd still be screwed unless the converted their USD to the local currency the moment they get there, or into precious metals
That's getting harder now. Thank the Chinese/Koreans.
Needs to be a law that states that any job posts must be filled with in 2 two 4 weeks and once it's filled removed. Companies can't keep lying to people and the goverment.
Another problem is more and more jobs heading toward the under $10/Hour range. This is like making Pennies a day. You cannot pay your bills on this. No point in working. I would rather steal food and let the greedy businesses go out of business.
Totally agree. This is why job openings tells us nothing. If the jobs don’t support life then those jobs shouldn’t be done. How many of the job openings provide a livable wage? 😊
My response rate from job applications is lower than it was 10 years ago. 10 more years of job experience would logically imply I get a higher percentage rate of responses.
And some of these jobs are "entry level", but asking for 5-7 years of job experience. Wild.
Lawsuit for those requirements
Network thru friends, family, former colleagues, church, clubs, etc
@@devenmellorI have been more successful applying through company websites instead of through sites like Indeed.
Same. As a chef it's a total joke and it started getting bad in 2016. Just large hospitality groups using postings to get a treasure trove of data.
If you are using a third party site like indeed or linkedin, Think about how easy it is to send in an application and a resume. Everybody looking for a job including people who already have. Jobs are doing the same thing you are. Click click click click send. So you end up being one in an ocean of applicants. Whereas twenty years ago it was harder to apply, so there was at least some barrier to sending an application.
When the system becomes a game, people learn to game the system.
Yes, absolutely
The only way to get a job in a corporate oligarchy is through nepotism. So lie and make friends.
or start your own.
I’m stuck at my current job and I’m trying to find a higher paying job because in 3 months I am going to have to noice out and rent an apartment or room. With my current job I won’t be able to afford rent anywhere near my area.
I can’t find anything, I’ve applied to dozens of places and no one gets back to me. I’m starting to become scared for my future.
No idea what industry you are in but can try networking within your current position? Try leveraging any goodwill you have with customers, clients or vendors. Network among friends and family, especially if any are in a similar field--they may not be able to offer anything but they may also know someone who can. Best of luck!
Government should make it by law for companies to have an indicator when they are currently hiring and one when they are only accepting applications. Green when hiring and red when only accepting applications. That way they don’t waste our time.
A lot of companies have a probationary period where you won’t receive the full benefits. They will also incrementally increase your pay through that time. The higher the turnover the less benefits are paid out and the labor costs go down because everyone is still at a base rate.
Sales jobs literally force you to do free labor it's bullshit
And sometimes you get to a day or two before the end of the probation period and you are suddenly fired.
It makes me think of that lady who died at Wells Fargo and wasn't found for four days. I bet her job was still being listed as available. But I guarantee if she had been late twice in that month, her supervisor would've needed to talk to her. But no one was suspicious when she didn't punch out of the clock for four days! Your employers don't care about you. and if they do, don't leave them because they're one in 1 billion
Wow! I have never heard of that before. How disgusting! Yes, this is all a massively gross system. Thank you for sharing that with me
I think I'm 500 applications in. I got my MBA from a big business school in DC. with really good grades, mostly did Finance, so I'm applying for Accounting/Finance roles. Even though I have work experience, I'm mostly applying for entry level roles and ghosting, refusing feedback after an interview so and so are really happening, sometimes from organizations you would never expect like a nonprofit. I see a lot of roles up for more than 30 days, and sometimes I see the same role after a few months posted again which only leads me to believe it's a ghost job. It's really ugly out there...
They say 40% are ghost jobs but after this research I truly believe we’re looking in the 60+ range. So sorry this has been your experience. In an ideal world, what aspect of finance are you passionate about?
@@DamonCassidy It's definitely up there. I also doubt it's only 40%. To answer your question, I've always been good with numbers and math and I found finance fascinating given how it allows working on financial statements and different analysis.
Well, you went and got your MBA, which is basically a sign on your head that says “turnkey corporate drone” on it
@@zburnham Maybe you're right but you're way off topic
Tough accounting easiest job to automate by machine learning
The Federal Government is one of the worst offenders of posting jobs that don't exist or are never filled. There should be legislation that requires all Federal Agencies who post a position must fill that position within 9 months of offer OR lose both funding for that position AND strike that position from their manning roster.
The use it or lose it policies are creating so much waste it's unreal
They are filled! Internally…. Trust me. Retiring this year… I know all the tricks…internal promotions.
Every company that uses job posting sites to post job openings need to see all your videos.
Haha I wish that would happen. Would love to have a discussion with someone in the higher up to see their thoughts on what’s happening
I used to hear “we’re always hiring” when I’d go into bigger companies, if you hear those slogans you should leave. Why would you wanna work at a place that’s “always hiring” 😂
"always hiring" = employees are "always leaving"
"Always hiring" can also mean they are brokering your data.
Because everyone ISN'T hiring. 🤦♂️
My wife has a bachelors in psychology with a decade of experience in various roles. She has put in hundreds of applications, out of those several hundred applications, she’s only heard back about 20 of those and all have ghosted her but one who decided to go with the other candidate after making it to the final round. She has started applying for things outside her field and she’s still struggling to find employment and it’s not like she’s turning jobs down. This is the issue with these companies, you have ghost jobs that are out there and this practice should be illegal. If you intentionally put fake jobs out there the company should be fined.
Reminds me of when I applied for internships as I was graduating from my bachellor's degree, applied to like 20 places, got ghosted in a lot of them. The ones who responded basically wanted me to work full-time for no pay and the one I got was from a referral from a friend. Several months into my internship, I get offered a better position from one of the employers that ghosted me.
It's hilarious how many job offers I've gotten 1-6 months after applying for them.
High turnover rate crushes productivity, anyone that doesn't see it is mentally deficient. It takes time for a person to get settled into an environment, regardless of their experience. That period is lost productivity. That costs you more in the long run, but people don't play the long game, they play the I want results yesterday game. It's the equivalent of turning the wheels on a car too much, you end up just going straight, your inputs become meaningless.
And if you're over 50 forget it... 1500 resumes dropped on Indeed...
Same if you are a young college graduate, seems like the only group not getting dropped is 30 years old with 20 years working experience lol
@maverick9708 oh it's insane out there.. All the young people I know are having problems finding work too.
@@user-oe6ol4mf2q So... is The System working for anyone? Aside from the people who own it? I used to think the only people who were routinely employed were in the I.T. area, but I have heard horror stories from THEM! These same stories, trouble finding another job kind of thing. I still think it's better for them, but maybe not GOOD.
If the working class doesn’t come together this country is doomed.
Absolutely! Unfortunately my comments are still flooded with old vs young comments. If we can’t even get that straightened out than we will just continue to be pushed around until something snaps
Bottom up revolutions very seldom succeed. The New Deal had to be imposed from the top and by a POTUS who knew drastic measures had to be imposed or the whole thing would collapse. Unfortunately, we don't have an FDR and we are thoroughly polluted as a body-politic in too many ways to count. Plus, there's always the Corporate Promised Land of China for companies to run to.
I had to go on anti depressant meds bc of the job market. I have been a realtor for 20 years. I survived the crash but the Pandemic severely hurt sales. So I decided to find a W2 job in real estate. Well, just as your video states, it’s all phony. Nothing is real. I was in such despair. My wife watched me slowly deteriorate. Some family members would make little sarcastic remarks about how I was struggling. It’s truly rough. Fortunately I did find something to help with bills but I truly hate it. I just want to find the energy to completely turn everything around but it’s hard to dig deep these days.
Congratulations on finding anything in this trying time. You have more perseverance than most of us. It's a bad situation, but you managed to pull through, even just a tiny bit. Celebrate even the small win, it might help mitigate some of the dark clouds over you. 🖤
Got laid off in May 2024 .
147 Applications so far.
9 years in the software industry, as a QA Engineer
Undergrad BBA in CIS
3 industry specific certs, arguably 4.
Only had 1 technical interview so far.
I promise it wasnt like that pre AI.
Before AI/COVID id get 1 technical interview easy if i spent an evening applying for jobs.
Try 27 years of experience and you are disabled....Having Randstad discriminate against you for an ADA request.
Hi, so now do you work a non qualified job to survive too ?
You were laid off in may as well?? Nice.
I would say, start applying outside of the tech industry and you should see much less tech-BS. Railway is probably under-staffed since nobody wants to work that anymore (because it's dirty, outside and has 24/7 operation) and you could easily become fully qualified for something in 2-3 years.
I graduated 2 years ago, still haven't been hired, and have less experience 👍 time to go back to school...
I'm so bummed i finally got a job after 7 months of looking. Mom brought covid home so i got sick and couldn't go to my first day of training and they pulled my offer
Sue, that's illegal to fire you for getting covid, you're going to get a paycheck easily
Yeah they do illegal shit like that because companies know people most don't often push back. The current department of labor could help you out. You can also post your situation on r/workreform and get REALLY good advice. People have gotten money or even had their jobs reinstated
That's brutal man...
@@jtowensbyiii6018 work at will
@@Figcity”I broke my leg because I wasn’t working out enough”
I was already depressed, this though, this takes it to another level. This makes sense while I would get job offers from businesses I applied to years ago.
Really sorry to provide more distress. Yes, it’s all a ridiculous mess. I hope you’re doing well
Not just ghost jobs but also an explanation on companies ghosting aplicants. Great.
Both McDonald's and Walmart hired me then ghosted me. I followed up, and never got any hours at all. Months later I'm assuming I don't have the job
Thank you for making this and for not offering some kind of false hope or “one simple hack” to fix a broken, corrupt system. Well done.
As horrifying and depressing as this kind of media IS, I think it's good for everyone to know it's NOT JUST YOU! Which is an impression you could get.
I tried explaining this to my parents before the pandemic; that you apply for jobs and won't get a call for an interview but that company can turn around and sell that info. they don't get that because one is a school corp admin and the other works with headhunters because of their high level skill.
My folks refused to listen when I tried to explain this to them years ago as well! It's infuriating. I literally just sent them this video with an "I told you so".
What was your parent’s response? I am having a very hard time gauging older individuals feelings towards videos like these
I swear i had a DEI interview once. I was under-qualified for a position, but I thought maybe they were the type of company that gives unconventional candidates a chance - that was how I got my last 2 offers.
It was the most pointless interview ever. I spent time studying and researching their company. They would just ask me a series of yes or no questions where "only professional experience counts". Fair enough but you have my professional experience on my resume... why did you waste both of our time?
They love wasting things
Pretty sure I was hired for a DEI job. I felt so incompetent cause I truly wasn't ready for that position although I was assured I'd get help for the things I didnt understand. I think my colleagues knew cause they treated me like a pariah. I left after a year, extremely defeated and insecure.
Who are these lucky people landing jobs with only 160 aapplicationns/resumes being sent out ?
I send out more than that in a WEEK, and have only gotten 2 interviews in the past 8 months, and both of those went nowhere. (The companies hired other individuals, and within 4 weeks were advertising the same job again to replace the folks they hired....)
So, do we need to start putting on our job applications: "I do not
consent to my data, being sold to third parties."
These kinds of horrible practices by companies, staffing and corporate, are why I stopped being a recruiter. They pull the wool over our eyes too, listing their requirements for hiring a potential candidate, but when we want feedback as to why they haven't hired any the dozens of candidates submitted, we get yelled at, or even fired for just wanting to know how to provide them better potential employees.
Like any profession, some recruiters are absolutely deplorable, some do try to help others, but I was often thanked for my transparency by those potential candidates. I used to provide them resources like Delilah Bell and other websites/social media pages which post jobs; a few wrote back to me after some weeks saying they were able to find a job from one of those resources. But it's beyond heartbreaking that so many capable people are being played with by corporate America.
There are job openings but you have to ask yourself does anybody actually want them.. so many jobs do not offer a living wage, any kind of professional mobility, or potential for annual raises in line with inflation and cost of living. Even with those close to a livable wage the work environments are either toxic or abusive - employers sell a deceptive picture of what the job is and what the work environment is like only for a new employee to find out that it is completely false and the requirements are very different once they are embedded. In the majority of the country there are no workers' rights or protections and a vehement anti-union or collective bargaining culture.
recruiters will utterly outright lie to you to as well.
The people who decided businesses must throw everything to the wayside to continually improve profits at the cost of everything else completely screwed the whole system over. Businesses are going to be in a world of hurt in the future when the experienced workers all retire, and there are no replacements for them due to businesses never hiring and training up younger workers.
Highest standard of living economically, lowest standard of living ethically. It's all credit card spending from the gutter. This includes the presidential race. We have to reclaim our integrity and our ethics. Great installment Damon. Well done.
I routinely get job offers from recruiters. For short-term, non-remote, contract work located at least 1500 miles away, doing something I am supremely overqualified for, and at about 1/5 to 1/3 the pay scale I would consider accepting. The one that floated in this week was for 90 days, relocate to the gulf coast during hurricane season, doing a job I was overqualified for 30 years ago, for a piddly $33/hour.
These "recruiters" all out of Bangalore need to go the f*** away and stop bothering people with bullshit job positions. Assuming, that is, that they aren't all part of some phishing scam.
IT is exactly the same except the jobs are about half remote. You constantly get wildly out of reason offers due to 1 single keyword that their algorithm pings on.
@@piscinaiv7937 Remember the good old days, when a live person actually looked at resumes and evaluated them?
4 years 6 months unemployed. I was working as a tree climber, but I fell and got injured, fired, and no one else would take me on.
Thank God I have a good support network.
I was cleaning houses, yard work, child care for pittence, 3 kids for $30 a day. Cooking and cleaning for friends who let me stay with them. I even sold my plasma to pay for food that I would make for friends for "rent." On top of sending out 3-5 applications a day. McDonald's and Walmart rejected me. I even considered ending it several times. Eventually, the thought was that my network would not be so acomidaidating if they wanted me gone, and i couldn't spit in the face of their kindness like that.
I'm employed now, and I actually like my job, but I look back and think, how can a system of implement be so badly managed to get this way? Watching this video answers a lot of questions. Thank you.
Everyone should stay on Wells Fargo’s neck! The fact that they still are allowed to exist is a travesty.
Recently a Wells Fargo employee died in AZ in Wells Fargo Office in her cubicle She was not found for four days. You can’t make this shit up
Take the job of writing job descriptions away from HR and have the hiring manager write them. Too many job descriptions are written by someone who doesn't have a clue what the real job entails, and write for search terms. Little wonder why the quality of candidates never changes.
This. I specifically do not allow HR to intervene in the hiring process. Same with looking at resumes. It seems I am in a very small minority.
This is not the issue. For some places, sure, but in my experience, the quality of candidates does not rely on the job description at all. Even with quality candidates, and recruiters get reprimanded/fired if they start questioning corporate.
this is the most thorough explanation of ghost jobs I have seen yet. good job!
One of the first things they need to do is get rid of recruiters. There’s so many jobs out there that are just time wasters and recruiting is one of them. Along with a lot of upper management, actually there’s way too many managers overall. HR could easily post the job posting then people can apply for it. you don’t need headhunters and recruiters looking for people. It’s annoying
As if they could be that benevolent.
Many recruiters have been laid off since companies aren't hiring anymore.
You are the problem. Reading resumes and interviewing applicants is a full time job. Most companies fired their hiring managers in 2022 and now look at the mess we're in.
@@Lomhow sift through with an entrance exam and problem solved lol.
Something that's not coming up much here is that (I think) the HR sector is able to create work for itself! And of course high turnover and shabby and false recruiting practices are good for them, in a situation where it's possible to become unemployed and stay unemployed.... Desperate people want to cling to their jobs even if they are awful, I have done it! I'm not saying that HR people are happy to do anti-social work by the way, but it might be their only way to live. But yes, trying to return somehow to the point here, it seems like the Administrative sector seems to grow, and maybe grow ON make-work activities.
"A patient cured is a customer lost"
Ghosting sucks! I've seen articles giving people tips on how to identify ghost jobs. Problem is, some of them are posted on platforms that allow these ghost jobs to be posted, so I'm not sure how accurate they are. Best thing we can probably do is learn more about how this broken system works and bring more awareness to it. Thank you for contributing to that.
Living in Colorado Springs I had to have over 20 interviews and applications to get one part time job that lasted less than a month.
I don't know if this will help, aside from appeasing the algorithm, but my experiences and observations corroborate what you're saying. I don't just mean my own personal anecdotes either. There is so much evidence of this that is pushed under the rug. I don't know the best solution either, but I agree that at least trying to make people aware of it is a good place to start.
This is such a difficult battle to be apart of. So much division on this conversation unfortunately. I really appreciate you sharing this! I hope you’re doing well
Finding out this is the future and humans are no longer needed and neither is Thier play money.
Papa John’s and dominos now outsource phone orders to Asia
Do they really??
Really,?
@@DamonCassidyyup. You can't even call your local pizza place. It gets redirected to a South Asian call center.
@@PenguinmanereikelThe last time I ordered a pizza from Papa John, the guy I talked to was a half the world away. 😢
@@jacobsoto7228Yes. I know that from experience. I recently tried to get a pizza from Papa John and the guy I talked to was not even in the USA.
Appreciate a fact based video for a change on the YT. Thank you, excellent information
Absolutely! I want to provide as much value as I possibly can. I hope you are doing well! Thank you for reaching out
I just really am truly curious How this story is going to end because You can only play charades for so long until The masses are one dinner plate away from either starving to death or Burning everything down
North Korea hasn’t had a revolution. It can get way way way way way worse
I work at one of the biggest staffing agencies in the country. I don't know why the Dept of Labor is saying there's so many jobs. We're struggling to find clients that need staff. Whoever is opening all these ghost jobs, they're not using staffing agencies. Methinks someone is not being truthful over there at the Bureau of Labor Statistics is cooking the numbers to make a certain party look good.
Your bit at the end was helpful to hear. I’m looking at almost a full 12 months of unemployment. Been a great year 😢
One year later, I still have no job with zero interviews despite having an optimal LinkedIn, Indeed, portfolio, resume, cover letter template, and much more.
My job got a now hiring sign. I believe its for show because they don't hire anybody although I need some help
hey look we got a sign!
Thanks for addressing this topic. It's terrible. Been putting applications in and submitting resumes cold calling, walk ins, walk ups.....since June 2024. No interviews. No call backs. . . Done at least 100
Those signs are missing "free" help wanted
This is why we have a drug and alcohol epidemic. Past generations just drowned themselves in escapism. It’s not a coincidence that many states are legalizing marijuana now. The powers that be knew this was as coming and now it’s here. This is not a normal downturn. My advice is find multiple roommates or live at home. Find a hobby you love. Get out in nature. Soon you will see millions of jobless/homeless. Think I’m crazy? The writing has been on the wall for 20 years.
90% confidence, scientifically speaking, is really good. Of course it’s not perfect, but I guarantee that many studies WISH they were that confident in their work.
Dodge V Ford 1919 If you haven't done a video on this lawsuit I feel like you really should. It is one of a few legal cases that acted as a turning point for America. Ford wanted to prioritize his employees and the Dodge brothers sued him saying his duty was to the shareholders.
Living in a nightmare.
This makes sense. I apply or get recruited to a company. They reject me. The job post is online "forever" it seems. One year later, the company's HR recruitment staff claims they found my info in their data and offers me a job interview :|.
In the mean time, I accept a job with a company that gives me a chance and I show my appreciation by doing my best for a year, and then I get an email about a company that thinks I'll give it up...for a company that is playing games with my application I worked so hard to create just for them.
This is so true. And you end up getting spam texts/emails right after too. This video really needs to go viral. I wish there were more honest people working in HR. I know it’s their job but they have sold their soul and karma always comes back. Someday they’ll be in the same position. Thank you for shedding more light on this. All this should be illegal but so should the poisons they put in our food.
"Ghost postings" and hiring "foreign born workers" is the problem.
I very much appreciate your candor with the final segment. Thank you for an informative video that reaffirms what I've seen from trying to be hired even in a specialty job market that requires a degree like social work/behavioral health
Literally went to an interview a month ago where they hired the candidate for the role the day before my interview and didn't bother to let me know. I showed up for the interview, greeted the interviewer, was kept waiting for 10-15 minutes while the interviewer talked on company phone (desk phone) to her friend making plans for that weekend. Very rude for 1. Not letting me know the day before or that morning that a candidate was found. I wasted time, gas for car, and emotion for no reason. 2. Kept me waiting just so she could make plans for the weekend.
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO!!! In Brazil it is much more profitable to be unemployed because people live by government support and take as many side hussels as possible. It is the new normal way of living after covid.
I gave up.
"They're penetrating the bureaucracy " line stood out to me as a child. The Incredibles is the perfect example of what we're going through. Job searching lately has mad people including me feel crazy for not being able to land something. Thank you so much for making this video! February 25 is going to be intriguing for sure. Let's see what comes up.
This is the best breakdown of the job market I’ve seen. I won’t give up hope, but it’s great to know about the truth.
equifax and insurance and SalesForce and WorkDay need shut down
You are 100% right especially in the blue collar trades. You can get a foot in the door as an Assistant/Helper, do majority of the workload and still get passes over for the Foreman's girlfriend son/daughter who's last job was Starbucks. The new positions are already filled by family members or friends before they are even posted
One step closer to Skynet
Yes!
Don’t apologise for not being able to provide solutions to this terrible system. The system isn’t just broken, it’s criminal and corrupt and thank you for shining light on it so more people can see it for what it is.
One thing that made me feel sick to my stomach was how these companies are harvesting our personal information to sell. How is this even legal? This sort of thing makes me want to buy a piece of land in a remote area and live off the grid so I don’t participate in this disgusting system.
Probably the best breakdown on ghost jobs I’ve seen. Well done.
@@lucristianx so glad it provided value! Thank you for reaching out!
@@DamonCassidy I’m going to share it everywhere because it needs to be known it’s absolutely a broken system.
I greatly appreciate you doing that
Thank you for your honesty and at least shedding light on the situation and opening the conversation as to what is going on. Yes, it is depressing, however, with the truth comes more options and choices for building better and more creative systems. It will not be easy, but anything that is easy is often not worth while or long lasting.
Sometimes the answer one needs is to be told "you're not crazy, it's horrible, but you're not alone. Be kind to yourself. Help each other." Validation and self-forgiveness can be enough of a solution sometimes, especially when the solution is something the general public has little way of influencing.
Thank you so much Damon. Your message at the end really encouraged me. I’m working part time busting my behind to get a full time role at a very laborious grocery store. They said I may not be up for promotion due to calling out for backaches (because I’m manually pushing dozens of carts in the Carolina heat three times a day). I wonder where did I go wrong or why I wasted my time going to college only to be burdened with debt and have no job benefits. Thank you for making it plain. I hope we all see better days for this country soon
This was insightful. Seems like an industry that actually requires regulation
I’ve said this for years and was brushed off by anyone I had this conversation with. The amount of jobs I’ve applied for over the past 4 years even being “overqualified” for and receiving no response is statistically impossible if so many companies are hiring. 🤷🏻♀️ just sayin….
My husband wanted to advance his career as an engineer. He was good at what he did. For example, designed and made an essential part that was used in the Hubble space craft. He wanted to stay in the lab and make things. But he was told he had to try to move into management, and that if he could not, he would eventually be forced out (because they wanted to replace him with a newer person at a lower salary). Within 10 years, at the age of 54, he died, and I think the stress of these pressures contributed to his death. After he passed away, I was going through his papers. I found a stack of all the job applications, and found out that he had kept a one page paper copy of every job application he had submitted as he tried to find a way to get into management or find a different job. The stack was 4 inches high.
First job out of grad school took me 8 months and applying to over 150 job applications to get, 14 months later I got laid off due to a change in funding, job I currently have took 6 months and over 200 job apps to get. I've been at the position for about 6 months now and I hope that I can keep it atleast until I find something else that I want to do, but the job market is so bleak that the idea of applying for jobs at all makes my stomach turn. I'm often asked asked what my next career move is or what my dream job is and at this point I feel like my standards have fallen so low I'd much rather have a crappy job that pays ok if it keeps me from being unemployed